4 Days Uganda Gorilla Adventure from Kigali
Unlike the normal Uganda gorilla safari, this 4 Days Uganda Gorilla Adventure from Kigali, starts from Kigali City – the capital of Rwanda. Cross over to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via Katuna Border.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the best gorilla trekking destination in the world and while on your Uganda Safari you will have an opportunity to take part in gorilla trekking for an hour encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas and also visit the Batwa People living along the borders of the forest.
Highlights of 4 Days Uganda Gorilla Adventure from Kigali
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport
Day 2: Kigali City – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Day 4: Departure
Detailed Itinerary of 4 Days Uganda Gorilla Adventure from Kigali
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport
On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be meet and greeted by our representative and transfer you to your hotel in Kigali for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Kigali Serena Hotel
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Kigali City – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After a delicious breakfast you will go for a Kigali City tour visiting the Genocide Memorial, later transfer to Cyanika Border where you will clear with the immigration and continue with your driver to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
You will enjoy en-route lunch, continue to Bwindi arriving in the evening, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Today we encounter mountain gorillas in the misty forests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Enjoy an early breakfast, meet your driver and head to the park headquarters for briefing at exactly 8 am. A UWA ranger guide will take you through rules and regulations to follow while in the forest and in the presence of the gorillas, then head into the forest in groups of 8 people searching for the gorilla family assigned to you.
The trek takes approximately 2 to 4 hours or more depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night. You will have one hour of being in the presence of gorillas watching them play, feed, groom and care for each, under the watchful gaze of a silverback.
Later return back to the park headquarters to meet your driver guide and pick your gorilla trekking certificates. Return to your lodge for an evening of rest, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Departure
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast and go for a visit to the Batwa Community for a cultural experience. The Batwa are an incredible tribe living on the outskirts of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest after they were banned from living in the forest for conservation purposes.
Later, transfer back to Kigali arriving in Kigali in time for check in for your departure flight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch.
End of 4 Days Uganda Gorilla Adventure from Kigali
Inclusions
- Accommodation at lodges and hotels motioned in the itinerary or equivalent based on availability at the time of booking.
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary,
- Transfers in a 4×4 Safari Vehicle with services of an experienced English speaking Driver guide
- 1x Gorilla trekking Bwindi per person (USD 800)
- Park entrance fees
- Kigali City Tour
- Batwa experience
- 1 liter of mineral drinking water per person per day in the vehicle,
- All applicable government taxes.
- Park entrance fees
- 1 liter of mineral drinking water per person per day in the vehicle.
Exclusions
- Meals in Entebbe on the arrival day
- Drinks
- Visas (preferably East African Tourist Visa $100)
- International Air ticket
- Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Laundry
- Personal Expenditures and any other services not mentioned in the itinerary.
