Tour Overview
You will meet and interact with Royal drum makers, stop over at the equator, and capture photographic memories. You will find that Ugandans are friendly and are so eager to interact with visitors. Continue to Mbarara for lunch at Igongo Cultural Center and embark on your scenic drive to Bwindi NP. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which can take you from half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists
Depart from Entebbe to Kampala for your 8 – 9-hour road transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. En-route meet and interact with Royal drum makers, stopover at the equator, and capture photographic memories. You will find that Ugandans are friendly and are so eager to interact with visitors. Continue to Mbarara for lunch at Igongo Cultural Center and embark on your scenic drive to Bwindi NP. You will reach in the evening check in to your Lodge for Dinner and overnight stay.
After an early morning breakfast, you will drive to the park headquarters for registration and join others for a gorilla trekking briefing about the dos and the don’ts during your gorilla trek. Once this is done, you will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which can take you from half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists.
On your trek, you are likely to spot other primates, birds, and rare tree species. After finding the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them before trekking back to the park headquarter. This is indeed an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered creatures. You will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking and thus contributing to the conservation of mountain gorillas.
After your breakfast, you will be driven to Kampala or Entebbe for your post tour accommodation or you may choose to fly out of Uganda today. En-route make occasional stops to have a glimpse of Uganda’s rural life; watch herdsmen tend to the cattle, and take in the beautiful landscape as it all unfolds before you. A visit to the drum makers is the one you shouldn’t miss; get to a sneak peek into the process of making the traditional drums
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