5 Days 2 treks Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari from Kigali.

Our 5 days Bwindi gorilla trekking safari from Kigali will offer you a comprehensive and memorable experience since it includes doing a double trek, engaging yourself in some cultural activities and exploring of the stunning landscape both in Rwanda and Uganda.

Highlight

  • Day 1: Pickup from Kigali & Transfer to Bwindi.
  • Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi.
  • Day 3: Rest Day in Bwindi.
  • Day 4: 2nd Gorilla Trek in Bwindi.
  • Day 5: Transfer to Kigali & Departure.

Detailed itinerary.

Day 1: Pickup from Kigali & Transfer to Bwindi

Upon your arrival, you will be picked up by our guide from the airport and depending on your  time for arrival, you can decide to go for a short  Kigali city that includes a visit to Kimironko market and the genocide memorial. Have lunch and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park crossing into Uganda through Katuna boarder. Proceed to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park  arriving in the evening.

  • Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi

Enjoy your breakfast in the morning and drive to the park headquarters where you will meet your fellow trekkers and the park rangers for a briefing on the rules and regulations of trekking gorillas. You will be divided into groups of 8 who will then enter into the jungle and start the trekking.

Enter the forest in search of the Gorillas and upon finding them, you will be allowed to spend up to a maximum of hour with them. After the trek, meet your driver / guide and transfer back to the lodge where you will relax and have lunch. In the evening, you can decide to go for the Batwa community walk where you will get to interact with them and get to know their ways of leaving.

  • Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge.

Day 3: Rest Day in Bwindi

Enjoy your breakfast in the morning, refresh up and then you can decide to relax for the rest of the day as you do swimming. Additionally, you can take a nature walk around the villages near Bwindi.

  • Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

Day 4: 2nd Gorilla Trek in Bwindi

Enjoy your breakfast and drive to the park headquarters for briefing on the rules and regulations of trekking gorillas. You will be divided into groups of 8, enter into the jungle and engage yourself in the second Gorilla trek but here  visiting a different Gorilla family. Once you come across them, you will be given a maximum time of over 1 hour with them as you are having fun and taking photos. Drive back to the lodge for lunch and relax in the evening. Diner and overnight at Ichumbi gorilla lodge.

  • Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge.

Day 5: Transfer to Kigali & Departure

Enjoy your early morning breakfast and begin off your journey back to Kigali through Kabale town and Katuna boarder. On a clear day, you will catch sights of the lovely terraced hills of Kabale, rice gardens in Rwanda and intriguing stretch of Bamboo. Arrive in Kigali late afternoon and proceed to the airport for your onward or drop-off at your lodge in Kigali.

  • Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)

Itinerary Includes;

  • 2 Gorilla permits each
  • all accommodation as per itinerary
  • 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
  • Full time English speaking driver/ guide
  • Bottled mineral water while on safari

Excludes;

  • Tips
  • Visa fees
  • Air tickets
  • All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, beer.
  • Anything else not included in the itinerary