Gorilla tracking, chimpanzee trekking and Wildlife Uganda Tour for 9 days

Gorilla tracking safari, chimpanzee trekking and wildlife Uganda Tour in 9 days is suitable for your holiday in Uganda. It is a chance to see the giant mountain gorillas and closest human cousins in there natural environment in one Uganda Safari.

Day1: Drive to Bwindi Gorilla National Park

Get up early in the morning for breakfast and out safari guide will pick you from your overnight hotel. Drive to Bwindi forest National Park the thick natural forest which is home to the mountain gorillas. They live freely in habituated gorilla groups under the leadership of a silverback for each family. On the way, you may have the chance of spotting some interesting sceneries including the rolling hills of Kigezi.  This drive is about 9 to 10 hours on the bumpy roads offering you free African massage.

Dinner and overnight:

Mahogany springs/Gorilla forest Camp/ Silver Back Lodge/ Buhoma Community Banda

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi national park

Having taken your early morning breakfast, head to the ranger station for briefing. You will be told how to behave while in the forest, hire a porter, carry energy bites, camera and ensure you dress up in the appropriate gorilla trekking gear for comfort while in the jungle. The time of finding gorillas varies from about 2 hour to about 7 hours depending on there movement and proximity of there food. When you finally meet them, you are allowed just one hour in there presence taking there photographs and watching them play from the vines. Carry on and relax at your lodge

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Early in the morning, drive to Queen Elizabeth National park at times referred to as the Uganda biosphere reserve. Enjoy a game drive on the way as you go through Ishasha sector where you may have the chance of seeing animals like the hartebeests, lions, elephants, buffaloes and so much more. Get into the park and relax at your lodge.

Mweya Safari Lodge/ Bush Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp

Day 4: Game drive and Launch Cruise

Rise up early for a game drive in the crater lakes region of the park. You may have the chance of seeing the early risers as they emerge from there overnight hide outs. Some animals that may cross your way include herd of elephants, waterbucks, bush bucks, lions, leopards, buffaloes and so much more. This park has a rich avian life that makes it one of protected Ramzah sites in the world. Enjoy late day breakfast and after lunch, move to the pier for launch cruise on Kazinga channel. As you sail on the channel, you have the chance of seeing animals like hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, water bucks, warthogs and the incredible birds that flock the shores. Return to the lodge and relax.

Day 5; Game drive and head to Kibale National park

Early in the morning, check out and head to a game drive where you may have the chance of seeing some animals that you might have missed out the day before. Drive to Kibale National park which is home of the chimpanzees. Enjoy the view of the forest and relax at your lodge

Ndali Lodge/ Primate Lodge/ Chimps Nest 

Day 6: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale forest National Park

Get up for breakfast and head to the ranger station for chimpanzee trekking. Chimpanzees are known for being the closest cousins of man in the animal kingdom. The ranger guide will brief you about how to behave while in the search for chimpanzees. These have a community headed by an alpha male whose power is controlled by the members of the community. The chimps will get to notice you before you do and you will hear them hooting at each other as if to alert them of your presence. Take there photos and watch them. Return to the lodge and relax.

Day 7: drive to Lake Mburo National Park

Having enjoyed the southern part of Uganda, drive to Lake Mburo National park. This is the closet National Park to Kampala that you can visit. It has incredible animals like the zebras, statungas and on a lucky day, you mat spot leopards, arrive and relax

Mihingo lodge/ Mburo Game Lodge/ Rwakobo Rock/ UWA tents

Day 8: Game drive and Boat ride

Get up early for a game dive. You may have the chance of seeing animals like the zebras, elephants, warthogs, buffaloes, water bucks, bush bucks, statungas and so many others. After lunch, enjoy a boat ride on Lake Mburo where you may have a chance of spotting birds like the shoe bills. Return to the lodge and relax

Day 9 return home

Having enjoyed your gorilla trekking safari, chimpanzee trekking and wildlife tour for 9 days, return home carrying memories of the pearl of Africa Uganda.

2 Days Gorilla Trekking Tour In Rwanda

How to organise a gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda. When to book gorilla permit for Rwanda

2 days Gorilla trekking in Rwanda may be one of the shortest African holidays that you can arrange on short notice. Gorilla tracking in Uganda normally takes a minimum of 3 days whether driving or flying for gorilla tracking in Bwindi forest National Park. The difference with Rwanda is that Kigali Airport is about 2 hours and a half from Ruhengeri the main gorilla trekking province.

Day1: Drive to Ruhengeri for gorilla trekking

Early in the morning, your driver guide will be ready to pick you from your overnight hotel and drive you to Volcanoes National park. This park is the one of the highly protected homes of the mountain gorillas. Mountain gorillas are some of the still surviving inhabitants of prehistoric era. They entirely feed on foliage and live in gorilla trekking groups under the leadership of a silverback.

Dinner and overnight at

Silverback Lodge/ Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/ Kinigi Guest house

Day 2: Gorilla trekking In Volcanoes National Park

Rise up early for breakfast and head to the ranger station for briefing. Gorillas live in thick Virunga forest and entirely survive on what is provided by the forest. Gorillas are highly susceptible to human communicable diseases so it is best to stay behind in case you have any. They have a cohesive family bond and highly respect there leader the silverback. After briefing, you will be lead into the forest to start searching for the gorillas in the company of an armed ranger guide. The Rwanda trek is usually done on steep slopes and the time of finding the gorillas is not known since they keep moving in search of food and other eats. When you finally get to see them, stay with them and enjoy there company for about 1 hour. Drive to Kigali airport after wards to catch up with you home bound flight after gorilla tracking in Rwanda.

Where To Go Gorilla trekking in Rwanda or Uganda, how to book gorilla permit in Uganda Rwanda

Gorilla trekking in either Uganda or Rwanda gives you almost the same experience. Gorillas in Uganda live in Bwindi forest national park which is about 9 to 10 hours away from the capital Kampala if driving but may take about 1hour and half if flying for gorilla trekking.  Rwanda gorillas live in Volcanoes forest National Park which is about 2 hour and half hours on a well made road meandering around highlands.

Gorilla tracking in Uganda especially the southern part of Bwindi Forest makes it possible to trek gorillas in both Uganda and Rwanda but on different days. You must have booked gorilla trekking permits in both countries that is to say Uganda and Rwanda in advance.

Tracking gorillas in Rwanda involves hiking uniformly steep slopes and get done the valley to find the gorillas. In Uganda, gorillas live on the top or down the bottom of the ridges making there trek more strenuous especially during the dry seasons when the gorillas have to look for there own food.

To visit Uganda as a tourist, you have the chance of applying for a visa on arrival at the immigration but Rwanda, you must have applied for your visa upfront to avoid the long process of asking for a visa on ground. It is quite tedious and if you are crossing the border from Uganda to Rwanda, and the worst comes to the worst, you may miss out on your gorilla trek if you are left behind.

After gorilla trekking optional activities in Uganda are very many like you may visit Batwa community Pygmy visit, Ishasha community tour, Queen Elizabeth national Park for a wildlife safari, do chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National park, trek the Rwenzori Mountains and so much more. Rwanda however has limited options after gorilla trekking like visit to the Diane Fossey grave, trek golden monkeys, long day travel to Nyungwe National park for chimpanzee trekking, community visit and much more.

The choice of where to trek gorillas and what to do after gorilla tracking is yours to make but you must book your gorilla tracking permit in advance.

Uganda Safari Tour for 7 days Gorilla trekking and Wildlife

Uganda Safari tour to Queen Elizabeth National park, Murchison Falls national park and Bwindi forest National Park is a fantastic trip where you have the opportunity of seeing some of Africa’s big fives. Details of where to stay while on a Uganda safari, how to book and cost a Uganda safari, how to set a budget for a Uganda tour and what gears to pack for a Uganda safari tour is all included.

Day1:  Drive to Bwindi Forest National Park

Rise up early in the morning for breakfast and a safari driver guide will be ready to pick you from your overnight accommodation and you drive you to Bwindi forest National Park in South Western Uganda. Bwindi forest National; park is home to the renowned mountain gorillas that freely live in ever green prehistoric Bwindi forest. Uganda is luck to host about half the total number of these apes. This drive goes through undulating hills and wonderful meandering rivers. The time to get to Bwindi Park is bout 9 to 10 hours. Dinner and overnight at

Gorilla forest Camp/ Silverback Lodge/ Gorilla Mist Lodge/ Buhoma Community Bandas

Day 2: Gorilla trekking

After breakfast, you will head to the ranger station for briefing but do not forget your gorilla trekking gears. The ranger guide will accompany you into the forest top start searching for the gorillas. You will try to tress where they were last seen the previous night and the gorillas normally get to see you before you do. When you finally get to see them, stay with them for just an hour and get back to the lodge and relax.

Day 3 Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Early in the morning, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. In case the roads are passable, go through Ishasha sector the home of the tree climbing lions. This biosphere reserve has a number of enchanting animals including the lions, herds of elephants, hippos, crocodiles, water bucks, bush bucks, Uganda kobs, hyenas and so much more. They fantastic background of the undulating Rwenzori ranges makes a fantastic view as the backdrop of the park. This scenic drive is about 5 to 6 hours on a scenic road.

Dinner and overnight at: Mweya safari Lodge/ Bush Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp

Day 4: Game drive and Launch cruise on Kazinga Channel

Rise up early in the morning for a game drive on the rich crater lakes sector. You may have the chance of seeing the early rise emerge from there overnight hide outs while the nocturnal return to there day hide outs. You may have the chance of spotting animals like the lions, leopards, hyenas, elephants and several others that roam around the park. Return for a late day breakfast and after lunch, head to the piers for a lunch cruise on Kazinga Channel. This is like the congregation centre for animals to cool off the day’s heat and quench there thirst. Families of these animals can bee seen a long the shores and a number of birds flock the shores like the Egyptian geese, greater and lesser flamingos, egrets, kingfisher, marabou stock to mention but a few. Return the lodge and relax

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Day 5: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

Having enjoyed your Uganda safari tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park, proceed to Murchison Falls National park. This drive is about 8 to 10 hours but very entertaining. Get there late in the evening.

Paraa Safari Lodge/ Murchison River Lodge/ Sambiya Lodge/ Red Chilli Camp

Day 6 Game drive and Lunch cruise to the bottom of the falls

Enjoy a game drive in the northern sector of the park where you may have the opportunity of spotting animals like lions, giraffes, water bucks, hyenas, olive baboons, vervet monkeys and so much more. Get back to the lodge for late day breakfast and head to the river for an afternoon launch cruise to Murchison Falls. These falls are energetic as they get down the high cliff of about 40 meters to touch the base and continue with the Nile course. A number of animals can also be seen along the shores. Return the lodge and relax.

Day 7 Drive back to Kampala

After this fantastic  Uganda safari, drive to Kampala carrying memories of this 7 day gorilla trekking tour, Uganda tour to Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls national park.

Rwanda Visa Application Policy Reviewed

How to apply for a Rwanda Visa for gorilla trekking Safari

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda has been one of the challenging activities as a result of tedious measures to apply for a visa in Rwanda. Several tourists have been facing it rough to apply for Rwanda visa especially the delay in responding to the application allowing you into the country. Those who trek gorillas in Uganda and have been hoping to cross to Rwanda for another trek have been disappointed o several occasions especially at the border when they are forced to stay behind as others continue to do gorilla tracking in Rwanda.

The government of Rwanda has therefore revised their immigration policy and exempted some countries from going through the hassle of securing a Rwanda Visa prior to arrival.  Starting 1st November 2014, nationals from countries like Australia, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, UK and USA will receive a Rwandan entry visa and pay a fee of US $30 on arrival. This is a great promotion to the tourism sector of Rwanda since most of the clients they receive are residents of those countries.

Gorilla trekking safaris in Rwanda starts as early as 0800hrs and in case you hope to trek gorillas as early as that you must have set and organised your gorilla trekking gear. It is time saving to carry just your trekking kit to the ranger station for briefing than packing your gorilla trekking gears early in the morning. You may forget some of the important items.

To be more organised and be sure of trekking gorillas in Rwanda, you must have a Rwanda Visa prior to arrival at the border because the time you may take obtain it is long and may delay.

Check below document about how to apply for a Rwanda Visa