4 Days Double Gorilla Trek
This 4 Days Double Gorilla Trek in Uganda is designed for visitors who are interested in experiencing two different gorillas families in Uganda’s iconic Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Watching two separate gorilla families allows one to observe and compare group behaviors/dynamics. No gorilla groups are the same in composition. Some have more silverbacks, females and overall number of individuals. You might find one group has a mother with twins while another has only young juveniles, the terrain in Rwanda is more mountainous and gorillas feed mostly on bamboo forests.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is arguably the best place for gorilla trekking in the world, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to the largest population of mountain gorillas in the world, with 20 habituated gorilla families open for gorilla trekking.
Highlights of 4 Days Double Gorilla Trek
- Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
- Day 2: First Gorilla Trekking Adventure
- Day 3: Second Gorilla Trekking Adventure
- Day 4: Departure
Detailed itinerary of 4 Days Double Gorilla Trek
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport or after breakfast at your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide and drive you to South Western Uganda. Have lunch along the way and drive through the beautiful countryside as you view banana plantations, tea plantations, and the verdant rolling hills dotted with terraced farmlands, homesteads and some long horned Ankole cattle.
Overnight at Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: First Gorilla Trekking Adventure
Wake up early for breakfast, meet your guide and head to the park headquarters where you will join other trekkers for briefing about gorilla trekking, dos and don’ts. Be grouped into 8 and be assigned a gorilla family to trek. Set out into the Impenetrable Forest of Bwindi looking for the gentle forest giants, the trek may last between 2 and 8 hours based on the movement of these gorillas.
You will be allowed to spend one hour with the gorillas as you take photographs and observe them play and feed. Dine and slumber. Return to your lodge for an evening rest, dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Second Gorilla Trekking Adventure
After breakfast, you will proceed to the park headquarters with your packed lunch boxes and just like the previous day. You will have a briefing session then head into the forests of Bwindi looking for a gorilla family assigned to you, this time you will trek a different gorilla family giving you a completely different experience.
Later in the day, you will have a cultural walk to the Pygmy Batwa Community to enjoy their cultural performances, see the local brewers as well as the traditional healers. Dine and slumber.
Overnight at Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Departure
After breakfast you will drive back to Kampala, with lunch in Mbarara Town. You will have another stopover at the crossing at the equator and take some photographs and then continue to the airport for your departure flight.
End of 4 Days Double Gorilla Trek
Inclusions
- A 4X4 safari vehicle with an English speaking Driver/Guide
- It will also include fuel for the whole journey
- Gorilla Permits for the two treks
- Drinking water and lunch throughout the safari
- Accommodation for 3 nights
- Pickup and drop-off from Entebbe
- Visiting the Batwa pygmies and the Gorilla Guardians Village
- Gorilla Trekking Experience.
Exclusions
The tour cost will exclude visas, personal costs, insurance, international and local flights.
