Your pocket friendly 5 days budget Gorilla safari to Bwindi Forest with 2 times of Gorilla tracking and visiting the Batwa Cultural community. Spend less on this most popular and amazing safari in Uganda. You will take a way great Gorilla memories having visited 2 Gorilla Families. You will have an encounter with the Batwa community, share learn about their life style. The Batwa demonstrate hunting techniques, gather honey, point out medicinal plants and demonstrate how to make bamboo cups. Women of the community perform a sorrowful song which echoes and leaves guests. BOOK NOW
Day 1: Kampala–Bwindi Forests
Our guide/driver picks you at 7:30 am from your hotel or place of residence in Kampala. Drive to Mbarara (283km from Kampala) via Masaka. Make a first stop over at Equator crossing for snacks and photography. Proceed with a visit to Igongo Cultural village this is more rewarding and amazing as you visit the Ankole museum. Lunch break is made at Agip Motel Mbarara. After lunch, drive to Bwindi. This is the lushest highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates and exotic birds, valleys, hilltops and papyrus swamps. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tarven Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility) Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla trekking safari
Begin the day with breakfast ready for gorilla trekking, which begins at 8:00 am with a briefing from the UWA staff. Ensure to carry along with you rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots etc The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The tracking may take between 2 and 6 hours but its well worth the effort. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tarven Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility)) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Second Gorilla trekking in Bwindi
Today is dedicated for a second gorilla trek in Bwindi forest. The afternoon is spent on a relaxation and sightseeing around the lodge. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tarven Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility)) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Batwa Cultural experience
Today is dedicated for a Batwa experience where the Batwa demonstrate hunting techniques, gather honey, point out medicinal plants and demonstrate how to make bamboo cups. Women of the community perform a sorrowful song which echoes and leaves guests with a moving sense of the richness of this fading culture. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tarven Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility)) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Bwindi Forests –Entebbe Out
Begin your day with a cup of coffee. Thereafter drive back to Kampala using Kasese-Fort Portal road via Queen Elizabeth National Park for enroute game viewing if you are lucky you may spot the Elephants, Antelopes and the Warthogs. A stop over at the Equator line in Kasese. Enjoy the winding scenery of the foot hills of Mt. Rwenzori arriving in Fort Portal for lunch thereafter continue to Kampala or Entebbe for your outgoing flight back home or to your nest destination Meal Plan B-L End of Service
The 5 days budget gorilla safari package to include:
- Transportation by a 4 x 4 safari van.
- Two Gorilla permit per person
- Community walks Bwindi
- Accommodation and meals as per the Itinerary
- Park fees
- Batwa Cultural experience in Bwindi Forests
Drinking water in the safari van - Drinking water all through your safari
- Driver/guide subsistence allowance.
- Enroute lunches
- Ranger guide fees
The 5 days budget gorilla safari package to exclude expenses of personal nature like: Visa fees in to Uganda drinks, laundry, tips, telephone, cigars, etc