1 Day Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Tour trip is planned to take you to the Gorillas’ home of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, track Mountain Gorillas and return to your hotel the same day. Please note that this day trip is possible at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park as well. Request a Quote
Time and resources, especially finances, are rarely on a traveler’s side, even when the bucket list keeps growing. Gorilla trekking may be at the very top of your dream adventures, but limited resources can make it seem out of reach. If you’ve already made it to Uganda for other reasons, however, you can still set aside a day to experience this incredible activity at an affordable cost. Jungle Escape Africa can guide you on a convenient 1-day gorilla trekking trip, helping you turn that long-awaited adventure into reality. An experience you will cherish for as long as you live!
What to know about the 1 Day Bwindi Gorilla trekking tour
- Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Tour is only feasible with a pick up and drop off in the areas/towns that are close to the Park. These places can either be in Kabale, Kisoro or any other place from where we can easily access the park in the shortest time. You can reach these places using private or public transport from any part of Uganda or even from Kigali in Rwanda.
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Your Gorilla permit must be reserved and paid for in advance, as permits often sell out because of the high demand. Even if permits are still available on the day you plan to visit, cash payments are not accepted at the park offices. All payments for Gorilla permits must be processed through the head offices of the Uganda Wildlife Authority in Kampala.
Please contact our reservations team for the latest availability and assistance with securing your permit.
- When booking the place of stay, kindly inform our reservations team so that they can book a permit for the Gorilla group that is closer. In a situation where permits for a closer group are not available, you may be advised to change the place of stay or shift the visiting date if you can’t be flexible with your accommodation choice.
- Gorilla trekking starts in the morning with no other sessions. Plan to leave early enough and reach the park in time for the official registration and briefing.
Program for the 1 day Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Tour
Our driver will reach your hotel earlier before 5.00AM for a briefing about the day’s program. Depending on where your tracking area will be, you may set off at 5.00AM or earlier than that. Upon arrival at the park, proceed to the briefing point for detailed guidelines for today’s Gorilla trekking event. You will be grouped into groups of not more than 8 people for each Gorilla family. You can even be less than that number but not more.
After being allocated a Gorilla family to track, pick a walking stick and follow your head ranger who will guide you during your search for the Gorillas. You can hire a porter at US$15 to help you carry your packed lunch and drinking water. Hiring a porter however, is an option.
The time you are to take to find the Gorillas can’t be predetermined, it may take less than an hour or even a full day. As you are moving looking for them, they are also moving looking for food so you have to go after them until you reach where they are feeding from. When you finally find them, you keep trekking them at a 7 meters space as you observe their movements, feeding habits and socialising traits.
After an hour of following them and taking photos, you will have to leave the forest. Pick your Gorilla trekking certificate and meet your driver for a drive back to your hotel. That will be the end of the 1 Day Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Tour.