3 Day Bwindi Gorilla Trip From Kigali
per person
The 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali will take you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park with an alternative of trekking mountain gorillas in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. Visitors for the 3 Days Bwindi gorilla tour from Kigali will start their Uganda gorilla safari experience from Kigali and again end in Kigali in Rwanda. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is close to Rwanda and therefore, this strategic location will make your travel for gorilla trekking in Rushaga, Ruhija, Buhoma, and Buhoma because of their proximity to Rwanda.
This 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali is good for visitors who don’t like traveling long distances when going to trek the endangered mountain gorillas since visitors will need to drive just 4 to 5 hours from Kigali to see gorillas in Bwindi or managing as compared to 9 or 10 hours when visitors are picked from Entebbe international airport in Kampala.
A highlight of our 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali
Day 1: Start your 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali and transfer to the Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park and stay at your hotel
Day 2: Mountain gorilla trekking experience in Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park
Day3: Drive back to Kigali international airport or Kigali city in Rwanda for departure.
Experience of 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali
- The experience will entail you crossing to Uganda through land borders of Katuna or Cyanika
- You will be able to enjoy the scenic views on your road trip from Kigali to Bwindi forest National Park and then back
- Visit Uganda gorillas parks
- Visit the Bwindi impenetrable forest National park
- You will use our popup roof 4 x4 vehicles and open-sided still 4×4 vehicle and our 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali includes the transport from Kigali airport or Kigali to the hotel or lodge and back and in case you need additional accommodation that is outside our 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali, it may be organized at an extra cost.
Detailed itinerary
Visitors who are looking for the best Uganda gorilla packages through Kigali Rwanda can have a look at our detailed 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali as presented below. However, this package is not fixed but you can request any amendment upon reading it and we are here to help you adjust it as soon as possible. You are our boss, and we have abide to by your interests and choice and advice accordingly.
Day 1: Pick up from Kigali internal airport or at the hotel
Once you have arrived at Kigali international airport for your 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali or in case you’re staying at any hotel in Kigali Rwanda, you will be picked from thereby our professional tour driver who will meet and greet and thereafter our guide will brief you shortly to start your 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari journey. Depending on the time, you will be taken through the Kigali city tours, see the genocide memorial site and craft shops within Kigali, and after starting the memorizing journey Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This is one of the wonderful journeys as it has a lot to offer in form of eye-catchy scenes of Rwanda’s cleanliness and beautiful rolling hills, remember that Rwanda is known as the country will rolling hills in the pearl of Africa before you cross over Uganda through Katuna and Cyanika borders.
After crossing into Uganda, you will make a stopover at Kabale or Kisoro for a good local appetizing lunch and thereafter embark on the journey with nice-looking Kisoro or Kabale hills covered with terraced crop gardens offering eye-catching sceneries before you proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park for your hotel check-in your booked lodge where you will be welcomed by the hospital staff, relax as you as dinner is coming and then prepared for the next day’s wonderful gorilla trekking experience.
Point of stop: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Journey time: Approximately four to five hours (5-4)
Accommodation /lodging options: Silverback lodge (Luxury), Bakiga Lodge (midrange) and Ride 4 a Woman and (budget)
Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park back to the lodge
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National park is the main reason as to why we have designed and organized for you the 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali through Kigali-Rwanda .n after a night of imaginations of how the experience of gorilla trekking experience will be, wait but never, the morning will finally come for your reason why you have traveled to Uganda through Kigali-Rwanda. Wake up early in the morning and feel the warmth worth a cup of tea or coffee with a good accompaniment. Yes, gorilla trekking is a longer activity and you might not depend on only this breakfast. Pack your launch and at this time rush to the park headquarters also known as the briefing point before the gorilla trekking starts. The briefing will give you an insight into what you should do and not do while trekking gorillas in the forest, at this time please remember to inform your ranger of which gorilla family you would like to trek depending on your interest, age, and physical fitness, at times you need to be fit because gorilla trekking is a strenuous activity.
After the briefing, you will now walk through direct to the forest with a team of guides to look for the habituated gorilla family, through this journey, the guides will be sharing with you the history of the park and its composition, the available ancient tree species identity, and other wildlife you might come across within the forest. This interactive conversation will continue until finally, you land on the habituated gorilla family, remember to keep instruction as you were given to them during a briefing. You will be required to stand 7 meters away from the gorillas, observe the gorillas and ask any question you want. You will be accorded only one hour to see the gorillas feeding, taking care of babies, and take pictures and record short videos. After one hour, you will descend back to the string point, I mean where you have been briefed from, and pick your certificate for successfully participating in the gorilla trekking Uganda specifically in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Gorilla trekking lasts from 30 minutes to about 5 hours. After, you will return to the hotel/lodge for the overnight stay
Accommodation /lodging options: Silverback lodge (Luxury), Bakiga Lodge (midrange), and Ride 4awoman (budget)
Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Day 3: Transfer back from Bwindi Impenetrable National park to Kigali airport
You will wake up and have breakfast and after breakfast, you pack your belongings and then drive back to Kigali International Airport to catch your departing flight and this marks the final moments of your 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali international airport.
What is included in our 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali?
- Gorilla tracking permits
- The transport from Kigali to Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park back to Kigali
- Bottled water for the whole safari
- The English speaking local driver-guide
- Full board accommodation for the 2 nights
- Masks are also available
What is excluded from our 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali?
- International flights
- The costs of Visa
- Extras at the accommodation that is drinks, laundry, telephone, and additional accommodation outside the package
- Tips for porters and the driver guides
What to pack for 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali
Uganda gorilla trekking safaris adventure requires you to prepare adequately especially when heading to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Therefore, these are some of the things that you need to pack when planning for our 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali
Drinking water: gorilla trekking is wearisome activity and thus you need at least to carry some bottles of water while on this experience
Camera and enough bottles: for gorilla trekking, you need to carry flashless cameras that will capture good moments between you and the gorillas
Gloves: Gardening gloves are important to protect you from bruises of tree branches since some of the trees are thorny.
Other things that you will need to pack include socks, rain jackets, boots, and snacks among others.
Best time to go for our 3 Day Bwindi gorilla trip from Kigali
Are you interested in knowing the best time for the 3Days Uganda gorilla safari through Kigali or Kigali International Airport? Yes, our 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali? They are available and can be organized and booked any time of the year, including any day, month, or season. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park features equatorial forests which modified the climate of the areas to both wet and dry conditions. However, our 3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari from Kigali? can be done any time but we recommend that our visitors do gorilla trekking during the drier months in January, February, June, July, August, and September when the place is dry and trails are passable such that you can enjoy the ultimate gorilla trekking experience. Rains make the forest muddy and slippery which makes the gorilla trekking experience more strenuous.
More information about gorilla trekking permits
Gorilla trekking is competitive tourism activity in the whole world and because of this the permits are expensive but rewarding especially after you have seen the endangered mountain gorillas. Mountain gorillas live only in Uganda, Congo, and Rwanda. Uganda s gorilla trekking permits are cheaper as compared to those of Rwanda and visitors for our 3Days Uganda gorilla safari through Kigali or Kigali International Airport? Will have to pay USD700 for the gorilla trekking permit per person per ticket. This comes with the ranger fee, park entrance fee, trackers, fee, and a certificate at the end of it as compared to Rwanda gorilla trekking permits that cost USD1500 per person per trek.