Bright Safaris Uganda

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

You'll be picked up from your Hotel or Airport in Kigali and driven to the Uganda-Rwanda border. In the process, you will traverse the lush countryside dotted with undulating hills that have qualified Rwanda as a land of a thousand hills arriving in Bwindi in the afternoon. You will check into your lodge. Post lunch, you will go for a Batwa Cultural Visit.
You'll have dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)
High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation:
Trekker's Tavern Cottages
  • Budget lodgeless than 1hr drive from Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas, Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinks not included

Day 2

Gorilla Trek and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Gorilla Trek and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you'll walk to the park headquarters for a briefing on the do's and don’ts during gorilla tracking. Thereafter, you will proceed to the gorilla trail. Gorilla tracking normally lasts between 2 to 8 hours or even a day to encounter the gorillas. However, you will be allowed to stay in the presence of these awesome apes for at least an hour. You should carry a packed lunch, which will be provided, as one cannot determine how long it may take to encounter the mountain gorillas. Later, you'll transfer back to Musanze for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Villa Gorilla
  • Budget lodgejust outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

You'll wake up for an early breakfast and transfer to the park head offices in Kinigi by 7:00 am. You'll join up with the other golden monkeys' trekkers, meet the ranger guide for a few minutes talking about the activity, and by 8.00 am you'll transfer to the trailhead just outside the park. You'll enjoy great views of the mountain scenery as you start your trek into the park to find the golden monkeys. The golden monkeys live near the edge of the park in the bamboo forests where the ground is relatively flat and easy to trek. You'll find the monkeys and follow them as they feed, notice how they skillfully pick the young bamboo leaves from the tip of the bamboo tree. They may also move out of the park into the potato fields and how they love the potatoes!
After an amazing one hour with the golden monkeys, you will return to the trailhead, and drive back. Thereafter, you'll be transferred to Nyungwe via Ruhengeri arriving in the evening. You'll have dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August (It is drier and hiking is easier)
High Season June to September (Permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Volcanoes NP

Accommodation:
EAR Ken Barham Guest House
  • Budget guest houseless than 1hr drive from Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Chimpanzee Trekking & Transfer back to Kigali

Chimpanzee Trekking & Transfer back to Kigali

You'll have breakfast and afterward meet at the park offices for the briefing about the primates and the forest. Afterward, you'll enter the tropical rainforest searching for the shy chimpanzees in the tree branches. While on this walk, expect to spot other primates like the white and black Colobus, vervet monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and mangabeys. More birds can be spotted too in the Nyungwe National Park. After the chimp trek, you will embark on the safari vehicle and drive back to Kigali with lunch en route. Then, you'll drive to the airport for your return back home.

Main Destination:
Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry weather, best chimp trekking)
High Season June to September (Popular gorilla trekking time in Volcanoes NP)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Nyungwe NP

Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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

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Disclaimer

  • This tour is offered by Bright Safaris Uganda, not SafariBookings.
  • This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on SafariBookings.
  • If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
  • If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.