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3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari experience overview

Enjoy an affordable 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari experience as you book your gorilla trekking permits in advance at a cost of $800 or $1,500 (for habituation tours) per permit per person. The mountain gorilla parks (Bwindi Impenetrable or Mgahinga gorilla national parks) are a 10 hours drive from Entebbe international airport a distance of 520 km.

Arrival & departure: Entebbe International airport

  • Day 1: Arrival & transfer to mountain gorilla park
  • Day 2: Mountain Gorilla trekking, hiking & nature walk
  • Day 3: Return to Entebbe for departure
Affordable gorilla trekking safari experience
Affordable gorilla trekking safari experience

Detailed 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari experience

Day 1- Arrival & Transfer to gorilla park

Arriving at Entebbe international airport you’ll be picked up by our guide, get some rest at a hotel and then embark on a 10 hour journey to Bwindi gorilla forest park where you will spend the night as you wait for the gorilla trekking safari experience the next morning.

Accommodation: Ruhija community rest camp (or a similar)

Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner

Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park has over 459 habituated mountain gorillas and 20 trekked gorilla families with each gorilla family hosting a limit of 8 visitors per day in correspondence with gorilla permits booked in advance. Gorilla trekking is strictly for persons 15 years and above. While at the park headquarters, you will receive guidelines on how to behave when you get near the gentle giants after which you will embark on gorilla trekking to meet these endemic species. While hiking you’ll have sceneries of other primates like colobus monkeys, birds, volcanoes & nature.

Accommodation: Ruhija community rest camp (or a similar)

Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner

Day 3- Entebbe for Departure

The next day you will again get back on the road for 10 hours to Entebbe international airport for departure ending your gorilla trekking safari.

Accommodation: NIL

Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner

Inclusions
  • Gorilla trekking permits
  • Airport transfers
  • Park fees
  • Driver & guide
  • Bottled drinking water
  • Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
  • Government taxes
  • All activities indicated on itinerary
Exclusions
  • Travel insurance
  • International flights
  • Visa fees & processing
  • Extra activities, meals & alcohol/ liquor not on itinerary
  • Souvenirs & snacks
  • Any changes to the itinerary
  • Tipping & gratitude
  • Accommodation after the end of the trip
  • Anything not mentioned
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