For a truly exclusive experience, this is the best itinerary for someone interested in meeting the special primates. It gives you up to 4 times of gorilla meeting, twince in Uganda’s Bwindi Forest National park and twice in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Our carefully-crafted itineraty combine unique access to high end lodges supporting local communities and local conservation.
Day 1: ARRIVAL
After arriving Entebbe International Airport, you will clear with immigration, proceed to the arrivals where you will meet your driver guide who will transfer you to your hotel for overnight stay.
Accommodation: Protea Hotel by Marriott Entebbe/Hotel No.5 (High-end Accommodation) Meal plan Dinner
Day 2: DOMESTIC FLIGHT FROM ENTEBBE TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Early breakfast at your hotel, proceed to Entebbe International Airport to catch your domestic flight to Kihihi Airstrip where you will meet your guide who will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home to the Great Apes the Mountain Gorillas and your lodge for overnight stay.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp/Bwindi Lodge/ Trackers Safari Lodge (High-end accommodation)
Meal plan Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3: FIRST GORILLA TREKKING IN BWINDI FOREST
After an early breakfast; you will proceed to the park headquarters for briefing and thereafter go to the start points and enjoy the highlight of the safari. Trekking the Great Apes the Mountain Gorillas is a once in a lifetime and worthwhile experience which takes between 2–6 hours. You will then return to your Lodge for lunch, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp (High-end accommodation) or Mantana Engagi Lodge (Medium accommodation)
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp/Bwindi Lodge/ Trackers Safari Lodge (High-end accommodation)
Meal plan Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4: SECOND GORILLA TREKKING IN BWINDI FOREST
On this day after breakfast, you will proceed to the park headquarters for briefing once again and thereafter go to the start points. You will get to trek a different Gorilla Habituated group from the one visited the previous day. Lunch, dinner and overnight stay at the Lodge.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp/Bwindi Lodge/ Trackers Safari Lodge (High-end accommodation)
Meal plan Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5: BWINDI FOREST FROM TO MUSANZE / VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to Volcanoes National Park via Cyanika Land border with lunch enroute. Evening dedicated to have a Gorilla Doctor Lecture with the Gorilla doctors for an informative talk about these creatures called Mountain Gorillas.
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest Lodge/ Singita Kwitonda Lodge/ Bisate Lodge (High-end accommodation). Meal plan Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6: GORILLA TREKKING VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
After a very early breakfast at the lodge, you will proceed to the park headquarters for briefing and thereafter drive to the trail heads the start point for your amazing adventure.
You will be trekking the Great Apes, the Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. This activity could take between 2-6 hours. Rwanda has 12 habituated groups of Mountain Gorillas scattered all over the park. You will spend an hour watching the habituated group going about their normal day playing, eating… etc
Upon return from your trek, you will be driven back to the lodge where you will have lunch, in the evening visit Ellen DeGenerous Gorilla fund Museum, an expansive, 12-acre property that rests adjacent to the Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda. The campus showcases the best in sustainable architecture, local resourcing, and environmentally responsible practices and will offer state-of-the-art laboratories, a scientific conservation library, and meeting space for large groups.
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest Lodge/ Singita Kwitonda Lodge/ Bisate Lodge (High-end accommodation). Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 7: SECOND GORILLA TREKKING VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
After a very early breakfast at the lodge, you will proceed to the park headquarters for briefing and thereafter drive to the trail heads the start point for your amazing adventure.
You will be trekking the Great Apes, the Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. This activity could take between 2-6 hours. Rwanda has 12 habituated groups of Mountain Gorillas scattered all over the park. You will spend an hour watching the habituated group going about their normal day playing, eating… etc
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest Lodge/ Singita Kwitonda Lodge/ Bisate Lodge (High-end accommodation). Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8: HELICOPTER FLIGHT FROM MUSANZE / VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK TO KIGALI – DEPARTURE
Breakfast at the lodge and after checking out; you will proceed to catch your helicopter flight to Kigali International Airport in order to take your departing international flight. Time permitting, you will be picked up for Kigali City tour before you depart to you next destination.
Meal plan: Bed, Breakfast and Lunch.
Inclusions
- Airport transfers
- 7 nights’ accommodation with meals as indicated in the itinerary above
- Activities shown in the itinerary
- Uganda Gorilla permits $1600 per person
- Rwanda Gorilla permits $3000 per person
- Helicopter flight from Musanze to Kigali.
- Gorilla Doctor Lecture.
- Kigali Genocide visit.
- Border crossing fees.
- One -way Domestic flight from Entebbe International Airport to Kihihi Airstrip
- Park fees.
- Services of an experienced English speaking driver guide
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Government taxes
- Our assistance
Exclusions
- International flights
- Visas
- Insurance
- Optional activities
- Tips
- Drinks
- Items of personal nature