4-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari to Bwindi and Lake Bunyonyi

• Depart from Entebbe or Kampala for your 8-9 hour road transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in southwestern Uganda. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to half of the world's mountain gorillas and is the only place where chimpanzees coexist with mountain gorillas.
• You will make an en-route stop at the Equator crossing for photographs and simple experiments before continuing to Mbarara town for lunch.
• After lunch, continue on a scenic drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Overnight at a booked lodge.

• After an early morning breakfast, drive to the park headquarters for registration and join others for a gorilla trekking briefing about the dos and don'ts during your gorilla trek.
• Once this is done, trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which can take anywhere from half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails that allow access to tourists.
• During your trek, you are likely to spot other primates, birds, and rare tree species.
• After finding the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them before trekking back to the park headquarters. This is indeed an extraordinary feeling - being with these beautiful yet endangered creatures.
• You will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking and thus contributing to the conservation of mountain gorillas.

Overnight at a booked lodge.

• Drive from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale District. Lake Bunyonyi is one of the three lava-dammed lakes, formed when lava flowing from one of the volcanoes blocked a river channel and forced water to flow back, filling the space to create Lake Bunyonyi. Bunyonyi locally means "small birds" due to the abundance of small birds in this area. Lake Bunyonyi is said to be the deepest lake in Uganda and the second deepest in East Africa. People visit Lake Bunyonyi for its beauty, and it is one of the best places to relax after your gorilla trek.
• There are optional activities around the lake that you can do, including canoe rides and walks.

• Depart for Entebbe to board your return flight.

Trip ends.