3 Days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

Tour overview of the 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

Your 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park is one of the popular short 3 days Mgahinga gorilla trekking safari in Uganda trips to the home of mountain gorillas within the Virunga massif. Your memorable Uganda gorilla trekking safari is a private trip featuring an equator experience in Uganda, gorilla trekking and golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga gorilla national park. With arrival in Entebbe international airport Uganda and departure in Kigali international airport Rwanda, your knowledgeable safari guide will take you through your Uganda safari.
Your driver guide will pick you up from Entebbe international airport upon arrival on the first day of your safari (early arrival is recommended). Your diver guide will then start the drive to Mgahinga gorilla national park with a stop at the equator line in Kayabwe for a memorable experience as you cross from the Northern to Southern hemisphere. After you continue for a nights stay in a preferred accommodation facility in mgahinga gorilla national park. The next day, you do mountain gorilla trekking in the jungle for about 2-8hours and a single hour in the sight of the mountain gorillas then after return to the jungle the next day for golden monkey trekking thereafter be driven to Kigali international airport in Rwanda for your departure flight.

Tour highlights of the 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

Day 1: Your professional Uganda gorilla tour guide will pick you up from Entebbe international airport brief you and start the drive to Mgahinga gorilla national park with a stop at the equator. Day 2: By 8:00am, you will be at the park headquarters for a memorable gorilla trekking experience that lasts about 2-8 hours. Day 3: After breakfast, you will go for golden monkey trekking for about 2 hours then be driven to Kigali international airport for your departure flight.

Day by Day itinerary of the 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

Day 1 of your 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

 Upon arrival at Entebbe International airport, your driver guide will be waiting to give you a warm welcome to Uganda. The drive to Mgahinga gorilla national park starts from the airport with a stop the Equator line in Kayabwe, 80km from Kampala. You will continue with the drive past the beautiful rolling hills of Ankole to your prior booked accommodation in Mgahinga gorilla national park.

Options for accommodation on day 1 of your 3 days Mgahinga gorilla trekking safari in Uganda

Luxury: Mount Gorilla Lodge Mid-range:Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro

Day 2 of your 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

Early morning after breakfast, your driver will pick you up from your hotel to go for your gorilla trekking safari in Uganda activity in Mgahinga. You have to arrive at the park headquarters before 8:00am for briefing. Gorilla trekking may last about 2-8 hours though only one hour can be spent with the gorillas as you take those memorable photographs. Gorilla trekking permits are purchased at the park offices in Kisoro town and Ntebeko (the park head office) prior the trek at USD 600. You will hike alongside a park ranger and other 7 Uganda gorilla trekkers at the pace of the slowest trekker. In case you have physical problems, your ranger guides will be there to help you out. At the end of the trek you graduate with a gorilla trekking certificate then you return to the lodging facility for rest and an overnight.

Options for accommodation on day 2 of your 3 days Mgahinga gorilla trekking safari in Uganda

Luxury: Mount Gorilla Lodge Mid-range:Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro

Day 3 of your 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

 

After breakfast on this last day of your safari, you will do golden monkey trekking in the morning for about 2-4hours. Golden monkey trekking permits an be purchased on ground at $50 per person. This is the only national park in Uganda with golden monkeys co-existing with mountain gorillas hence the slogan where gold meets silver. You can't miss this opportunity, just within a short time have an amazing experience. After the trek, you will have lunch then be driven to Kigali international airport for your departure flight.

End of your 3 days Uganda gorilla trekking safari Mgahinga National Park

Mgahinga Gorilla national park is within the Virunga massif adjacent to Volcanoes national park and Virunga national park, destinations for gorilla safari Rwanda tours and Congo gorilla safaris respectively alongside the biggest gorilla destination Bwindi impenetrable national park. When something is extraordinary, take time to encounter it and be among the privileged few. Plan for a gorilla trekking safari to Mgahinga today and you alone will tell the experience.  

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