Luxury Uganda Gorilla Tour – 5 days

Luxury Uganda Gorilla Tour itinerary:

DAY 1: ARRIVAL

ENTEBBE
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, clear with immigration, our representative will be waiting to meet and transfer you to your accommodation in Entebbe.

If you arrive early, you can do optional activities in Entebbe, including birding in Botanical Gardens, market walks, shopping, zoo, and Ngamba chimps Island. Or you can take a canoe ride on the Lake Victoria mashes of Mabamba to track the endangered shoebill bird.

Accommodation: Hotel No. 5 (Luxury)
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

DAY 2: FLY ENTEBBE TO KISORO

Start your Luxury Uganda Gorilla Safari with an early morning transfer from your hotel to Entebbe International Airport for a local SCHEDULED flight to Kisoro. You will fly over central Uganda’s beautiful plains, fading into the rolling hills of the southwestern region. The stunning flight goes over cultivated terraces, tropical rainforest, bamboo forest, and the majestic chain of the Virunga Volcanoes. Our driver will pick you up from Kisoro Airstrip and transfer you to the lodge.

In the afternoon, you can take a nature walk through the Buniga forest for a Batwa people’s cultural experience. Listen to their ancient tales about their dying cultures and watch them reenact their life in the woods. Or choose to stay around the lodge and experience the jungle ambiance; relaxing will gather some energy for the physically demanding gorilla trek the following day.

Alternatively, your transfer driver can take you to Kisoro town to join A safari guide for an off-the-beaten-track local experience. The experience includes a community walk, canoeing excursion on Lake Mutanda, and nature hike through communities & cultivated garden trails.

It is an immersive walking adventure connecting you with the local people and environment, taking you to some of the most incredible scenes of rugged southwestern Uganda. The walking safari takes about 4-5 hours to Lake Mutanda, where the driver will pick you up for lunch before continuing to your night’s stay at Nkuringo.

Accommodation: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 3: BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST

GORILLA TREKKING DAY IN BWINDI
Wake up early to start the Luxury Uganda Gorilla tour highlight, have your breakfast at the lodge, transfer to the trail head in time for the gorilla tracking briefing form the Uganda Wildlife Authority Park guides.

The gorilla tracking briefing usually starts at 8:00 am. You’ll be assigned the gorilla group for tracking with other trekkers and given the general rules to observe while in the jungle. You’ll be escorted into the African jungle with two gun-baring rangers (for your security) and a tracker/guide with a machete to lead your way.

The jungle has dump floors and thick shrubs, which will definitely require you have waterproof hiking boots, a rain jacket, a waterproof backpack (it could rain anytime), trousers, long-sleeved and garden gloves. The tracking is at your pace, ask to stop when you want to, and body fitness will be required because it’s a mountainous region. Trekking can take from 30 minutes to 6 hours before you find the gorillas, be prepared for this.

Once you have found the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend an hour with them. Keep your camera silent (no shutter sound of flash photography), observe a 10 meters distance from the gorillas, and keep your mask on. Your time in the forest cannot be pre-determined as every day differs from the previous.

Visit the top of the world in the evening to have a 360 degrees experience of the jungle you just visited. On a clear day, you can see a line of the five volcano mountains, including the Rwenzori mountains, in the far distance.

Accommodation: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

DAY 4: BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF SECOND GORILLA TREK
Experience is crafty; psychologists say that experiencing an activity more than once is more memorable than a single event.

Optionally stay back at the lodge and participate in some lodge activities like visiting the Batwa villages, walking through communities, and having heartful conversations with the locals. On this day, one of our most wanted experiences is the sundowner experience at the top of the world with stunning 360-degree views across southwestern Uganda’s rugged landscape.

Accommodation: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

DAY 5: FLY KISORO - ENTEBBE

FLY FROM KISORO TO ENTEBBE
After breakfast, you will be driven to the Kisoro Airstrip driving down the volcanic mountains to the lower Kisoro Airstrip for your local scheduled flight to Entebbe International Airport.

In case you need a day room to freshen up before your international flight back home, we can book you a dayroom in Entebbe.

Meals included: Breakfast