4-Day Double Gorilla Trek
Two Families — Two Sectors
Encounter two distinct mountain gorilla families across two remote sectors of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest — an experience fewer than 1% of travellers ever have.
Why This Trek Is Different
There Are Treks —
Then There Is This
Most visitors to Uganda trek to see one gorilla family. They return home transformed — gorillas will do that to you. But imagine going deeper. Imagine rising before dawn on two separate mornings, entering two different sectors of the ancient Bwindi forest, and sitting in silence with two completely different gorilla families, each with its own dynamics, its own dominant silverback, its own story.
This is the 4-Day Double Gorilla Trek — crafted by Wander & Wonder Tours for the discerning traveller who doesn't just want to witness Africa, but to feel it in the marrow of their bones. Two permits. Two sectors. One extraordinary journey through the heart of "The Pearl of Africa."
Uganda's mountain gorillas share 98.3% of human DNA. When a silverback meets your eyes, the boundary between worlds dissolves. This is not a safari. This is a reckoning.
Investment
Transparent Pricing — No Hidden Fees
This is a Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) government fee included in your package. Each trek = one permit. Your 4-day double trek includes two permits ($1,600 total per person) — ensuring your encounter with two distinct gorilla families in two sectors.
Midrange Safari
$2,550 / person
Based on 2 travellers sharing. Single supplement applies.
- 2 gorilla trekking permits ($1,600)
- 3 nights midrange lodge
- All meals included
- Private 4WD vehicle & guide
- Airport transfers
- Park entry fees
Luxury Safari
$3,950 / person
Based on 2 travellers sharing. Single supplement applies.
- 2 gorilla trekking permits ($1,600)
- 3 nights luxury forest lodge
- All meals & selected drinks
- Private vehicle, ranger & tracker
- All airport transfers
- Cultural village experience
Solo / Private
From $2,900 / person
Fully private group departure. Any lodge category.
- 2 gorilla trekking permits ($1,600)
- Exclusive private vehicle
- Personalised itinerary
- Flexible departure dates
- Dedicated personal guide
- 24/7 guest support
Day by Day
Your 4-Day Journey Through Bwindi
Arrival in Kampala & Transfer to Bwindi
Entebbe / Kampala → Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Your Wander & Wonder representative meets you at Entebbe International Airport. After a warm welcome and briefing, you set off in your private 4WD vehicle on the scenic drive south-west toward one of the last ancient rainforests on earth.
The journey takes you through Uganda's dramatic equatorial landscape — rolling tea estates, banana plantations, and the misty hills of Kigezi. Arrive at your lodge in the afternoon. Settle in, take in the forest views, and enjoy a welcome dinner as your guide walks you through tomorrow's trek briefing.
First Gorilla Trek — Sector One
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park — Sector A
Rise before dawn. After an early breakfast, you reach the Uganda Wildlife Authority briefing point where experienced rangers assign you to your gorilla family group. With your permit in hand — one of only eight issued for this family today — you enter the forest.
The trek through Bwindi's dense undergrowth typically takes one to six hours depending on where the gorillas have moved overnight. When you find them, the world stops. You spend a full, unhurried one hour with the gorilla family — watching mothers nurse infants, juveniles tumble and play, the silverback move through his domain with calm, ancient authority. Return to the lodge for a celebratory lunch, afternoon rest, and time to absorb what you have witnessed.
Transfer & Second Gorilla Trek — Sector Two
Bwindi — Sector A → Sector B (e.g. Rushaga / Nkuringo / Ruhija)
This is what separates a double trek from every other gorilla experience. After breakfast, you transfer to a second, completely different sector of Bwindi — a different entry point, different terrain, different rangers, and most crucially, a different gorilla family entirely.
Each sector of Bwindi is home to families with unique histories. Some are more habituated, some have larger groups, some have been studied by researchers for decades. Your guide will share the story of today's family as you trek through new forest, new canopy, new silence. A second one-hour encounter awaits. By evening, as you reflect over dinner, you will have shared time with two gorilla families — something most travellers never accomplish in a lifetime of African travel.
Return Journey & Departure
Bwindi → Kampala / Entebbe
After a leisurely final breakfast and check-out, your driver-guide escorts you back to Kampala or Entebbe for your onward journey. Along the way, there are optional stops at the equator monument, local craft markets, or Lake Mburo National Park for a game drive (available on request as an extension).
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport in time for your evening flight, carrying with you two extraordinary encounters — and the knowledge that you have been part of something rare, real, and irreplaceable.
What Is Covered
Included & Excluded
What Is Included
- Two gorilla trekking permits ($800 per permit)
- All park entry and conservation fees
- Private 4WD vehicle with pop-up roof
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Experienced UWA gorilla ranger & tracker
- All accommodation (3 nights)
- All meals: full board throughout
- Bottled water and snacks on trek days
- Airport pickup and drop-off (Entebbe)
- Gorilla trekking certificate
- 24/7 in-country guest support
- Inter-sector transfer (Day 3)
Not Included
- International flights to/from Uganda
- Uganda tourist visa (approx. $50 USD)
- Travel and medical insurance
- Alcoholic beverages and personal spending
- Tips for guides, rangers, and camp staff
- Optional add-on activities
- Porter fees on trek days (recommended, approx. $15–$20)
- COVID or health-related requirements
- Items of personal nature
Where You Rest
Accommodation — Immersed in the Forest
Accommodation is matched to your chosen category (midrange or luxury). The lodges below represent the standard for each tier. Specific properties may vary by availability — we always ensure equivalent or superior alternatives.
Nights 1 & 2
Bwindi Forest Lodge (Sector 1)
Midrange / Luxury OptionPerched at the forest edge, these properties offer warm en-suite cottages with views directly into the canopy. Hearty local meals, open fire common areas, and the sound of the forest at night. Guides live on-site for an early briefing start.
Night 3
Sector Two Forest Camp
Midrange / Luxury OptionLocated close to the second trekking sector, your third night accommodation places you within minutes of tomorrow's trek starting point. Intimate, well-appointed, and completely surrounded by the ancient forest atmosphere that makes Bwindi so unforgettable.
Budget accommodation is available on request. Contact us to discuss your preferences.
Through the Lens
Life Inside Bwindi
Authentic imagery from the forest — every photograph a memory waiting to become yours.
Guest Experiences
Words From People Who Were There
★★★★★
"We chose Wander & Wonder specifically for the double trek. Meeting two completely different gorilla families in two days was beyond anything we imagined. Samuel and the team handled everything flawlessly. The second family we encountered had a young silverback who walked within two metres of us. My wife was in tears. I was too."
United Kingdom — March 2025
★★★★★
"The logistics of two sectors could have been complicated but the team made it seamless. Our guide Fassie had encyclopedic knowledge of both families — their histories, individual personalities, even the infants' names. This is not a tour company, it's a family that loves Uganda. Book with them."
Canada — July 2024
★★★★★
"I have done safaris across East Africa for 20 years. The double gorilla trek with Wander & Wonder is the finest single experience I have had on this continent. Every detail was considered. The accommodation, the food, the transfers, the rangers — exceptional. I will return."
United States — November 2024
Common Questions
Everything You Need to Know
Start Your Journey
Reserve Your
Double Gorilla Trek
Send us your details and we will respond within 24 hours with availability and a personalised quote.
We respond within 24 hours. Your information is never shared with third parties.
Ready to Confirm Your Trek?
Once your booking is confirmed and permits are secured, proceed to our secure online payment portal to complete your reservation. PesaPal accepts all major cards and bank transfers.
Proceed to Secure PaymentQuestions? Call or WhatsApp: +44 7826 805254
4-Day Double Gorilla Trek
Two Families — Two Sectors
Encounter two distinct mountain gorilla families across two remote sectors of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest — an experience fewer than 1% of travellers ever have.
Why This Trek Is Different
There Are Treks —
Then There Is This
Most visitors to Uganda trek to see one gorilla family. They return home transformed — gorillas will do that to you. But imagine going deeper. Imagine rising before dawn on two separate mornings, entering two different sectors of the ancient Bwindi forest, and sitting in silence with two completely different gorilla families, each with its own dynamics, its own dominant silverback, its own story.
This is the 4-Day Double Gorilla Trek — crafted by Wander & Wonder Tours for the discerning traveller who doesn't just want to witness Africa, but to feel it in the marrow of their bones. Two permits. Two sectors. One extraordinary journey through the heart of "The Pearl of Africa."
Uganda's mountain gorillas share 98.3% of human DNA. When a silverback meets your eyes, the boundary between worlds dissolves. This is not a safari. This is a reckoning.
Investment
Transparent Pricing — No Hidden Fees
This is a Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) government fee included in your package. Each trek = one permit. Your 4-day double trek includes two permits ($1,600 total per person) — ensuring your encounter with two distinct gorilla families in two sectors.
Midrange Safari
$2,550 / person
Based on 2 travellers sharing. Single supplement applies.
- 2 gorilla trekking permits ($1,600)
- 3 nights midrange lodge
- All meals included
- Private 4WD vehicle & guide
- Airport transfers
- Park entry fees
Luxury Safari
$3,950 / person
Based on 2 travellers sharing. Single supplement applies.
- 2 gorilla trekking permits ($1,600)
- 3 nights luxury forest lodge
- All meals & selected drinks
- Private vehicle, ranger & tracker
- All airport transfers
- Cultural village experience
Solo / Private
From $2,900 / person
Fully private group departure. Any lodge category.
- 2 gorilla trekking permits ($1,600)
- Exclusive private vehicle
- Personalised itinerary
- Flexible departure dates
- Dedicated personal guide
- 24/7 guest support
Day by Day
Your 4-Day Journey Through Bwindi
Arrival in Kampala & Transfer to Bwindi
Entebbe / Kampala → Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Your Wander & Wonder representative meets you at Entebbe International Airport. After a warm welcome and briefing, you set off in your private 4WD vehicle on the scenic drive south-west toward one of the last ancient rainforests on earth.
The journey takes you through Uganda's dramatic equatorial landscape — rolling tea estates, banana plantations, and the misty hills of Kigezi. Arrive at your lodge in the afternoon. Settle in, take in the forest views, and enjoy a welcome dinner as your guide walks you through tomorrow's trek briefing.
First Gorilla Trek — Sector One
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park — Sector A
Rise before dawn. After an early breakfast, you reach the Uganda Wildlife Authority briefing point where experienced rangers assign you to your gorilla family group. With your permit in hand — one of only eight issued for this family today — you enter the forest.
The trek through Bwindi's dense undergrowth typically takes one to six hours depending on where the gorillas have moved overnight. When you find them, the world stops. You spend a full, unhurried one hour with the gorilla family — watching mothers nurse infants, juveniles tumble and play, the silverback move through his domain with calm, ancient authority. Return to the lodge for a celebratory lunch, afternoon rest, and time to absorb what you have witnessed.
Transfer & Second Gorilla Trek — Sector Two
Bwindi — Sector A → Sector B (e.g. Rushaga / Nkuringo / Ruhija)
This is what separates a double trek from every other gorilla experience. After breakfast, you transfer to a second, completely different sector of Bwindi — a different entry point, different terrain, different rangers, and most crucially, a different gorilla family entirely.
Each sector of Bwindi is home to families with unique histories. Some are more habituated, some have larger groups, some have been studied by researchers for decades. Your guide will share the story of today's family as you trek through new forest, new canopy, new silence. A second one-hour encounter awaits. By evening, as you reflect over dinner, you will have shared time with two gorilla families — something most travellers never accomplish in a lifetime of African travel.
Return Journey & Departure
Bwindi → Kampala / Entebbe
After a leisurely final breakfast and check-out, your driver-guide escorts you back to Kampala or Entebbe for your onward journey. Along the way, there are optional stops at the equator monument, local craft markets, or Lake Mburo National Park for a game drive (available on request as an extension).
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport in time for your evening flight, carrying with you two extraordinary encounters — and the knowledge that you have been part of something rare, real, and irreplaceable.
What Is Covered
Included & Excluded
What Is Included
- Two gorilla trekking permits ($800 per permit)
- All park entry and conservation fees
- Private 4WD vehicle with pop-up roof
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Experienced UWA gorilla ranger & tracker
- All accommodation (3 nights)
- All meals: full board throughout
- Bottled water and snacks on trek days
- Airport pickup and drop-off (Entebbe)
- Gorilla trekking certificate
- 24/7 in-country guest support
- Inter-sector transfer (Day 3)
Not Included
- International flights to/from Uganda
- Uganda tourist visa (approx. $50 USD)
- Travel and medical insurance
- Alcoholic beverages and personal spending
- Tips for guides, rangers, and camp staff
- Optional add-on activities
- Porter fees on trek days (recommended, approx. $15–$20)
- COVID or health-related requirements
- Items of personal nature
Where You Rest
Accommodation — Immersed in the Forest
Accommodation is matched to your chosen category (midrange or luxury). The lodges below represent the standard for each tier. Specific properties may vary by availability — we always ensure equivalent or superior alternatives.
Nights 1 & 2
Bwindi Forest Lodge (Sector 1)
Midrange / Luxury OptionPerched at the forest edge, these properties offer warm en-suite cottages with views directly into the canopy. Hearty local meals, open fire common areas, and the sound of the forest at night. Guides live on-site for an early briefing start.
Night 3
Sector Two Forest Camp
Midrange / Luxury OptionLocated close to the second trekking sector, your third night accommodation places you within minutes of tomorrow's trek starting point. Intimate, well-appointed, and completely surrounded by the ancient forest atmosphere that makes Bwindi so unforgettable.
Budget accommodation is available on request. Contact us to discuss your preferences.
Through the Lens
Life Inside Bwindi
Authentic imagery from the forest — every photograph a memory waiting to become yours.
Guest Experiences
Words From People Who Were There
★★★★★
"We chose Wander & Wonder specifically for the double trek. Meeting two completely different gorilla families in two days was beyond anything we imagined. Samuel and the team handled everything flawlessly. The second family we encountered had a young silverback who walked within two metres of us. My wife was in tears. I was too."
United Kingdom — March 2025
★★★★★
"The logistics of two sectors could have been complicated but the team made it seamless. Our guide Fassie had encyclopedic knowledge of both families — their histories, individual personalities, even the infants' names. This is not a tour company, it's a family that loves Uganda. Book with them."
Canada — July 2024
★★★★★
"I have done safaris across East Africa for 20 years. The double gorilla trek with Wander & Wonder is the finest single experience I have had on this continent. Every detail was considered. The accommodation, the food, the transfers, the rangers — exceptional. I will return."
United States — November 2024
Common Questions
Everything You Need to Know
Start Your Journey
Reserve Your
Double Gorilla Trek
Send us your details and we will respond within 24 hours with availability and a personalised quote.
We respond within 24 hours. Your information is never shared with third parties.
Ready to Confirm Your Trek?
Once your booking is confirmed and permits are secured, proceed to our secure online payment portal to complete your reservation. PesaPal accepts all major cards and bank transfers.
Proceed to Secure PaymentQuestions? Call or WhatsApp: +44 7826 805254