How many days is the 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari?

The 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari is 13 days and 12 nights, operating year-round from Uganda, Rwanda.

How much does the 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari cost?

The 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari is priced on request depending on your group size, dates, and accommodation preferences. Contact Orika Africa Tours for a free tailor-made quote: hi@orikaafrica.com or +256 707 916 185.

What is included in the 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari?

The 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari in Uganda, Rwanda includes all accommodation, meals, park fees, private safari vehicle with an experienced guide-driver, and 24/7 support from Orika Africa Tours. Uganda's UTB-licensed Tour Operator & DMC. We welcome solo travellers, couples, families, and larger groups.

Is the 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari suitable for first-time safari visitors?

Yes. Orika Africa Tours designs every itinerary from scratch around your group's fitness, interests, and budget. The 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari is available as a private safari, no shared vehicles, no fixed groups, ever.

What is the best time to go on the 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari in Uganda, Rwanda?

The 13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari in Uganda, Rwanda runs year-round. The dry seasons (June to August and December to February) offer the best conditions for game drives and trekking. Contact Orika Africa Tours for month-by-month advice.

13 Days Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla Safari

13 days trace the classic Ugandan safari circuit and then cross into Rwanda for a finale among the Virunga volcanoes. It begins in the north at Murchison Falls, with rhino tracking at Ziwa on the way, before working south through Kibale's chimpanzee forests and the savannah and waterways of Queen Elizabeth, including the remote, lion-haunted Ishasha plains. The mountains then take over: gorilla trekking in Uganda's Mgahinga, followed by golden monkey tracking and a community visit beneath Rwanda's volcanoes, before a closing stop at the moving Kigali Genocide Memorial.

Tracking gorillas on the Ugandan side keeps this itinerary excellent value while still delivering the full Virunga experience across two countries. For a deeper, more leisurely take on the same idea, see the 16 Days Remarkable Uganda & Rwanda safari, or the premium 15 Days Discover Rwanda & Uganda.

Plan your timing with our gorilla trekking guide, and read more in the Uganda and Rwanda destination guides.

Trip Highlights

Mountain gorilla trekking in Mgahinga, Uganda
Golden monkey tracking beneath Rwanda's Virunga volcanoes
Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
On-foot white rhino tracking at Ziwa
Murchison Falls game drive, Nile boat safari and sundowner
Queen Elizabeth game drives, Kazinga Channel and the Ishasha plains
Gorilla Guardians' Village cultural experience and the Kigali Genocide Memorial

Day-by-Day Itinerary

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport you are met and assisted through entry formalities, introduced to your driver-guide, and transferred to your hotel to rest before the safari begins.

After breakfast you drive north towards Murchison Falls National Park, stopping at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track white rhino on foot. You enter the park via the Top of the Falls, where the Nile thunders through a narrow gorge, arriving at your lodge in the late afternoon.

A morning game drive crosses the northern plains in search of lion, elephant, giraffe and buffalo, followed by an afternoon boat safari upstream to the base of the falls. The day closes with a sundowner overlooking the river.

A scenic drive south brings you to Kibale, with a stop in Fort Portal for a tea plantation tour along the way. You arrive at your forest lodge in the evening, surrounded by the sounds of the rainforest.

You spend the morning tracking habituated chimpanzees through Kibale's ancient forest, then explore the community-run Bigodi Wetland in the afternoon, where guides point out monkeys and a rich variety of birds.

After a relaxed breakfast you transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, settling in before an evening game drive across the Kasenyi plains in search of lion, elephant and the park's vast kob herds.

A morning game drive is followed by an afternoon boat safari on the Kazinga Channel, where hippo, buffalo, elephant and a wealth of waterbirds gather along the banks of this natural waterway.

With a packed lunch you transfer to Ishasha, the remote southern sector of Queen Elizabeth famed for its tree-climbing lions. An evening game drive seeks them out among the fig trees, with elephant and topi on the open plains.

A final morning game drive precedes the road transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, in the far southwest where Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC meet beneath the Virunga volcanoes. You arrive in time to rest ahead of tomorrow's trek.

After a briefing you head into the bamboo and montane forest of Mgahinga to track a habituated mountain gorilla family, spending a treasured hour in their company before returning to relax at the lodge.

After breakfast, and with a packed lunch, you cross into Rwanda and transfer to Volcanoes National Park, the country's gorilla and golden monkey heartland set among soaring volcanic peaks.

The morning is given to tracking playful golden monkeys through the bamboo zone, restricted to these volcanic mountains. The afternoon brings a cultural experience at the Gorilla Guardians' Village, where former poachers now share the traditions of the region.

After a leisurely breakfast you transfer to Kigali International Airport, pausing at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, a moving and dignified reflection on Rwanda's history, before your onward flight.