A trip to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a dream for every person who loves adventure, it’s a true African Jungle. It is so called because the dense undergrowth, vines and other vegetation make it almost ‘impenetrable’.
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–Tour Highlights–
Close up views of Chimpanzees >> Colobus Monkeys >> Mountain Gorillas >> Visit a true African Jungle with dense undergrowth and vegetation
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Your driver/guide will meet you at your accommodation at 0700hrs. An early morning start from Kampala takes you southwest and across the Equator. You drive through savannah grasslands seeing banana plantations and herds of Ankole cattle, famous for their incredibly long horns. You then ascend into the Kigezi highlands, known as the “Switzerland of Africa”, with terraced farming and mountain scenery and continue your drive on to Bwindi. (9-10 hour drive)
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After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular. The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but criss-crossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savored. Many find it to be a rare and moving opportunity. Then later comeback relax have dinner and overnight at the lodge.
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Wake up early in the morning, have your breakfast, end your stay in the “Land of the Mountain Gorillas” and depart with great memories of the moments spent with the fascinating Mountain Gorillas. Transfer back to Kampala with lunch en-route. then proceed to Entebbe Airport where you will catch your flight back home.