Gorilla trekking is one of the most thrilling lifetime adventures you should include on your bucket list. No one can fully describe the joy and beautiful moment as you come face-to-face with a silverback gorilla. If you don’t have much time or your focus is only to see the mountain gorillas, then join us on the 4-day safari.
Our group safaris offer the opportunity to explore Uganda while enjoying the company of an intimate group of like-minded safari enthusiasts, on a set itinerary.
Visit the Genocide Memorial Centre
Lunch at the Repub Lounge
Visit the Kimironko Market
Game Drive
Boat Cruise
Gorilla Trekking
Helicopter flight to Kigali
Flight from Johannesburg to Kigali Airport. We will then transfer to Hemingway Retreat to enjoy breakfast (for your account), drop your bags, and refresh. We will then visit the Genocide Memorial Centre, regarded as one of the best museums in Africa! Here, we will learn about Rwanda’s history from the pre-colonial era to the 1994 genocide war that shocked the world.
After visiting the museum, we will stop at the Kimironko Market. Here, you will find handicrafts and souvenirs, colourful baskets, vibrant kitenge fabrics, and sewists ready to make you a dress, fresh vegetables and fruits, household goods, and a meat and fish market.
Lunch will be at Repub Lounge (included), where you can taste some of Rwanda’s local food and enjoy stunning city views.
You can check in at the hotel in the afternoon at your leisure, or you can arrange with your guide to explore more of Kigali City!
Stay: Hemingway Retreat
Room: Deluxe King Room
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
After breakfast, you will drive to the Akagera Game Reserve. Enjoy an en route game drive to your camp for check-in. After settling in and enjoying lunch, you will embark on an afternoon game drive through the park, where you can take in the diverse wildlife and stunning landscapes as the day unfolds.
Stay: Wilderness Magashi Camp
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Spend two full days exploring Akagera, featuring exciting birdwatching, a relaxing boat safari on the lake, and immersive game drives through the reserve.
Stay: Wilderness Magashi Camp
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before checking out and driving to Volcanoes National Park. After lunch, visit the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Fossey Fund, a modern center dedicated to gorilla conservation. The campus also features a café and gift shop, with comfortable areas where you can relax and take in the surrounding biodiversity.
Stay: Wilderness Bisate
Room: Forest Villa
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Experience the thrill of mountain gorilla tracking with an early morning departure from the lodge to the trailhead at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The tracking can last anywhere from 30 minutes to three hours, so it's important to be prepared for both short and long excursions. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is one of the most unforgettable wildlife experiences in Africa—and possibly the world. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are a critically endangered species, making this tracking opportunity a life-changing and once-in-a-lifetime adventure. After your encounter, you will return to the base where your driver will be waiting to transfer you back to the lodge.
Stay: Wilderness Bisate
Room Type: Forest Villa
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Enjoy 2 more days in the Volcanoes National Park. Relax at the lodge or book any of the option activities available.
Stay: Wilderness Bisate
Room: Forest Villa
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Enjoy a morning at leisure with lunch at the lodge or enjoy the opportunity to engage in another activity in the Volcanoes area (for your account). You can visit the nearby ex-poacher’s village. As part of overall conservation endeavours, former poachers renounced their old ways and became conservation activists.
You can also book a second gorilla trek (pre-book) or trek the golden monkeys. Afternoon helicopter flight to Kigali where you’ll enjoy a farewell dinner before your transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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PRIVATE (TAILOR-MADE) SAFARI:
This safari has been crafted with knowledge and insight, showcasing just a few of the experiences you can enjoy on safari in Rwanda. It is merely an example, and any element of this itinerary can be adjusted to suit your needs. Chat with one of our Safari Specialists, who will be able to help you to customise the ideal safari itinerary for you based on your interests, preferences and budget.
SA Resident:
| Mar & Apr ’26 | R272,040 pps |
| May, 1 – 17 Dec ’26 | R246,633 pps |
| Jun – Oct ’26 | R491,773 pps |
| 18 Dec – 04 Jan ’27 | R270,484 pps |
International Traveller:
| Mar & Apr ’26 | US$ 21,002 pps |
| May, 1 – 17 Dec ’26 | US$ 25,064 pps |
| Jun – Oct ’26 | US$ 29,149 pps |
| 18 Dec – 04 Jan ’27 | US$ 30,737 pps |
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA:
International flights from Johannesburg are available on RwandAir.
A 331 km² primeval rainforest in southwest Uganda, famous as a refuge for roughly half of the world’s mountain gorillas (several gorilla groups are habituated for visits). This UNESCO World Heritage Site is exceptionally biodiverse – the “Impenetrable Forest” lives up to its name with dense jungles harboring over 1,000 flowering plant species, 120 mammal species (from elephants and duikers to chimpanzees), and 350+ bird species, offering one of Africa’s richest ecosystems in a compact area.
Eastern Rwanda’s Big Five reserve, Akagera covers 1,122 km² along the border with Tanzania. It protects a mosaic of savannah plains, woodlands, lakes and papyrus swamps – Central Africa’s largest protected wetland system. After a successful wildlife restoration, Akagera now offers excellent game viewing (elephants, lions, buffalo, rhinos, giraffes, etc.) and boasts nearly 500 bird species, including the elusive shoebill stork in its marshes.
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