This 3 Days Gorilla Safari tours take you into the jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for gorilla trekking tour to see the great mountain gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is famous for Uganda Gorilla trekking safari tours and lies in south western Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. The “impenetrable forest” protects nearly more than half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world and it is one of the best places to go gorilla trekking in Africa. Time permitting you will have an afternoon community visit to share the lifestyle of the local people around Bwindi gorilla park
- One Gorilla Permit per person
- Community visit
- Park Ranger Fees
- Relevant Government Taxes.
- Full Board Accommodation (2 nights) and en-route meals as indicated in the itinerary.
- Full time English speaking Driver/Guide
- 01 litre of COMPLEMENTARY mineral water per person per day
- Ground Transportation by a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Airport transfer, as long as your flight is on the same day on which the Uganda safari tours end.
- Air fares
- Visa Fees
- Personal Insurance
- Expenses of personal nature such as; drinks, tips, laundry, telephone, cigarettes, accommodation & meals not indicated in the itinerary and optional activities.
Bwindi impenetrable Game Park is undoubtfully Uganda most exciting national park for those who want to have an original feel of Africa’s dense forest wildlife encounter. Located in the gorilla rich virunga wildlife area in the western park of Uganda, bwindi national park is home to almost half of the world’s gorillas.
This 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking safari in Uganda will take you to bwindi national park that is at an altitude that varies between 1,190m-2,607m above sea level with around 60% of the park lying at an altitude of over 2000m above sea level . On a bwindi gorilla trekking safari, you expect a down pour at any time so you are highly advised to carry a rain coat since the total rainfall received in this area varies between 1,400mm and 1,900mm and most of the rain is received in March and April.
On your 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking safari in bwindi national park, you can expect to see a variety of many other wildlife species since bwindi national park boasts of over 30 elephants and 120 species of mammals which include 11 diurnal primates, with the black-and-white Colobus, which is prominent for its beautiful flowing white tail to show which makes it a flourishing wildlife Uganda safari destination.
During this 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking safari in Uganda, your main activity will be gorilla trekking in the dense mist covered mountain forest. To do Gorilla trekking in Uganda, you must have a gorilla trekking permit that goes for $600 per person and if you are interested in having an in-depth understanding of their behavior and have a full day with these human like apes, the gorilla habituation permit goes for about $1500 per person. The gorilla trekking activity should be the number one must do activity on everyone’s list when you think of an African safari.
Bwindi impenetrable national park is also home to the about 360 species of birds and 200 butterfly species, the Afro-montane rain forest has a dense under store of ferns, vines, and shrubs, and over 324 tree species recorded there, of which 10 don’t appear elsewhere in Uganda making Bwindi a must trek to any enthusiastic tourist or traveler.
The 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking safari in Uganda also includes bird watching as you trek up the dense forest to find the mountain gorillas, you will enjoy the beautiful bird watching and have a chance to watch some bwindi specials like; the honey guide, the Wing, White-tailed Blue Monarch Short-tailed Warbler, Kivi ground thrush, Wilcock’s, Rusty-faced woodland Gruel’s Rush Warbler, Yellow-eyed black Fly-catcher, Warbler, Bar-tailed Trogon and Dusky Crimson An enthusiastic bird watcher can be able to identify as many as 100 species daily.
Other activities that can be done in Bwindi include; Nature Walks in Bwindi Forests like The River Munyanga walk along the forest edge that offers tourist a memorable sight of birds and primates, the Rushurra walk gives an extensive view across the western rift valley floor also visible to both Lake Edward and Rwenzori Mountain and many others like the ivy river walk for bird watchers and the Bamboo trail walk for scenery lovers since it gives you an opportunity to view L. Bunyonyi and Mafuga forest.
Gorilla trekking (tracking) in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is always the most amazing and interesting part while on a Ugandan safari. And because of that Sir Winston Churchhill was never wrong to call Uganda ‘the pearl of Africa’. Bwindi national park is also good for wildlife safaris, nature walks and bird watching safaris in Uganda.