Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Chimps Canopy Walk Golden Monkeys Safari, Enjoy a scenic drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park with en-route visit to Nyanza king’s palace and Butare national museum, Canopy Walk on the way you expect to encounter many primates such as colobus monkey, vervet monkeys, baboons among others as well as many forest birds,
after a few days of exploring Nyungwe enjoy another scenic drive northwards to Volcanoes national park in Musanze Ruhengeri district home to the Mountain Gorillas, before going trekking at the park headquarters for a briefing along with your gorilla tracking gear, enough drinking water, and packed lunch, after briefing you will be transferred to the forest to track the gorillas this activity takes you between 1-7 hours depending on the where the gorillas are in their natural habitat, once you find them you are allowed to spend a maximum of one hour viewing them see the young one playing with each other and in the evening don’t miss a cultural performance at Ib’iwachu Cultural Village on the ages of volcano mountains.
Golden Monkey tracking is one the activities that one can do while in Rwanda before or after gorilla tracking and it also needs to go to the park headquarters for briefing after you drive for few mints to Karisoke research centre established by Dian Fossey an American primatologist who dedicated all her life conserving the lives of gorillas both in Rwanda and Uganda until she was killed and buried next to Digit a silverback gorilla she loved most.
After you transfer to Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park either Rushaga, Nkuringo sectors in the Kisoro area, Ruhija sector Kabale area, or Buhoma sector Kanugu area, this Bwindi Forest is home to more than half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world.
Uganda gorilla trekking starts with a briefing by the park rangers about the dos and don’ts while tracking gorillas, his memorable adventure takes 1-8 hours but the time depending on the movement of the gorillas once you found them you stay with gorillas for one hour, while in Bwindi you need to visit Batwa community around the forest it’s entertaining and their unique culture is amazing.
Thereafter transfer to Kibale Forest National Park for Chimpanzee tracking and the only place in the world where you find 13 different types of primate species Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Swamp walk also starts with a briefing by ranger/guides after briefing you the drive to the starting point of the chimpanzee tracking and will be back in time for lunch and in the afternoon go for a nature walk in Bigodi Wetland
