3 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari

Day 1   
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by a Taste Africa Guide, short brief and transfer to Lake Victoria Serena Hotel.
Lake Victoria Serena Resort is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world, barely 35km from Entebbe International Airport and 15km from Kampala city.
Guest accommodation currently comprises 87 Rooms but will increase to 124 when completely finished. The room categories include; 30 Twins rooms, 45 Standard rooms (02 are paraplegic), 08 Executive Suites and 02 Presidential Suites. All rooms have a private balcony offering stunning views of the Lake and are equipped with an electronic safe, flat screen television, uninterrupted power supply, automatic self locking doors with a magnetic card system, 24 hour security patrol, mini bar and complimentary welcome fruit basket. Other facilities include a choice of restaurants and bars, state-of-the-art conferencing facilities, a fully fledged Spa facility alongside a modern gymnasium and free internet access.
Balance of the day spent at leisure with lunch and dinner under own arrangements.
Lake Victoria Serena (BB)
Day 2   
After breakfast transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National park 540kms/10hrs with a stopover at the equator for photos and another stopover for lunch in Mbarara town.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park’s 331 sq. kms of montane and lowland forest jungle lies in southwestern Uganda, 540 kms from Kampala. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and accessible only on foot, it is one of the richest ecosystems in Africa providing habitat for over 90 mammals (including 11 primates), 346 species of birds (including 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics), 202 species of butterflies, 163 tree species, over 100 species of ferns, 27 species of frogs, chameleons, geckos and other endangered species.
Bwindi is however most notable for her 340 Mountain Gorillas, about half the world\\\’s population of this critically endangered primate. Gazetted in 1991, the park rose to her peak after Gorilla tracking became a tourist activity in April of 1993, converting it into one of the most popular tourist destinations on earth. The 7 habituated families include Mubare, Habinyanja, Rushegura near Buhoma and the Nkuringo group.
Activities include: Gorilla tracking, Forest walks, Cultural visits with the Batwa people and unbelievable bird watching – this is Africa’s richest country birds-wise with over 1,000 species recorded including almost half the continent’s known species and over 10% of those recorded around the world. Check in at Gorilla forest camp late in the afternoon, enjoy a nature walk around the lodge environs or spend time relaxing

The Gorilla Forest Camp is a permanent luxury tented camp situated in the misty rainforests in the heart of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The camp offers accommodation in 8 double tents, raised on wooden platforms, with en-suite facilities and hot and cold running water, WC, basin and a bathtub looking out onto the beautiful forest. Each tent has a spacious wooden verandah where guests can relax, enjoy a private meal and absorb the exotic mystery of the surrounding rainforest. Other facilities include a bar and dinning cottage, 240 volt electricity is supplied for lighting and recharging videos, laptops and telephones. Other amenities: a gift shop.

Dinner and overnight at GORILLA FOREST CAMP (FB)
Day 3   
Wake up and prepare for the unforgettable experience! After an early breakfast transfer to the park HQs for pre-Gorilla tracking briefing and about the gorilla family you will track then 09:00 AM: set off into the forest in the footsteps of the Mountain Gorillas. The time taken in the footsteps of these humble apes is un-predictable; it can be anything from 3 hours to an entire day depending their previous day nesting and subsequent movement. The trek itself, climbing up and down through steep forested rocks, can be exhausting but the thrill of coming face to face with these giant primates, and spending an hour with them as they go about their daily life, more than makes up for the time taken in their search. En-route, please be sure to enjoy a rich variety of birdlife and other primates – the red tailed monkey, black and white Colobus monkey, velvet monkey and the grey cheeked Mangabeys.
NB: There is a minimum age limit for gorilla tracking which is strictly 15 years.
While the adults are gorilla tracking, the bellow 15 year old Children can take a guided cultural walk to visit the Batwa pygmy tribe. These are diminutive former hunter/gatherers, the largest part of the community live around Buhoma in Bwindi and they used to live in this forest, deriving their every livelihood from it. They were evicted when it was gazetted as a national park and now live on its fringes. Local tribesmen will engage you in their traditional way of life like making fire from sticks and grass, laying traps for wild animals and shooting with bows and arrows.
Afterwards trek back to the lodge for lunch and a refreshing shower. Spend your afternoon at leisure GORILLA FOREST CAMP (FB)
Day 4
Morning after breakfast transfer to Kampala approx 10hrs with a stopover for lunch, continue your Journey to Entebbe International airport for your evening flight