Overview
This trip starts in Kigali – Rwanda crossing the boarders of Rwanda to Uganda into Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to track the mountain gorillas and later proceed to the deepest fresh water body lake Bunyonyi where you will have a boat tour on the lake.
Trip Highlights
- Gorilla Trekking
- Boat Cruise on Lake Bunyonyi
Itinerary
Early in the morning, you will be picked up from the airport or from the hotel where you spent your night and after breakfast a representative from our company who will be your driver will pick you up and brief you about your trip after which get into your safari vehicle and embark on your transfer to Uganda crossing the Rwanda - Uganda border of Katuna. Passing through the lush country side dotted with undulating hills that have qualified Rwanda as a land of a thousand hills. You will later arrive at your lodge in Bwindi in the afternoon and check in to your lodge and relax or freshen up. Later in the evening go for the Batwa Cultural trail going through their villages to have an experience of how they go about their daily routine activities and be amazed by the way they skillfully cultivate the hill sides and how they care for their animals like cows, goats and some sheep and cows being their main prime source of pride. You will later return to your lodge for dinner and Overnight.
On this day you will be up early for an early morning breakfast and with your packed lunch, checkout of your lodge and head to the park offices for a briefing about the does and don’ts during the gorilla tracking experience in the forest. You will later head-out in different groups into the park to search for these gentle giants, this search is unpredictable of how long it can take to find the gorillas but upon sight of these gentle giants, you will be allowed an hour with them before you embark on your way back to meet your driver guide upon completion of this track. You will later embark on your transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and Upon arrival later in the evening, you will check-in to your lodge for dinner and Overnight.
After an early morning breakfast at your lodge, check out and embark for your tour on the lake having a boat ride to tour different islands in the lake. Later you will embark on your transfer back to Rwanda crossing the Uganda – Rwanda boarder of Katuna into Rwanda with lunch en-route and be dropped off in Kigali for your flight or be dropped off at your hotel in Kigali.
