6 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Trek Safari

6 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Trek Safari is a combined mountain gorilla trekking experience with 2 mountain gorilla trekking expeditions in 2 amazing mountain gorilla habitats that is Bwindi Impenetrable national park found in Uganda and Volcanoes national park found in Rwanda.

6 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Trek Safari
Bwindi Gorillas

6 days Uganda and Rwanda Gorilla Trek safari starts from Rwanda’s Kigali and ends in Uganda’s Kampala city.

Highlights of 6 days Rwanda & Uganda gorilla Trek safari

  • Day 1: arrive in Kigali
  • Day 2: gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park
  • Day 3: Golden monkey trekking experience and community walk
  • Day 4: Dian Fossey Trek and Transfer to Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national park
  • Day 5: gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
  • Day 6: drive back to Kampala

Detailed itinerary of 6 days Rwanda &Uganda gorilla Trek safari

Day 1: Arrive Kigali

Upon arrival in Kigali city the capital of Rwanda at Kigali International airport you will be picked up your safari driver-guide, after a short safari briefing you will set off on a journey to Volcanoes national park. On your way you will enjoy watching the spectacular terraced hills and when you arrive in the park you will check into your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation options

Kinigi guesthouse or, La palme, La bambo lodge,Volcanoes Virunga Lodge or the Gorilla View lodge

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes national park

After  breakfast early in the morning you will head to Volcanoes national park for a mountain gorilla trekking experience, you will undergo a gorilla trekking briefing in which you will be taken through the rules and regulations to follow while on this activity and in the presence of mountain gorillas. As you hike through the forests of Volcanoes national park you will enjoy watching many beautiful trees, the peaks of Virunga volcanoes and various species of birds, when you find the gorilla you will have 1 hour of being in presence of the gorilla watching them play with their young ones, pick fruits and take beautiful pictures.

Later return to your lodge for late lunch, in the afternoon you can decide to rest for the evening, have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation options  

Kinigi guest house or, Volcanoes Virunga Lodge or the Gorilla View lodge

 Day 3: Golden Monkey trekking experience and community walk

Wake up for breakfast then head to the park for an encounter with golden monkeys on a golden monkey trekking experience, you will go through a briefing session at the park’s headquarters then trek into the forests looking for golden monkey with a help of a guide. Upon find the golden monkeys you will be allowed to stay in their presence for 1 hour while observing their behaviors as they play on tree branches, pick fruits and then take amazing pictures.

6 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Trek Safari
Golden Monkey Trekking in Rwanda

Later you will head back to your lodge for lunch, in the afternoon you will go for a visit to the Ross Carr’s orphanage or visit the local community, schools and market centres. Then return to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation options 

Kinigi Guesthouse or the Gorilla’s view lodge

 Day 4: Visit Dian Fossey Tomb and transfer to Uganda

After breakfast at your lodge, you will go for a hike to the Dian Fossey’s Tomb visiting the grave of Dian Fossey a primatologist how dedicated her life to the conservation of mountain gorillas. After the walk you will return to your lodge, have lunch then checkout and embark on a journey to Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national park arriving in evening, check into your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation options: Gorilla Resort, Buhoma community bandas, Nshongi Gorilla Resort, Trekker’s Tarvan, Gorilla Mist lodge, Silver Back lodge, Kitandara Safari Tents, Mahogany springs Lodge.

Day 5: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park

After breakfast at your lodge, you will drive to Bwindi impenetrable national park for a mountain gorilla trekking experience together with your packed lunch. As the experience kicks off you will undergo a briefing sessions in which rules and regulation to be followed will be read to your by a guide, be designated a gorilla group to trek then trek into the forests of Bwindi looking for mountain gorillas. As you trek through the forests you will enjoy views of flora species, many birds and forest animals as black and white colobus monkeys and others.

When you find the mountain gorillas, you will be given one full hour of observing the mountain gorillas as they take care of their young ones, pick fruits and take beautiful pictures as long as your flashlight is off. Then trek back to the park’s headquarters to pick your trekking certificates then head back to your lodge, if you have energy you will later go for a nature walk. In the evening, return to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation options: Gorilla Resort, Buhoma community bandas, Nshongi Gorilla Resort, Trekker’s Tarvan, Gorilla Mist lodge, Silver Back lodge, Kitandara Safari Tents, Mahogany springs Lodge.

Day 6: Drive to Kampala                                  

After breakfast at your lodge, you will checkout of your lodge and embark on your journey to Kampala the capital of Uganda with en-route lunch in Mbarara,  when you arrive in Kampala you will be dropped off at your hotel or drive directly to Entebbe International airport for your departure flight back home.

End of 6 days Rwanda & Uganda gorilla trek safari

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