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After a safe landing at Kigali International Airport, you will be greeted by a friendly driver-guide who will take you to and from the gorilla trek. Uganda is home to the world's largest population of mountain gorillas.
If time allows, you start with a city tour with a visit to the Genocide Memorial. You will continue to Volcanoes National Park, with breaks for lunch and refreshments. You'll arrive at the park just before dusk. Enjoy a delectable dinner and then retire for the night. The golden monkey trekking begins quite early in the morning, so you should keep to your schedule and be well-rested for the trek.
Start the day with a mouthwatering breakfast at the lodge. You will then drive to the park headquarters with your luggage and trekking gear for a pre-trek briefing. The knowledgeable ranger guides will go over the do's and don'ts of trekking. You will accompany them on an experience that will last anywhere from one to seven hours, depending on how far the golden monkeys are foraging.
Expect to see the golden monkeys' habitats, rare plant species like the giant lobelia, birds, and more. After a successful visit, transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. You will cross the border to Uganda through the Cyanika Border.
Your gorilla-trekking experience will begin after a hearty breakfast. You will then drive to the park headquarters where you will meet the park's ranger guide who will first take you through a briefing about the dos and don'ts while tracking. He will then lead you to the forest to trek these endangered mountain gorillas in this part of Uganda. This will definitely be a great experience.
Mountain-gorilla trekking lasts from an hour to eight hours, depending on where the gorilla family will be spotted because they keep moving to look for food. However, you will not be bored as you will be enjoying the calls of the birds and watching over primates as you search for the endangered mountain gorillas. After a successful trek, embark on your journey to Kigali to reach the airport in time for your connecting flight.
This tour is 100% sustainable. We encourage our travelers to minimize their carbon footprint by choosing eco-friendly practices.
Cancellations made more than 60 days before departure qualify for an 80% refund of the deposit paid. Cancellations made between 30 and 59 days before departure qualify for a 50% refund of the deposit. Cancellations made less than 30 days before departure are non-refundable. Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits are non-refundable once purchased. Guests are advised to purchase comprehensive travel insurance for unforeseen circumstances.
Among Uganda's gorilla trekking safari experiences, booking a trek to visit the Nyakagezi family in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park follows its own distinct logistics shaped by the family's unique cross-border movement, the park's smaller size, and a booking process that, while broadly similar to Bwindi's, carries a few important differences worth understanding before you commit your dates and your deposit. Here is exactly how to book the Nyakagezi gorilla trek, step by step.
Planning an African safari or a tropical beach holiday is exciting. Whether you are tracking gorillas in Uganda, witnessing the Great Migration in Tanzania, exploring Kenya’s wildlife reserves, or relaxing on the white-sand beaches of Zanzibar, travel insurance should be part of your trip planning process. Travel insurance provides financial protection against unexpected events that can disrupt your holiday. From medical emergencies and trip cancellations to lost luggage and flight delays, the right policy can save you from significant expenses while traveling far from home.
Every now and then a destination becomes so famous that people start questioning whether it can possibly live up to its own reputation. Serengeti National Park is one of those places. You have seen the photographs, watched the documentaries, read the articles, and somewhere in the back of your mind a small but persistent voice is asking whether the reality can genuinely match the legend. Whether all those wildebeest, all those lion prides, all that extraordinary golden savannah stretching to the horizon is truly as breathtaking in person as it looks on a screen. The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that the Serengeti does not just live up to its reputation it quietly exceeds it in ways that no photograph or documentary has ever managed to fully capture, and here is exactly why.