A luxury base for your gorilla trek.
On the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home of the some of the world’s last mountain gorillas.
Eight en-suite tents with beautiful bathtubs looking out at the forest.
The camp is really nestled into the forest here, so there’s a small lawn, and then the trees where monkeys swing from branch to branch. There’s a bar and dining room, serving good, hearty food to sustain you during the trek, and a small shop.
Gorilla trekking is the main draw here: this is usually a challenging hike of several hours through the rainforest- but the trekking memories disappear in a flash the moment you come eye to eye with a mountain gorilla. Gorilla Forest Camp is one of the few places where gorilla trekking isn’t limited to the super-fit and able-bodied: the staff here can (almost) move mountains- one less mobile guest was carried to see the gorillas in a sedan chair! Outside your tracking hours, there are more gentle walks in the forest, and the chance to learn a little about the local culture, with visits to the traditional medicine man, and to see how beer is made from bananas.
The experience of seeing mountain gorillas in the wild is, to use a much overused phrase, truly mind-blowing. We could never begin to describe how wonderful it is, so instead see this YouTube video of an up-close encounter by a guest at Gorilla Forest Camp.