For a luxury experience in both Uganda and Rwanda, this 5 days Uganda and Rwanda luxury safari will give you the ultimate wildlife experience in Africa, where you will enjoy gorilla habituation in Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Watch how the species are trained to get accustomed to human presence, and for your Luxury safari in Rwanda, you will embark on gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park, which involves hiking the Virunga mountains in Rwanda to access the species for one hour and observe their rewarding features and behaviour. Other activities you will participate in include golden monkey trekking and a Mount Bisoke hike in Rwanda. The safari experience will give you luxury accommodation that will make your stay quite thrilling and comfortable. Continue with the detailed itinerary below for a memorable safari experience.
Highlights of your safari
Day 1: Pick up in Kigali and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park safari
Day 2: Gorilla habituation and transfer back to Kigali
Day 3: Transfer to volcanoes and Mount Bisoke hike
Day 4: Golden monkey trekking and nature walk
Day 5: Gorilla trekking and transfer back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up in Kigali and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park safari
After breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide to transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where you will get to participate in gorilla trekking in Uganda. Before you transfer to the park, you can participate in the Kigali city tour, where you will access a number of destinations from the Kigali genocide memorial museum, Kimironko market, and other sites. After the Kigali city tour, you will get to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Cyanika border. Depending on the time you reach the hotel, you can get to participate in the Batwa trail experience, to understand more about the culture of the people of Rwanda. Dinner and overnight stay at a hotel in either of the sectors of the park.
Day 2: Gorilla habituation and transfer back to Kigali
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel with your packed lunch, you will make your way to the park headquarters to participate in the briefing session for your gorilla trekking experience in Uganda. With gorilla trekking, you will get to spend an hour with the species, observing a number of their different features as they co-exist with one another and the forests. After the safari experience, you will then connect to your guide, who will transfer you to Kigali city, where you will be dropped off at your hotel in Kigali for dinner and an overnight stay at Hotel des Mille Collines.
Day 3: Transfer to volcanoes and Mount Bisoke hike
At a location of your choice in Kigali city, our guide will pick you up to transfer you to Volcanoes National Park. On reaching the park, you will set out for the Mt. Bisoke hike, which is part of the Virunga mountain ranges shared by Mgahinga National Park in Uganda, Virunga National Park, and Volcanoes National Park. While hiking, on reaching the summit, you will discover a beautiful crater lake, and the whole experience is quite a journey! Along the trail, you will discover a lot of birdlife and captivating scenery – the reason Rwanda is referred to as the “land of a thousand hills” with the rolling hills that can be seen from a breathtaking view. After the hike, you will have lunch and relax at your hotel as you await the next day’s activity. Alternatively, you can visit the Ibyiwacu cultural village to enjoy the unique culture of the people of Rwanda. Dinner and overnight stay at Amikus hotel (budget), Da Vinci hotel (Mid-range)
Day 4: Golden monkey trekking and nature walk
After an early morning breakfast, you will get to participate in the golden monkey trekking, which will lead you to several different attractions in the wild from the habituated golden monkey troops that you will get to observe how the go about their daily activities in the wild. The golden monkeys can be accessed when you hike the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda, which will lead you to the habituated gorilla families watching how they co-exist with one another, the environment, and many other rewarding features. After the safari experience, you will head to your hotel for lunch, and later on in the evening, you will participate in the nature walks, which will give you access to several different attractions from the primate species like the vervet monkey, Hamlyn’s monkey, Mona monkey, silver monkey, among other species. After your safari, experience back to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 5: Gorilla trekking and transfer back to Kigali
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up from your hotel with your packed lunch to transfer you. Our guide will meet you after having your breakfast and your lunches packed, and he will take you to Kinigi Headquarters, where you are expected to be given a brief before starting the gorilla trek. This brief is done at 7 am. You are given guidelines during this brief before you are allowed to start the trek. This gorilla trek can take anywhere from 2 hours to half a day, as it’s unpredictable. When you finally find the gorillas, you will have to maintain a 7-meter distance, and you are allowed one hour to admire and take photos of the gorillas. During the time you spend with the gorillas you will get the opportunity to understand a number of their rewarding features like how they co-exist with one another, you will get to watch the duty of the dominant silverback whose role is to mate with the adult females to increase the members of the family, raid other gorilla families for their members, you will watch the juveniles grooming one another for a rewarding safari experience. After the trek, you will then embark on your journey back to Kigali for drop off, which will mark the end of your 5 days Uganda and Rwanda luxury safari
Quotation Includes;
- vehicle & Fuel
- Full-time English-speaking driver/ guide
- Park entrance fees
- Boat cruise fees
- Meals as indicated
- Vehicle entrance fees
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Excludes;
- Tips
- All items of personal nature like tents, beddings, laundry, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
