3-Day Bwindi Gorillas & Lake Bunyonyi

Overview

A focused private mid-range escape to southwestern Uganda for an unforgettable mountain gorilla trek and restorative time at Lake Bunyonyi. Travel with a dedicated driver-guide, enjoy comfortable lodge accommodation, walk through Bwindi’s rainforest with expert rangers and take in the terraced highland scenery.

This tour accepts children who are 15 years and older.

Day by Day

1. 1
   

   Day 1

   Journey to Bwindi Forest

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   Leave Entebbe with your private driver-guide and travel southwest through Uganda’s changing countryside toward Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Stop for lunch along the route and continue through the terraced highlands of the southwest. Arrive near the rainforest in the late afternoon, settle into your comfortable mid-range lodge and receive a briefing about the following day’s mountain gorilla trek before dinner.

   Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

   • GorillaCommon
   • ChimpanzeeRare
   • ElephantRare
   • White RhinoNone
   • Black RhinoNone
   • LionNone
   • GiraffeNone
   • LeopardNone
   • CheetahNone
   • BuffaloNone
   • ZebraNone
   • WildebeestNone
   • HippoNone

   Main destination

   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

   Overnight

   Gorilla Bluff LodgeLodge · Just outside Buhoma (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

   Meals included

   Lunch, Dinner

   Drinks

   Drinking water included, other drinks not

2. 2
   

   Day 2

   Mountain Gorilla Trekking

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   After an early breakfast, continue to the park headquarters for registration and a briefing by expert rangers. Enter Bwindi’s rainforest in search of a habituated mountain gorilla family; the trek may take several hours depending on their location. Spend the permitted time observing and photographing the gorillas, enjoy a packed lunch and return through the forest to your lodge for a relaxed evening and dinner.

   • Gorilla tracking

   Main destination

   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

   Overnight

   Gorilla Bluff LodgeLodge · Just outside Buhoma (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

   Meals included

   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

   Drinks

   Drinking water included, other drinks not

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   Day 3

   Lake Bunyonyi and Return

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   Enjoy breakfast, then leave Bwindi and travel to Lake Bunyonyi for panoramic views of its islands, terraced hills and calm highland waters. Spend time beside the lake and take in the scenery before beginning the return journey through southwestern Uganda. Stop for lunch along the route and reach Entebbe in the evening for drop-off at your agreed hotel or the airport, where this three-day journey ends.

   Main destination

   Lake Bunyonyi

   Meals included

   Breakfast, Lunch

   Drinks

   Drinking water included, other drinks not

What’s Included

Getting There

• Starts and ends in Entebbe.
• Fly to and from Entebbe Airport (EBB).
• The operator can help you choose international flights, which you book yourself.
• A transfer from and back to the airport is included.
• Arrival: You'll be collected from the airport. Accommodation before the tour starts cannot be arranged by this operator. End of tour: Additional accommodation cannot be arranged by this operator. You'll be dropped off at the airport.

1. 1Journey to Bwindi Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
2. 2Mountain Gorilla Trekking, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
3. 3Lake Bunyonyi and Return, Lake Bunyonyi

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Viajes Matatu

Local operator based in Uganda

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