3-Day Gorilla Trekking Mgahinga

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

Scenic road trip to Kisoro

Pick up from your guest house in Entebbe/Kampala, have a short briefing about your safari and drive to the western region of Uganda that’s rich in culture, famous for the Ankole long horned cattle and the most energetic, hardworking Kiga people that inhabit the Kigezi hills. Throughout this long drive, we will have several interesting stops with a hot lunch en route. Dinner and overnight at the edge of the forest.

Main Destination:

Kisoro (Town)

Accommodation:

Travellers Rest Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Kisoro (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla Tracking

After your early breakfast (6:30am), you will have short drive to the UWA parking where you take on a short hike for about 115 minutes to get to the briefing point and starting point where you will be taken through the dos and don’ts while tracking gorillas. After you have been allocated a gorilla family in a group of 8 Pax, you will be led by the armed ranger guides off the forest to search for the gorillas. When gorillas have been located, you will have one full hour viewing them as they go on with their daily lives at a distance of 7-10 meters. After gorilla tracking, we drive back to lodge to relax or lake optional activities on lake Mutanda. Dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to January

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

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Travellers Rest Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located 1-2hr drive from Mgahinga Gorilla NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer back to Entebbe

After your early breakfast, we will depart from Kisoro and head to the central part of Uganda. This is a long drive with over 9 hours however it is action packed with a lot of scenic and photographic stops en route. We will have our hot lunch in Mbarara and later embark on the journey to the equator where we will pause for few minutes to take some photos. Drop off in Entebbe or airport in case you have a flight the same day. This tour can start and end in Kigali. End of tour.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

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