3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Habituation Fly in Safari | Uganda Gorilla Tour

The 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Habituation Fly in Safari takes you to the misty forests of Bwindi national park where you will get a chance to spend more time with the endangered mountain gorillas under habituation.

Bwindi Forest is a home of a number of wildlife species, including 120 mammals such as forest elephants and antelopes, more than 400 mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, l’hoest monkeys, and about 350 bird species, including 23 Albertine rift endemics, and different plant and tree species, to mention but a few.

Highlights of the 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Habituation Fly in Safari

Day 1: Pick up and fly to Bwindi impenetrable national park

Day 2: Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi impenetrable national park

Day 3: departure flight to Kampala/Entebbe

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Pick up and fly to Kihihi or Kisoro airstrips—Bwindi impenetrable national park

On the first day of the gorilla safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Entebbe international airport for your domestic flight to the Kihihi or Kisoro airstrips.

Domestic flights to Kihihi airstrip depart from Entebbe airport at 7:00 am, 10:15 am, and 12:00 pm and flights to Kisoro airstrip only depart from Entebbe airport during morning hours at around 7:00 am and 8:25 am.

Upon arrival at the Kihihi or Kisoro airstrip, your driver guide will pick you up to transfer you to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. After lunch you will go for an optional cultural tour where you will visit the Batwa who live in the neighboring community.

During the Batwa cultural experience, you will be able to learn about their way of living, how they lived in the forest before it was gazetted into a national park, and visit their homesteads and farmlands; learn how to cook their local dishes; listen to their ancient stories; and enjoy their traditional songs and dances, among others.

After the cultural tour you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi impenetrable national park

After an early breakfast, you will carry packed lunch from the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla habituation briefing.

Gorilla habituation experience is done in the Rushaga sector in the southern part of Bwindi impenetrable national park and it allows a maximum of 4 people to visit each gorilla family under the habituation experience. After the briefing you will join a team of researchers, scientists, park guides, rangers, and gorilla doctors and start trekking in the jungle in search of a gorilla family.

Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi impenetrable national park takes a full day and during trekking you will enjoy great views of other wildlife species, including forest elephants, buffaloes, duikers, other primates like chimpanzees, l’hoest monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, a variety of bird species, and different plant and tree species, among others.

Mountain Gorilla

Once the  mountain gorillas are found, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their natural habitat, which gives you an opportunity to observe their habits, lifestyle, and behaviors; watch them feed, play, and breastfeed; groom young ones; and take photos and record videos to show people back home after the safari.

After the interesting one hour with the mountain gorillas, you will trek back to the park headquarters, where you will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking and later meet up with your driver guide to transfer back to the lodge for an evening of relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Departure flight to Entebbe / Kampala

After a relaxed breakfast on the last day of your gorilla experience, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to drive to Kihihi or Kisoro airstrips for your departure flight back to Entebbe or Kampala, where after you will catch your international flight or transfer to a hotel depending on your schedule.

End of 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Habituation fly in Safari

Tour includes                    

• Gorilla habituation permit
• Optional Batwa cultural tour
• Domestic flight fares
• Services of a professional English-speaking driver guide
• Full board accommodation
• Pick up and drop off
• Vehicle and fuel
• Bottled drinking water

 Tour excludes                         

• Air flight tickets
• Visas
• Life insurance
• Optional activities not included on the itinerary
• Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, and tips, among others.