Overview
This 6 days Uganda and Rwanda gorilla trek is an immersive primate adventure in the best places to see mountain gorillas. A combination of double gorilla trekking and golden monkey trekking makes the scenic tour more impressive. Meanwhile, cultural encounters and boat trips complement the already exciting experience. Main destinations for the adventures include Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Begin and end your unforgettable journey in Kigali.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Pick up in Kigali
At Kigali International Airport our guide waits and meets you as soon as you arrive. Allow the guide to brief you regarding the safari before you head to your hotel. Have dinner at your hotel, followed by an overnight.
Day 2: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park & Boat Cruise on the Twin Lakes (Burora and Ruhondo)
At your hotel in the morning, our guide meets you again and transfers you northwestwards to Volcanoes National Park. The scenic drive that takes you to meet an endangered species of apes takes 107 km. Every stunning landscape along the way takes your breath away. Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch before you drive to the Twin Lakes (Ruhondo and Burera). Enjoy a boat cruise on the calm waters of the lake as you listen to stories about their creation. A great opportunity for you to get off the boat and explore an island and farm should not be ignored. This is a time to do some exercise while you meet local people and birds that live in the beautiful places. After guided exploration of the pristine open waters and people, go for dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trek & Ibyíwachu Cultural Village Tour
The first primates you meet are golden monkeys, and to see them, just enter the forest. This happens after your breakfast, then a briefing session at the park headquarters follows. Take stunning photos of the old-world monkeys. Have lunch and go to the Iby’iwachu Cultural Village for an experience with many indigenous Rwandans. Entertainment is here in the form of traditional Rwandan music and dance. Did you know that sometimes they request you to join them dance? Explore their local culinary delights and other lifestyle experiences. They truly offer so many authentic experiences a part from these. But, head back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Gorilla Trek & Transfer to Bwindi
Have early breakfast, check out and enter the forest of Volcanoes National Park, once again. A guided adventure of this sort on this fourth day of your 6 days Uganda and Rwanda gorilla trek is great. This is a chance of a lifetime to see one of the most important ape species in the universe. The 1 hour offered to see them is enough to watch how they play, groom and other things. Transfer from Volcanoes to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwest Uganda. The scenic trip northward is on a 133 km route, that also passes the border at Cyanika. At Bwindi Forest, you only have to check in and wait for dinner. Sleep here.
Day 5: Gorilla Trek in Bwindi
This fifth day of your 6 days Uganda and Rwanda gorilla trek comes with yet another gorilla trek. This time in the lush forest of Bwindi. So head to the trailhead after the delicious breakfast. What is often necessary is packed lunch because the gorilla trek takes somewhere between 2 to 6 hours. It is a guided adventure which promises an hour to watch gorillas in their real home. Return to your lodge after this to spend the rest of the day in cool moods. That is, relax until dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Return to Kigali and End Safari
Morning breakfast at your lodge before check out. Now enter the car and head to Kigali via Cyanika, with en route lunch en offered. An optional Kimironko Market experience is on the table for you in Kigali. Talk to the vendors for enquiries about the items sold. Bargain where necessary to grab yourself some ripe fruits and vegetables. Items to buy and take back home from here as souvenirs include shirts, mats, baskets and others. Drop off at the airport for you to end the 6 days Uganda and Rwanda gorilla trek experience. We wish you a very safe journey back home.