Day 1: To Kibale Forest

Early morning on our way to Kibale Forest, in the afternoon we will arrive at a crater lake where we will stay. This perfect spot is famous for the frogs, at night they will give a beautiful concert. Some times we also stay in Kibale Forest, sleeping with the noises of the tropical rainforest.

Driving time: ± 5,6 hours 
Accommodation: Campingor simple huts (shower & toilets are shared)  
Luxury Tour: Mantana or Ndali Lodge

Day 2: Chimp Walk

At 8am we will start with the 4 hours chimp walk. Also 10 other primates can be seen!! The park is also known for all the butterflies and birds. In the afternoon a walk through Bigodi Swamp (community based project) a heaven for bird watchers and primate lovers!!


Accommodation: Campingor simple huts (shower & toilets are shared)
Luxury Tour: Mantana or Ndali Lodge

Day 3: To Travellers Rest Kisoro

Early morning start (7 AM) for a long drive to Kabale for lunch. From here the bad road takes us through a beautiful landscape called the "Switzerland of Africa". We pass mountains, hills and lakes with cultivated terraces, tropical rainforest and bamboo forest.
On the last hill the landscape unfolds beneath us, in the vast plane of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo the Virunga volcanoes dominate the view. Down is Kisoro where we will stay in the famous Travellers Rest Hotel.
Just outside Kisoro, this unique hotel offers a cozy stay for the tourists, who come to see the endangered mountain gorilla. The hotel, built in a somewhat colonial style, and entirely renovated in 1999, has a comfortable ambiance. In the sixties the famous American ‘gorilla-woman’ Dian Fossey visited Hotel Travellers Rest many, many times to do paperwork, to relax or to meet people. Fossey said about the hotel: "It was my second home."
For more info on Travellers Rest go to Travellers Rest page

Driving time: ± 8 hours
Accommodation: Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro
Luxury Tour: Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro

Day 4: Gorilla Tracking

The day of Gorilla tracking
From Travellers Rest in Kisoro it is 1 hour by car to the starting point in Rwanda and 35 minutes to Magahinga (it is closed now because the Gorillas crossed to Congo) and 1 hour by car to Nkuringo group in South Bwindi
It is always best to hear from other visitors, here the story of one of our visitors:

"At a distance of about fifteen feet a mountain gorilla with her baby appears. She comes out of the bushes, looks at me and lies down. My presence does not seem to bother her. She just wants to rest, whether I am there or not. I can almost touch her. My heart dances with joy. I am in a good position to take pictures, so I let my camera do its work.
It is a thrill of a lifetime. I cannot but agree with the American zoologist George Schaller, the first to study gorillas in the Virunga volcanoes, who once said: ‘No one who looks into the eyes of a gorilla, gentle and vulnerable, can remain unchanged."

More stories and comments from our travellers on the:
Comments & Travellogues page.

Accommodation: Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro
Luxury Tour: Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro

Day 5: To Kampala

After breakfast, the last part of the journey will bring us back to Kampala.

We will bring you to a guesthouse, campsite or hotel. If you continue your holiday somewhere else or back home; we bring you to Entebbe airport for an onwards flight.

Driving time: ± 9 hours

Note: This trip can be Vice Versa depending on the availabilty of the Gorilla permits

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