Best of 3 days Gorilla trekking and Batwa community in Uganda

You will be picked at 6:30 am by our driver/guide. Begin the 8-9 hours’ journey and travel south-westwards through different Towns including Mpigi, Masaka, Mbarara, Ntungamo, Rukungiri, Kabale and Kisoro. There will be a stopover for lunch and Continue with the journey while enjoying the countryside and the lush rolling hills of Kigezi highlands and arriving the Rushaga sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the evening for check-in into Rushaga gorilla lodge for dinner and overnight. Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla lodge Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner.

Get up at least by 6:00 am to prepare for the gorilla trek (by wearing long-sleeved shirts, long trousers, strong waterproof hiking boots, gardening gloves) and have breakfast so that you are at the briefing point by 7:00 am for briefing by the Park ranger on the guidelines of mountain gorilla trekking. You will be assigned to one of the gorilla families in Rushaga including Kutu, Bikingi, Rwigi, Mishaya, Nshongi, Kahungye, Busingye, Bweza and Mucunguzi. With your backpack (containing a sweater, camera, binoculars, drinking water, and snacks), a walking stick that will be provided at the briefing point and after hiring a porter (optional), you will walk or be driven to the trailhead at 8:00 am. With so much excitement, start the trek in the thick forest where you will be treated to the sights of the primates, birds as well as tree species and after 30 minutes to 4 hours (depending on the location of the gorilla family), the guide will notify you of their presence and will spend one hour interacting and taking their photos with non-flash camera. After the one hour, return to the trailhead where you will find the driver waiting for you and continue to the starting point for the gorilla trekking certificate. Go back to the Lodge to relax and have a walk to Batwa communities at the boundary of the forest. While here, you will be entertained in their traditional dances, get to learn how they make fire out of ordinary sticks like they used to do when they used to live in the forests before eviction that is if interested and later return to the Lodge for dinner, relaxation and comfortable sleep. Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla Lodge Meal Plan: All meals Drinks: Drinking water

After a hefty breakfast, embark on another 8-9 hours’ journey back to Kampala or Entebbe with a stopover for at the Equator where you will stand on two hemispheres-northern and southern and also have lunch, buy souvenirs and take photos then continue straight to Kampala or Entebbe. Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch Accommodation: No accomodation