Travelers opting to experience an encounter with the gorillas but have limited time in Uganda. 3 days of Uganda gorilla tours are the shortest gorilla tours to do in Uganda. It means having two days of driving from and to Kampala and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This means you get your rental, and pick-up is possible at your lodge, hotel, or apartment in Kampala.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Pick up your car rental from your lodge or hotel in Kampala and start your long day of driving. Consider en-routes at the Kayabwe Equator for photographs and Mbarara City for lunch. You will reach Bwindi in the late evening hours via the Buhoma gate, check in at your lodge, have dinner, and rest for the next day.
Accommodation
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge
Mid-range: Bwindi Forest Lodge
Day 2: Trek Gorilla
Today you will enjoy your morning breakfast and hurry to the Buhoma starting point for the trekking briefing. A group of trekkers, accompanied by an armed ranger guide, will embark on a search for the gentle giants. This kind of adventure is limited to the central African jewelry of Virunga Conservation Area and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The trek lasts for about 30 minutes to about 4 hours to find your assigned habituated gorilla family. The trek involves walking through unmade paths, through moist, thick jungle, hikes and slopes through hills and valleys, and on finding the gorillas, it’s a tiresome moment. But if you set your eyes on the species, then you have to find out that all the tiresomeness has been forgotten. Finding the gorilla, you will have strictly one hour before them, then will be walking back to the starting point. You will be very exhausted; you just need to drive back to your lodge and relax.
In the late afternoon hours, you will visit the Batwa community around the Buhoma community to get a feel for their real lives. Then return to your lodge, relax, have dinner, and rest for the next day.
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge
Midrange: Bwindi Forest Lodge
Day 3: Transfer back to Kampala
Today, following your breakfast, we will have a scenic and breathtaking drive from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park back to Kampala. Consider going en route for lunch in Mbarara or at the Eqautor in Kayabwe, depending on the time. If you reach Kampala in the evening hours, then drop-off is better at the airport at Entebbe.