3-Day Bwindi & Lake Bunyonyi Budget Tour

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Pick Up, Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and Afternoon Boat cruise

You will be picked up by a professional guide early in the morning who will brief you about the whole trip and then set off for a journey in the western region of Uganda to Lake Bunyonyi. The journey takes 8-hour drive from Kampala to Lake Bunyonyi and the distance to cover is 457 kilometers.
You will arrive during lunch time and relaxation at a resort overlooking the lake; in the afternoon take a boat cruise along the deepest lake in Uganda and second deepest in Africa after Lake Tanganyika.
During the boat cruise, you have an opportunity of visiting some of the 29 islands on Lake Bunyonyi and spotting various water birds like grey corned canes, herons, egrets, cuckoo to mention but a few.
Immediately embark on a transfer to Ruhija sector in Bwindi national park where you will have dinner and overnight stay in preparation of the next day’s trekking adventure.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Trekking in Ruhija sector and Batwa cultural tour

After an early morning heavy breakfast with your packed lunch, transfer to Bwindi impenetrable National Park headquarters in Ruhija sector for briefing by a ranger guide on what to and what not to do during gorilla trekking experience. After briefing, hike into the forest looking for the location of these amazing apes, this may take few hours or even a full day depending on the location of these apes.
The activity is strenuous and may require average physical fitness, walking sticks or consider hiring porters to help in carrying heavy luggage.
When you find the mountain gorillas, you will be required to spend one hour with them while taking pictures for memories. It is a worthwhile adventure and so humbling to stand a few meters while watching these sought-after primates as they eat, feed their young ones and their day to day activities in their natural habitat. After the activity, retire to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer back to Kampala via the equator

After a cheerful morning breakfast, transfer back to Kampala via the Uganda Equator in Kayabwe where you will have an opportunity to take photos standing in two different hemispheres at the same time and the local water experiment that proves the earth being split-up-into two hemispheres - north and the south hemisphere and lunch enroute. You will then proceed to Kampala or Entebbe airport for your departure.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.