3 Days Gorilla tracking in Mgahinga National park

Overview

Note: Flights scheduled to Kisoro are available and can be booked on request if required. This safari can only be done if permissions are available, optional tracking can be done in Nkuringo Group and other groups that have increase in number include: Nshongi Group; Dominant Silverback, 2 sub-Silverback, 3 Black-backs, 6 Adult Females, 6 Juveniles, 3
Infants, Mishaya Group; Dominant Silverback, 2 Adult Females, 1 sub-Adult, 3 Infants, Kahungye Group; Dominant Silverback, 2 sub-Silverbacks, 3 Black-backs, 4 Adult Females, 3 sub-Adults, 7 Juveniles, 4 Infants. The groups here give you a chance to trek the apes in this side of the gorilla parks

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: from Kampala City – Mgahinga Gorilla Park (stay in Kisoro Town)
Early in the morning pick up and drive to Kisoro Town which is in the South Western part of Uganda to near Mgahinga National Park. There will be a lunch stop in Mbarara or Kabale town and later continue through a newly nice paved road through the marvelous landscape scenery referred to “Switzerland of Africa”. While traveling look out through the window to see the Virunga mountains a cross the boarders of Rwanda and Congo, enjoy the hills with their terraces, rain forests and bamboo forests as you are driven a long. This journey takes about 9 – 10 hours without stopovers. Arrive to your hotel/lodge of choice to check in, have dinner and spend the night.

Hotels / Lodge Options: Clouds Gorilla / Mgahinga Lodge for Luxury / Nguringo Gorilla Camp for Standard / Medium / Travelers Rest Hotel for Budget Options

Day 2: Mgahinga Gorilla trekking
Go for a whole day Gorilla tracking to check out the Nkuringo group in South Bwindi and Nyakagyezi group in Mgahinga National Park or the other groups. Tracking gorillas is a tedious activity but observing these giants play, feed and interact erases the poor memories of finding them. Depending on which group that you will get a permit, otherwise there would be an opportunity to go to Lake Matanda after lunch to chill the tedious trekking of gorillas, return back to you hotel exhausted for dinner and overnight.

Hotels / Lodge Options: Clouds Gorilla / Mgahinga Lodge for Luxury / Nguringo Gorilla Camp for Standard / Medium / Travelers Rest Hotel for Budget Options

Day 3: Mgahinga Gorilla Park – Back to Kampala City
In the morning drive back to Kampala to have a lunch stop in Mbarara town and then proceed to reach in the evening. Overnight at hotel of Choice

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Facts About Uganda

Containing half the population of mountain gorillas in the world, Uganda is the ideal country for tourists interested in these animals. Even though Uganda is best known for its gorillas, it also has other interesting wildlife. Uganda is also home to 11% of the world’s bird population.