Rushaga, Buhoma, Ruhija or Nkuringo: choosing your Bwindi sector
Your gorilla permit names one of Bwindi’s four sectors, and that one word decides where you sleep, how far you drive and what the walk is like. How to choose.
How it works
Your safari, planned by the people who run it
A licensed Ugandan operator, owner-run since 2019. No call centre and no middlemen: the people who plan your trip are the ones who run it.
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Tell us your idea
A month, how many of you and what you most want to see. The form below or a WhatsApp message both work.
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Get your itinerary and quote
Within 24 hours, a day-by-day plan and a clear quote, adjusted with you until it is right. Nothing to pay to ask.
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Travel with our team
We book the permits, lodges and transport, and our own guides take you from arrival to departure.
Uganda’s signature experience
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi
Half the world’s mountain gorillas live in Uganda’s forests. Three days is the shortest way to see them well, and it is the trip we run most.
- 8
- visitors per family a day
- 1 hr
- with the gorillas
- 15+
- minimum age to trek
- 4
- Bwindi trekking sectors
The drive south-west
Eight to nine hours from Kampala, across the Equator at Kayabwe and up into the Kigezi highlands, reaching Rushaga by late afternoon.
Your hour with the gorillas
Rangers brief you at the trailhead: eight trekkers to a family, seven metres’ distance. The walk takes thirty minutes to six hours, and your hour begins when the family is found.
Back for evening flights
Return to Kampala or Entebbe in time to fly out. Rushaga has the most habituated families of Bwindi’s four sectors, so the widest permit availability.
Our journeys
Itineraries from 2 days to 10
Every one is private and can be moved around your dates. Choose by the time you have.
Built around one park or one experience: gorillas, chimpanzees, a lake or the Nile.
All 8 short tripsWhat you’ll see
Big cats, elephants and the open savannah
There is far more to Uganda than the forest. Add a few days of savannah and you get the big game too, without crossing a border.
Big cats
Cheetah on the Narus plains, and lions that climb into the fig trees of Ishasha.
See the trips
Elephant herds
Uganda’s wildest park, and the one almost nobody else drives.
See the trips
Rhinos on foot
Track white rhino on foot with a ranger, the only rhinos in Uganda.
See the trips
Zebra plains
Zebra, eland and impala, with walking and riding safaris close to Kampala.
See the trips
Over 1,000 birds
The shoebill in the papyrus, the crowned crane on the flag.
See the trips“The best safari tour guides out there. Probably going back with them for another safari trip.”
otwal uthman JumaAugust 2026 “Went to Sipi falls with IZ Travel Agency for hiking and it was a great experience. I really enjoyed it so much. IZ Travel Agency is the best travel company I have ever used and I highly recommend it.”
Kemigisha SerenaAugust 2026 “I got the best experience from marchison falls sceneries, queen elizabeth park where I saw lions for the very first time, lake mburo where I had a close stare at the giraffes and many more other places…”
Kayaga VanessamutebiAugust 2026
Where we go
Beyond the gorillas
The Nile forcing through Murchison’s gorge, chimpanzees in Kibale’s forest, lions in Queen Elizabeth’s fig trees and white water at Jinja.
The Nile & Wildlife
Murchison Falls National Park
A launch up the Nile to the foot of the falls, and rhino tracking on foot at Ziwa. The Nile’s dramatic plunge through a 7-meter gorge. Uganda’s largest national park.
Best: Dec - February5 hrs from Kampala
Murchison Falls Safari, 3 days
Chimpanzees
Kibale Forest National Park
Chimpanzee tracking at Kanyanchu, and a community walk through Bigodi Wetland.
Best: Feb - June, Sep - Nov5 hrs from Kampala
Kibale Chimpanzee & Crater Lakes, 3 days
Tree-Climbing Lions
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Tree-climbing lions in Ishasha and a launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel.
Best: June - September6-7 hrs from Kampala
Queen Elizabeth Wildlife Safari, 4 days
Adventure Capital
Jinja - Source of the Nile
White-water rafting on the Nile, Grade 3 to 5, or a gentler family float.
Best: Year-round2 hrs from Kampala
Jinja & the Source of the Nile, 2 days
Who you travel with
A small Kampala team you will actually meet
Two founders and a small office team, licensed since 2019. No call centre and no account manager you never meet: the person who answers your first message plans the trip, books the permits and picks up the phone if anything changes on the road.
- 7+ years running safaris
- Office in Kyanja, Kampala
- Guides fluent in English
- Every trip supports the parks
Ibrahim
Co-founder and tour operator
Licensed, registered and booked direct
- Uganda Tourism BoardLicensed tour operator
- Association of Uganda Tour OperatorsMember since 2019
- Uganda Wildlife AuthorityGorilla permits booked directly
When to go
Any month works. Some book out sooner.
Dry seasonRainy season
- Jan: Dry season
- Feb: Dry season
- Mar: Rainy season
- Apr: Rainy season
- May: Rainy season
- Jun: Dry season
- Jul: Dry season
- Aug: Dry season
- Sep: Dry season
- Oct: Rainy season
- Nov: Rainy season
- Dec: Dry season
- June to September and December to February. Trails are firmer and animals gather at water, so these are the months that book out first. Gorilla permits are limited to eight people per family a day; book three to six months ahead.
- March to May and October to November. Rain tends to come in afternoon bursts, the parks are green and quiet, and many lodges drop their rates.
- Uganda sits on the Equator, so gorilla and chimpanzee trekking run every month. The question is never whether you can go, only what suits you.
Free itinerary and quote
Get your free safari plan
Roughly is enough: what you want to see, a month, and how many of you. The people who run the trips plan it with you.
- A day-by-day itinerary and a quote within 24 hours
- Nothing to pay to ask, and no obligation
- A private trip on your dates, never a shared tour
Before you book
Planning guides
Straight answers to what travellers ask us once they have chosen Uganda: which Bwindi sector, how permits work, and how to get there.
How Uganda gorilla permits work, step by step
Who issues gorilla permits, how far ahead to book, what happens if you are ill or your dates change, and how the Habituation Experience differs from a standard trek.
Entebbe to Bwindi: drive, fly or come in through Kigali
Bwindi is a long way from Entebbe. The three realistic ways to get there, how long each takes, and which one suits your trip.