Uganda · Primate Tours

3-Day Bwindi Gorilla Tracking Tour from Entebbe via the Uganda Equator

3 Days Round trip from Entebbe Moderate pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Stop at the Uganda Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photos and water experiments
02 Track endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
03 Spend up to 8 hours hiking through the rainforest in search of gorilla families
04 Enjoy lunch at the Igongo Cultural Centre before Mbarara town

Welcome to the Pearl of Africa, where you will go gorilla tracking to spot Africa's unique, rare, endangered, and most preferred primate species - the mountain gorillas - within the great rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Welcome to the Pearl of Africa, where you will go gorilla tracking to spot Africa's unique, rare, endangered, and most preferred primate species - the mountain gorillas - within the great rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Days

Tour type Private

Activity level Moderate

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Entebbe, Mbarara, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Languages English, French, German

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Entebbe Arrival and Transfer to Bwindi

Meet your local tour guide at the airport for pick-up and transfer.
Make a stop at the Uganda Equator crossing in Kayabwe for an amazing and exciting photo shoot. Water experiments can be carried out to demonstrate the geographical separation between the Southern and Northern Hemispheres.
Head to the Igongo Cultural Centre before Mbarara town for lunch.
Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 02

Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Have an early morning breakfast and get a packed lunch before heading for the briefing by the park guide at the headquarters.
Hike into the forest in search of the fascinating mountain gorillas. Get a chance to look into their deep, rare eyes and observe their feeding habits, among other interesting features of these ancient apes, which are endangered worldwide. Gorilla tracking may take up to 8 hours depending on the weather and where the gorillas are at that particular time. Bwindi features a minimum of 400 mountain gorillas, of which 12 groups are habituated for tracking. There are 4 regions from which tracking is done: Ruhijja, Buhoma, Nkuringo, and Rushaga.

Day 03