Gorilla trekking takes you to the heart of Uganda, a wildlife lovers’ paradise. Be at one with nature – trek the dense African jungle to see mountain gorillas, enjoy river cruises in beautiful national parks, and cycle through magnificent countryside. There’s a wealth of adventure to be had in Uganda. The memories will last a lifetime.
Only a handful of people get to spend time with wild mountain gorillas in their natural habit. Gorilla trekking is therefore both a fascinating and truly unique experience. There are roughly only a thousand mountain gorillas left on the planet, and half of them are found in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Learn more about gorilla trekking and Follow Alice to the Pearl of Africa to get a seriously enviable tick on that bucket list.
This short video sums up why we love taking friends to Uganda!
Some of the highlights of our Uganda adventure are:
✓ Get up close and personal the world’s last population of mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
✓ Go on a mountain bike safari in Lake Mburo National Park
✓ Enjoy gorgeous views over Lake Bunyonyi and explore its little islands in traditional dugout canoes
✓ Go on a boat safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park!
✓ Visit the Equator and explore the vibrant city of Kampala
One of the most important things about any trip is having the right local knowledge. Our local Uganda leader, Dan, or more commonly known as ‘UganDan’, is an absolute superstar! Every person that goes on an adventure with Dan tells us how how much value he added to their Uganda trips. One of our clients commented that it was like being “with a good friend who has invited you to his home country”. Check out more about our Follow Alice local travel leaders and Dan Kabagoza.
“Our guide Dan was very reliable, super committed to showing us as much wildlife as possible and above all, a ton of fun! We all wished we could extend for a few days and some of us already booked our next ‘UganDan’ experience with Follow Alice.” Eva Maria Stolz
Below we have put together an awesome itinerary for you trip to Uganda. This is an example that can be adjusted to suit you.
Remember, deciding on your Uganda itinerary is a personal choice. We’ll work with you to make it suit your preferences.
“Uganda is by itself a beautiful and fascinating country, and Follow Alice’s team helped us on adjusting the itinerary to meet exactly what we wanted: the right mix of culture, wildlife and adventure. It was EPIC.” Bernardo Fonseca
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport where Dan, our local Ugandan leader, picks you up and drives you to our guesthouse. Check in and relax from the journey. In the evening, join us for an optional dinner with your fellow adventurers in Entebbe and possibly a drink in one of the local bars after. Or just enjoy the view of beautiful Lake Victoria.
✓ Included meals: none
✓ Airport transfer on a group basis
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Lake Victoria View Guest House
Welcome dinner and drinks with your group and local leader (est. $25)
We start early in the morning for a transfer to Lake Mburo National Park. Refresh yourself with a swim in the pool upon arrival and enjoy lunch on Rwakobo Rock with scenic views of the Ugandan grassland. If you’re not too tired, we recommend you join us for an evening bike ride through Lake Mburo National Park. We’ll see zebras, antelopes, baboons, long-horn cattle … all at very close range!
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Drive to Lake Mburo
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Rwakobo Rock
Bike ride through Lake Mburo National Park (est. $20)
We leave early again and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in southwestern Uganda near the Rwandan border, with a stopover in Kabale. Kabale is located higher up the hills at almost 2,000 m above sea level and hence enjoys moderate temperatures year round.
We continue to our lodge, where you can expect astonishing views from the terrace over the picturesque Lake Bunyonyi. Believed to be the second deepest lake in Africa, Lake Bunyonyi is one of the country’s top natural treasures. It’s framed by lush, green-terraced hills, but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical. After lunch, you can either relax, explore the neighbourhood on a quadbike, or go birdwatching. The word bunyonyi in the local language means ‘birds’ and yes, you guessed right – the lake is so named because it’s home to an extremely broad range of bird species!
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Drive to Lake Bunyonyi
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Arcadia Cottages
Explore the neighbouring towns on a quadbike ride
Birdwatching at the lake
After a hearty breakfast, we get on traditional Ugandan wooden boats and paddle to one of the islands of Lake Bunyonyi where we enjoy lunch. The island features a small adventure park which includes a zip line across the lake. We invite everyone to give it a go or just swim in the lake and sunbathe. Don’t forget to bring your swimsuit! After a refreshing day at the lake, we transfer later in the afternoon to Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest, where we check into our cottages in the Gorilla Camp to get ready for the big day to follow.
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Boat tour on Lake Bunyonyi
✓ Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Ziplining (est. $15)
After an early breakfast, we get a briefing by the park rangers. We then begin our gorilla trek in the densely forested landscape of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. There are three different choices for gorilla trekking: short, medium and long treks. The long trek can take up to six hours depending on the movements of the gorillas in the jungle. We recommend the long trek for anyone in good physical shape. Learn more about gorilla trekking here.
Gorillas are an endangered species – unfortunately there are only around a thousand left. Very few individuals therefore get the chance to see then in person. It’s a truly unique experience to see these magnificent animals from just a few metres away! We eat packed lunches on the jungle trek and return to our lodge to relax in the late afternoon.
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Gorilla trekking permit and guides ($700)
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Rushaga Gorilla Camp
After breakfast we embark on a scenic journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The mostly downhill drive from Rushaga is packed with breathtakingly beautiful scenery. We drive past local farmers and picturesque African villages, as well as through postcard-like valleys. Refresh yourself in the pool after checking into the lodge and enjoy the magnificent views over Queen Elizabeth National Park. Later in the afternoon we recommend going for a walk through the communities to get a sense of Ugandan life. There’s also the option of going on a chimpanzee trek in Kyambura Forest!
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
✓ Community walk
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Baboon Safari Resort
Chimpanzee trekking (est. $50)
Today’s programme involves exploring Queen Elizabeth National Park – both from boat and by jeep. We can expect to see lions, buffaloes, warthogs, hippos, crocodiles, elephants and many more animals at close range. After the boat cruise ends around 4 pm, we visit the local salt lakes.
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Park fees and game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park
✓ Boat tour on Kazinga Channel
After breakfast we take you to Kampala with a stopover at the Equator for lunch. You’ll find plenty of shops to buy souvenirs and gifts to take home for friends and family. We check into our guesthouse in Kampala late afternoon. Kampala is Uganda’s national and commercial capital and offers a great mix of culture.
If you’re not too tired from the journey, we would love to invite you for a farewell dinner at Ndere Cultural Centre, where there are cultural shows and a buffet full of authentic local food. Kampala also has a bustling nightlife scene and our local friend will be happy to give you recommendations on how to end the trip with a bang!
✓ Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
✓ Transfer to Kampala
✓ Overnight (double or twin share): Home Inn Garden Hotel Kampala
Cultural show and farewell dinner and drinks in Kampala (est. $40)
After a final local Ugandan breakfast, board your plane back home equipped with plenty of great memories and lots of new friends!
✓ Included meals: breakfast
✓ Transfer to the airport on a group basis
“Uganda is a wonderful destination and with Follow Alice, I was able to fulfil a dream of mine to see the gorillas. And I now look forward to planning my next Follow Alice adventure.” Kala Patel
Here’s some further reading on Uganda and gorilla trekking for the interested …
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I trekked the jungle in Uganda with Follow Alice, it was a wonderful experience! Everyone was super friendly, the guides are like your mates and the program is very well planned – just the right mix of action, new adventures, time to relax and time to socialize. Really recommend going on a trip with these guys!
Went on the Uganda Gorilla Trekk adventure.
It was absolutely incredible! I wasn’t sure what to expect and the the itinerary completely surpassed my expectations. From doing a cycle Safari to beautiful boat rides – it was simple amazing.
Of course the main feature, Gorilla Trekking is a once in a lifetime experience I will never forget.
Added to this the landscape of Uganda has to be one of the most beautiful and breaking taking views I’ve ever seen.
Follow Alice was fantastic and I would highly recommend this trip to anyone interested in going to Uganda!
We did the Gorilla Trekking / Uganda trip in June 2017. We were the first group to do this trip. Still, pre-trip planning and communication was very good and then the two local guides Dan and Fred were simply excellent and taking best care of us, we always felt welcome and like at home.
Uganda is an incredibly beautiful country and the guides showed us some of its most stunning spots – it’s much “greener and mountaineous” then what we expected… The itinerary is diverse, authentic and interesting and there’s so much more to see than only the Gorillas. However, visiting the Bwindi Gorillas was a very special and impressive experience, it’s tremendously fascinating to see these peaceful giants in their natural habitat.
Overall, we fully recommend the trip to anyone looking for a truly special and unique experience…and a nice decelerating dose of authentic Africa!
We had a great trip to Murchisson Falls! Everything was perfectly organized and our guide Dan was very reliable, super committed to showing us as much wildlife as possible and above all, a ton of fun! We all wished we could extend for a few days and some of us already booked our next UganDan experience with Follow Alice. Well done!
Great experience!
1) Preperations were on point
2) Very-well organized and planned, just the way we wanted it
3) Our main man “Dan” was such an amazing guide
Bravo! Would definitely keep on following Alice �
Memorable and fun filled trip to Murchison Falls!
Our trip to Murchison Falls exceeded expectation and had lots of really memorable moments thanks to our super guide UganDan! Dan’s knowledge and commitment to making the trip really special for us was evident from the start and maintained throughout. The organisation and payment side of things was also great; super smooth and fast.
Great experience from the initial planning with Reto and his efforts to accomodate our demanding wishes all the way through to the pitch perfect execution of Dan who made the Safari and the trip around it unforgettable. It didn’t feel like travelling with a tourguide but more with a good friend who has invited you to his home country. Thanks FollowAlice!!
Well, Follow-ing Alice definetily took us to wonderland. My friends and I were very pleased with the service and particularly with our guide and travel companion, Dan, who contributed to making this experience unforgetable.
Thank you!
Amazing service through and through. As magical as our trip was, the guide and everything Follow Alice had to offer only made it better. From planning up until our return home, all of our needs/queries were dealt with efficiently and professionaly.
Thank you Alice 🙂
Followed Alice to Uganda in August 2018
My boyfriend and I contacted Follow Alice to organize a trip to Uganda with two friends of ours, and we really had a great experience. Reto and Dan were very responsive and developed a tailored itinerary based on our interests. We had several calls and a whatsapp group which made communication really easy and quick. The organization of the trip was perfect and enjoying the fantastic scenery was all we had to worry about. Dan is an excellent guide, extremely competent, professional and knowledgeable. We wouldn’t have enjoyed our experience as much and learned as much about Uganda without his insights. It truly was like travelling with a friend! I would definitely recommend following Alice (and Dan) to Uganda!
Our friends organised a trip to Uganda and Rwanda with FollowAlice in August 2018. FollowAlice really adapted the itinerary to each of our requests without problems. Communication was easy and we highly appreciated the efforts of FollowAlice to get us in touch with our local guide before travelling there, so that we were already familiar with him! Dan was an amazing guide and we really enjoyed travelling Uganda with him. 100% recommended (both FollowAlice and Dan!).
I just came back from an amazing 14 days trip to Uganda with Follow Alice, and I strongly recommend them. This was my second experience with Follow Alice, and just like the first trip, everything was flawless. Uganda is by itself a beautiful and fascinating country, and Follow Alice’s team helped us on adjusting the itinerary to meet exactly what we wanted: the right mix of culture, wildilife and adventure. It was EPIC. Dan, Follow Alice’s local ambassador and our guide, was incredible: he knows all the right places to go, and has a profound knowledge and love for Uganda. From the history and curiosities about each site, to the behavior of each animal and sound of each bird, no question went unanswered. And he never stops smiling 🙂 Our group was great: we were all on the same “vibe” and quickly got a good dynamic going. Accomodation and transport through the way was very good: we were always at good lodges, and the jeep was very comfortable and reliable. I’m really looking forward to my next adventure with Follow Alice.
We had a 2 week trip to Uganda with FollowAlice. It was incredible from the start, the pre holiday advice,tips and once in Uganda the experience with out local guide Dan. He was very personable and his local knowledge was great. He was attentive to details and understood what it takes to make a great experience for his “friends“. Uganda is a beautiful country, the difference in landscapes from one region to another was a unexpected surprise. The people are very friendly and there are many activities to do. Uganda is a wonderful destination and with Follow Alice, I was able to fulfil a dream of mine to see the gorillas. And I now look forward to planning my next Follow Alice adventure.
We booked a fairly last minute, two week tour of Uganda in December. Reto and Dan’s quick responses and Skype chat sold us on booking via Follow Alice. Dan exudes positivity, confidence, and really was the reason we fell for this colorful, emerging location. Dan made us feel safe, has a passion for animals, loves his country and has interesting insight on its current affairs. He gave up his Christmas (and our trainee guide JoJo’s) and New Year to provide us the trip of a lifetime. Dancing to sunset on a hill overlooking QENP on Christmas Eve, followed by a 5* buffet on Christmas Day overlooking elephants on the Kazinga Channel with our amazing guides was very special to us.
Things to note: We quickly found out some lodges separate the guides from the tourists (meals and lodging) which we were horrified by. These were unfortunately places we chose through reading reviews and not recommendations from Dan and Reto. Dan quickly sorted new, good places for us when this happened. Lesson learned, trust the experts! Meals can sometimes take awhile dependent upon lodge however almost all food is farm to table (fresh!) best tomatoes and avocados I’ve ever had. Do a community visit and buy gifts/clothes cheaply in Uganda. An unforgettable experience! I would give one word of caution: bring your own UNO playing cards. Uganda UNO seems rigged in Dan’s favor 😉
Everything was very well organised and planned for our trip to Uganda. The accommodation was very unique with amazing views. Dan our local leader and new friend was great. I loved the extra touches and surprises throughout – the hats, the massages and little gifts from Dan.
Top quality all the way!
IF your looking for a reliable and high quality travel agency for exclusive travel experience, FOLLOW ALICE is the obvious choice.
Unforgettable experience!
We booked our tour to Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda with Follow Alice and it was simply a dream, an unforgettable experience!!
An amazing trip where we have seen and learnt a lot.
Our tour was perfectly organized and our guides were very knowledgeable, all these factors together allowed us to enjoy every single moment of our journey.
We would highly recommend FollowAlice and we would contact them again whenever we will go back to Africa!
They are trustable, efficient, always kind and available, they address your requests and beyond…you can’t get better!
Thanks again to all the Team!!!
Luigi&Claudia
just did a 9 day trip to Uganda led by Dan the Man…absolutely incredible experience. the itinerary was a perfect blend of animal tracking (gorilla, lions, elephants), physical adventure (2x10hrs hike to summits), stunning all-inclusive lodges and roof-popping roadtrips (if you go, go with Dan’s landcruiser!).
Guys from followalice extremely available and helpful to make this trip come to life, top notch planning and execution!
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Great trip to Rwanda/Uganda!
The team were great at answering any of my concerns so all the planning went smoothly. On ground, Dan the local guide was truly amazing and supported us at every turn. He made sure we were comfortable and gave us recommendations for places to stay and eat.
I look forward to my next trip with Follow Alice.
A true “once in a lifetime” thing and the Follow Alice team made it an exceptional and outstanding experience.
Pre-trip communication was straight-forward and all questions were answered in a timely manner.
On ground the local guides were helpful and welcoming. We actually travelled with friends, not with guides.
Long story short – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.