Single handedly one of the most amazing experiences of my life. It’s really expensive for the permit but the money goes directly to the national park and into conservation efforts, and the experience is priceless, irreplaceable and can’t be done anywhere else (Congo, Uganda and Rwanda are the only countries with Gorillas) so I stroooongly encourage anyone who’s in the area, who enjoys hiking, nature and wildlife and who gets the chance, to do this with no hesitation! We drove up to Bwindi national park which was about 3 and a half hours from Mbarara. An hour of it was just going up the mountain! If it were me or any of us Muzungus driving it would have taken 5 hours to get up that mountain, but our driver Sylus was insane (safe I guess, but
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