While planning for this luxury Ugandan tour, you can think of doing the experience 2 treks or more depending on your budget and interest for this safari and also staying in luxury lodges and exclusive camps. You will be picked up from your hotel then leave Kampala and head to the southwest of Uganda via Kampala – Masaka – Mbarara road. Stopover at the equator at Kayabwe trading centre, take some photos and continue to Mbarara at Agip Motel where you will have lunch. From there head to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Welcome to Bwindi where gorillas are the centre of attraction, a distinct feature for Uganda’s tourism. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Forest Camp, Buhoma Lodge /Mahogany Springs Lodge/Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge among others.
On day two, take an early morning breakfast, head to the park headquarters with packed lunch for an inevitable briefing ready to trek for the gorillas in the thick and impenetrable forests. You get to spend an hour with the gorillas after having trekked for about 3-8 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 Munyanga 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 your lodge for dinner and overnight.
On day three, Breakfast at your lodge, followed by another gorilla trek in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park but to a different family. Retire for lunch, relax at your lodge, then in the evening, we start a 90 minutes’ drive to Ruhija side of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Dinner and overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Safari Lodge or Gorilla Mist Camp or Bakiga Lodge and more so if you want to take this safari but staying in affordable lodge still we can customized for you this holiday at our best experience.
Visit Oruzogo gorilla family. The trek here is quite strenuous compared to Buhoma side. However, porters are available to help you throughout the trek. Do not forget carrying enough water and packed lunch. After lunch, we can choose to take a forest walk around, or relax at your lodge while enjoying the beautiful view of the forest, or we can drive for 2 hours to the beautiful Lava dammed Crater Lake of wonders; Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale, dinner and overnight at Bird Nest Resort, Arcadia Cottages or Bunyonyi Overland Resort, all with clear scenic view of Lake Bunyonyi.