The 5 Days Double Gorilla trekking & Batwa Culture takes you to Bwindi Gorilla National Park a home to the half mountain gorillas in the mist and the experience to encounter on this safari are Uganda gorilla trekking tours, Uganda gorilla safaris and gorilla tour Uganda. Experience the Batwa cultural tours in the Mgahinga Gorilla Park!
Day1: Entebbe/Kampala-Bwindi Gorilla Park
After breakfast, meet our driver/guide and have orientation, thereafter transfer to south-western Uganda via Masaka-Mbarara highway with en-route stopover at the Uganda equator for amazing photographs and snacks. Drive to Agip Motel/Regency Hotel in Mbarara town for your lunch, after embark the safari jeep and transfer to the Bwindi forest via the stunning undulating western land scape and upon your arrival check in at your lodge either Mahogany Springs/Buhoma Lodge/Gorilla Safari Lodge/Lake Mutanda Resort. Meal plan: H/B
Day2: Uganda Gorilla Trekking
Have early morning breakfast, after embark the safari jeep and transfer to the park headquarters to search for the mountain gorillas. When you first set foot into this jungle, the setting is so seductive that the proximity of the mountain gorillas seems almost like an unpredicted side benefit; the blend of the two is magical. Because of the relatively steep nature of the landscape, finding the gorillas is usually tough work, but because they are completely habituated sightings are essentially guaranteed. Even better, the one hour you will spend with them is exhilarating with lots to learn. If it is your lucky day, you might come across chimpanzees too while on your way out of the forest.
If you wish to have a refreshing dip, there are lots of natural pools in splendid locations where you can soak up.
Relax at the lodge as you wait to dinner and overnight. Meal plan: F/B
Day3: Second Gorilla Trekking
Have breakfast and thereafter go gorilla trekking visiting another gorilla family. Bwindi is an outstanding destination both for close-up encounters with gorillas and for the stunning scenery. Forested mountains rise up directly steep valleys, and the remote location means that you will likely have your patch of the forest to yourself.Return to the Lake Mutanda Resort and relax and then in the evening take canoeing along the volcanic Lake Mutanda. Meal plan: F/B
Day4: Batwa Cultural Trail
Because of its location, Mgahinga gets very few visitors: you might be one of just 8. But despite the low numbers, the activities are excellent, one such being the Batwa cultural experience. It entails spending the day with natives from the Batwa tribe as they show you their ancestral home, Mgahinga National Park. Before it was gazatted in 1994, it was their everything; home, source of food, source of medicine, shelter. You will be treated to their electrifying dances. Alternatively, you can pursue a one days hike destined to the summit of one of the three mountains in the park; Sabinyo, Muhavura or Mgahinga. To limit your possibility of getting knocked out by altitude sickness, don’t rush the hike as it will fail your body from acclimatizing.
After this whole day amazing experience return to lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: F/B
Day5: Mgahinga Gorilla-Kampala
Have breakfast and thereafter embark the safari jeep and with lunch en-route at the Uganda equator for your last memorable photographs, return back to Kampala/Entebbe for your return flight. End of services
The package includes:
Ground transportation
Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
Double Gorilla permits
Batwa cultural trail
Boat ride along volcanic Lake Mutanda
En-route meals
Full day English speaking guide
Package excludes:
All expenses not mentioned in the package like fees to the porter while gorilla trekking, airtime to call back home, laundry, luxury drinks, Visa and air fares, cigarettes among other personal nature expenses.
