- Duration
3 Days
- Price
$3500
$3,500.00
3 Days
$3500
$3,500.00
This tour will start as early as 6:00 am affter your early breakfast and you will be picked by our guides either from Kabale town or Lake Bunonyi depending on where you will be staying to Mbindi Impenetratble National Park where you will be briefed. The gorilla tour includes 1 gorilla permit at $ 600 per person and will be included in the final costing. This national park was opened in 1993 and covers an area of 33 sq meters. It has got over 4 habituated gorilla groups including; Habinyanja, Mubare, Nkuringo and Rusengura. More so, the park also is home to 12 gorilla families that are open to trekking by the tourists. The animals that are found here include; over 120 mammals, 27 species of chameleon, 348 bird species, 220 butterflies, also lots of flora is found in the park including; 1000 flowering plants, 163 tree species, 104 species of ferns and many more. The birds mostly found here include; the horn birds and the Turacos. The primate species mainly found here include; mountain gorillas, colobus monkeys and chimpanzees.
After breakfast our team led by the guides from lake bunyonyi will be able to pick you. On this tour you will be able to see a lot of birds, punishment Island (Akampeni Island) ; one of the must-visit small island where myth has it that Bakiiga girls who got pregnant outside wedlock used to be dumped here and left to die as they were considered to have disgraced their families. As you get to kyevu you will be able to meet the batwa at kyevu market and have a walk to Kagoma to see how batwa inhabitants.
After a heavy breakfast, you will be able to cross lake bunyonyi and start the mountain hiking up to Rushaya where you will be able to view the beautifiul scenery of lake Bunyonyi and to Echuya Forest, the former home of the pygimies (Batwa). While there you can get in touch with the Batwa who live near the forest for more stories and cultural performnces.