2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale (lake Bunyonyi)
2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home of half of the remaining mountain Gorillas in the world, the forest is considered a true African jungle because of its thick vegetation cover and believed to have occupied Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo located in south-western part of Uganda along the edge of the Albertine Rift and it has over 160 tree species, 100 of ferns and countless butterflies, chimpanzees, forest elephants, Antelopes, Colobus and L’Hoests monkeys, various bird species like African green broadbill, Shelley’s crimson-wings, Chapin’s flycatcher among others. On 2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale though Mountain Gorillas are the best out of all the Park has to offer, Bwindi is the only place where you can trek mountain Gorillas and also see chimpanzees.
This 2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale will start and end in Kabale.
Brief itinerary of 2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale (lake Bunyonyi)
- Day 1: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
- Day 2: Gorilla Trekking
Detailed Itinerary 2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale (lake Bunyonyi)
Day 1: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi (place of little birds)
2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale, Africa Safaris representative will pick you from Kabale residence or hotel after breakfast, brief you about the tour. Start your 53.2 km journey to Lake Bunyonyi. Upon arrival you will have a boat cruise on the lake where you will visit its 29 islands including the historical punishment island, along with a number of countless birds. Retreat to the shores for a lunch break. After lunch head back to the lake and engage in a number of activities like swimming, sun bathing, horse riding, bicycle riding among others. Later head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, check in the lodge have dinner and night stay.
Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp, Ichumbi gorilla lodge, Gorilla safari lodge, Exclusive luxury clouds mountain gorilla lodge. Meal Plan; Lunch & Dinner.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking
On last day of 2 Days Gorilla trekking safari from kabale, you will wake up very early in the morning for breakfast, carry packed lunch and meet up with your guide driver and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing about the dos and don’ts while in the forest. You will be divided in groups of 8 persons and allocated a gorilla family to trek, start your hike to the forest accompanied with an armed guide driver. The search can take for 4-8 hours of searching depending on where the gorillas hosted the previous night and on your trekking speed, your argued to take enough drinking water, walking stick provided at the HQ. Up on meeting these endangered species you will be given a full hour to spend with them in their natural home, an encounter with these apes is one of the most rewarding activities in the world and the feeling you get no amount of words can express it, you will watch them play, breast feed, eat, nursing young etc. After trek back to the park head where you will be rewarded a trekking certificate to justify your contribution in the preservation of these endangered species.
Return to the lodge for refreshments, pack your bags and meet with your guide who will drop your Kabale town or transfer to Entebbe to catch your flight back home depending on your flight schedule, this marks the end of 2 Days Gorilla trekking tour from kabale (lake Bunyonyi).
Price Includes
- Park fees
- Gorilla Trekking Permit
- All Activities
- On board Accommodations
- A professional English specking guide driver
- All transportations
- All taxes/ VAT
- Pick up and drop off
- On board Meals
- Bottled drinking water
Price Excludes
- International Flights
- Tips
- Additional accommodation before and after the safari
- Personal expenses like beverages, laundry, snacks, extra meals
- Government imposed Increase of taxes or Park fees
