6 Days Culture and Gorilla Trekking

This 6 days culture and gorilla trekking safari will start with a pickup by our EBS Tours representative who will be waiting for you at the airport for a transfer to your designated place of stay.
Dinner & Overnight at: Hotel n5

Early morning after breakfast (6:00am) after being briefed by your guide, you will then transfer to the gorillas home in Mgahinga gorilla national park. being found in Kisoro district in the south western side of the pearl it takes about 10-12 hrs drive.

You will enjoy some of the fascinating scenic views composed of hilly backgrounds along the way to the virunga mountains where this park is located. Reaching in the evening, check-in at your lodge and have a rest. Dinner & Overnight

Accommodation: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

Today early morning (6:00am) after breakfast, you will head straight to the park headquarters with 2 ltrs of drinking water and some snack, for briefing about the dos and don’ts about gorilla trekking.

It usually takes about 2-8hrs depending on the trackers of these beautiful creatures and you’re given a full hour of interacting with them after meeting  gorillas in their natural habitat. It is indeed a once in a lifetime experience. Return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation. (Lunch, Dinner& Overnight)

Accommodation: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

Today after breakfast, not so early, you will head to the park with your packed lunch for a full day cultural encounter with the fascinating batwa group of people. With vast opportunities of learning how the batwa lived in the forest and how they used to survive with wildlife.

The elders of them will accompany you and share some study information about their behaviors and culture not forgetting the lifestyle while they lived in the forest. They will show you some of their hunting skills and vast knowledge of medicinal herbs they used to heal themselves. (Dinner & Overnight)

Accommodation: Lake Mulehe Safari lodge

Today very early after breakfast (6:00am) you will go to the park headquarters for briefing before hiking, with at least 2 liters of drinking water and packed lunch.

Virunga mountain ranges is a chain of volcanoes that protects the endangered mountain gorillas and also home to the rare golden monkeys. Mgahinga gorilla national park is home to three of them and that is:

• Mountain Muhavura
• Mountain Sabinyo
• Mountain Gahinga

Mountain Muhavura is the tallest of all the volcanoes in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park with elevation of about 4,127m above sea level. Also known as Mt Muhabura, is an inactive volcano in the virungas between Uganda and Rwanda and is the third highest of all the eight major volcanoes found in the chain for volcanoes which is part Albertine rift valley.

It will definitely reward you with some of the Albertine rift valley bird endemics which you will add on the crater lake at the top of it. With scenic views too!

Mountain Gahinga is the smallest of the three in the park, with elevation of about 3,474m above sea level. Originated from a local word “Gahinga” which means a pile of stones.

Mountain Sabinyo, being elevated at about 3,505m above sea level, this is the most challenging to hike of all the three because of its steep trails and edges but it’s the most beautiful still.

As the saying goes that “to be challenged is not dying” mountain sabinyo gives you a chance of being in three countries without a visa. Imagine being in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo at the same time when at the top of this beautiful mountain.

So for this, it’s you to decide which one to hike! Note: all mountains usually take about 9-12 hours’ hike depending on your fitness levels. Return to your lodge for (Overnight & Diner)

Accommodation: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

Today after breakfast you will embark on your journey to the airport with a stop at the equator for pics and then head straight to the airport for your journey back home.