3 Days Gorilla Habituation Flying Safari
The 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari is an amazing luxury gorilla safari that will take you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which is located in south western Uganda. Bwindi impenetrable national park is the only primate destination that offers gorilla habituation experience. During the 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari, you will be able to spend four hours with the endangered mountain gorillas in their habitat during gorilla habituation experience.
Highlights of the 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari
Day 1: Flight to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 2: Gorilla habituation experience
Day 3: Departure flight to Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Flight to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Depending on your location on the first day of the 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari, you will connect to Entebbe International airport for your domestic flight to Kisoro airstrip. Upon arrival at the airstrip, you will meet up with your driver guide and transfer to your lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for lunch where after you will either spend the rest of the day at leisure or engage in a Batwa cultural tour where you will interact with the local people, learn about their culture, way of living, enjoy their traditional performance. After the cultural tour, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Gorilla habituation experience
After an early breakfast on the second day of the 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari, you will carry your lunch box and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla habituation briefing. After the briefing, you will start trekking in the jungle with an experienced park guide in search of the mountain gorillas. Gorilla habituation takes a whole day and during trekking, you will be able to view other primate species, birds, plant and tree species among others.
Once the gorillas are located, you will be allowed to spend four hours with them in their habitat which gives you a chance to watch them feeding, breastfeeding, playing, resting, grooming young ones, learn more about their behaviors, characters, engage in the naming process, take photos and record videos.
After the encounter with the mountain gorillas, you will trek back to the starting point where you will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla habituation experience and later meet up with your driver guide to return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Departure flight to Entebbe
On the last day of the 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari, you will have breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kisoro airstrip for your domestic flight to Entebbe international airport which brings you to the end of the 3 days gorilla habituation flying safari.
Tour includes
- Gorilla habituation permit
- Domestic flight fee
- Full board accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- Meals at the lodge and en route (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Fulltime English-speaking driver guide
- Pick up and drop off in Kampala/ Entebbe
- 4WD safari Van and fuel
- Bottled drinking water during the safari
Tour excludes
- Air flight tickets and visas
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses like buying soft and alcoholic drinks, souvenirs, crafts, telephone calls, laundry services, hiring a porter among others.
- Tipping and gratuities
