3-Day Transformative Bwindi Gorilla and Lake Bunyonyi

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Travel to Bwindi

You will be picked up at your hotel and embark on your journey at 9:00 AM with a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial, a two-hour tour that offers a deep insight into Rwanda’s history. From there, enjoy a scenic drive through the land of a thousand hills to Musanze, where you will visit the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and learn about her remarkable efforts in gorilla conservation.
After lunch, we continue with a border crossing into Uganda and proceed to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Upon arrival, check in at your lodge. Later in the evening, during dinner, your guide will provide a detailed briefing in preparation for the upcoming gorilla trek.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Trek Gorillas

This is a day's activity. Breakfast is served by 7:00 a.m. We advise one carries packed lunch in form of a snack and enough litres of water like 1.5 litres.

We then head to the National Park gate for registration and briefing. After registration and briefing one will be assigned a group for trekking with a guide and rangers. Then trekking starts for the gorillas this takes 30 mins - 2 hours depending to the location of the gorillas. You are then given an hour to view the gorillas and then asked to return to the briefing point where you will be awarded a trekking certificate from Uganda Wildlife Authority.

We then move to lake Bunyonyi to the lodge.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)

Accommodation:

Arcadia Lodge Lake Bunyonyi

• Mid-range lodge located at Lake Bunyonyi

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Travel Back

Breakfast is served at 6:30 a.m and set off is at 7:00 a.m to your final destination which is Kigali International Airport.

Main Destination:

Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.