8 Days Uganda Culture & Gorilla Safari| Mum And Dad Uganda Tours
8 Day Uganda Culture & Gorilla Safari, This 8 day Uganda culture and gorilla safari will offer you two incredible experiences in Uganda including Gorilla trek & community engagement. After this experience, you will visit a community to experience the life for locals in their community and remnants of the cultural practices.
Safari Highlights for 8 Days Uganda Culture & Gorilla Safari
- Game drive and Boat ride
- Cultural and community trail
- Gorilla trekking in bwindi national park
- Batwa experience
- Lake Bunonyi experience and relaxation
- Picture moments at the Equator
Detailed itinerary for 8 Days Uganda Culture & Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Arrival at the Airport
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you are welcomed by Mum and Dad Uganda Tours guide who will brief you about the whole safari and later transfer you to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Location: Kampala/Entebbe
Accommodation options:
- Luxury: Latitude 0 Degrees Serena Hotel Kigo
- Mid-range: Cassia Lodge, Boma Guest House
- Budget: Via Via hotel |Airport side Hotel
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park
You will straightaway be picked from your hotel/lodge in Kampala by our safari guide/ driver . And later drive you to south western part of Uganda to Bwindi impenetrable national park a home to giant gorillas. The journey will let you pass via beautiful sceneries and rolling hills. Additionally you will have two stopovers before reaching the park one at the Equator for an informative talks and also to buy some crafts and photograph. Another stopover will be in Mbarara for lunch and relaxation.
Then continue to the magnificent forest with scenic drive through Kigezi Highlands [commonly referred as “the Switzerland of Uganda”] and eventually through the banana plantations arriving at the gorilla Sanctuary of Bwindi NP. Bwindi is specifically a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda harboring over 350 of them, more reason as to why it should be your safari destination and other primate species reaching in the evening. Finally check into your booked accommodation, dinner and overnight.
Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation option:
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge | Gorilla Safari Lodge,
Midrange: Silverback Lodge | Gorilla Mist Camp
Budget: Bakiga Lodge | Buhoma community Bandas
Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch as well as dinner.
Drinking Water throughout
Day 3: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Firstly, after a cup of tea or coffee, the guide will then take you to the park headquarters for a short briefing about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas and also get allocated to the gorilla group to trek.
Secondly, Bwindi national park hosts the highest number of these gentle giants in the world almost a half of the remaining mountain gorillas live in this park. Not only gorillas but also the park is a home to other species for example butterflies, plants, primates, mammals, butterflies, frogs, among others.
Lastly, Gorilla trekking experience depends on where they spent their last night from and once they are met you are strictly allowed only one hour with the gorillas. Then enjoy your packed lunch with these mystical creatures, in evening go for a short guided forest walk or Village walk to the Batwa community who will introduce to you their ways of living such as hunting skills, weave making skills, medical skills etc later. Later retire at the lodge in order to relax.
Lodging Options;
Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation option:
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge | Gorilla Safari Lodge,
Midrange: Silverback Lodge | Gorilla Mist Camp
Budget: Bakiga Lodge | Buhoma community Bandas
Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch as well as dinner.
Drinking Water throughout
Day 4: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Wake up leisurely for a hearty breakfast while still in the mood of reminiscing about the previous day’s gorilla experiences. After you will be driven to Lake Bunyonyi, the second deepest lake and a birders spot in Africa.
During your transfer to Bunyonyi, you will be enjoying eye-catching landscapes such as the locally terraced interlocking hills where most locals carry out their farming, you will also enjoy the terraced hills named by the British great diplomat 
Churchill as the ”Switzerland of Africa”. Upon arrival, you could go canoeing on the lake and have lunch. After lunch you will go for a community walk where you will enjoy traditional dances from the Bakiga people, and batwa also buy yourself handicrafts from there. The evening will be reserved for relaxation. Dinner and overnight at;
Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation options;
Luxury: Birdnest @ Bunyonyi Resort,
Mid-range: Bird Nest Bunyonyi Overland Camp
Budget: Crater Bay cottages
Meal Plan; Full Board (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Day 5: Lake Bunyonyi – Transfer to Ankole cultural tour
After breakfast, we will proceed to Lake Mburo national park Uganda’s smallest park and Closet Park to the capital city Kampala . start the journey to Ankole where we will be traveling to a rural homestead, to experience their traditional way of living. Participate in the milking process and car take will give you all the informative information you need to know.Enjoy the rolling hills in the countryside of the Ankole Kingdom.T lake Mburo is home to a big number of Zebras, also impalas, oribis, buffaloes, warthogs, waterbucks and also over
332 bird species made it their home. Note that the drive from Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo will take about 4- 5 hours with lunch en-route. Additionally, the drive will enable you passing through stunning sceneries, farms, and plantations. If you still have energy you will go for an afternoon boat cruise along Lake Mburo, take enough photographs.
Destination: Lake Mburo National park
Accommodation Option:
- Luxury: Mantana tented camp/ Mihingo lodge/
- Mid-range: Lake Mburo Safari Lodge/Arcadia cottages
- Budget: Rwonyo camp/Eagles Nest
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Traditional Homestead Experiences
You will spend the night with a family in this community. You will arise very early in the morning before daybreak and join the herdsman with milking the long horned Ankole cows, this is done before the cows are set off for the day. After this experience of milking and learning the tradition surrounding milking cows, we return to the lodge for breakfast.
We will take a short walk to the village visiting more homes and different stops for great views. Experience the lifestyle of these people, food, and other native habits. The trail leads through undulating hills that overlook the village.
Day 7: Transfer back to Kampala
After breakfast, we shall proceed to Kampala and do a city tour, visit some of the interesting places around including the Kasubi tombs, national museum, and Gadhafi mosque among others have lunch in the city and later in the evening, you will proceed to your hotel/lodge in Kampala dinner and an overnight stay at;
Location: Kampala/Entebbe
Accommodation options:
- Luxury: Latitude 0 Degrees Serena Hotel Kigo
- Mid-range: Cassia Lodge, Boma Guest House
- Budget: Via Via hotel
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Entebbe for departure
Wake up leisurely for a hearty breakfast and later depending on your departure flight, you will driven to the airport to meet your departure flight back.
End of 8 Days Uganda Culture & Gorilla Safari
The Tour includes:
- Gorilla permit at $800 per person
- Ground transportation with fuel inclusive
- Community experiences
- Park entrance
- City Tour
- Boat & Canoe trips
- Bottled water in the safari vehicle
- Full board accommodation for two nights
- An English-speaking driver guide.
- All mentioned activities except for the optional ones
Tour excludes
- Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- Tips to porters and driver/ guide
- Insurance
- Visa fee & Flight ticket. Uganda Culture & Gorilla Safari
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