3 Days Of Bwindi Gorilla Tour From Kigali

Tour  Overview

3 Days of Bwindi gorilla tour from Kigali. Do you have limited time and probably travel on a budget yet hope to spend some time with the mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park? If yes, then this is the ideal safari for you.

The 3-day Bwindi Gorilla trekking safari begins and ends within Kigali, Rwanda and obviously takes a shorter time than if you had started from Kampala (Uganda).

Ideally, Rwanda is the best gorilla destination (for tourists with less time) because it takes just 2 hours to drive from the airport or city to Volcanoes National Park.

Another advantage with Uganda is that it is a home to the majority of the mountain gorillas (more than 400 of the 880 believed to be in the wild, while the rest are distributed across three national parks).

Detailed  itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Upon arrival, our driver guide will meet and pick you up from Kigali International Airport, go for a city tour where you will visit some of the genocide memorial sites.

As well as local craft and fruit markets and having lunch before continuing while enjoying the views of the thousand rolling hills of Rwanda and finally to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park via the Katuna and Cyanika border posts (journey lasts only 4 hours).

While driving to the park, you will also be rewarded with the jaw-dropping views of the beautiful landscape and rolling hills that characterise the Kigezi highlands, dubbed the “Switzerland of Africa”.

• Accommodation: Gorilla Valley Lodge
• Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking

After an early morning breakfast, you will be driven to the park headquarters for a pre-tracking briefing about the guidelines of tracking and encountering the critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Before being joined by the ranger and guides who will lead you through the jungles to encounter one of the habituated gorilla families.

With a walking stick and backpack (containing drinking water, a non-flash camera, binoculars, and snacks/a packed lunch).

You will be dropped at the starting point for the adventure and then hike through the dense forest searching for these primates, and it lasts from one hour to several hours depending on their movement and location.

It should be noted that the activity is strenuous and requires participants to be physically fit, but the magical moment of meeting face-to-face with the giant apes will make you forget whatever challenge you went through.

Trekkers are allowed to spend only one hour learning, take photographs and videos before returning to the Lodge for lunch and relaxation.

The afternoon will be for community/village tours to spend some quality time with the local communities living around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

While here, you will be entertained by some of the traditional songs and dances and learn about their lifestyles.

• Accommodation: Gorilla Valley Lodge
• Meals: Dinner

Day 3: Return to Kigali

After a hefty breakfast, you will check out and transfer to Kigali City, where you will choose to be driven to a hotel or the airport for your scheduled flight back home.

The meal plan is breakfast and lunch.

End of safari

Includes;

• Accommodation for two nights
• Full time English speaking driver/guide
• Meals as per the meal plan
• Gorilla permit
• Ground Transportation

Excludes:

• Air fares
• Visa fees
• Activities not included in the itinerary
• Personal expenses inform of laundry fees, telephone bills, buying souvenirs and tips and Personal Insurance