A gorilla tracking safari in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a lifetime dream for almost every traveler and has been dubbed by some as the best wildlife experience on earth. Coming face to face with mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, seeing the sheer might yet gentleness of the silverbacks and the playful nature of the juveniles and infants is an unforgettable experience. Gorilla treks begin at 8 AM every day with a briefing after which groups of a maximum of eight tourists trek into the mysterious jungle that protects close to half of the world’s surviving mountain gorillas. Led by the expert rangers and an experienced team of advance trackers, the trek can last anywhere from 1 hour to 8 hours depending on where the gorillas will be on a specific day. There is the opportunity to see several other fauna and flora species along the way climaxing in 60 incredible minutes in the company of one of our habituated mountain gorilla groups. All tourists on gorilla tracking safaris to Bwindi will need a gorilla permit. You will have an early breakfast leave your hotel room for briefing after which you will then walk through various trails in search of the habituated gorilla family for about 7 hours depending on the movement of gorillas. Upon finding gorillas you will interact and have some fun plus taking photos, later in the evening, you will leave the forest and return to your hotel room for dinner and overnight sleep at Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge.

After breakfast, you will leave your hotel room for briefing, then you will walk through various trails in search of gorillas. You will interact with the Batwa (the ancient indigenous people of the forest) as you move deep in the forest trekking for gorillas. They will before you showcase the dances and display their culture. Later in the evening, you will go to your hotel room for lunch and overnight.

Breakfast will kick-start your day, and after it you will go for birding and nature walk in the Bwindi park where you will encounter a variety of bird species like, African vultures, African pied crows, Great blue turaco, Crowned hornbills and many more. In addition you will see different tree species like Mahogany, Acacia, among others. After this activity, you will then check-out from Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla lodge room and be transferred to Kabale and check-in at Cephas Inn for dinner and overnight stay.

Early in the morning, you will leave your hotel room and go for a canoe ride at Lake Bunyonyi, the second deepest lake in Africa; you will also visit various Islands like Punishment Island “an island in Africa where unmarried pregnant girls were left alone to die as a punishment of fornication”. Canoe ride will take like 2-3 hours After lunch, you will go for zip-lining in the evening hours and then check-in your hotel for dinner and overnight sleep.

This is the last day of your 6 days tour, you will wake up in the morning, have your breakfast and you will be transferred back to Entebbe airport for your flight back home.