4 Days Gorilla Trekking Uganda from Kigali, Rwanda

4 Days Gorilla Trekking Uganda Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Kigali Transfer to Bwindi Forest for gorilla trekking Uganda. (Approx. 4 Hours of driving)

You will be picked up from the Kigali Airport upon arrival or from your Hotel by one of our experienced Gorilla Trekking Uganda tour guides / driver and go for Kigali city tour.

Visit Kigali Genocide museum, Nyamata church, art center, Craft market and other local markets. You will then have lunch and afterwards your Gorilla Trekking Uganda guide / driver will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable national park Uganda, a home to the endangered mountain gorillas. You will arrive Bwindi evening to have your dinner and overnight stay.

You’ll be staying at:

• ICHUMBI GORILLA LODGE
• BAKIGA LODGE
• BWEZA GORILLA LODGE

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest and Community walk tour

Take an Early morning breakfast, head to the park office together with your packed lunch, drinking water and dressed in good Gorilla Trekking attire. You will attend the briefing about Do’s and Don’ts about gorillas tracking in the impenetrable forest.

You will get to spend one hour with the gorillas once you find them. The whole tracking takes 4 – 6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas.

Depending on how strong you will be on return, head for a community walk to learn about culture and interaction with local people including the Batwa/ pygmies who were forest dwellers before they were evicted from forests. Later return to the lodge for your dinner and overnight stay (Day 1)

Day 3: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park and Cultural Tour

In the morning after breakfast, you will drive to Cyanika border, cross over to Rwanda’s Volcanoes National park. In the afternoon after your lunch you will go to visit Gorilla guardian village for Iby iwacu cultural entertainmenet of Rwanda culture as you meet and interact with local people who will welcome you with traditional dances and drummer. Later return back to  your Lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

You’ll be staying at:

• MOUNTAIN GORILLA VIEW LODGE
• DAVINCI GORILLA LODGE
• LA PALME HOTEL

Day 4: Golden Monkey trekking in Volcanoes national park and Transfer to Kigali.

On this day after your morning breakfast, you will report to the Park headquarters ready for your golden Monkey tracking. These are endangered monkeys that are typically found in this region but habituated to human presence.

You will be briefed before you head out with your lead guide to track them. Once you finish the trekking, you will return back to the lodge and refresh yourself. Afterwards, proceed your 2 ½ hour drive to Kigali as you mark the end of your tour.

You will be dropped off  at your Hotel in Kigali or transferred to Kigali airport depending on your next program.

End of Gorilla Trekking Uganda Rwanda tour.

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