Your 6 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari in Uganda will give a total wild trekking experience in the thick impenetrable forest of Bwindi Impenetrable NP and the rolling hills of Volcanoes NP, which is one of the hot spot to trek the gorillas and golden monkey respectively, both known for harboring half of the world famous mountain gorillas. The safari will also give you a taste of the community experience and opportunity to visit the Kigali genocide memorial centre. Request a Quote
Day 1: Transfer from the airport to the hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport and passing through the immigration process, you will be welcomed by our safari driver who will brief you shortly and transfer you to the booked accommodation. Dinner and overnight stay at the booked hotel.
Standard accommodations: Chez Lando Hotel
Meals: Diner
Day 2: Visit Kigali genocide memorial & transfer to Bwindi: Travel time +5 hrs
Today after taking your early morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive to visit the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, which honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994 through education and peace-building. You will be able to watch and listen to some video clips. Later you will proceed with a drive to Bwindi through the magnificent route to your booked accommodation to catch up with the late lunch and later spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing and preparing for the next day’s trekking. Dinner and overnight at the booked lodge.
Standard accommodations: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and Diner
Day 3: Gorilla trekking and community walk
After the morning breakfast, then prepare for the briefing from the Uganda wildlife officials and thereafter enter the jungle to search for the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their lifestyle in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sunscreen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movements of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience in Uganda you will have an informative memorable experience in life. In the afternoon, ready for a village foot safari, to explore the indigenous Batwa with a taste of the traditional performance. Later back to the lodge for the Diner and overnight stay.
Standard accommodations: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and Diner
Day 4: Transfer from Bwindi to Volcanoes (Travel Time +5hrs)
Early morning relaxed breakfast and short sightseeing experience for photography. Thereafter embark to our safari vehicle and drive back to Musanze – Volcanoes, with a beautiful view of the rolling hills and several stopovers along the way for photography and lunch and later transferred to Musanze where you will have an overnight. Musanze is a region around Volcanoes national park where most of the lodgings are located as there are no lodges in the park areas. Volcanoes national park is very famous for harboring the mountain gorillas and the golden monkeys that you will be tracking on the next day. Dinner and overnight stay at the booked Lodge.
Standard accommodations: La Palme Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and Diner
Day 5: Golden Monkey Trekking and Ellen DeGeneres Campus
Today, after enjoying an early morning breakfast, you will be picked up by our professional safari driver-guide and transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing before beginning your golden monkey trekking experience. Similar to gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking involves tracking these rare primates through the forest, although it is generally less strenuous. After the trek, you will return to the lodge for lunch, followed by a visit to the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Later in the afternoon, you will transfer to Kigali for dinner and an overnight stay at your hotel.
Standard accommodations: Chez Lando Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and diner
Day 6: Transfer to the airport.
After having your relaxed morning breakfast, you will be transferred to Kigali airport to catch-up with your onward flight to proceed with your safari adventure in Africa.
End of the 6 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari in Uganda.
This 6 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari in Uganda package includes;
- All airport Pick up and drop off
- Accommodations and Meals as per Itinerary
- Gorilla permit: 800 USD per person
- Golden monkey permit
- Rwanda City Tour
- Services of a professional guide
- Enough mineral water per day Request a Quote
The 6 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari in Uganda package excludes:
- Visa Fee
- All items of a personal nature
- Travel insurance
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages at the lodge/Hotel.