4-Day Rwanda-Uganda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Budget Tour

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

Arrival in Kigali & Kigali City tour

Our Nyumbu Beyond Journeys Guide/driver will pick you up from the Airport at 8:00am or earlier to start the 3-hour journey to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Before embarking on the journey, you will go for a tour of 4 places within the city. These include the genocide memorial Centre in Kigali, the main city market, the former presidential palace museum and artisan shops for souvenir. After the city tour, you will start the journey to Uganda. Prepare your passport and yellow fever vaccination card in order to get your visa without any issues.

The journey to Mgahinga National Park is long but you will be rewarded with amazing scenery and beautiful countryside. From the amazing volcanoes and beautiful hills of Rwanda to the thick forests of Uganda, expect a real treat if you love nature. Lunch will be taken along the way and you should reach late in the afternoon. Once you reach your hotel, check in, shower and relax as you prepare for Golden Monkey tracking the next day.

Main Destination:

Kigali Genocide Memorial (Kigali, Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Mucha Riverside Lodge

• Budget hotelin Kisoro (Town, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Golden Monkey trekking & Batwa cultural experience in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

After your breakfast, you will head straight to the Mgahinga Gorilla national park offices for briefing on Golden monkey trekking. The Rangers will share with your information about the park, the creatures therein, the golden monkey troops, what to pack, how to behave around Golden monkeys and what to expect. Golden monkey tracking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park usually takes between 3 to 5 hours. They are easy to locate because of their vocal nature.

Their groups are also more dramatic compared to those of gorillas. Expect the one hour with them to be full of action. Take as many photos as you wish and then return back to. Later in the afternoon, we will embark on the Batwa cultural experience before we drive back to the lodge. For relaxing dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to January

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather Jun to Aug and Dec to Jan (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Mucha Riverside Lodge

• Budget hotelless than 1hr drive from Mgahinga Gorilla NP (Gorillas, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Mountain Gorilla trekking Experience & Relaxing on lake Bunyonyi

You will wake up early morning to take breakfast before heading to the park offices for the briefing on gorilla trekking. The briefing covers several topics including what to expect, how to behave yourself while with the gorillas, the gorilla groups and the history of the park. Gorilla tracking in Uganda involves being assigned one gorilla family from among the habituated.
Some gorilla families in Uganda live and move deep in the forest and require more hours to find them. Hire a porter if you have extra luggage and equipment before heading into the forest.

You will have one hour with the primates. Take your time to observe and take photos. Remember the gorilla trekking rules. After your one hour with the gorilla family is done, you should head back to the starting point where you will be awarded certificates
later after enjoying our packed lunch, we embark on a drive to the famous lake Bunyonyi for relaxing on the home of 29 islands.

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:

Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort

• Mid-range resort located at Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Canoeing on lake Bunyonyi & transfer to Kigali Airport

You will have an early breakfast before you explore the islands on this lake and enjoy some good views as well as beautiful birds while on a canoe ride across the lake as you learn some of the important historical islands

Immediately after this, you will proceed with your departure back to Kigali arriving in the late afternoon. You will embark on the Kigali city tour before your depart. Your guide will either drop you off at any hotel or at the airport to catch your flight.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

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