5 Days Uganda: Gorilla Encounter Tour Package

Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
Priced From: $4,445 pp dbl.occ.
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Enter the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to observe some of humanity's closest relatives with an intimacy you never imagined. Led by an expert gorilla tracker, your expedition traverses the dense jungle to find one of its native gorilla families, which carries on its daily activities unconcerned by your presence.

Environment & Conditions

• Temperatures of 60-77° F
• Altitudes above 3,500 feet
• Good physical condition required
• Hiking, camping
• Latitude 0° 01' N
• Longitude 32° 27' E

Arrive and meet your guide for your expedition briefing.

Day 2: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Fly to this UNESCO World Heritage Site and settle into the Gorilla Forest Camp, your accommodation for the next three days. Explore the park's rainforest habitat, walking the Munyaga Falls or Mazabajuro Loop trails or joining an expert-led birding excursion.

Days 3 - 4: Tracking the Mountain Gorillas

Only 700 mountain gorillas survive worldwide. With your permits, you are allowed to track on foot either of two family groups, habituated to tolerate human presence for brief periods each day. Tracking with an experienced guide may take anywhere from half an hour to nine hours. Once you have located the gorillas, you are allowed one hour with them. In two days, you will see the gorillas twice, more than enough opportunity to savor the bond that exists between ape and human.

Day 5: Entebbe

Fly to Entebbe for overnight. Then depart for home.

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