4 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari Bwindi Impenetrable Park (Double Gorilla Trekking in Uganda) – Overview

The 4 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari Bwindi Impenetrable Park Gorilla Safaris Uganda is one of the popular short and affordable gorilla trekking safari in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national park.

Home to over half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas, Bwindi impenetrable national park is the best destination for a gorilla trekking safari in Africa.

On this 4 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari, you go gorilla trekking twice in the jungle of the renown Bwindi impenetrable forest starting and ending in Kampala-Uganda’s capital.

Using a 4×4 safari vehicle, your driver guide picks you up from your lodging facility in Kampala for a transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park with a stop at the equator line in kayabwe.

Arriving in the evening, you check in, relax and spend the night at a booked accommodation close to Bwindi impenetrable national park.

The next day, you go for gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest national park then have a Batwa cultural experience in the evening.

The next day, you go for another gorilla trekking experience then transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in the evening.

On the last day of your trip, you are driven from lake Bunyonyi after a canoe ride to Kampala marking the end of your safari.

4 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari Bwindi Impenetrable Park (Double Gorilla Trekking in Uganda) – Highlights

Day 1: From Kampala, your driver guide transfers you to Bwindi impenetrable national park with a stop at the world’s zero latitude line in Kayabwe and traditional lunch at Igongo cultural center.

Day 2: After breakfast, you are driven to a specific gorilla trekking sector of Bwindi impenetrable national park for gorilla trekking then after relax at the lodge as you enjoy the Batwa cultural performance.

Day 3: Raising early again, you go for another gorilla trekking experience at Bwindi impenetrable national park then transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in the evening.

Day 4: From Lake Bunyonyi, you then embark on a return drive to Kampala leaving the beautiful Kigezi highlands behind.

4 Days Gorilla Safari Uganda/Gorilla Trekking Safari in Uganda – Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

In the morning after breakfast at your place of residence in Kampala your driver guide picks you up for a drive to Bwindi impenetrable national park.

About 80km from Kampala, you stop at the equator line in kayabwe for photography and experiments that prove the forces on the zero latitude, here you spend about 30 minutes.

After then, you continue with the drive for traditional lunch at Igongo cultural center about 12km to Mbarara town.

After lunch, you then continue with the drive to Bwindi impenetrable national park arriving in the evening for check in and relaxation at a booked accommodation facility close to Bwindi impenetrable national park.

Accommodation options:
Upmarket/Luxury: Chameleon Hill Lodge
Midrange / Standard: Gorilla Mist Camp

Day 2: Enjoy The Gorilla Trekking Experience

Heading for your gorilla trek in Uganda, you have early morning breakfast then after embark on a drive to a specific gorilla trekking sector of Bwindi.

Expect to arrive here before 8:00am for briefing from the park rangers on the Uganda gorilla trekking etiquette and allocation of the gorilla family to trek an activity that takes about 30 minutes.

After briefing you receive your trekking stick and then start the trek alongside 7 other gorilla trekkers and an armed park ranger.

The trek involves a hike in a tropical forested jungle and spending a single hour in the presence of the mountain gorillas.

After one hour, of taking pictures and being close to the mountain gorillas you return to the gorilla trek start point.

Here you receive a Uganda gorilla trekking certificate then be driven by your driver guide back to your lodging facility.

At your lodging facility after refreshment, you are entertained by the Batwa who are one of the smallest tribes in Uganda and earlier inhabitants of the Bwindi forest.

You sight how the Batwa pygmies used to survive in the forest in harmony with the mountain gorillas and how the Batwa survived within the forest. You then relax and spend the night at your lodging facility.

Accommodation options:
Upmarket / Luxury: Chameleon Hill Lodge
Midrange / Standard: Gorilla Mist Camp

Day 3: Do Your Second Gorilla Trekking

Again, to Bwindi forest for gorilla trekking, you are transferred by your driver guide to the gorilla trekking sector where you have briefing and start the trek.

Trekking a different gorilla family, you get chance to learn more about the mountain gorilla behavior. After the one hour in the presence of these gentle giants, you return to the gorilla trekking headquarters, receive a gorilla trekking certificate and then embark on a drive by your driver guide to lake Bunyonyi.

You are driven along beautiful landscapes to this beautiful and scenic lake which is the deepest in Africa dotted by 29 islands.

You take a canoe ride/boat cruise to the islands at sunset then after rest and spend the night at a booked accommodation facility close to Lake Bunyonyi.

Accommodation options:
Upmarket / Luxury: Birdnest@Lake Bunyonyi Resort
Midrange / Standard: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort

Day 4: Departure

This morning, you have a relaxed breakfast then after embark on the drive back to Kampala. Leaving the beautiful Kigezi backdrop behind, you make a stop at Igongo Cultural Center for lunch and then continue to Kampala arriving in the evening.

End of The 4 Days Gorilla Safari Uganda/Gorilla Trekking Safari in Uganda.