The 08 Day Luxury Gorilla Rwanda Uganda offers you opportunity to experience gorilla trekking 3 times in Rwanda and Uganda and staying in 4 stars Lodges. We offer private gorilla tours where you experience this holiday riding in our fitted safari vehicles and our experienced safari guide!
Upon arrival at the Kigali International Airport, meet with our safari guide. Transfer to Hotel des Mille Collines, Kigali and experience the history of this hotel during the genocide and check in your room as you wait for dinner and overnight stay. Meal plan: B/B
Day1: Kigali – Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, at 09:00AM meet with our guide and take Kigali city tour visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial that commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide and it is a place of remembrance & learning. The Kigali Genocide Memorial is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Take the undulating scenic drive through Kigali city and beautiful landscapes that offers amazing stopovers on the way as you transfer to Volcanoes National Park. Upon arrival at 1:00 PM check in with the Virunga Lodge for lunch. Dinner and overnight at Virunga Lodge. Meal plan: F/B
Day2: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking – Twin Lakes (Burera & Ruhondo)
After early breakfast, we shall head for a briefing about Gorilla trekking in Rwanda at the Kinigi Station, then head straight to the slopes of the Forest. Gorilla trekking is no-longer quite strenuous, we send an advance team so you can move direct to the spot where the advance team has located the Gorillas. Maximum permitted time with the Gorillas is 01-hour, return to the lodge for lunch. Evening visit the Rwanda twin Lakes (Burera & Ruhondo) found at northwestern Rwanda on the outskirts of Musanze. Enjoy the undulating panoramic view and take magical photographs and return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Virunga Lodge. Meal plan: F/B
Day3: Volcanoes National Park – Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Have breakfast and after embark the safari vehicle and take the leisurely drive to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda via Cyanika border and then upon arrival check in at Mount Gahinga Lodge for lunch. Evening relax at the Mount Gahinga Lodge as you wait for dinner and overnight stay. Meal plan: F/B
Day4: Second Gorilla Trekking Experience
Have breakfast, after transfer to the park headquarters for briefing mountain gorilla trekking and the habitant. After enter into the bamboo jungle looking for the mountain gorillas and once you meet them you are allowed to stay with them 01 hour taking unforgettable photos and videos. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay. Meal plan: F/B
Day5: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park – Bwindi Forest National Park
Have breakfast and after embark the safari vehicle and take leisurely drive though the undulating land forms towards the Bwindi Forest National Park and dinner and overnight stay at Bwindi Lodge. Meal plan: F/B
Day6: Third Gorilla Trekking Experience
Have breakfast, after transfer to the park headquarters for briefing mountain gorilla trekking and the habitant. After enter into the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park jungle looking for the mountain gorillas and once you meet them you are allowed to stay with them 01 hour taking unforgettable photos and videos. Return to the Bwindi Lodge for dinner and overnight stay. Meal plan: F/B
Day7: Bwindi – Entebbe
Have breakfast, after embark the safari jeep and transfer back to Entebbe with lunch en-route at the Flamingo Restaurant at the Uganda Equator. After drive to Entebbe with overnight stay at Hotel No.5 Boutique, Entebbe. Meal plan: H/B
Day8: Visit Ngamba Islands – Departure
Have breakfast, embark the safari jeep and transfer to the Water Front Club and board the speed boat and take 45 minutes’ drive to the Ngamba Islands Chimpanzee Sanctuary visiting the orphaned chimpanzees and participate in the feeding session. Lunch after return back to Entebbe and transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your return flight back home. End of services!
The parking list for safari include the healthy documents, valid passport and visa, walking shoes, rain gears, sun screen, insect repellent, hut, Yellow Fever Vaccination Card among others.
The package includes:
Ground transportation
Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
01 nights stay at Hotel des Milles Collines
02 nights stay at Virunga Lodge
Rwanda Gorilla Permits
Visit Twin Lakes
Uganda Gorilla Permits
02 nights stay at Mount Gahinga Lodge
02 nights stay at Bwindi Lodge
01 night stay at Hotel No.5 Boutique, Entebbe
Visit Ngamba Islands Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Lunch en-route
Mineral water and soft drink like “Soda”
Full day English speaking guide fees
Excludes:
The air fares, Visa, porter fees while trekking the gorillas, laundry, expensive drinks, and other activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
What to wear/bring
Dress codes are informal. Daytime temperatures are generally warm, so bring lots of light clothing, supplemented by light sweaters for the cool evenings and heavier clothing for the higher altitudes especially volcanoes. When tracking gorillas layering your clothing is the best idea and we suggest: long sleeved shirts, cotton or gore tex trousers, strong walking shoes with ankle support, socks that you can tuck your trousers into, light gloves to protect your hands from thorns and nettles, a hat and sunglasses to provide protection against the sun and a waterproof jacket in neutral colors may come in handy in the moist mountains.
Travel light and remember that soft-sided luggage is required. One medium sized duffel bag and one small day pack (carry-on) per person should be adequate. Laundry services are available at most accommodations. You should also pack some zip lock bags for spare clothing, cameras, binoculars and film. Please note that you are not allowed to use a flash when photographing Gorillas. It is a good idea to take along several different speeds of film (64 to 1000) as gorillas can be found in open sun or in the dark underbrush of the forest.