This 4 days budget gorilla safari is combined with Batwa cultural experience. So, you will share the best lifetime Uganda safaris memory at just as low budget as possible. On this tour we bring you the best opportunity to meet the fading culture of the Batwa people, demonstrating their hunting techniques, honey gathering, pointing out medicinal plants and demonstrate how to make bamboo cups.
Women of the Batwa community shall perform sorrowful songs which echo and leave guests with a moving sense of the richness of Uganda’s culture. We remain on standby to ensure your set budget takes you on this 4 days gorilla trekking & a full Batwa culture experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
4 Days Budget Gorilla Safari Itinerary:-
Day 1: Kampala – Bwindi Forests
Our guide/driver picks you at 7:00 am from your jotel or place of residence in Kampala. You will drive to Mbarara, that is 283 km from Kampala, via Masaka. Make a first stop over at Equator crossing line for snacks and photography.
You will then proceed with a visit to Igongo Cultural Village, for a more rewarding and amazing experience as you visit this Ankole museum. Get your lunch break at Agip Motel Mbarara, and thereafter lunch proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This is the lushest highland rainforest on earth, filled with primates and exotic birds, valleys, hilltops and papyrus swamps.
Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tavern Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility) Meal plan: lunch and dinner.
Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari
Begin the day with breakfast as you get ready for your gorilla trekking experience, which begins at 8:00 am with a briefing from the staff of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). Ensure that you carry along with you a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, and jungle boots among others.
The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy primates for a group you have been booked for.
Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare mountain gorillas – perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. Gorilla tracking may take between 2 to 6 hours but it’s well worth the effort.
Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tavern Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility) Meal plan: lunch and dinner.
Day 3: Batwa Cultural Experience – Part of 4 Days Budget Gorilla Safari
Today is dedicated for a Batwa cultural experience. You will see the Batwa demonstrating their old-aged hunting techniques, honey gathering, pointing out medicinal plants and demonstrating how to make bamboo cups.
Women of the Batwa community shall perform sorrowful songs which echo and leave guests with a moving sense of the richness of Uganda’s culture.
Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Community Bandas/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Trekkers Tavern Cottages/Wagtail Eco Camp (Safe, clean budget facility) Meal plan: lunch and dinner.
Day 4: Bwindi Forests – Entebbe Out
Begin your day with a cup of coffee and thereafter you will drive back to Kampala using Kasese – Fort Portal road via Queen Elizabeth National Park. So, don’t miss an en-route game viewing to spot the giant African elephants, antelopes and the warthogs, and a stopover at the Equator line in Kasese.
Enjoy the winding scenery of the foot hills of Rwenzori mountains before arriving in Fort Portal for lunch. You will then continuing to Kampala or Entebbe for your outgoing flight back home or to your next destination. Meal Plan: B & L
4 Days Budget Gorilla Safari Includes:-
- Transportation by a 4 x 4 safari van.
- One Gorilla permit per person
- Community walks Bwindi
- Accommodation and meals as per the Itinerary
- Park fees
- Batwa Cultural experience in Bwindi Forests
- Drinking water in the safari van
- Drinking water all through your safari
- Driver/guide subsistence allowance.
- En-route lunches
- Ranger guide fees
Excludes
- Expenses of personal nature like: Visa fees in to Uganda drinks, laundry, tips, telephone, cigars, etc