3-Day Gorilla Trekking in Uganda from Kigali

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Pick up from Kigali International Airport

Your gorilla tracking experience to Uganda will begin from Kigali. You will be picked up from your hotel or from Kigali International Airport. Depending on where your permit is booked, it will take up to 3-4 hours to reach your hotel from Kigali. Visit Kigali Genocide Memorial. If there is no time, you would do a Kigali City Tour before proceeding home. It can be either Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. On arrival, you will check in and proceed to the Hotel for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Virunga Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Gorilla Trekking

After breakfast at 6:00 am, you will get ready for the gorilla trekking. Ensure that you carry a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, and jungle boots. Also, do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare mountain gorillas. Trekking take 2 hours or more and there is a need to do some physical exercises before doing it and need to be healthy. It is necessary to declare any illness like asthma among others so that the park know where to assign and do more precautions. Transfer to Musanze afterwards and check in at your Hotel for departure back to Kigali on the next day.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Home Inn

• Budget hotel located in Ruhengeri (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water & spirits/liquor (Other drinks not included)

Depart to Kigali

On day 3, we will return to Kigali International Airport. En route, visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the Richard Kandt House, and Camp Kigali Memorial. Afterward, we drop you off at the airport.

Main Destination:

Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water & spirits/liquor (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.