Overview
The 3 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari will take our guests to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the South West of Uganda in Kisoro a home of over 50% of the worlds mountain gorillas. You will have an opportunity to trek the Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitant where you will spend one hour with them with a distance of 8 meters.
Highlights
- This luxury tour uses lodges.
- This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
- If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- You can request changes to this tour.
- Solo travelers can book this private tour.
- The minimum age for this tour is 18 years.
Itinerary
Day by Day
- You'll be collected from the airport.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
After your early morning breakfast, you will be picked by an Otter African Safaris guide and start your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Kisoro in South Western Uganda. First stop will be at the Equator in Kayabwe for memorable photos and the famous water experiment that shows that earth is separated into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
and you will have a chance to enjoy both the hemispheres.
A lunch break will be in Mbarara at Igongo Cultural Center and after you will continue your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The journey will not be a short one as it might last up to 9 Hours but it is a journey worth it as there is a wide range of beautiful scenery from Kampala to Kisoro.
You will wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then report at the park headquarters at 7:30am for a briefing about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. Remember to carry your packed lunch and enough drinking water since you may stay in the forest up to afternoon in search of these gentle giants in their natural environment. Gorilla trekking exercise is physically demanding but an exciting activity. You may need to hire a porter to assist you during tracking and these are readily available at the park headquarters. Time allowed to spend with gorillas is 1 hour when you have found them and this is enough to ask all the questions about their behaviour as you will take as many pictures as you want.
After the gorilla tracking you will be awarded a Gorilla Trekking certificate to show that you successfully tracked gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable National Park. Return to the lodge after trekking and freshen up. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
After breakfast depart from the lodge at Lake Bunyonyi and head to Kampala in your hotel or Entebbe International Airport for your flight. Along the way we shall have lunch and continue to Kampala or Entebbe. Do not forget to purchase a souvenir for yourself as a remembrance for this wonderful trip.
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- You'll be dropped off at the airport.
Cost
The Cost Includes
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water (On all days)
The Cost Excludes
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
FAQs
Annapurna Base Camp is a Grade B or a moderately difficult trekking route. So any fit person can do this trek, even if you do not have any previous experience. You should be aware of what to expect and mentally prepare for it. Then, as long as you will too, you can.
On average, you walk about 4 to 6 hours per day. One or two days can be as less as 3hrs and one or two days can be as long as 7hrs.
The highest altitude reached is 4190m. This is the elevation of Annapurna Base Camp. ABC is the highest we will climb in this trek.
Yes, you can charge batteries en route. Charger should be brought. There are hot shower facilities as well. You may have to pay a certain amount for both ($1-$2). Negotiate. Also, a hot water facility could be free at a lower elevation.
No. There are no ATMs on this trek route. You will have to draw enough cash in Pokhara or Kathmandu. There are a number of ATMs in these cities. Everything is paid in Nepali rupees. So money should be exchanged before the start of the trek.
Yes. The Internet can be accessed in most places. Sometimes, there might be some technical problems. The Internet in Nepal is not as fast as you are used to and at times you can just lose connection.
Not really. It depends on you. If you want, ABC trekking can be done independently. You could hire a guide and a porter by yourself instead of going through an agency or not hire a guide at all. Although, not having a guide can be a little problematic during the offseason.
It really depends on you. Is it your first time in Nepal? How confident are you of being able to find your way around? How pressed on time are you? If you go through an agency, it will be costlier but everything will be planned. You will only have to come, trek and return.
For the Annapurna region, pay for guides range from $20 to $30 per day and porters take $15 to $25 per day.