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Bwindi Gorilla Express

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Duration
3 Days · 2 Nights
The route
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Style
Mountain gorillas
Best season
Jun–Sep & Dec–Feb · dry-season trekking
The route

2 nights, 1 stop — mountain gorillas.

From Bwindi to Bwindi, the route is built around the mountain gorillas and the forests that hold them.

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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Mountain gorilla
An hour with a habituated family.
Forest birds
Albertine Rift endemics.
Forest primates
Other monkeys of Bwindi.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Kihihi airstrip → Bwindi

Into Bwindi

Up before the light.

Arrive in Bwindi, met and transferred to your accommodation.

02Bwindi

Gorilla trekking

Into the forest.

Trek with rangers to a habituated mountain gorilla family and spend a permitted hour in their presence, deep in the forest.

03Bwindi → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Jun – Sep

Long dry season

Firmer forest trails and the best trekking, with strong savanna game — the prime, busiest window. Permits go early.

Dec – Feb

Short dry season

A second dry window, again excellent for trekking and game, warm and largely dry.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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