Fly Into Rwanda – go on a Gorilla Trek in Uganda
Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda – save 900 USD per person on the Gorilla Permit
Why Fly in
to Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda? Why should a Traveler that wants to trek Gorillas in Uganda fly to Rwanda?
It is the right choice for many Gorilla Trekkers headed for Mgahinga Gorilla Park or Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to encounter the Gentle Giants of the Forest.
Kigali International Airport in Rwanda is the Gateway to Rwanda and Southwestern Uganda, where Mgahinga Gorilla Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are located. Flying into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda is the best option for many clients.
Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda is the option chosen by over 75% of our clients. Why is that? It is the most sensible option to begin or end a Safari in Kigali, Rwanda, saving drive-time and money.
Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda is not something you will find on the Ugandan Tourist Board “Visit Uganda” website. Neither will find it in the renowned Bradt Travel Guide for Uganda.
For years we have created “Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda.” Our Value+ Midrange and Luxury private Safaris have saved our clients precious time and a lot of money.
Our clients did not have to endure the long-drive times from Entebbe International Airport to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or Mgahinga Gorilla Park by flying into Kigali International airport.
The Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda Advantage
- $700 Gorilla Permits in Uganda means saving $800 on the permits alone.
- Reasonable Drive-Times of three hours from Kigali to Mgahinga Gorilla Park. Four hours to the southern area of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- Save a minimum of $500 by not taking a Fly-In Safari from Entebbe International Airport to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or Mgahinga Gorilla Park.
- Flying into Kigali, Rwanda, and trekking Gorillas in Uganda is a money-saving alternative to Gorilla Fly-In Safaris from Entebbe to Bwindi Forest that saves you over 500 USD.
- You have the option of spending more time with the gentle giants on the exclusive Gorilla Habituation Experience.
- Save on mid-range, luxury, and exclusive lodges in Mgahinga Gorilla Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- Add Virunga Volcano Climbs, Hikes on some of the best trails in Bwindi Impenetrable, cultural encounters with the first people of the Forest, the Batwa people.
- Relax and Chill-Out on scenic Lake Mutanda or Lake Bunyonyi after the gorilla trek.
- Uganda is a complete Safari Destination. Here you have more choices than in the neighboring gorilla countries. We can arrange safaris that begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and end in Entebbe, Uganda, where you fly out to your home country. Such safaris range from seven days to fourteen, and you visit the major parks. Most such safaris include Chimpanzee trekking in the best chimpanzee park in East Africa, Kibale Forest.
- Connecting Flights to Europe- North America, Asia, Mideast, West Africa, Zanzibar, Arusha – Nairobi – South Africa.
- Take Advantage of RwandAir Flights, including Direct Flights to and from London.
Flying into Rwanda – Trekking Gorilla in Uganda makes a lot of Sense
Flying into Kigali, Rwanda, for the beginning of your Safari brings Mgahinga Gorilla Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest closer without endless drive times.
Flying out of Entebbe International, Uganda, at the end of the Safari not only saves time and money but is simply logical.
The drive time to Mgahinga Gorilla Park just across the Rwandan border is three hours. the drive time to Rusha or Nkuringo in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest southern area.
Drive time to Mgahinga Gorilla Park is just three hours. The drive time to Rushaga or Nkuringo in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is four hours.
Over 80% of our clients fly into Kigali, Rwanda, and Trek Gorillas in Uganda. Most of them will add Golden Monkey and Chimpanzee Tracking. Additionally, they will visit Queen Elizabeth Park, Murchison Falls National Park, or Lake Mburo National Park.
Many end their Safari with some Relax and chill out time before flying out of Entebbe International Airport.
Our Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda Safaris
3-Day Luxury Gorilla Trekking Safari in Mgahinga Gorilla Park:
You can do this Safari in Mgahinga Gorilla Park, where three Virunga Volcanoes are located. Gorilla Trekking replicates trekking in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda since you are trekking Gorillas on the same Mountains but on the other side of them.
The Nyakagezi Gorilla Family usually trek here with five Silverbacks, a rarity.
In Mgahinga Gorilla Park, you can add Golden Monkey Trekking. Volcano Climbs to your Safari. Lodging is exclusive, but Mount Gahinga Lodge is just outside the Park.
Drive-Time from Kigali to Mgahinga Gorilla Park is 3 hours plus.
3 Day Midrange Gorilla Habituation Experience Safari – Rushaga Area of Bwindi:
This is the one-of-a-kind Gorilla Activity only available in Uganda. The activity takes place in Rushaga, where you spend 4 hours with a gorilla family along with researchers and trackers.
This is an all-day trek and includes being 4 hours with a gorilla family. The Habituation Experience has become our most popular activity, even though the permits are $1,500.
You fly into Kigali cross the border into Uganda on a very scenic drive of 4-hours plus. Stay in a quality Value+ Midrange Safari Lodge. There will be a private room or cottage along with tasty meals and great service.
Some lodges offer activities such as biking, boating, birding, some at no cost, while others are reasonably priced.
Make your Safari plans well in advance since only four permits per day.
3-Day Luxury Gorilla Habituation Experience Safari:
Join the exclusive Gorilla Habituation Experience Trekker, where you are more than an observer of the Gentle Giants of the Forest but become a participant in the actual Habituation Process. Permits are few, meaning that you must plan well ahead.
Lodging for this Safari is either the exclusive Clouds Mountain Lodge in Nkuringo or the upmarket Gorilla Safari Lodge in Rushagafff. A 1,500 Permit in Uganda gets you an all-day trek, including hours with a Gorilla Family. There are only four permits per day.
The luxury Habituation Safari has become one of our Best Sellers. Some add a night or two in Mgahinga Gorilla Park for Gorilla Trekking in the shadows of the Volcanoes, Golden Monkey Trekking, and the Batwa Trail with the first people of the Forest.
Fly into Rwanda and spend 4-hours with a Gorilla Family in Uganda
3-Day Rushaga Area of Bwindi Forest – Gorilla Trekking Safari:
The Rushaga area is the best in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the southern region. The Southern Area of Bwindi has 6 Gorilla Groups that can be visited on a Gorilla Trek. This translates into forty-eight permits per day,
The Rushaga Area Gorillas are easily reached from Kigali, Rwanda. The drive time from Kigali to Rushaga is 4 hours plus, depending on the Border Crossing.
From Entebbe to here, it is a 9-hour drive, making it logical to fly into Kigali and trek Gorillas in the Rushaga area of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Stay in a quality midrange lodge in your own private room, tent, or cottage. Enjoy African Hospitality at its best, Ugandan style. Be served sumptuous meals with an African touch and enjoy a sundowner drink from the bar.
5-Day Luxury Twice Gorilla Trekking Safari:
This is another one of those out-of-the-ordinary Gorilla Safaris that we offer. You start in Kigali, where we pick you up and arrange lodging and a city tour for you, and we drive you to Mgahinga Gorilla Park – where the first trek takes place.
The second trek is in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the Rushaga or Nkuringo Region of the Park. Two high treks in two of Uganda’s Gorilla Parks.
Lodging for this Safaris is the exclusive Luxury Mount Gahinga Lodge in Mgahinga Gorilla Park and Clouds Mountain Lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
The choice is yours. At the end of the 5-day Safari, we will take you back to Kigali for your flight out. The two treks can be in Mgahinga Gorilla Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
5-Day Luxury Gorilla – Golden Monkey Trekking, Volcano Climb – Batwa Trail
This 5-day Mgahinga Gorilla Park Safari includes Gorilla Trekking in the Virunga Volcanoes. Hiking on one of the Trails, climbing a Volcano, Golden Monkey Trekking, and a cultural Hike with the first people of the Forest, the Batwa People, who will show you their ancient ways of living in the Forest in the Foothills of the Volcanoes.
The Safari starts in Kigali, Rwanda, a mere 3-hour drive in either direction. It is a scenic 3-hour drive through the Mountains into Uganda filled with photo-ops.
Any part of this Safari can be changed to your liking, and that includes lodging. There are limited Gorilla Permits available in Mgahinga Gorilla Park. Unlike Bwindi Forest, plan well in advance.
Stay at Mount Gahinga Lodge, one of Uganda’s best luxury loges.
5- Day moderately priced Gorilla Habituation Experience – Chimpanzee Trekking – Wildlife Safari:
This 5-day Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Chimpanzee Trekking in the Kyambura Gorge or Kalinzu Forest with wildlife game Drives, Boat Ride on Kazinga Channel, the explosion Crater Drive Staying in moderately priced value-added reasonably priced lodges with bath.
The Safari can start in Kigali and end in Kigali, or continue your flight out of Entebbe, Uganda.
This compact, activity-packed 5-day Safari brings Gorillas, Chimpanzees, and wildlife into one Safari.
Chimpanzee Trekking on this Safri is either in the Kyambura Gorge or Kalinzu Forest.
5-day Luxury Gorilla – Chimpanzee Habituation Experience Safari (with a flight between Bwindi and Kibale Forest:
This Safari begins in Kigali- Rwanda – Trek the Mountain Gorillas on a Gorilla Habituation Experience All-day Trek. Then, you fly to Kibale Forest, where you spend all day with a Chimpanzee Group on a Chimpanzee Habituation Experience Safari.
You have the option of flying from Entebbe to Bwindi Forest and on to Kibale Forest after the Gorilla Habituation Experience and then flying back to Uganda.
Due to flight availability, the order above cannot be reversed on this Safari staying in Luxury Lodges in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kibale Forest.
This Safari is presently only offered by Kabiza Wilderness Safaris.
5-Day Mgahinga Gorilla Park Trekking – Hiking – Climbing Safari:
Mgahinga Gorilla Park in Uganda is about 3 hours drive-time from Kigali. Three of the Virunga Volcanoes are found in this small Park, hiking, climbing, Gorilla – Golden Monkey Trekking, Hiking the Batwa Trail with the first people of the Forest.
This Park is off the beaten path, and you feel all along trekking, hiking, volcano climbing here in Uganda.
It is a small park with 3 volcanoes belonging to the Virunga Volcano Chain that extends into three countries.
Our six-day Mgahinga Gorilla Park Safari includes tracking the Mountain Gorillas. There is also Hiking through the Sabyino Gorge. You Climb a Volcano on a day trip and spend interactive time with the Batwa Pygmies on the Batwa Trail. All within 3 hours of Kigali, Rwanda.
7 Day Twice Gorilla Trekking – Hiking Safari through Bwindi Forest:
This 7-day Safari can begin and end in either Entebbe – Uganda, or Kigali – Rwanda. The Kigali Option cuts the drive times from Entebbe or Kampala.
The Safari is filled with action – two gorilla treks – one on either end of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Time in the Forest with the Batwa People in the Buhoma area of Bwindi Forest. Hiking through Bwindi Forest with the second gorilla trek the following day.
Hike down to Lake Mutanda and paddle in a dugout canoe across the lake to Kisoro.
This is an off-the-beaten-track Safari since the hike is not taken by many.
7-Day Gorilla – Chimpanzee Habituation Experience Wildlife Safari:
This Safari begins in Kigali and ends in Entebbe – in between are both the Gorilla and Chimpanzee Wildlife experiences plus incredible scenery.
In 7 days, you are doing two exclusive experiences, 4 hours with the Mountain Gorillas and all day with a Chimpanzee Group.
There are no long drive times on this Safari since we think of your comfort. The Safari can be a mid-range to upmarket or exclusive lodging safari.
This Safari shows why Uganda is the Pearl of Africa and why Uganda is Africa – concentrated in a small country.
This is one of our more popular safaris – plan now…
7-Day-Luxury-Gorilla-Chimpanzee Habituation Experience-Wildlife Safari:
This is another one of our Fly into Rwanda and Trek Primates in Uganda Safaris. You begin your Safari in Kigali, Rwanda, and fly out of Entebbe, Rwanda.
You will enjoy an all-day Gorilla Habituation Trek for 4 hours with a gorilla family. Regular Gorilla Trekking can be done instead if Habituation Permits are not available.
An All-Day Chimpanzee Habituation Experience with a Chimpanzee Group plus the wildlife of Queen Elizabeth Park.
Stay in three quality luxury lodges that you will enjoy.
This is one of our most Popular Safaris and involves at least three parks, with a fourth option
8-Day – Gorilla – Lion – Wildlife – Chimpanzee Safari:
On this private luxury safari, you can choose the exclusive Gorilla Habituation Experience, the CHEX-Chimpanzee Habituation Experience, all-day with a Chimpanzee Saari Lion Tracking Research in Uganda Carnivore Project.
Activities that you will not find on the average Uganda Safari Itinerary. – three out o ordinary activities.
When it comes to the featured activities, there are permit and space restraints, and we suggest that you book six months in advance with us.
We allow you to choose your favorite lodges and advise you on which one might be best suited for you.
This eight-day Safari longest drive time is 5 hours.
10 Day Luxury Primate Habituation Experience Safari from Kigali:
Begin this Primate Habituation Experience in Kigali, Rwanda, in Entebbe, Uganda. In between, you are for 4 hours with the Golden Monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla Park, 4 hours with a Gorilla Family in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and all day with a group of Chimpanzees in Kibale Forest.
Add on top of that the Tree-Climbing Lions of Ishasha, the Lions Tracking Research, Wildlife Game Drives, a Kazinga Channel Boat Safari, plus the Explosion Crater Drive in Queen Elizabeth Park.
The Safari also includes visiting Bigodi Wetlands Jungle Swamp near Kibale Forest.
This is one of our more times with the Primates Safaris
10-Day Moderately Priced Primates Plus Wildlife, including Murchison Falls National Park:
This moderately priced 10-day Safari begins in Kigali – Rwanda and ends in Entebbe, Uganda. A Primate Plus Big-5 Safari gives you the best, including a Boat Safari on the river Nile in Murchison Falls.
The Safari brings together Mountain Gorillas, Chimpanzees, other primates, Tree Climbing Lions, Reptiles such as Crocodiles vast number of hippos, and tracking Rhinos on Foot.
The Safari incorporates quality mid-range priced lodges throughout Safari. Incoming hotels and hotels at departure can be added.
The Safari is adjustable to your liking, and we would love to customize it just as you want. Let us know what you like to be adjusted. You can either do regular treks or the extended habituation Experience.
Bottom Line about Fly into Rwanda – Trek Gorillas in Uganda:
You “save money” tracking Gorillas in Uganda. Gorilla Permits are $600, and they will increase to $700 on July 1, 2020. Two people Trekking Gorillas in Uganda usually save $2,000 on permits and lodging by Trekking in Uganda. Much more if they are staying at a luxury Lodge.
Flying into Rwanda means shorter drive times to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or Mgahinga Gorilla Park.
Uganda has more Gorillas and Habituated Gorilla Families for trekking, which means more permits are available in Uganda. The reason that Uganda is the Premier Mountain Gorilla Destination in Africa.
All this without sacrificing the quality of the Gorilla Encounter Experience. Though you may read Anecdotal Diatribe about Rwanda Gorilla Trekking being better, that is pure bunk.
Requirements:
Rwanda Visa:
Yellow Fever Certificate: This is required – vaccination is good for life. No Yellow Fever is present in Uganda or Rwanda.
If you are interested – contact us – Fly into Kigali – Rwanda, and Trek Gorillas in Uganda – Let us know.
