5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari from Kigali : This 5 Days/ 4 Nights Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari is one of the best primate packages one can opt for during the African safari to Uganda Rwanda. This 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari combines an adventure to meet with Gorillas in the wilderness of Bwindi impenetrable national park Uganda and as well as enjoy a golden monkey excursion in volcanoes national park Rwanda. This packages starts and ends in Kigali Rwanda.
Highlights of 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari
- Day 1: Welcome to Rwanda & drive to Bwindi Impenetrable national park – Uganda
- Day 2: Gorilla trekking safari in Bwindi impenetrable national park – Uganda.
- Day 3: Canoe ride on Lake Mutanda and depart to Volcanoes national park – Musanze – Rwanda.
- Day 4: Golden monkey trekking & Ibyiwacu – Rwanda
- Day 5: Departures
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1: Welcome to Rwanda & drive to Bwindi Impenetrable national park – Uganda
Drive to Uganda: Upon arrival in Kigali Rwanda on the 1st day of your memorable 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari, our experienced safari driver/ guide will be ready to pick you up from Kigali international airport and warm up for your drive to the pearl of Africa.
Depending on your arrival time, you may enjoy lunch in Kigali, have it enroute on the way to Uganda or even opt to have a delicious meal at the lodge upon check in. Bwindi impenetrable national park is one of the top visited safari destinations in Uganda and the fact that it harbors the largest population of the remaining endangered mountain gorillas makes it stand out amongst the rest. Bwindi impenetrable national park is situated in the far southwestern part of Uganda the reason it’s easier for some tourists to arrive in Rwanda and trek gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national park than arriving at Entebbe and having long distance drive to Bwindi. The driving distance from Kigali to Bwindi impenetrable national park is about 3-4 hours via rolling hills of Rwanda the heart of Africa and land of a thousand hills to beautiful landscape, and stunning terraces as one approaches Kigezi regions that as well has abundant of rolling hills. You will crossover into Uganda via Cyanika border which in in Kisoro or via Katuna/ Gatuna border for those who need to pass through Kabale. All this depends on the sector one intends to trek in the next day. You will check in your lodge upon park arrival, freshen up, and have a meal before grabbing a night rest.
Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Accommodation options: Buhoma Lodge for Luxury/ Buhoma Haven Lodge for Midrange / Buhoma Community Rest Camp for Budget or their equivalent.
Day 2: Gorilla trekking safari in Bwindi impenetrable national park – Uganda.
Gorilla Trekking adventure in Bwindi: Arise in the morning as early as possible on the 2nd day of your 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari, have breakfast and pack your lunch box. You driver will be readily available waiting for you to be driven to the park headquarters for the gorilla trekking briefing about the dos and don’ts, the rules and regulations and many more that you need to know before embarking on your gorilla trekking excursion in the wilderness of Bwindi impenetrable national park. You will be grouped into 8 people after briefing and allocated different gorilla families depending on the physical fitness, age brackets, and any other considerations. At this time, you will need to hire the porter in case you have an extra back pack which you feel like you can’t handle while having the long treks in the habitat of the endangered mountain gorillas. At 8:00am, the trek into the forest commences and it takes about 30 minutes to over 7 hours or full day depending on various factors including but not limited to the movement of the gorillas since they are found of roaming the forest in search of fruits, the trekking speed which is always in favor of the slowest person in the group, and many other factors. However, upon finding gorillas, you have a full one hour with tem as you watch and learn how they live in forest, their behaviors, watch them play, breastfeed and may more. After one hour with the gorillas, you will exit the forest and return to the park headquarters to pick your trekking certificate, meet your driver – guide and return to the lodge for a relaxed evening, dinner and overnight rest as above.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 3: Canoe ride on Lake Mutanda and depart to Volcanoes national park – Musanze – Rwanda.
Canoe ride on Lake Mutanda: After a relaxed breakfast at the lodge on the 3rd day of your 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari, you will check out of the lodge and meet your driver for a drive to Lake Mutanda where you will spend a few hours enjoying a refreshing canoe ride, you may as well take a walk to the coffee plantations. After all, have you lunch and embark on a journey to Rwanda the land of a thousand hills and the heart of Africa via Cyanika border point. Your next destination will be Volcanoes national park in Musanze.
Accommodation options: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel for Luxury/ Le Bambou gorilla lodge for Midrange / Hotel Muhabura for Budget or equivalent.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Golden monkey trekking & Ibyiwacu – Rwanda
Golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes national park: Breakfast will be served early in the morning on the 4th day of 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari, then meet your safari driver for a drive to the park headquarters where you will be briefed before embarking on the golden monkey trekking adventure. Golden monkey trekking is much easier and enjoyable as compared to mountain gorilla trekking but they are both worth your energy. So golden monkey trekking will last about 2-5 hours and it will allow you spend one hour with the pretty little cuties as you watch them play and swing their tails across the tree branches. You will finally exit the forest and return to your lodge for lunch and afternoon rest.
Ibyiwacu cultural tour: Later on, you will be led to the gorilla guardian village for your evening cultural tour where you will spend time with the most beautiful Rwandese as they take you through their life style, listen to their stories about the genocide and many more. This cultural tour is usually climaxed by a traditional performance of dance and drama that will make your evening a memorable one. Dinner and overnight will be as above.
Day 5: Departures
Today marks the end of your 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari. You will arise on a relaxed breakfast depending on your flight details, then checkout of the lodge and meet your safari driver for yet a last drive to Kigali city. If you still have some time, I will recommend that you do a Kigali city tour exploring different attractions including Kimironko market, the genocide memorial sites, visit some restaurant and taste some local food and finally be dropped off at the Kigali International airport for the flight to your next travel destination or back home. This marks the end of our 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari, thank you for choosing wildlifesafariuganda.com.
Note: this 5 Days Rwanda & Uganda Primate Safari can as well start from Entebbe Uganda and end in Kigali Rwanda.
Safari Inclusions;
- Airport pick up and drop off
- Gorilla trekking permit – Uganda
- Golden Monkey trekking permit – Rwanda
- Canoe Ride on Lake Mutanda – Uganda
- Gorilla guardian village – Rwanda
- Rangers fees
- Accommodation on full board basis for 4 Nights
- All meals as per itinerary
- Enough bottled drinking water
Safari exclusions;
- Extra accommodation before and after safari (Can be arranged upon request)
- Visa fees
- International Flight tickets
- All personal expenses
- Laundry
- Porter
- Any other thing not mentioned in itinerary etc
