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5-Day Uganda Gorilla Habituation Safari
5-Day Uganda Gorilla Habituation Safari: a 5-day private safari with Afrisites, starting from Entebbe. The route is Entebbe / Kampala, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Lake Bunyonyi. Built around the four-hour gorilla habituation in Rushaga or Nkuringo. Road days are the real west-Uganda or Rwanda distances, not padded shopping stops. Lodge class is mid-range unless you ask us to go simpler or higher. Gorilla and chimpanzee permits are collected in your name before you fly.
From US$3,400 per person sharing
5 days · Uganda · private safari
Indicative for two people sharing, mid-range lodges (or the luxury tier if this trip is sold as luxury), current gorilla and chimpanzee permit rates. Your invoice names the lodges, the permit numbers and the season. Permit tariffs are set by the parks and can change.
At a glance
- Gorilla habituation permit (four hours) — Rushaga or Nkuringo, matched to the lodge
- 5 days private from Entebbe
Day by day
Day 1 — Entebbe / Kampala
Meet at Entebbe International Airport. Depending on your landing time we transfer to a lakeside lodge in Entebbe or continue toward the first park. Briefing on permits, packing and the next morning’s start. Overnight: Protea or Lake Victoria View in Entebbe.
Day 2 — Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla habituation experience — four hours with a semi-habituated family in Rushaga or Nkuringo, not the standard one-hour trek. Harder walking, smaller groups, richer observation. Overnight: Rushaga or Nkuringo forest lodge, walking distance of the habituation trailhead where possible.
Day 3 — Lake Bunyonyi
Recovery on the lake after the forest: canoeing between islands, a slow lodge lunch, and views back toward the Bwindi escarpment. Overnight: Island or hillside lodge on Lake Bunyonyi.
Day 4 — Lake Bunyonyi
A second loop in Lake Bunyonyi — different sector and a later or earlier start, so this is not yesterday copied. Recovery on the lake after the forest: canoeing between islands, a slow lodge lunch, and views back toward the Bwindi escarpment. Overnight: Island or hillside lodge on Lake Bunyonyi.
Day 5 — Return to Entebbe
Drive or fly back to Entebbe. Airport drop timed to your outgoing flight. If you fly after 8 p.m. we keep a day-room option so you are not sitting at the terminal all afternoon.
Included
- Private 4×4 safari vehicle and English-speaking driver-guide (or light aircraft plus transfers on fly-in days)
- Lodge or camp as named in the day-by-day, full board except on arrival/departure city nights (bed and breakfast)
- Park fees for the reserves in this itinerary
- Bottled water in the vehicle
- Airport meet-and-greet
- Gorilla permit (Uganda or Rwanda as this itinerary states) — collected before we hold the date
- Gorilla habituation permit where the day-by-day says habituation, not a standard trek
Not included
- International flights
- Uganda or Rwanda visa
- Drinks, laundry and tips
- Travel insurance (mandatory — you buy this yourself)
- Optional activities not named in the day-by-day (second gorilla permit, golden monkeys, extra boat)
On this safari
