10 Days Rwanda and Uganda Primates & Wildlife Safari 2026

After breakfast, pick up from your hotel for a half day Kigali city tour. The tour is inclusive of a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Site and Museum to learn more about the 1994 genocide era, Nyamata genocide Church, local markets and so on. Later have Lunch and then depart for Volcanoes National Park. the journey will offer you with beautiful mountainous and green countryside from which the name of “The Land of a thousand hills” was depicted. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge. Full Board

• Budget: La Bambou Da vinci Lodge
• Midrange: Ingagi Parkview lodge
• Upmarket: 5 Volcanoes

Morning visit Volcanoes National Park for Golden Monkey tracking, these endangered monkey species are found within the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Unlike the Gorillas, Golden monkey trekking will not take long and are easily located. Afternoon enjoy a community walk at Red Rock Initiative. Overnight stay at your lodge. Full board

• Budget: Le- Bambou/ Da vinci Lodge
• Midrange: Ingagi Parkview lodge
• Upmarket: 5 Volcanoes Boutique Hotel

Breakfast in the morning and embark on your journey to the famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. The park is well known for being a habitat to the endangered species of Mountain Gorillas. Check in at your Lodge. Lunch and afternoon set out for the cultural interaction with the BATWA community (Pygmies) and get to know more about their lives and how they managed to live within the forest before it was gazette into a national park. Overnight at your Lodge. Full Board.

• Budget: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
• Midrange: Four Gorillas lodge
• Upmarket: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla lodge

The day is finally here for your unforgettable lifetime experience of meeting face to face with the giant mountain Gorillas. You will start your day with an early breakfast at your lodge and then transfer to the park headquarters (Depending on which location you have booked your accommodation) for briefing. There are 4 sectors in which Gorilla trekking takes place within Bwindi Forest. The northern side of the park is comprised of Buhoma and Ruhija Sector and the southern side comprised of Rushaga and Nkuringo sectors.

After Briefing, you will start on your day’s trek. Searching for the gorillas may take like 2-5hrs depending on where they were last spotted the previous day. Once they have been spotted, you will be given one hour to take videos, photos and also get a chance to ask the rangers and the guides any questions about these giant apes. Besides the great Apes, the forest is also a home to other wildlife and bird species such as butterflies, primates, mammals, frogs and so on which all can be seen along the way to the Gorillas. After seeing the Gorillas, you will then head back to your lodge and retire for the rest of the day. The whole day activity can take between 5 to 9hrs.

Packed Lunch and hiring porters are highly recommended. If time permits, take an evening community walk around Rushaga. Dinner and overnight stay at your Lodge. Full Board

• Budget: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
• Midrange: Four Gorillas lodge
• Upmarket: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla lodge

Morning breakfast and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Park is one of the country’s best wildlife National parks with over 600 bird species, mammals like Lions, Leopards, elephants, buffalo, and so many others. Will have a short game drive and later check in at your lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight on Full Board

• Budget: Aadvark safari lodge
• Midrange: Kikorongo Safari lodge
• Upmarket: Elephant Plains Lodge

• Budget: Aadvark safari lodge
• Midrange: Kikorongo safari lodge
• Upmarket: Elephant Plains Lodge

Morning breakfast and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park. The Forest is also home to over 325 bird species including the rare Green Breasted Pitta. You will visit the Kasenda craters. Take a short hike to the ‘Top of the World’ viewpoint where you can see a lot of the small crater lakes in this region. Proceed and visit the spectacular Lake Nyinambuga from which the lake shown on the 20.000 Uganda shilling note was depicted. If time permits, you may visit the Bigodi swamp, also known as the Magombe swamp, a haven for birds and other primates. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay on Full board

• Budget: Isunga Safari Lodge
• Midrange: Turaco Tree Tops
• Upmarket: Chimpundu lodge

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters ay Kanyanchu for a 30-40mins briefing and get to know more about the chimpanzees and their ways of living within the forest. After this, you will then embark on your journey to search for these primates through the forest. On spotting the chimps, you are only given one Hour to be with them as you take videos and pictures. Along the way other primate species can be spotted such as the LHoest’s Monkeys, Red tailed Monkeys, Blue Vervet Monkeys, and Black & White colobus Monkeys among others. Other animals that can be seen are Forest Elephants, Buffalos, and a lot of bird species. After the tracking, return to your Lodge to rest for the rest of the day. Dinner and overnight stay. Full board.

• Budget: Isunga safari lodge
• Midrange: Turaco Tree Tops
• Upmarket: Chimpundu Lodge

After your morning breakfast, you will be transferred to Entebbe to catch up with your evening flight on wards. Breakfast and Lunch