5 Day Gorilla Trekking Safari

(BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK)

This 5 Days Gorilla Safari takes you into the jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park to track the mountain gorillas.Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. The impenetrable forest protects nearly more than half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world and it is one of the best places to go gorilla trekking in Africa. In addition to seeing the mountain gorillas in Uganda, clients can engage in other adventure activities that include nature walks forest walks, bird watching and local community tours.

Safari Highlight
Day 1: Leave Kampala for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 2: Mountain gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Day 3: Leave Bwindi Forest for Lake Bunyonyi

Day 4: Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park.
Day 5: Widllife Safari in Lake Mburo and Return to Kampala.

Day 1:
Leave Kampala for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
You will be picked up from your hotel then leave Kampala and head to the southwest of Uganda via Kampala-Masaka-Mbarara road.Stopover to view the equator at Nabusanke trading centre, take some photos and continue to Mbarara where you will have lunch.From there head to Bwindi impenetrable national park. Welcome to Bwindi where gorillas are the centre of attraction, a distinct feature for Ugandas tourism. Bwindi national park, Mgahinga National Park alongside Rwandas Volcanoes Park
and Congos Virunga Volcanoes are habitats to the only endangered mountain gorillas left in the whole world. Sleep and dine at Gorilla Forest Camp/Gorilla resort/Buhoma community Bandas/Buhoma Homestead.

Day 2:
Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Take an early morning breakfast, head to the park office headquarters with packed lunch for an inevitable briefing ready
to trek for the gorillas in the thick impenetrable forests. You get to spend an hour with the gorillas after having trekked
for about 3 to 5 hours. If you are not so worn out in the evening, head for a brief nature walk to the Batwa community.
Also available are curio shops, drinking joints, a children's school among others. You can try the other option being Munyanja river trail, where you can see the waterfalls and an array of bird life or the Muzabajiro/ Ruhija trails which offer forest and grassland bird species plus more primates. Return to Gorilla Forest Camp/ Gorilla Resort/ Buhoma community Bandas/ Buhoma Homestead.

Day 3:
Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi
After having that encounter with those mysterious mountain gorillas, say farewell to the impenetrable forest and head to Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is another major tourist stopover that is undeniably amazing. The word Bunyonyi means small birds in direct translation which means that the lake is a must stopover for committed birders and besides that its serpentine shape and numerous islands other highlights one must look out for. When you reach do a canoe ride, check out several islands like Bwama Island good for birders or you could take a nature walk helping you to appreciate a variety of small birds. Sleep and dine at Arcadia Cottages/ Bunyonyi Overland Camp.

Day4:
Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo
After breakfast, head to Lake Mburo that is nearby and another beautiful Park. Lake Mburo national Park, a haven for impalas small antelopes and herbivorous are most concentrated in Lake Mburo of all the Ugandan national Parks. There is more to impalas, Kampala; the capital city of Uganda was named after this beautiful animal. Check out the lovely Kigezi highlands and other wild scenery on your way. When you reach the park, do a game drive and check out Ugandas wildlife besides the mountain gorillas in Bwindi such as zebra, warthog, buffalo, klipspringer,eland, oribi and water buck. Better yet you can do the game drive on ATV quad bikes; they are much fun. Sleep and dine at Mantana Tented Camp/RwonyoTented Camp.

Day 5:
Lake Mburo to Kampala.
Have breakfast and proceed for a morning boat trip on Lake Mburo where you will admire several other lakes like Kazuma,Lake Bwa besides Lake Mburo. Gaze at the huge hippos, crocodiles and buffaloes as they drink water. There are attractive birds to check out like Abyssinian ground horn bill, the crested crane (Ugandas national emblem), saddle bill storks among others.After the boat trip, drive back to Kampala. You will stopover in Mbarara for lunch and take a last gaze at the equator in Masaka leaving you with everlasting memories of the Pearl of Africa, Uganda.
End of the Safari

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