This 3 days Low season Uganda Gorilla Safari through Kigali-Rwanda is packaged for visitors from Kigali read and would like to go and trek gorillas in Mgahinga National Park or Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park during the low season. The low season for gorilla trekking in Uganda starts in April, May, and November. Trekking gorillas this season is advantageous as you will enjoy the discounts on the transportation and accommodation facilities from Africa adventure Vacations. Our 3 days Low season Uganda Gorilla Safari through Kigali-Rwanda will begin from Kigali and ends in Kigali with focused stopovers at various places of interests in Rwanda especially at the Kigali genocide museum, craft shops, and centers within Kigali and then head to Uganda as you enjoy the rolling hills of Rwanda before you cross to Uganda via Cyanika or Katuna borders and be welcomed by the terraced hills of the Kigezi and later head to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Please book our 3-day Low season Uganda Gorilla Safari through Kigali-Rwanda for the best discounts and save more money and time.

Highlight of our 3 Days Low season Uganda Gorilla safari Through Kigali Rwanda

Day 1: Start your 3-day Low season Uganda Gorilla safari from Kigali and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park and check in to your hotel

Day 2: See gorillas in Rushaga sector of Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park

Day 3: Drive back to Kigali international airport or Kigali city in Rwanda

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Bwindi

Your 3 Days Low season Uganda Gorilla safari Through Kigali-Rwanda will commence with a pickup from Kigali international airport or at the hotel that we will have booked for you in Kigali city. Our well-experienced guide will meet you and greet, introduce himself to you and give you a brief introduction about your in itinerary and then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This is about a 4-5 hours journey with interesting views of the rolling hills of Rwanda before you cross to Uganda. From here you will cross Uganda and Rwanda border at Katuna or Cyanika and have a stopover at Kisoro town or Kabale for lunch and continue to Bwindi Impenetrable le Forest National Park to relax and have lunch as you wait for the glorious gorilla trekking the following day.

Journey time: Approximately four to five hours (5-4)

Accommodation /Lodging facilities: Silverback lodge (Luxury), Bakiga Lodge (midrange) and Ride 4 a woman (budget)

Meal plan: Lunch and dinner

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Today, you will wake up early in the morning prepare yourself and then start your going trekking experience wearing the right protective gear such as hiking shoes, gardening Gloves with your cameras, snacks, and packed lunch before you head to the park headquarters for the gorilla trekking experience. Still, you should also be provided with the drinking water by your lodge or provided by the Africa Adventure Vacations. Then from the lodge head to park headquarters and join the other clients for briefing and after the briefing, you will be able to head majestically to the forest to search for endangered mountain gorillas. And once you have seen the habituated mountain gorillas, then you will be allowed only 1 hour of seeing the gorillas as you take photos and observe the lifestyles. Gorilla trekking may be strenuous and tiresome and thus it requires some level of fitness and sometimes visitors need to hire a porter especially those who are old. Gorilla trekking is so amazing activity that you don’t need to miss and I can’t explain all about what gorilla trekking is all about. Please join our 3 Day Low season Uganda Gorilla safari Through Kigali-Rwanda and enjoy our discounts for our 3 Day Low season Uganda gorillas safaris through Kigali Package.

Accommodation /Lodging facilities: Silverback lodge (Luxury), Bakiga Lodge (midrange) and Ride 4 a woman (budget)

Meal plan: Lunch and dinner

Day 3: Drive to Kigali International Airport

In the morning unhurriedly, you will wake up and have breakfast and after breakfast, you pack your belongings and then drive back to Kigali International Airport while in Kigali before your flight you can pass via Kigali city and tour the Kigali genocide sites and have a city tour and then head to Kigali for your departure. This marks the final moments of your 3 Days Low season Uganda Gorilla safari Through Kigali-Rwanda.

Best time to go for gorilla trekking in Uganda

The best time for going for mountain gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo is during the drier months of June to early September and then from December to February. These months are drier and thus preferred as the best time when to travel for Endangered Mountain gorilla trekking as compared to the rainy months of April may, and November. The drier months boasts the peak season for mountain gorillas and it is the time when even gorillas permits are more competitive and thus you should book your gorilla trekking early enough in advance. Mountain gorillas are the most endangered species in the whole world and they are staying in Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and then Virungas National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

How much does it cost for the Gorilla permit?

A gorilla trekking permit in Uganda costs USD700 per trek per person and people interested in the Gorilla habituation experience will buy the gorilla habituation experience permit at USD1500. A single gorilla permit is used once or as a single day or gorilla trek and see the gorillas for one hour in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park. The money is paid to the Uganda Wildlife Authority by paying USD700 for Non-foreign residents, USD600 for Foreign residents, and Uganda shillings 250000 for East African Residents. In Rwanda, you will be able to pay a normal gorilla trekking permit for about USD1500 which can be paid to the Rwanda Development Board with its offices in Kigali or Ruhengeri park headquarters. Gorilla permits are allocated on first come first serve and thus you need to book your gorilla trekking permit early enough in advance.

Inclusives 

• The gorilla trekking permits,
• Accommodation facility
• Masks
• Bottled water

Exclusives 

• International flights from your home country
• visa and all expenses of personal nature just
• Extras at the accommodation that is drinks, laundry, telephone, and additional accommodation outside the package
• Tips for porters and the driver guides

What to pack/carry for your 3 Days Low season Uganda Gorilla safari Through Kigali-Rwanda?

Make sure that you have your gorilla permit and passport because these are an important document for this experience to happen, you need to carry a rain jacket and sweater since the activity of gorilla trekking takes place in the tropical rain forest, toiletries, a hut, sunglasses and sunscreen, binoculars, cameras for photos, a walking stick where necessary, hiking boots among others. You can also get on your emergency telephone numbers, travel insurance, travel maps among others.