This 3 Day Uganda gorilla safari from Kigali is meant for those people interested in trekking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
ITINERARY
Morning/Pick up
Our professional driver guide will pick you up from Kigali International Airport/Any Hotel in Kigali to start your ‘3-day Uganda Gorilla Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park with a stop at Genocide memorial. The journey is very scenic as it takes you through a country of 'a thousand hills' to 'the Pearl of Africa'.
Afternoon/Travel
You will cross over to Uganda at the Katuna border with a stop at Kabale town before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, You will have a stop in Kabale town for lunch
Evening/Accommodation
You will be welcomed by the hotel staff and check in at the lodge for relaxation followed by dinner and overnight
Drive time: Approximately 4-5 hours
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation
Budget: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge/Bakiga Lodge
Mid-Range: 4 Gorillas Lodge/Gorilla Leisure Lodge
Morning/Briefing
After breakfast, you will drive to the Park Headquarters with your packed lunch for briefing about gorilla trekking. Your guide will take you through all the Dos and Don’ts while with the mountain gorillas. You will be allocated the gorilla family to visit, Gorilla family allocation depends on your interests, fitness and age, You may inform your guide of your interests and he will request for you the gorilla family of your choice before you start the trek into the forest,
Trek
You will be transferred to the starting point to begin your trek into the forest, Gorilla trekking can be strenuous and a certain level of fitness is required, Gorilla trekking can take between 30 minutes to three quarters of the day depending on your preference. Your ranger guide will try to provide information about trees, birds and other wildlife in the forest until you reach a given family of gorillas.
Observation
Once you meet these gorillas you will be allowed to spend one hour to observe the gorillas as they go about their daily activities and take photographs of the gorillas thereafter, you will trek back to the park Headquarters to pick your certificates that confirm that you tracked gorillas in Uganda and later drive back to the lodge for overnight
Evening/Accommodation
You will be driven at the lodge for evening relaxation and overnight
Morning/Transfer
After breakfast, you will bid farewell to the lodge and drive back to Kigali International Airport or hotel in Kigali
Afternoon/Lunch
You will have a stop for lunch and later proceed to Kigali dependng on your next program,if you intend to fly out, you will be dropped at Kigali International Airport for your flight out or your booked hotel in Kigali
End of Tour
This marks the end of your 3 Day Uganda gorilla trekking safari through Kigali
INCLUDED
Gorilla trekking permit (USD 800 per person, subject to availability)
Airport or hotel pick-up and drop-off in Kigali
Return ground transportation in a comfortable 4x4 safari vehicle
Professional English-speaking driver/guide
Fuel for the entire safari
2 nights' accommodation
All meals as per the itinerary (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Bottled drinking water during the safari
Park entrance fees
Ranger guide fees during gorilla trekking
Community visit (if included in the itinerary)
Border crossing assistance between Rwanda and Uganda
Government taxes and VAT (where applicable)
