Itinerary details
A combined gorilla trekking adventure and Kigali city tour is an incredible safari adventure that allows you to experience two sides of the coin, modern life and wilderness. Your 2 days Bwindi gorilla trek from Kigali tour may get you wondering how one can trek gorillas in one country and do a city tour in another.
Well, Rwanda and Uganda are very close neighbours and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is so close to the border with Rwanda. This makes it easy to travel from Kigali to Bwindi in just 2-3 hours. While on this epic trip, you will explore the clean streets of Kigali and its incredible ancient art, and on top of this, encounter endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi. Below will be how your 2 days Bwindi gorilla trek from Kigali tour will run.
Day by Day itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Your 2 days Bwindi gorilla trek from Kigali tour will begin from the moment you arrive at Kigali International Airport, where our guide driver will be waiting for you. He will take you through a short briefing on what you should expect on this trip.
Hit the road for the border, but first with a lunch stopover in the capital. After devouring your local cuisine, you will proceed with your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Check into your booked lodge in the park by evening in time for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla trekking and Kigali tour
Wake to a delicious breakfast on the sound of the birds and nature as you are surrounded by the mist, impenetrable forest of Bwindi. Our driver guide will thereafter transfer you to the park offices for a pre-trekking briefing. This briefing will encircle the rules and regulations of gorilla trekking and also the code of conduct in the presence of the mountain gorillas. This briefing will be followed by categorizing you into groups of 8 people and assigning a gorilla family. The guide ranger will then lead you into the forests of Bwindi on a search for the endangered mountain gorillas. About 2-4 hours in the forest, you will encounter the primates, then you will be given an hour in their presence.
During this one hour, you will observe them as they play, feed, and groom their young as the silverback looks on. Take pictures for lasting memories before heading back to the offices. Here, our guide driver will transfer you back to the lodge for lunch and check out. Hit the road to Kigali for a city tour immediately after your lunch.
Depending on your departure flight, you can opt to do a city tour in Kigali. Enjoy a walk along the clean streets, interact with the locals at Kimironko market or witness the art and craft at the art galleries of Inema Art Center.
Later you will proceed to Kigali International Airport for your departure flight back home or to your hotel for overnight stay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
