3-Day Uganda Gorillas 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 and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest

On your first day with us according to this itinerary you will be met by our representative who will pick you up from the airport or your preferred location. You will be taken for a city tour, visiting the Rwanda genocide memorial grounds, some craft shops and your driver guide will give you some information on the culture and history of Rwanda. You will also have lunch depending on your time of arrival.
After enjoying Kigali, you will then embark on a journey to your hotel in the Bwindi Impenetrable forest National park the home of these endangered species to rest and prepare for the trek the next morning. This journey will be approximately 4 and a half hours from Kigali to Nkuringo. Dinner will be at the hotel.

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:

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mountain Gorilla encounter

This is the long awaited day! You will have your breakfast early morning and meet your driver who is to transfer you to the park headquarters for the brief before the trek to guide you. This brief is conducted at 7am. After, you will be allocated the group to track and then set off into the forest to find these amazing creatures. This could go on from 2 hours to a half day until you meet them. When you meet them, you are allowed 1 hour to enjoy these creatures, study them, take
photos (without a flash), but with a 6 meters distance.
After the trek, you may go back to your lodge to have lunch and rest. In the evening if not too fatigued, you can have an optional community tour visiting the local communities and attractions and then return to the lodge before the night falls. You will have dinner and spend a night at the lodge as night before.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Set out back to Kigali Rwanda

You will have breakfast, check out of your hotel then meet your driver who will transfer you back to Kigali Rwanda. If the city tour was not possible on date of arrival, you may have it on this day. Depending on the time of your flight, you will have lunch and then be dropped at the airport or at your hotel in Kigali as you will advise the driver guide.

Main Destination:

Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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