Gorillas and golden monkeys
6 days—Gorillas and golden monkeys safari
$2350-2650 USD
pp
Safari summary
Tracking gorillas and golden monkeys in Uganda. This is the ultimate safari for those wishing to experience primate encounters.
About this tour
Main focus:
Primate trekking
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Safari highlights
- Hiking | trekking
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Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival in Kigali, Rwanda
Travellers Rest or equivalent
Day 2
Mgahinga
Travel to Kisoro in Uganda. Arrive in the early afternoon or evening depending on your arrival time in Kigali.
Travellers Rest or equivalent
Day 3
Mgahinga
Gorilla tracking –a lifetime experience Have an early morning breakfast and then go for a briefing by wildlife rangers at the Park headquarters. Proceed to the forest for gorilla tracking with packed Lunch. You should be equipped with jungle boots since tracking involves walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the endangered gorillas in the dense tropical vegetation their favourite habitat.
Travellers Rest or equivalent
Day 4
Mgahinga
Today after breakfast go for golden monkey tracking at Mgahinga National Park. This park was gazetted in 1991. It gets its name from the local word Gahinga meaning a “pile of stones”.
Travellers Rest or equivalent
Day 5
After Breakfast, you will visit the the local communities to learn about their cultures and history. Later on go for a boat ride on Lake Mutanda.
Travellers Rest or equivalent
Day 6
End of tour .Travel back to Kigali for your flight back home.
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