3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary
This 3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary safari will take you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest located in Bwindi National Park in southwestern Uganda, it is referred to as Africa’s true jungle because of the thick vegetation and wildlife in it.
This safari is perfect for those who love the forest, its beauty and solitude. this forest is home to half of the remaining endangered mountain gorillas, making it the best place to trek gorillas in the world with 12 gorilla habituated family groups, and the number grows each and every year with newborns. This short-budgeted safari is targeted at those travelers planning a short gorilla holiday, the feeling you will get when gazing at the gorillas is ineffable. Reading through gorilla trekking Africa, gorilla trekking reviews itinerary will give you a joyful, intense anticipation that will come from imagining future pressure, which is normal.
Brief itinerary
Day 1: Kampala-Bwindi National Park
Day 2: Uganda gorilla trekking
Day 3: Bwindi-Kampala / Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: transfer from Kampala-Bwindi National Park
Day 1 of 3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary: In order to have a wonderful adventure, it’s advisable to reach to the country a day before trekking gorillas in Uganda day. According to your location either at Entebbe airport or a hotel, our guide driver will pick you up after breakfast to brief you on how the gorilla trekking tours are going to be conducted, there after starting your journey to south-western Uganda via the tarmacked road of Masaka-Mbarara highway. A stop over at the equator you will take as many photos as possible, snacks among others and am-back on the journey another stop over in Mbarara town for lunch, the next stop will be at your destination check in at the hotel, have dinner and stay overnight.
Day 2: gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest
After a very early morning breakfast on your 3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary, packed lunch because it hard to determine how long it will take you to meet these giant Apes, After the guide driver will pick you up and head to the park headquarters for briefing, in groups of 8 persons you will be divided into, accompanied with a tour guide and tracker. At exactly 9:00 am you will set off in search for the endangered mountain gorillas, the chances of seeing the gorillas are 99% high because you will be guided by an experienced guide and attacker who will take you to where the gorillas nested the previous night from, the journey takes about 2-8 hours trekking depending on where the gorillas nested the night.
on the last day of 3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary, this activity requires you to be reasonably fit because it’s tiresome, involves walking along the steep hilly tracks, but the journey is worth all the hardships encountered, and on seeing these Man’s closest cousins it will erase all the poor memories/hardships you went through in trying to find them. You will be given a full hour to spend with them in their nature home, you enjoy as they play, breast feed, eat among others. After the trek you will head to the head quarters where you will be awarded a trekking certificate. If time allows you will visit the local communities then after return to the lodge for dinner and rest for the night.
Day 3: Bwindi-Kampala / Entebbe
On the third day of 3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary, you will have breakfast while relaxing and viewing the beautiful natural environment around the lodge, opting to go swimming. Later the guide driver will pick you up and embark on a journey back to Kampala. On reaching Kampala the driver will either drop you off at the airport or at the lodge depending on your flight schedule, this marks the end of 3 days detailed Gorilla trekking itinerary.
the package includes
Accommodation for 2 nights
Bottled water
Transportation from the airport and back
Meals full board
The package excludes
Personal expenses like drinks, snacks, swimming, doing laundry
Air ticket