Gorilla and golden monkey safari

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly greeted by our driver guide, then transferred to your booked hotel for check-in and safari briefing. Depending on your arrival time, you can take a sunset cruise on Lake Victoria.

Accommodation: Karibu Guesthouse (luxury) African roots Guesthouse (mid-range) Ikon Boutique hotel (budget)

Meals : Dinner

Today, after breakfast, you'll meet your driver guide at reception to set off for Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, located in the Virunga volcanoes of southwestern Uganda. This park is a mix of bamboo and rainforest, mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. That's why it's rightly defined as the habitat where gold and silver meet. The Mgahinga Forest was also home to the Batwa Bushmen, making it the best destination to discover the Batwa Trail. En route to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, you'll make a stop at the equator crossing point, where you'll have the pleasure of putting one foot in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern, and witness an aquatic experience that shows the movement of forces in the northern and southern hemispheres. You'll then continue on your way with another stop en route for lunch in the town of Mbarara, then head straight to Kisoro to check into your lodge.

Accommodation: Lake Chahafi Resort (luxury) Ichumbi hotel (mid-range) Travelers rest hotel (budget)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After a hearty breakfast, you'll head to the park's information center to meet other guests who will explain how to behave during the gorilla trek, and then start walking through the forest in search of mountain gorillas under the guidance of your guide. The time required to search for the gorillas is not known, but it should be between 30 minutes and 8 hours, depending on the movements of the gorilla family you are looking for. During your hike, you may encounter other wildlife such as different bird species, other primates like black and white colobus monkeys and other mammals. Once you've met the mountain gorillas, you'll have a maximum of one hour to observe them, follow their movements, take souvenir photos and learn more about their behavior. Once the hour is up, you'll return to the information center to choose your reward, have some refreshments and return to your lodge for lunch and an evening to relax. Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Lake Chahafi Resort (Luxury) Ichumbi hotel (Mid-range) Travelers rest hotel (Budget)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After your early breakfast, you'll head to park headquarters for a briefing on the do's and don'tsfor a briefing on the do's and don'ts of tracking golden monkeys. Golden monkeys are not very popular primates, but they are extremely unique and certainly rare to encounter. Golden monkey tracking sessions normally last 4 hours and once you've met them, you'll spend an hour observing them and monitoring their actions. You'll then return to your lodge for lunch, relaxation and an evening out on the Batwa trail. The Batwa, known as Twa in Rwanda, are one of the indigenous groups of the Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable gorilla national parks. They originally lived in the ancient forests of Bwindi and Mgahinga before they were classified as a national park. The Batwa consider themselves the "guardians of the forest". This cultural trail has been designed for visitors who wish to meet the real Bushmen of Africa and understand their way of life in the jungle, where they survive solely on the forest, both economically and socially, and where they live without modern technology.

Accommodation: Lake Chahafi Resort (luxury) Ichumbi hotel (mid-range) Traveler's rest hotel (budget)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After an early breakfast, your guide will take you to the park headquarters to meet the UWA ranger guide, who will brief you on your hike and what to expect before you start climbing Mount Sabinyo. Mount Sabinyo lies inside the park and is one of the best mountains for a climbing expedition in Uganda. The ascent begins by crossing a flat area and several swamps, then you start to climb towards areas of thick vegetation for the first 2390 to 2800 meters. The area is a bamboo forest, the preferred habitat of golden monkeys, and you may encounter mountain gorillas or other mammals. The most unique experience of climbing Mont to its summit is to have the chance to be in three countries (Uganda, Rwanda and Congo) at the same time and to have the best views of each country, such as the magnificent Lake Kivu in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda, as well as the Rwenzori mountain ranges and many other features such as the Virunga region. After enjoying all these beautiful panoramas, you'll descend and return to your lodge to collect your luggage and head to Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Arcadia Cottages (Luxury) Bunyonyi Overland Resort (Mid-range) Bunyonyi Overland Camp (Budget)

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After a free breakfast, you'll head to the meeting point for a briefing by your local canoe guide, then begin your 2-hour canoe trip. You'll visit Akampene Island, which was used as a punishment island by the indigenous Bakiga communities. Pregnant girls were taken there before marriage and left to die as a lesson to others to cherish their virginity and forbid them to have premarital sex. After discovering this island, you'll return to your lodge and spend the rest of the day relaxing by the lake or pool.

Accommodation: Arcadia Cottages (luxury) Bunyonyi Overland Resort (mid-range) Bunyonyi Overland Camp (budget)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After your early breakfast, you'll check out of your room and drive to Kigali International Airport, with lunch and the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center en route, before heading directly to the airport.

Accommodation : No

Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch