5-Day Mgahinga-Gorilla Trek-Batwa Trail and Coffee Tour

The tour activities include; The journey starts at 7:30 a.m from the pickup point, then breakfast and bathroom break at Shell Kayabwe for 25 minutes. We then make a stopover at the Equator land mark for an experience of the earth rotation on the axis. We then make a stop over to in Biharwe for a little hike to the Eclipse monument then have Lunch at Igongo cultural Centre for an hour. We drive to Kabale and have an aerial view of Lake Bunyonyi at the site seeing view point for 15 minutes. We then proceed to Kisoro but before reaching there we make a stopover at Mt. Muhavura volcanoes view point for 15 Minutes. We then travel to Kisoro to Logde at Ichumbi Hotel.
Main Destination: Kisoro (Town)
• Accommodation: Mid-range hotel located in or near Kisoro
• Meals & Drinks: Lunch (Breakfast & dinner not included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This is a day's activity. Breakfast is served by 6:30 a.m. then head to Mgahinga National Park. We advise one carries packed lunch in form of a snack and enough litres of water like 1.5 litres. We then head to the National Park gate for registration and briefing. After registration and briefing one will be assigned a group for trekking with a guide and rangers. Then trekking starts for the gorillas this takes 30 mins - 2 hours depending to the location of the gorillas. You are then given an hour to view the gorillas and then asked to return to the briefing point where you will be awarded a trekking certificate from Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Main Destination Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)

• Best Time To Visit June to August and December to January
• High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
• Best Weather Jun to Aug and Dec to Jan (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP
• Gorilla: Common
• Chimpanzee: None
• Elephant: Occasional
• Buffalo: Occasional
• Leopard: Rare
• White Rhino: None

Accommodation: Mid-range hotel located outside Mgahinga Gorilla NP

Meals & Drinks:
• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

The Batwa part of the indigenous tribes found in Kisoro in Uganda. The experience involves learning about their livelihood back when there were in the Mgahinga National Park. As part of the the conservation efforts of the park these were evicted from the National park and integrated into the communities. The fees collected help to support them. We then return to the Hotel.

In the afternoon we take part in a local experience right for the garden, to post harvest handling thereafter to the value addition. Here you will then taste the coffee brewed.

Main Destination Batwa Experience (Highlight)
Accommodation: Mid-range hotel located in or near Kisoro
Meals & Drinks:
• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Breakfast will be served at 6:00 am. We then set off to Mgahinga National Park to the gate of the preferred hike at 6:30 am. Its a one hour drive from the Kisoro town. Briefing is done at 7:30 am then the hike starts at 8:00 am. Remember to carry the following a packed lunch, a lot of water, rain jacket with you. The hike takes like 8 hours. After the hike we return to the hotel to rest.
Main Destination: Mount Sabinyo
Accommodation: Mid-range hotel located in or near Kisoro
Meals & Drinks:
• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Breakfast will be served at 6:30 am then set off time is 7:00 am to Entebbe airport.
Main Destination: Entebbe (City)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks:
• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)
• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.