2 days Uganda gorillas from Rwanda is a short trip that will expose you to mountain gorillas which are a very magnificent for primates that everyone looks forward to interacting with. With more than half the world population in the Bwindi conservation area, one has enough options for families to track or habituate. With an impressive biodiversity, volcanoes and hills, expect to see other primates like the red-tailed monkey, blue monkey, black and white colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, olive baboons: animals like elephants, duikers, buffaloes, giant forest hogs, otto, civet and jackal; birds like black-bee eaters, regal sunbirds, black-billed turaco, bushshrikes, shelley’s crimsonwing, mountain oriole, strange weaver and dusky twinspot. The trip starts from Kigali to Bwindi and back to Kigali.
Day 1: Transfer from Kigali to Bwindi
You will be picked at an agreed point in Kigali by our driver guide from Glory Summit tours, who will also brief you on how things will move. At 8:00am you will set off for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest which will take about 3-4hours, you will get to Bwindi in the afternoon and you will check in. You will have lunch and rest before you head out for the Batwa cultural tour. With the help of a local guide, you will be involved in different community activities like music, dance and drama, crafting and honey harvesting. Story telling will also be key as a way to learn the Batwa people’s history and what makes them an interesting group people. After the cultural tour, you will the return to the hotel, have dinner and retire for the night.
Day 2: Gorilla trekking and departure
You will wake up early and have breakfast and head to the briefing spot by 7:30am where you shall be given the rules to be followed by a guide to ensure a smooth trek before you head deep into the forest to experience it. Depending on the targeted Gorilla families given to you to trek, the trekking will take between 30 minutes-6hours, it’s in this time that you shall get to see the mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, how they live, care for each other, care for their young, how and when they eat, all this will be done with a guide and armed ranger on route with you. Other primates like red-tailed monkey, blue monkey, black and white colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, olive baboons: animals like elephants, duikers, buffaloes, giant forest hogs, otto, civet and jackal; birds like black-bee eaters, regal sunbirds, black-billed turaco, bushshrikes, Shelley’s crimsonwing, mountain oriole, strange weaver will also be seen during the trek. You will be given water and a snack for when you need it. When done with the trekking, you will go back to your lodge and freshen up then have lunch. You will check out after lunch and embark on your journey back to Kigali through the beautiful hills and scenery of Uganda and Rwanda. You will arrive in the evening at an agreed spot which mark the end of your 2day trip.
