Rwanda Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife 6-Day Safari

Transfer to Akagera National Park for BIG-5 Wildlife Safaris

On your arrival at Kigali International Airport meet and greet with your dedicated Rwanda Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife 6-Day Safari guide. After a briefing about your safari, we set off for a short sightseeing tour of Kigali City. The approximately 4-hour tour includes among others the Gisozi genocide memorial site where you learn and comprehend the history of genocide in Rwanda and other countries of the world.

Thereafter, we proceed with our drive to Akagera National Park. We traverse some of the most beautiful landscapes you can find in Africa. When we arrive in Akagera National Park, we shall proceed to your pre-booked lodge for our lunch.

Afterward, your Rwanda Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife 6-Day Safari guide will pick up a local park guide for a game drive in the park, searching the thickets and bushes for the common resident BIG 5 wildlife – elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, crocodiles, and many more like Antelopes.

• Accommodation options available in Akagera National Park
• Upmarket: Ruzizi Tented Lodge
• Meals included: Lunch and dinner only.

Adventure in Akagera National Park

On the game drive in Akagera National Park today you should expect to encounter Bigger 5 wildlife because we shall be accompanied by a local ranger/ guide of the park. Our main focus area is the southern tracks alongside the Lake Ihema circuit where plenty of animals can be seen, including elephants, Masai giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, Nile crocodiles, and also many other mammal species. This game drive will also enable you to view the gentle hills blending beautifully with lowland swamps and water bodies.

In the evening, you can relax at the lodge poolside, or take evening walks around the hotel where you can see various bird species or participate in the day-to-day local pastoral lifestyle.

Accommodation options:

• Upmarket:  Ruzizi Tented Lodge
• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Transfer from Volcanoes National Park

Today we shall be driving a very scenic route as we make our way to Volcanoes National Park. This area has the most famous National Park in Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park. Walks into the jungles of the park provide inspiring views in all directions as you have the famous Virunga Mountain ranges peaking from all sides. Inside the jungles, the closeness of the rainforest is alive with the calls of colorful birds and the chattering of the rare golden monkeys besieged with fresh spoor of the mountains’ elusive populations of buffalo and elephant.

Accommodation options available (all on a full board basis)
• Up-market: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Transfer to Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

This day is set out for Golden Monkey tracking in the Volcanoes National Park. Entering dense stands of bamboo interspersed with open glades; you will make your way deep into golden monkey territory. Guides lead visitors to the habitat of groups of „habituated‟ golden monkeys – monkeys that have become accustomed to human presence. Though viewing is kept to a maximum of one hour, travelers can get an up-close look at the golden monkey in its natural habitat.

Adult monkeys frolic in plain view, feeding on bamboo leaves and leaping from perch to perch. Females carry their young, completely comfortable among onlookers.

Afterward, a few minutes’ drive leads us to the Rwanda/Uganda border post of Kyanika. We cross and continue driving through the amazing landscapes of the terraced Virunga region.

After the fabulous scenery drive, we will be at our overnight accommodation. Bwindi Accommodation options are available (all on a full board basis)

• Luxury: Four Gorillas Lodge
• Meals included today: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Today, we shall have the highlight of our Rwanda Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife 6-Day Safari when you hike deeper into the jungles of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest on a gorilla trekking experience. Your Rwanda Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife 6-Day Safari guide shall ensure that you have everything necessary in place as they pick you up from your lodge for this exclusive wildlife experience.

First, you shall have a pre-gorilla trek briefing at the park headquarters from where you even learn more about the conservation of gorillas, the Bwindi Forest ecology, and other wildlife in the forest. There is also a traditional local community group that performs for the gorilla trekking guests every morning. You will then be allocated to your gorilla group to visit which is not more than 8 persons in total.

Trekking Through Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

A team of skilled park guides and rangers shall be trekking with you to the gorillas. At first, the walkways are all trimmed and clear but as you trek deeper into the jungles, the paths are mostly improvised for that day’s trek as the gorillas keep moving all the time. You should normally be walking for about 2-3 hours before catching a first glimpse of the mountain gorillas but sometimes this can be longer or even shorter.

Walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. The moment you have reached the gorillas; you will receive further instructions and will be guided to the best viewing and photographing spots. Rangers shall even be clearing away any obstacles so that you get the best views of the gorillas. The time spent with the gorillas is only one hour and after that, you will be guided on the path out of Bwindi Forest.

Bwindi Accommodation options available (all on a full board basis)

• Luxury: Four Gorillas Lodge
• Meals included today: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After your breakfast, you will proceed to checkout of your lodge before the transfer to Kigali (about 4 hours of driving).