4 DAYS GORILLA HABITUATION AND WILDLIFE SAFARI

4 DAYS GORILLA HABITUATION AND WILDLIFE SAFARI

TRIP OVERVIEW

4 Days Gorilla Habituation And Wildlife Safari takes you to Bwindi impenetrable national park found in south western Uganda. The continue to Lake Mburo National Park for relaxation as you enjoy the beautiful wildlife in the park. While in Bwindi, you will encounter the beasts of the East “Gorillas”. Bwindi impenetrable national park is small in size but it’s one of the most visited national parks due to the endangered mountain Gorillas.

 

Uganda alone is recorded to have more than half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable forest. Bwindi impenetrable forest is a UNESCO heritage site with an exceptional biodiversity, and one of Africa’s oldest forests. These endangered mountain gorillas are found in only 3 countries, Uganda, Rwanda and D.R.Congo. During your 4 Days Gorilla Habituation and Wildlife Safari, expect to have the best time and day with these mountain Gorillas.

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

On this day, you will be picked up by our professional driver guide from Kampala or Enteebe

and start on your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park located in south western Uganda. You will go through some major towns like Masaka and Mbarara as you get to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

You will have a stop over in Mbarara town for lunch and continue to south western Uganda you head into the hills and valleys in the region. On arrival, you will check in at the lodge and relax as you enjoy the beautiful views of the forest and environment depending on your location.

Later, you will have dinner and rest as you prepare for the Gorilla Habituation experience the following day.

 

Accommodation: (Dinner and Overnight stay)

Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge / Mahogany Springs Lodge (Luxury)

Gorilla Mist Lodge (mid-range)

Gorilla Hills Eco-lodge (budget)

Meal plan: All meals and mineral drinking water

Day 2: Gorilla Habituation and Batwa cultural experience

On this adventurous day, wake up very early in the morning for a quick breakfast and report to Park headquarters. While here, you will have a briefing with the leader tracker/ ranger guide before you start on your day of adventure of Gorilla Habituation.

Unlike Gorilla trekking that limits ones interaction with the gorillas to only one hour, Gorilla Habituation allows you to have over 4 hours in the company of the Mountain Gorillas.

Since this kind of experience is hardly existent in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, one can only find it inside the Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. It is here that over 22 habituated Gorilla families/ groups are available in the park.

However, only two groups at Nkuringo and Rushaga were set aside as the gorilla families available for Gorilla Habituation. During this process, the people get to understand the gorillas deeper and individually.

Gorilla Habituation

During the habituation process, Gorillas are tested to know their behaviors and even reach a point of naming every single one of them. In the end, if the researchers are certain that the wild gorillas are okay with the presence of people, a mock exercise is done as a way of testing to prove their facts. When the gorillas pass this kind of exercise which now includes journalists and scientists, the gorilla group is then available for trekking.

Guests doing the Gorilla Habituation get a Golden opportunity to experience a lot of this and more as they learn the behaviors of these Gorillas.

You will have your lunch immediately after this experience because you won’t even want to miss a single second of the time.

Later, you will return to the lodge and rest abit till evening. Then you will have a community visit to the Batwa group that are the first people to live in these forest and still reside there regardless of the many years of civilization. You will be amazed by their traditional dance, homes, dress-code and way of life. You will then return back to the lodge for dinner and rest till the following day.

 

Accommodation: (Dinner and Overnight stay)

Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge / Mahogany Springs Lodge (Luxury)

Gorilla Mist Lodge (mid-range)

Gorilla Hills Eco-lodge (budget)

Meal plan: All meals and mineral drinking water

Day 3. Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park.

On this beautiful day, you will wake up at ease for your breakfast. After, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park. You will pass through towns like Kabale, Mbarara and enter the park through Sanga gate. On arrival, you will have lunch at your lodge and head for an afternoon boat cruise on Lake Mburo. The lake is known to have a good number of Hippos together with a variety of bird species.

From there, you will relax with an evening game drive to see animals like Giraffes, zebras, anteloes, impalas, elands, buffalos, oribi, Defassa waterbuck, hippo, hyena, topi, reedbuck and if lucky, you may spot a leopard.

You will then drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: (Dinner and Overnight stay)

Mihingo safari lodge/ Kigambira Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Hyena Hill Lodge/ Rwakobo Rock (mid-range)

Eagle’s Nest/ Leopard Rest Camp (budget)

Meal plan: All meals and mineral drinking water

Day 4. Morning nature walk and transfer back to Kampala or Enteebe.

On this day, you will have an early morning breakfast at your lodge and head out for the morning nature walk. This is a very rewarding walk because you get to see the animals as they start their day out in the park. You will get closer to nature and be able to see the animals up-close and also be able to see some birds. On top of the nature walk, you will have a short game drive as you leave the park heading to kampala. You will have a stop over at the Equator line that separates the earth into two different parts i.e, the North and Southern hemisphere. You will have lunch from there, take some pictures and buy some souvenirs, then finally drive straight to Kampala/ Entebbe International Airport for your flight back home.

Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch with mineral drinking water.

End Of Your 4 Days Gorilla Habituation And Wildlife Safari

Includes:

• Park fees (For residents/ non-residents)
• All activities (Unless labelled as optional)
• Gorilla Habituation permit (For residents/ non-residents)
• Batwa cultural experience
• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation (Unless labelled as optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Drinking water (On all days)

 

Excludes

• International flights (From/to home)
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp. per day)
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

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