3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari from Kigali
Welcome to your 3 days Bwindi gorilla trekking safari from Kigali an experience that will introduce you to the endangered mountain gorillas. Embarking on this gorilla trekking safari will not only open up doors for you to spot the endangered mountain gorillas but also have a tour in Kigali city a land of a thousand hills. While on your trekking experience, you will also view some other small primate species like monkeys. Now that you have an idea about how your 3 days Bwindi gorilla trekking safari from Kigali will run, let us go through it in detail.
Summary of Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Kigali city tour
Day 2: Kigali cultural tours and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 3: Gorilla trekking and departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Kigali city tour
Your arrival at Kigali International Airport will kick start your 3 days Bwindi gorilla trekking safari from Kigali. Our driver guide will then pick you up and transfer you to Kigali for a city tour. While in Kigali, you will visit the genocide memorial hall where the remains of the people were massacred during the 1994 genocide of the Hutus against the Tutsis. You will then have lunch in the hotel in the city. After your lunch, you will visit the presidential palace of the former president of Rwanda who died in a plane crash. The plane wreckages from his plane after it was shot down as it landed in the presidential palace can still be spotted up to date in the palace compound. Our driver guide will then transfer you to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Kigali cultural tours and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Our driver guide will pick you up in the morning after your breakfast and check out. You will be driven to the Kingdom of Umwami II the last king of Rwanda who was killed during the genocide. After that, you will be transferred to the Ibyi’wacu cultural village where you will be welcomed with entertainment of traditional dances and songs from the cultural artists. You will listen to the interesting tales of the elders from the cultural village and learn a thing or two from them. You will after commence your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and lunch will be en route. You will arrive in Bwindi and check in at your lodge just in time for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Gorilla trekking and departure
After your breakfast, you will be picked up by our driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters from where will be briefed about the rules and regulations of gorilla trekking and the expected code of conduct while in the presence of these gorillas. A professional ranger will then lead you to the charted impenetrable forests of Bwindi from where you will search for the endangered mountain gorillas. After you have sought the gorillas, you will spend a maximum of an hour in their presence. Head back to the offices from where our driver guide will take you to the lodge for lunch. After your lunch, you will embark on your journey back to Entebbe International Airport for your departure. This will be the end of your 3 days Bwindi gorilla trekking safari from Kigali.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
