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.
Flight from Johannesburg to Kigali Airport.
We will then transfer to Park Inn by Radisson Blue 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: The Park Inn by Radisson Blue
Room: Standard room
Meals: Dinner & breakfast
Extra Meals: Lunch at Repub Lounge
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before check-out, and visit the Question Coffee Café, where we will taste some of Africa's best coffees.
After our visit, we will travel toward the Uganda border, stopping for lunch.
Don't let the length of the drive put you off: this is one of the most spectacular drives you'll ever undertake (driving from Entebbe to Bwindi will easily take between 8 to 9 hours). Crossing the border into Uganda at the Cyanika board posts, from where you will drive through the town of Kisoro to the lodge near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with great views of the volcanoes and Lake Mutanda.
Lunch at the Migano Café in Musanze – near the border (included).
Stay: Gorilla Leisure Lodge
Room: Chalet
Meals: Dinner & breakfast
Extra Meals: Lunch at the Migano Café in Musanze
Early morning departure from the Lodge to the trailhead at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for your MOUNTAIN GORILLA TRACKING experience. Tracking can take 30 minutes to three-quarters of the day, so one must prepare for both. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is one of Africa's most memorable wildlife encounters, if not the world. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are a critically endangered species. Gorilla tracking is for sure a life-changing and once-in-a-lifetime experience. Afterwards, return to the base, where your driver will be waiting to transfer you to the lodge.
Stay: Gorilla Leisure Lodge
Room: Chalet
Meals: Dinner & breakfast
Enjoy a morning at leisure with lunch at the lodge (included) or enjoy the opportunity to engage in another activity in the Bwindi area (for your account). Afternoon drive back to Kigali where we'll stop for a farewell dinner (included) before your transfer to the airport for your flight home, departing at 23h30 (Rwanda time), arriving 03h20 (South African time).
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This 04-Day Gorilla Trekking Group Safaris depart on the following set departure dates.
10 – 13 June ‘26
14 – 17 July ‘26
23 – 26 September ‘26
SA Resident:
Price per Person SHARING: R40,746 pp
Price per SINGLE Traveller: R44,194pp
International Traveller:
Price per Person SHARING: US$2,285 pp
Price per SINGLE Traveller: US$2,490 pp
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.
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