Depart Entebbe International Airport for the 8 to 9 hour drive southwest to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through Uganda's rolling hills and tea estates. On arrival check into your lodge and enjoy lunch. In the afternoon join a Batwa cultural experience, spending time with the indigenous Batwa community who lived inside Bwindi for thousands of years before it became a protected forest. Learn about their traditional forest life, medicinal plants, hunting techniques and cultural practices. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

An early breakfast before heading to the park headquarters for a briefing on gorilla trekking rules and safety. You will be assigned to a habituated gorilla family and set off into the forest with experienced rangers and trackers. Trek through the dense ancient vegetation, following the gorilla family's trail until you locate them. Spend one magical hour with the gorillas, observing them feeding, playing, nursing young and going about their day with a calm authority that is profoundly moving. The trek back brings you out of the forest for a late lunch at the lodge. Spend the afternoon resting and processing the experience. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Early risers can join an optional guided forest walk before breakfast to explore Bwindi's extraordinary birdlife and vegetation. After breakfast check out and transfer back to Entebbe International Airport.