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4 Day Uganda Gorilla Trek: Bwindi

Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for one gorilla-tracking day, a community forest day, and two long road days. The permit is a separate line on the quote.

From $6,400 per personFinal quote depends on travel dates, lodge choice and group size.

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Route map

From start to finish

Starts in Entebbe and ends in Entebbe.

Start: Entebbe End: Entebbe

Uganda

  1. Start Entebbe (Day 1)
  2. Bwindi (Day 1-4) Land Cruiser
  3. End Entebbe (Day 4) Land Cruiser

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Day by day

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  1. Day 1 Entebbe to Bwindi near Bwindi, on the forest edge
  2. Day 2 Gorilla tracking in Bwindi near Bwindi, on the forest edge
  3. Day 3 Bwindi community and forest edge near Bwindi, on the forest edge
  4. Day 4 Bwindi to Entebbe

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Lodge Safaris

Four days is the honest minimum for Bwindi if you are landing at Entebbe. The forest road is eight to ten hours; we do not pretend you can trek on arrival day. Super Luxury arranges the lodges — camping through high-end. Gorilla tracking is limited, so we do not sell this trip until the Uganda Wildlife Authority date is real and the permit is paid.

This sits beside our Tanzania and Kenya work because Uganda is one of the four countries we operate. The Arusha office remains your contact.

Mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Day 1: Entebbe to Bwindi

Terraced highlands on the road to Bwindi

Entebbe to Bwindi is eight to ten hours of real Uganda road, with a lunch stop in Mbarara. We do not pretend you can trek on arrival day. You watch the farms change into tea, then forest, and you sleep on the edge of the impenetrable wood.

Super Luxury remains your Arusha contact. The lodge is named once the Uganda Wildlife Authority sector is known.

Overnight near Bwindi, on the forest edge.

Day 2: Gorilla tracking in Bwindi

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Briefing at the gate, then a guided walk to the habituated family on your permit. Time with the gorillas is one hour — that rule is not ours to stretch. The walk can be thirty minutes or several steep hours. When you arrive, the forest goes quiet in a way no savanna game drive can copy.

We do not confirm this departure until UWA has issued the permit for your date. The permit is its own line on the quote, not buried in a vague package price.

Overnight near Bwindi, on the forest edge.

Day 3: Bwindi community and forest edge

Uganda forest country

A Batwa or Buhoma community walk, birds, and the forest edge. This day is included so the trek is not the only memory you take from Bwindi. A second gorilla permit runs only if UWA still has space and you ask for it.

Overnight near Bwindi, on the forest edge.

Day 4: Bwindi to Entebbe

Entebbe on Lake Victoria, the road home

Return road to Entebbe — again eight to ten hours — for a hotel or airport drop-off, which ends the trip. Do not book an international departure before 21:00. This is a transfer day, and we will not pretend otherwise.

The package

What is included — and what is not

Two separate lists, so you can see what the itinerary price covers before you request a quote.

Covered

Included in this itinerary

In the package price, for the dates and lodge or camp class on your quote.

  • Road transfers Entebbe–Bwindi–Entebbe as written in the day plan (about eight to ten hours each way).
  • Lodge nights as confirmed on your quote.
  • English-speaking Super Luxury-arranged guide and the park briefing.
  • One Uganda Wildlife Authority gorilla-tracking permit, paid as its own line on the quote. We do not confirm the departure until UWA has issued that permit for your date.
  • The Batwa or community walk named on day 3.
  • All meals (full board) at the lodges, camps or hotels named on your itinerary.
  • An evening of live music and traditional dance performances at select camps, arranged for your dates.

You arrange these

Not included

Budget separately, or ask us to add them to your proposal.

  • International flights
  • A second gorilla trek and its permit
  • Forest porter (optional, paid at the park)
  • Airport taxes and Uganda visa fees
  • Alcoholic drinks and any specialty dining not named on your quote
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Items of a personal nature
  • Travel insurance

When to travel

Season and routing

Bwindi permits are issued for a named date and a named gorilla family sector (Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga or Nkuringo). Dry months (June–August and December–February) are easier walking; the forest is open all year.

Where you sleep

Choose your stay style

Four ways to travel the same parks. Pick one style for the whole safari, or mix nights — we quote what you actually want. Names below are properties we often confirm. The lodge or camp on your quote is the booking; nothing here is reserved until you approve it.

  1. Camping Safari tents, a cook, the night sounds of the park. The honest, close-to-the-ground way to safari.
  2. Mid-range En-suite lodges and tented camps we use most — a proper bed, a shower, and the game still at the door.
  3. Luxury Pools, full-service dining, the better rooms in the same parks.
  4. High-end Suite camps and private houses when the trip is built around silence and space.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Camping

A community campsite on the forest edge — basic, honest, and close to the briefing gate.

Mid-range

A Buhoma or Rushaga mid-range lodge, named once the permit sector is known.

Luxury

Mahogany Springs, Buhoma Lodge, or a similar forest-view lodge with a hot shower after the trek.

High-end

Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge, Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp — suite rooms for the night before your allocated family.

Before you book

Practical notes

  • Day 1 and day 4 are eight to ten hours on the road each way. We do not pretend you can trek on arrival day. A domestic flight to Kisoro or Kihihi can shorten the road if you add it to the quote; it is not in the base package.
  • Gorilla tracking is for guests aged 15 and over. The walk can be 30 minutes or several hours depending on where the family fed. If the family is far, you still get the allocated hour with them once you arrive.
  • The trip is not confirmed until the Uganda Wildlife Authority has issued the permit for your date. The permit is paid as its own line on the quote, not buried in a vague package price.
  • Day 3 is a Batwa or community forest walk, not a second gorilla trek. A second permit is an extra if UWA still has space.

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