5-Day The Best of Kisoro's Nature and Community

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

Travel to Kisoro

The tour activities include; The journey starts at 7:30 a.m from the pick up point, then breakfast and bathroom break at Shell Kayabwe for 25 minutes. We then make a stop over at the Equator land mark for an experience of the earth rotation on the axis. We then make a stop over to in Biharwe for a little hike to the Eclipse monument then have Lunch at Igongo cultural Centre for an hour. We drive to Kabale and have an aerial view of Lake Bunyonyi at the site seeing view point for 15 minutes. We then proceed to Kisoro but before reaching there we make a stopover at Mt. Muhavura volcanoes view point for 15 Minutes. We then travel to Kisoro to Logde at Ichumbi Hotel.

Main Destination:

Kisoro (Town)

Accommodation:

Ichumbi Hotel - Kisoro

• Mid-range hotel located in Kisoro (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Trek Gorillas

This is a day's activity. Breakfast is served by 6:30 a.m then head to Mgahinga National Park. We advise one carries packed lunch in form of a snack and enough litres of water like 1.5 litres. We then head to the National Park gate for registration and briefing. After registration and briefing one will be assigned a group for trekking with a guide and rangers. Then trekking starts for the gorillas this takes 1 - 4 hours depending to the location of the gorillas. You are then given an hour to view the gorillas and then asked to return to the briefing point where you will be awarded a trekking certificate from Uganda Wildlife Authority.
After the trek we head to the lodge to rest. Later in the evening we shall head out to Karunga view point to experience a sunset as we view the magical sites of lake Mutanda and the Virunga ranges.

Main Destination:

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)

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

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather Jun to Aug and Dec to Jan (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

BuffaloOccasional

ElephantRare

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Ichumbi Hotel - Kisoro

• Mid-range hotel located less than 1hr drive from Mgahinga Gorilla NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Batwa Trail and Local Coffee Experience

We shall arise at 6:00 and have breakfast. At 6:30 p.m we then set off to the park for the Batwa trail experience. The Batwa part of the indigenous tribes found in Kisoro in Uganda. The experience involves learning about their livelihood back when there were in the Mgahinga National Park. As part of the the conservation efforts of the park these were evicted from the National park and integrated into the communities. The fees collected help to support them. We then return to the Hotel.

In the afternoon we take part in a local experience right for the garden, to post harvest handling thereafter to the value addition. Here you will then taste the coffee you have brewed and receive a souvenir of the coffee of your choice.

Main Destination:

Batwa Experience (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Ichumbi Hotel - Kisoro

• Mid-range hotel located in Kisoro (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Trek Golden Monkeys and travel to Lake Bunyonyi

Breakfast will be served at 6:00 am. We then set off to Mgahinga National Park to the gate to trek Golden Monkeys.
The Golden monkey is one of Uganda’s 20 primate species. It is found in Mgahinga Gorilla National park which is part of the Virunga Mountains where it is endemic. Compared with other monkey species, the golden monkeys are gorgeous in appearance. They have bright coloured fur with long golden hair mixed with orange. Golden Monkey Experiential tourism is a new product for visitors to the park that allows them to have an insight and a better understanding of what it means to research, conserve, and protect an endangered species in the 21st century and the many challenges faced everyday by the team out in the field.
This experience takes 3-4 hours. After the experience we shall then travel to lake Bunyonyi to relax at the lake.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation:

Arcadia Lodge Lake Bunyonyi

• Mid-range lodge located at Lake Bunyonyi

Meals & Drinks:

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

Travel Back

Breakfast will be served at 6:30 am then set off time is 7:00 am to Entebbe airport.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (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.