5 Days Fly-in Luxury Gorilla & Wildlife

Day 1: Arrival & Transfer – Bwindi Forest National Park (Kihihi Airstrip)

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by our representative. He will then drive you to the airstrip for your scheduled domestic flight to Kihihi Airstrip. The flying time is just over an hour (depending on routing and aircraft used). Meet your guide at the airstrip and transfer to your lodge on the perimeter of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home of the Mountain Gorilla, approximately 1 ½ driving time through rural villages along marram roads. Bwindi National Park, located in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, is considered the most diverse forest in Uganda.

The area, one of the few large expanses of forest in East Africa, where lowland and montane habitats meet, contains a dense ground cover of herbs, vines, and shrubs. Bwindi is one of the richest ecosystems in East Africa, home to over 120 mammals, 345 species of birds, 200 species of butterflies, and 160 species of trees. The Park contains almost half of the world’s population of the endangered Mountain Gorilla, making it an extremely valuable conservation site. Bwindi is also home to several endangered bird species with very limited ranges, and acts as an important catchment area for many rivers, supplying water for agriculture in the surrounding region.

Day 2: Ultimate Gorilla Trekking & Batwa Community Visit – Bwindi Forest National Park

Following an early breakfast at the lodge, travel to the Park Headquarters in Bwindi Forest to meet your ranger 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 rainforest on the mountain slopes. Few words can describe the thrill of today’s lifetime experience! Coming face to face with mountain gorillas is a rare wildlife encounter that is exhilarating, humbling and enthralling. Please note that gorilla tracking is strenuous with treks ranging from 1hr up to 8hrs, at high altitudes in hot African conditions. The thrill of the hour you spend quietly observing these gentle giants once you find them is so worth the trek to get there! Although mountain gorillas are wild animals and sightings cannot be guaranteed, viewing success rates are over 95%.

Later after lunch, you will embark on an excursion to a Batwa village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This amazing encounter will allow you the opportunity to meet Batwa elders and their families and learn about their daily lives. Through the assistance of a skilled interpreter/guide, you will discover the unique traditions and practices the Batwa people including their deep attachment to the forest, the cuisine they enjoy, how they harvest their food, the style of their homes, and their burial rites. Visitors are even given the chance to learn how to light a fire with just a stick and how to shoot a target with a traditional bow and arrows

Day 3: Transfer & Agartha’s Taste of Uganda Tour – Queen Elizabeth National Park (Ishasha Sector)

After breakfast transfer to Ishasha and check-in at your lodge in Ishasha the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park approximately 1-2 hours’ drive away.

You will have an en-route visit to a community project on the border of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Here the local people allow you to enjoy some time in their homesteads, see some of the crops and curios they produce, and how they prepare their food while sharing stories about the Bakiga people and lifestyle. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Ishasha area, looking for the huge herds of buffalo, elephant, Uganda Kob and of course the famous tree-climbing lion typically found in the area. You will also brighten the day with a sundowner from a scenic viewing point along the ridge overlooking Ishasha as you enjoy the vast vistas, sunset and atmosphere of this beautiful park area.

Wake up early morning for a hot cup of coffee and head out for a full day game drive in the Ishasha area, looking for the huge herds of buffalo, elephant, Uganda Kob and of course the famous tree-climbing lion typically found in the area. Later you will enjoy a late afternoon sundowner beside the Ntungwe River.

Day 5: Bush Breakfast & Transfer – Entebbe International Airport

Today you will have an early bush breakfast within the park, and later transfer to Kihihi airstrip for your connecting flight to Entebbe airport for an outbound departure flight.

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