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5 Days Gorillas and Hiking Safari

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5 Days Gorillas and Hiking Safari

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This 5 Days Gorillas and Hiking Safari give you an interaction with the mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Mgahinga National Park.  You will get a chance to know more about their behaviors, habitats, food, and their social life in the one hour of watching these gentle primates . It also gives you an opportunity to hike the Sabinyo volcano and be able to stand in both 3 countries Uganda, Rwanda and DRC at the same time and a cultural visit to the Batwa and Garama cave to find out how these people used to survive in the mountains before they were forced out.  Sighting of different bird species eg Olive wood peckers, Dusky Turtle Dove, and small forest mammals can be sighted along this trail.

Tour Details

HIGHLIGHTS

DAY 01; Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

DAY 02; Gorilla Trekking  and canoe on Lake Mutanda

DAY 03; Golden Monkey Trekking and Batwa Cultural Walk

DAY 04; Hiking mount Sabinyo

DAY 05; Return to Kampala.

 

Itinerary

Day 1 Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

You will be picked up the by Pakasa Tours and Safari company representative from the airport and brief you about your trip to the gorillas. Then you will drive to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park located in the south western part of the country driving through the winding roads and the rolling hills covered with green gives a fresh mind as you approach the home to endangered mountain gorillas .You will have a stopover at the equator for photography, lunch break in Mbarara before proceeding to your final destination. You will reach Mgahinga in the evening for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

 

Accommodation; Lake Mulehe Resort

Day 2 Gorilla trekking and Canoe on Lake Mutanda.

After an early breakfast , travel to the National Park headquarters to meet your guides for the day and begin your gorilla tracking experience .Experienced guides and trackers will accompany your party on an early morning trek into the dense rain forest . The journey through the dense forest is abundantly rewarded with the lifetime experience of viewing mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. You will be given an hour to watch these gentle creatures in  doing their daily tasks like eating, building nests and the juveniles playing around as the silverback  keenly watch out for his family.  This is an experience you won’t soon forget. After the awesome adventure you will head back to the lodge for lunch, relaxation and get ready for a canoe ride on lake mutanda one of the most beautiful lakes in Uganda. Retire back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation; Lake Mulehe Resort

Day 3 Golden Monkey trekking and Batwa cultural Walk

Following the early breakfast, go to the park‘s headquarters to meet your guides to begin your morning golden monkey trekking. This is an exciting activity where you get to encounter a very playful and active primate that live in large groups .They like spending most of their time on top of the trees feeding off bamboo shoots an hour observing their behaviors is an unforgettable, take as much photos  as you want before returning to the starting point. After the trek, you will head back to the lodge for lunch and refresh.

After lunch, you will have a cultural visit at the Garama Cave which was the hideout for the  Batwa pygmies from the mountain gorillas who were hunters and fruit gatherers. During this visit, you will enjoy cultural entertainment by listening to their amazing traditional songs, dances etc. After the visit, you will head back to the lodge foe relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Accommodation; Lake Mulehe Resort

Day 4Hiking Mount Sabinyo

After the breakfast, you will go for mountain climbing, Enjoy climbing adventure on one of the three volcanoes found in the park, Mount Sabinyo . so we recommend adventures climbers to have their excellent hike which provides remarkable opportunity of standing between Uganda. After mountain climbing, you will go back to the lodge for lunch, relaxation, dinner in the evening and overnight.

Accommodation; Lake Mulehe Resort

Day 5Return to Entebbe

After breakfast, you will check out with the lodge, then embark on your journey back to Kampala, have a lunch break at Igongo Cultural Museum and then proceed to Entebbe International Airport for your flight.