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Kampala, Uganda

4-Day Rwanda Big Five Akagera Safari Uganda Bwindi Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trek

4-Day Rwanda Big Five Uganda Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trek

What you should expect

Highlights

Rwanda
Start Kigali (Day 1)
Day 1 Akagera National Park
Uganda
Day 2 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Rwanda
Day 3 Ruhengeri (City)
End Kigali (Kigali) (Day 4)

Overview

Itinerary Details

Day-by-Day


Day 1 Pick Up and Transfer from Kigali to Akagera National Park

After breakfast you will be picked by our safari guide who will transfer you to Akagera National Park in the eastern part of Rwanda. The drive is approximately 2½ hours. On arrival, you will go for a nature walk after which you will have lunch at Akagera Game Lodge. In the afternoon you will go for a canoe ride on Lake Ihema to see aquatic animals such as Hippos, Crocodiles as well as water birds like the papyrus Gonolek, shoebill stork and African fish eagle. You will be returned to your lodge for dinner and overnight at a Lodge.

Meal Plans

Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)

Accommodation Plans

Lodge outside Akagera NP
Day 2 Morning Game Drive and transfer to Bwindi National Park

After breakfast, you will go for the early morning game drive to see wildlife such as elephants, impala, black-tailed mongoose, hippos, oribi, bushbuck, antelope, zebra, cape eland, giraffe, buffalo, and also primates like the olive baboon, vervet monkey, bush baby etc. Afterwards head to border for clearance to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda where we will do our gorilla trekking. Dinner and overnight at a Lodge.

Meal Plans

All meals included

Accommodation Plans

Lodge outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Day 3 Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Musanze in Rwanda

After an early morning breakfast, walk to the park headquarters for briefing on the do's and don’ts during gorilla tracking and thereafter you will proceed to the gorilla trail. Gorilla tracking normally lasts between 2 to 8 hours or even a day to encounter the gorillas. However, you will be allowed to stay in the presence of these awesome apes for at least an hour. It is advisable that you carry packed lunch, which will be provided, as one cannot determine how long it may take to encounter the mountain gorillas. Later transfer back to Musanze, Dinner and overnight will be at a lodge.

Meal Plans

All meals included

Accommodation Plans

Hotel in Ruhengeri (City
Rwanda)
Day 4 Golden Monkey tracking and transfer to Kigali Airport to fly out

Wake up for early breakfast and transfer to the park head offices in Kinigi by 7.00am. Join up with the other Golden Monkeys trekkers, meet the ranger guide for a few minutes talk about the activity and the park, and by 8.00am you transfer to the trail head just outside the park. Enjoy great views of the mountain scenery as

you start your trek into the park to find the golden monkeys. The golden monkeys live near the edge of the park in the bamboo forests where the ground is relatively flat and easy to trek. Find the monkeys and follow them as they feed, notice how they skillfully pick the young bamboo leaves from the tip of the bamboo tree. They may also move out of the park into the potato fields and how they love the potatoes!

After an amazing one hour with the golden monkeys you will return to the trail head drive back to the lodge for lunch and thereafter be transferred to Kigali Airport to catch you’ departure flight back home.

Meal Plans

Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)

Accommodation Plans

No accommodation (End of tour)

Booking Form

Payment Methods

Inclusions

Park fees (For non-residents)
Gorilla permits (One per person non-resident)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Drinking water (On all days)

Exclusions

International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs travel insurance visa fees etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

Sustainability Commitment

This tour is 100% sustainable. We encourage our travelers to minimize their carbon footprint by choosing eco-friendly practices.

Cancellation Policy

Please note our cancellation policy to ensure clarity in case of changes to your travel plans. 30 days or more before departure Full refund minus a 10% service fee. 15–29 days before departure 50% of the total booking cost will be refunded. 14 days or less before departure No refund will be provided. We recommend travel insurance to cover unforeseen circumstances.

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