3-Day Gorilla Trekking Fly-in Safari in Uganda itinerary

You start your fly-in gorilla safari from Entebbe International Airport, where you fly to Bwindi. By this time, we would have already handed over your Bwindi flight tickets to you. If you need transfers from your hotel in Entebbe, please let us know, and we shall be happy to arrange that for you. At Entebbe airport, you just need to show your passport for checking in to the flight to Kihihi Airstrip or Kisoro Airstrip. We have our vehicle and driver awaiting your arrival at the airstrip, from where they will meet you and transfer you to your lodge in Bwindi. The drive from the airstrip to the lodge is about 45 minutes, but the beauty of the landscape is so amazing that you could even take two hours on this journey. When you check in at the lodge, you can choose to relax for the rest of the day or take a village walk through the communities. it is very safe, even for a solo traveler. You could also ask the lodge for a guided tour to the Batwa Pygmies (about $30-$50).

Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Your flight schedule is as follows:

Departure Entebbe: 07.00 am (check-in latest at 06.0 am, 1 hr. before your flight departs)

Arrival Kihihi: 09.30 am Arrival Kisoro: 08:55 am

On arrival at Kihihi/ Kisoro airstrip, you will be picked up by the staff of the lodge you are staying at. You will be transferred in about 1 hour to the lodge.

Journey time: Flight in the morning or afternoon / Transfer to lodge 1½ hours

Today is the big day… Prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest boasts both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees – the only forest in Africa that can make this claim. It also hosts five other species of primate, 113 species of mammal, over 200 butterflies, and 360 birds. The gorillas you will track belong to one of nine habituated family groups that can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day. Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes, and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorilla’s habitat. En route, your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity, including dung, nests, and chewed bamboo shoots.

The time taken to track the gorillas can take as little as 2 hours to as much as 7 hours before one returns! Once the gorillas have been located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly humbling and emotional experience. This is a fantastic and privileged opportunity to get up close and personal with Uganda’s very own ‘Gorillas in the Mist’.

Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Today ends your 3-Day Gorilla Trekking Fly-in Safari in Uganda. Our representative will take care of your transfer to Kihihi or Kisoro airstrip. Today you will travel back to Entebbe International Airport.

Please let us know if you wish us to include one (or more) nights in Kampala /Entebbe or arrange your transport to and from Entebbe Airport with Paradise Adventure Vacations. Your flight schedule is as follows (please ask your sales consultant for the exact time schedule on the date you are flying). Thank you so much for specifically choosing Paradise Adventure Vacations on the 3-Day Gorilla Trekking Fly-in Safari in Uganda, and we hope to see you again!

Location: Kampala (City)

Accommodation: No

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch 

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Journey Time for flights between Bwindi and Entebbe

45 min transfer to Kihihi/ Kisoro & 1h10 min flight

Morning flight option

Departure time from Kihihi: 09.45 AM

Departure time from Kisoro: 09.10 AM

Arrival time in Entebbe: 11.25 AM

Afternoon flight option

Departure time from Entebbe:

12.00 PM or 14.45 PM

Arrival time in Kihihi:

13.55 PM or 14.55 PM

Departure time from Kihihi: 14.05 PM or 15.05 PM

Arrival time in Entebbe: 15.55 PM or 16.15 PM

Timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.