Guide for solo travelers to Uganda and Rwanda 2024-2026
Each day that passes African trips get more and more popular for solo travelers, Kisoro Tours Knows what solo traveler goes through such as high costs single supplement rate on the lodges, and other activities, in this article we are going to guide on how get solo safari that is affordable? For all those who are planning a solo journey to East Africa, here is all you need to help you and guide you in planning solo travel to Uganda and Rwanda.
In East Africa, Rwanda, and Uganda are well known for offering different diverse and exciting experiences for solo travelers, starting from chimpanzee tracking, golden monkey tracking, volcano hiking safaris, the famous exclusive mountain gorilla trekking experience, and other wildlife game viewing safaris in different savannah national parks. Depending on your interest because some solo travelers are looking for more adventure and visit new places to explore, Solo Travel to East Africa can be an amazing experience.
How to choose a suitable solo traveler to Uganda and Rwanda 2024-2026
When traveling solo to East Africa, choosing an appropriate mode of transportation is very important, for example, if you prefer to have a more independent method of exploration, you can as well hire a car for self-drive in Uganda or Rwanda. However African roads are variable conditions with different local rules and regulations so those solo travelers who wish to venture into the self-driver experience, are advised first to do some little research before you start. However, we highly recommend that you hire a car with a local driver’s guide for your comfort and safety throughout the country.
But on other hand, from the experience of our previous clients, it was noticed that one of the best ways for solo travelers to explore Rwanda and Uganda alone is by experiencing a road trip, both countries offer amazing scenic landscapes and different tourists attractions ranging from the forested national park for primates tracking and to savannah national parks for wild game viewing safaris.
Affordability of solo travelers to Uganda and Rwanda for 2024-2026
In East Africa, Rwanda, and Uganda has a variety of tourist attractions with unique adventures that make solo travel affordable destinations including a visit to Volcanoes national park, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Bwindi Forest National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, and Kidepo Valley National Park among others. The above national parks offer affordable budgets, mid-range to luxury accommodation options depending on your budget, and a higher chance of seeing different wildlife species in their natural habitat of East Africa.
Some of the tour itineraries, a guide for solo travelers to Uganda and Rwanda 2024-2026
Below are some of our most exciting different safari itineraries that can be undertaken by the solo traveler or small private group tours to Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
2 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking from Kigali Rwanda: is ideal for those that have limited time but want to spend some time with the gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, flying to Kigali Rwanda and Track in Uganda this reduces to save on gorilla permit and on driving time between Entebbe airport and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
3 Day Uganda Gorilla trekking tour: this three-day gorilla tour, gives you the opportunity to see mountain gorillas in their natural habitat within those limited days.
3 Day Gorilla Safari in Uganda & Golden Monkey Tracking in Rwanda: On these three days, you will be delighted to visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for gorilla trekking and also visit Volcanoes National Park Parc National des Volcans has an amazing tourism view; you actually enjoy nature at its best as you adventure with the golden monkey, trekking will be done in the volcanoes adjacent to the border of Rwanda along with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hiking through the lush rainforest in search of the golden monkeys will be an existing adventure.
3 Days/ 2 Nights Nyungwe National Park & Lake Kivu Safari: This trip can start and ends in Kigali Rwanda’s capital city, Nyungwe rainforest is placed in the Southwestern part of Rwanda at the border with Burundi in the south, Lake Kivu and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
3 Days chimpanzee trekking safari in Kibale Forest National Park: On this trip, you will get the opportunity to visit the famous primate capital of Africa, Kibale forest also supports 70 species of mammals and 13 species of Primates among which include the common chimpanzee, Black and white colobus, and red-tailed monkey. The 375 Species of birds thieve in the park
6 Days Uganda Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation Tour: This tour is for those who wish to spend more time with the world’s great primate mountain gorillas and chimpanzees, this tour starts in the southern part of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the Rushaga sector for gorilla habituation experience and then to Kibale forest National Park for chimpanzee habituation experience, habituation allows to spend up to 4 hours with mountain gorillas and another 4 with chimps.
5 Days Uganda gorilla safari and wildlife viewing in Queen Elizabeth Park: This trip can start in Kigali Rwanda or s in Entebbe Uganda
6 Days Gorillas, game viewing & Mt Sabinyo Hiking Safari: get the opportunity to go for Mt Sabinyo volcano hiking in Mgahinga, gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, game viewing in Queen Elisabeth National Park and chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest.
7 Days Uganda Primates and Wildlife Safari Starting from Kigali Rwanda: Flying into Kigali and going for Uganda primate safari means saving money and time because trekking permits are more affordable in Uganda, for example, a gorilla permit in Rwanda cost $1500 while in Uganda it cost only $700, this means that if you trek gorillas in Uganda instead of Rwanda you will save $800 on each permit.
8 Days Uganda Gorilla+Chimp Tracking and Wildlife Tour: Proceeding to Bwindi Forest for Gorilla trekking and to Kibale Forest for chimp trek. Wind down with Lake Bunyonyi popularly known by tourists as the ‘Switzerland of Africa’ and locally as the home of little birds as the name “Bunyonyi” implies. This tour also offers you the chance to meet the Batwa pygmies.
12-Day Uganda and Rwanda Gorilla Tracking and Wildlife Safari: This tour starts with a stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino trekking, Murchison Falls National park, Kibale Forest National Park for the chimpanzee tracking, mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest, and Queen Elisabeth National Park for wildlife game viewing and boat ride on the Kazinga channel connecting lake Gorge and lake Edward.
14 Days Uganda gorillas-chimps and wildlife safaris from Rwanda: This starts from Kigali Rwanda with golden monkey trekking and volcano hiking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, white rhino tracking in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, safari game drives, and a boat ride on the Nile in Murchison Falls NP, game dive and a boat ride on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth NP, chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Swamp walk in Kibale NP, mountain gorilla tracking in Bwindi Forest. 
At Kisoro Tours we make it affordable: Traveling alone (Solo) doesn’t mean that you have to break the bank because you don’t share expenses with other travelers, in this article we are going to show the basic ways of planning an affordable tour to Rwanda or Uganda, some of the things that you have to do to make Uganda or Rwanda trip more affordable use budget accommodations facilities, if you book through us we have lodges and hotels we work with and gives us the best room rates which is one of the ways that enables us to offer affordable tours in Uganda and Rwanda
Planning an affordable budget for solo travelers 2024-2026
As we know traveling alone is not cheap because you have no one to the costs with, two Uganda and Rwanda, however Uganda is well known as the more affordable tourism destination in East Africa, for example in Uganda gorilla tracking permit costs $700 per person while Rwanda gorilla permit costs $1500 per person, this means tracking gorillas in Uganda instead of Rwanda you will be saving $800 on each gorilla permit.
As a guide for solo travelers to Uganda and Rwanda, it is very important to manage well your budget starting from the planning level, in order to manage it well, you have to look into your spending priorities, for example, you need to know the type of accommodation facility you are going to use, budget accommodation facility, luxury lodges, and transport, the three are the main factors that will determine the cost of affordable safari in East Africa. In addition to the three main factors, there are also the activities you are interested in because it also adds up to a budget, putting all this into consideration will help you to manage your expenses so that you can enjoy your trip to Africa without worrying about overspending while exploring Uganda or Rwanda.
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