Uganda Gorilla Flying Safari (4 Days)
Embark on our 4-Day Uganda Gorilla Trekking Flying Safari, an unforgettable adventure to the heart of Uganda’s jungle. Explore the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to the majestic Mountain Gorillas. This safari offers a perfect blend of thrilling wildlife encounters and immersive cultural experiences in the Pearl of Africa.
Tour Highlights Meet the rare mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Arrive in Entebbe, Uganda, which earns its nickname, the “Pearl of Africa,” from its scenery. Transfer to your hotel for resting and leisure.
Optional: Visit the stunning Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Accommodation: Medium Budget: Papyrus Guest House (BB) High Budget: Hotel No.5
This morning, board your domestic flight to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. On arrival at the airstrip, set out on a scenic drive to your accommodation. Have lunch at your accommodation and choose one of the following optional activities.
- Visit the community and craft shops or one of the women groups.
- Visit the Bwindi Community Hospital and spend time with the waiting mothers
- Set out on a Guided Nature Walk to the several waterfalls.
Return to your lodge for dinner.
Accommodation: Medium Budget: Buhoma Haven Lodge (FB). High Budget: Mahogany Springs Lodge (FB)
After breakfast, you will be taken to the park headquarters for a short but important briefing from the park rangers and guides after which you will be allocated the gorilla family to visit. Enter the forest and start your trek (please note that a drive to the starting point of your trekking may be required).
Coming up close to endangered Mountain Gorillas in the forests of Uganda is a thrilling lifetime experience that surely ranks on most people’s travel bucket lists. Trekking at a high altitude through dense forests and up steep terrain can be challenging, especially in the African heat, but the hour you get to spend with these gentle giants is worth every step.
Only 8 guests may visit one gorilla family, at a time—one trek per day/ family.
Gorilla Tracking – is managed fully by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, with a head ranger, security personnel (who are armed as a precaution against wildlife among others), and trackers, with optional porters – who walk with the guests until a family is located. Once the gorillas are found, the rangers only take the guests closer to the gorillas – and your viewing time commences – which is one hour.
Porters – they are from the local communities, rotated for revenue sharing which goes directly to them. Recommended at least 1 per person trekking. Fees are usually additional to your tour and paid directly.
Included: Gorilla Tracking
Accommodation: Medium Budget: Buhoma Haven Lodge (FB). High Budget: Mahogany Springs Lodge (FB)
Have breakfast and depart Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to the airstrip for your connecting flight to Entebbe. In Entebbe, you may decide to visit some of Uganda’s iconic places. This afternoon, transfer to the airport for your outbound flight back home.
