Meet your driver guide for your 4 Days Lake Mburo and Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Tour. The guide will brief you on the timings, activities and booked accommodation for this trip before setting off to confirm your expectations.
Day 1: Kampala – Lake Mburo National Park
Get on the road along the Masaka Mbarara highway. Have a stop at Mpambire drum centre for a brief African history and to view the skilfulness of the local people in making local drums, chairs and other local musical instruments. Proceed to Equator in Kayabwe for a photo stopover and carry out the water experiment where you will have to differentiate the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere. Continue to Lake Mburo National Park which is part of the Tanzanian plains. The afternoon will be spent on the boat cruise on Lake Mburo, this is where you will see the hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, elands and water backs and Uganda kobs on the shores for this lake, the evening will be spent on a mini game drive to tick more animals found in Lake Mburo National Park. Overnight at Kigambira / Mihingo Lodge (Luxury) or Hotel Triangle (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner. Click Here To Enquire
Day 2: Lake Mburo National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Early morning breakfast and depart for the mountain biking on Lake Mburo National Park, this is most rewarding to do biking past Zebra, Elands and Uganda kobs and it is a great feeling to ride up to the communities exploring their lifestyles. It takes 1 -3 hours biking and it needs advance booking because of competition. Return to the lodge, refresh and check out for the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site well known to habit more than 461 Mountain Gorilla individuals, a half of the world’s population found both in Bwindi and Virunga region in East Africa. Upon your arrival in the evening check into your room and relax for the next day. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Have your early morning breakfast ready with your packed lunch and dressed on gorilla trekking attires; the driver guide will be on standby to drive you to the sector headquarters of your splendid Gorilla trekking experience. A warm welcome from the Batwa cultural dancers as they showcase their musical, tradition and dancing skills. You will be briefed by the park warden or ranger guide as he or she groups you into a group of 8 people to be assigned to a specific Gorilla family. The warden will take you through the brief history of the park, also the dos and don’ts of your gorilla trekking experience. You will be escorted by the ranger guide into the forest in search of the mountain Gorillas accompanied by the porters, It may take 2-6 hours depending on where the Mountain Gorillas built their nests the previous day. However, you are entitled to 1 hour of viewing the Mountain Gorillas upon meeting them. View them play, swing on the trees, eating and coupling. The young ones will always want to involve you in their game affair which is the most interesting moment in this encounter. After this gorilla trek experience, return to your lodge for resting and relaxing on your bed. OPTIONAL Batwa village walk to discover the lifestyle of the local people surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 4: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Kampala (10 hours drive)
Take your morning breakfast ready to return to Kampala or Entebbe town depending on your arrangement. Leave Bwindi as you enjoy the farm lands, landscape while observing the lifestyle of the local people along the way, see the local people carry the food staff and farm produce to the markets from their plantations. Stopover at Mbarara town for lunch with a visit to Igongo Museum to explore the lifestyle of the Ankole people. Proceed to equator for another photo shoot before continuing to Kampala or Entebbe airport to catch up with your late evening flight back home Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch. END OF SERVICE.
This 4 Days Lake Mburo and Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Tour package includes.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit, per person to be paid and secured in advance
- Igongo cultural centre
- Equator visit
- Game drive
- Boat cruise
- Mountain biking
- Park entrance fees
- En-route lunch
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
- Fun and other excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.
- AMREF Emergency Evacuation Insurance covers
Optional activities
- Batwa Village walk
- Batwa trail experience
- Gorilla habituation experience (spend 4 hours with mountain Gorillas)
- Flight from Bwindi to Entebbe airport
The package excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal travel insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.