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Essential Uganda and Gorilla Trek

9 days
Start and end in Entebbe
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Hiking & Trekking
Epic trails and breathtaking landscapes await
Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Group Size 12 - 16
Ages 18-35
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Highlights

  • Come face to face with rare mountain gorillas in the forests of Uganda with the help of expert rangers and trackers.
  • Trek in search of chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park and spend an hour observing how they play, feed and communicate with each other.
  • Visit Lake Mburo, Uganda’s smallest savannah park, where you can spot zebras, buffalo and impalas – this is the only place in Uganda where impalas are found!
  • Admire the beauty of Uganda’s natural wonders – the rolling hills of Bwindi, the lakes and wetlands of Lake Mburo, and the green forests of Kibale.
  • Spend a few days at leisure in Jinja, which can be a relaxing riverside retreat or an adrenaline-filled adventure capital – it’s up to you!

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Entebbe
  2. Day 2 Jinja
  3. Day 3 Jinja
  4. Day 4 Kibale Forest National Park
  5. Day 5 Kibale Forest National Park - Chimpanzee Trek
  6. Day 6 Queen Elizabeth National Park - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  7. Day 7 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - Gorilla Trek
  8. Day 8 Lake Mburo
  9. Day 9 Entebbe
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Customer Reviews

  • DaveHutchinson
    · July 14th, 2025
    gorillas, chimps, nasai Mari game reserve unforgettable experiences. inc. permits cost 1500 USD , so this excellent value. however there is a lot of travelling on the bus as they do a loop.. I would say consider flying into Rwanda go into Uganda to see gorill (800 in Uganda vrs 1509 usd in rwanda) then join a tour that includes 2 days in masai mari.
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  • Anonymous
    · July 29th, 2023
    The tour was good but a lot of space for improvement . Lunch menu could be reviewed. Some times the Facilities in the camping sites were not working no flash or no hot water . Long driving hours , some times longer than mentioned in the trip notes. Out of the 16 days we had 5 full days of driving. So 11 days out of which the arrival and departure days. If you book in advance an activity you will be charged much more. In my case the golden monkeys was charged 180 usd and locally it was 100 usd. An other traveler booked in advance the ballon but she was not charged more . So there is some ambiguity in the pricing …. If you are Australian you would be privileged… as regards pricing . This is what I have understood. I am well traveled and it is the first time I see such ambiguity in the price of pre booked activities.
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  • James
    · August 23rd, 2025
    I got down to Marrakesh with a rival company also doing Spain and Portugal along the way. But the area this Intrepid tour went, was the Morocco I always wanted to see. I mention this as the Sahara and southern Morocco is very different to the top half of the country. The highlight was riding camels (that looked to be well taken care of unlike horses you see in Marrakesh, donkeys and mules in other parts). We only had five people in total on this tour, but everyone got along really well. Surprisingly all but Essaouira had air-conditioning, granted not all worked, but I wasn't anticipating it much. It is very hot in Marrakesh and the camp in the Sahara. Some of the accommodation wasn't great and I didn't see what the point of wasting a day travelling to Tata was, since there was nothing there. There's a lot of long travel days in the chartered bus (and public bus to Marrakesh at the end). Day 2 (well 3 since they ridiculously count the meet anytime day where you do nothing as a day), we drove through places in the desert where Star Wars and other movies were filmed but the guide never said, if you look out the window on your right, that's Tatooine, or anything like that. So that was disappointing as it was the main reason I did this trip over the 3 day one. I mean we saw the places but never knew it at the time. We did visit the site of Gladiator and saw the set prop from Game of Thrones left behind at Benhaddou, which was an interesting town, although we drove by plenty more buildings that looked like that towns' in the days that followed. The hike from Imil to Arournd was just walking up a dirt road, we could have just driven all the way, there since we were being constantly passed by vehicles including ones the same size as the bus. Seemed to be more of a gimmick so mules could take our backpacks to the hostel like place. Tieta Tagmoute started off witnessing an old guy have an argument with our local guide and take out his anger by beating a donkey. The place turned out to be interesting with the keymaster bank, but was actually better because another old guy basically bullied keymaster and our guide to see his place on the way. I guess to get a cut of the money. But his place had a lot of cool photo opportunities. Best local guide was in Tafraoute, who was entertaining and told us a lot about culture and everything else. Even joined in the performance at the lunch at the local Berber house there. As did our Intrepid guide, Oulaid by the way who was a very nice guy and good guide by the way. He listened to our feedback along the way and would adjust future stuff such as having a picnic at the beach rather than a terrible cafe the day before. Overall it was a great tour, just needed a few improvements. Not enough time in a few places, and way too much time others. It did seem to die off a little once we got to Essaouira where too much free time made it seem like the tour finished a few days before it did since you do very little with the guide. Local bus where you sit next to locals and don't all sit together doesn't help with that feeling either.
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    • Typhoid - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Hepatitis A - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Cholera - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Tuberculosis - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 3 months before travel.
    • Hepatitis B - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 2 months before travel.
    • Rabies - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 1 month before travel.
    • Meningococcal meningitis - Recommended for Uganda. Ideally 3 weeks before travel.
    • Yellow fever - Certificate of vaccination required if arriving from an area with a risk of yellow fever transmission for Uganda. Ideally 10 days before travel.
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