4 Days Batwa Trail & Gorilla Trekking Safari

Batwa Trail & Gorilla Trekking Safari

Overview

The 4 Days Batwa Trail & Gorilla Trekking Safari takes you to the dense jungle forests at the foot of the Virunga Volcanoes the home to the modern-day primitive Batwa people: hunter-gatherers and fierce warriors who depend on the forest for shelter, food, and medicine thanks to ancient knowledge passed down for generations. During this Batwa trail moving tour, the Batwa demonstrate hunting techniques; gather honey; point out medicinal plants, and demonstrate how to make bamboo cups.

Apart from the native Batwa tribe community, the misty Bwindi Impenetrable forest is also home to more than half the population of the remaining 1000 Mountain Gorillas. Within the 4 Days Batwa Trail & Gorilla Trekking Safari, we also trek the misty jungles to find these magnificent creatures and spend at least one hour with them – an experience all travelers have not been able to equally describe in words.

Bwindi Impenetrable forest also offers a unique birding opportunity, cultural experiences, and a scenic allure of stunning hills and lush vegetation inhabited by elusive primates and pygmies.  Gorilla tracking is the most enchanting experience in this forest. You will have the experience of a lifetime watching at close range these majestic apes as feed, play, relax and bond with the young.

Safari Highlights

• Western Uganda Road Drive
• Equator experience
• Uganda Gorilla trekking experience
• The Batwa trail 

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DETAILED ITINERARY

 Day 1: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

We start off the Batwa Trail & Gorilla Trekking Safari with an early drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, 9-10 hours away. This route is well endowed with remarkable tourist attractions including the Equator line, savannah plains, rolling hills, and a rich cultural backdrop. You will have a lunch break in Mbarara town and then continue to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park arriving late in the afternoon hours. We shall get to Bwindi in the late afternoon.

Dinner and overnight will be at the gorilla safari lodge of your booking.

• Lower Budget: Buhoma community Rest camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Travellers Rest Hotel Kisolo  / Gorilla Valley Lodge
• Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Silver Back Lodge / Lake Kitandara Camp / Chameleon Hill Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort.
• Upmarket: Mahogany Springs Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Satari Lodge.
• Meal plan: Dinner.

Day 2: Uganda Gorilla trekking and Bwindi Jungle Safari

After an early breakfast, you will go to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the guides before you begin the search in the thick Bwindi forest for the giant mountain gorillas. Bwindi National Park is renowned for its impressive mountain gorillas, although it is unpredictable how long you will track them before finding them since it all depends on their movement. Though the time spent to track down these Gorillas is unpredictable, the thrill of spending time and observing these gentle giant gorillas is a rare, moving, awesome and exciting adventure that will leave you with long-lasting memories of a truly unique experience.

• Lower Budget: Buhoma community Rest camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Travellers Rest Hotel Kisolo  / Gorilla Valley Lodge
• Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Silver Back Lodge / Lake Kitandara Camp / Chameleon Hill Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort.
• Upmarket: Mahogany Springs Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Satari Lodge.
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 3: The Bwindi Jungle Natives Batwa trail

On the third day of the Batwa Trail & Gorilla Trekking Safari, we embark on the Batwa trail but first, we experience the Golden monkey trekking and then continue on a community walk among the Batwa people who used to live in the Bwindi forest before it was gazetted as a National Park and learn about their life and culture as a forest people.

Time allows you will go for a guided community walk to experience the livelihoods of the local communities on the Batwa trail. You will visit a traditional herbalist to see how he prepares native medicine to treat a wide array of human sicknesses, see a blacksmith manufacturing local tools used in everyday life and see how local beer is brewed using local methods. You will also be entertained by the traditional dances offered by the community.

Dinner and overnight will be at your gorilla safari lodge of booking.

• Lower Budget: Buhoma community Rest camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Travellers Rest Hotel Kisolo  / Gorilla Valley Lodge
• Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Silver Back Lodge / Lake Kitandara Camp / Chameleon Hill Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort.
• Upmarket: Mahogany Springs Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Safari Lodge.
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 4: Return to Kampala Road Trip

You will depart Bwindi after breakfast and travel back to Kampala with a stopover for lunch in Mbarara town. You will continue the journey and make another stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time and take some photos arriving in Kampala in the late afternoon.

This safari package includes;

• Transportation (type of car ) 4WD min van with pop-up roof for excellent safari view.
• Uganda Gorilla Trekking permit – $700
• All fuel for the trip.
• Driver/guide.
• Guide ranger fees.
• Accommodation and meals as per itinerary.
• All activities are described in the itinerary.
• The Park fee is according to the program.
• Meals are according to the program.

However, the package excludes Personal Expenses like: tobacco, telephone, drinks, laundry, porter fee, personal insurance, Visa, and tips to guides.

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