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3 Days Luxury Fly-In Bwindi Gorilla Safari
A 3-day luxury fly-in gorilla safari in Bwindi. Accommodation is in lodges.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Where
- Bwindi
- Comfort
- Luxury
- Accommodation
- Overnight at the lodge.
Price
Price on request
Day by day
Your itinerary, day by day.
Starts in Entebbe · finishes in Entebbe
The route, days and named stays are as planned. What is included at each stop, from food, park fees and drinking water to room types, permits and border arrangements, and any camp or lodge not named here, is set out in your written quotation. Game drives on travel days depend on arrival and departure times, timings can change with road and park conditions, and wildlife sightings are never guaranteed. Photographs illustrate each day’s destination; they are not pictures of a particular departure.
A mountain gorilla among green foliage in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) Flying to the edge of Bwindi
Entebbe → Bwindi
A flight carries you from central Uganda towards the south-west, over the lakes and farmland of the country’s centre and on into a landscape of steep green hills. From the airstrip a road transfer climbs towards the forest, where the last stretches into the park are winding murram roads. Arriving early gives the afternoon to settle at the lodge, take in the views across Bwindi’s ridges and valleys, and prepare for tomorrow’s trek.
- Overnight
- Lodge in Bwindi, named in your quotation
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
A young mountain gorilla walking through the forest in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) A morning with the mountain gorillas
Bwindi
Today is the trek itself: into the rainforest, under the Uganda Wildlife Authority’s rules, in search of a habituated family. Your quotation confirms whether the gorilla permit is part of the package and how it is booked. Bwindi’s ridges are steep and the vegetation thick, so the walk can be demanding, and how long it takes depends on where the gorillas have moved overnight. Once the family is found, the time spent with them is carefully limited under Uganda Wildlife Authority rules, and watching the family go about its day at close range is the moment the whole journey is built around.
- Overnight
- Lodge in Bwindi, named in your quotation
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
A mountain gorilla eating leaves in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) Forest birds and the flight back
Bwindi → Entebbe
Before leaving, the forest has more to offer than its gorillas. The Uganda Wildlife Authority records around 120 mammal species here, among them chimpanzees, elephants and forest antelopes, along with more than 200 kinds of butterflies and birds such as the African green broadbill, an Albertine Rift endemic. After a quiet morning near the lodge, the road transfer returns to the airstrip for the flight back to central Uganda and your onward travel.
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
Like the shape of these days? Tell us your dates and who is travelling, and our team will set out the stays, meals and inclusions in a written quotation.
Where you stay.
Overnight at the lodge. The camp or lodge is discussed with you during planning and confirmed with your itinerary, subject to availability. How accommodation works on our safaris
Places along the way.
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