Uganda Rwanda Gorilla Tours and Wildlife Safaris in East Africa

Uganda Gorilla trekking safaris

Uganda gorilla safari/ Uganda gorilla tours/ Uganda gorilla trekking is simply termed as one of the most thrilling activities one can ever do while on a uganda safari.Gorilla trekking in Uganda has been termed as the higlight and the epitome of tourism in Uganda. The activity sees the practitioners delve into the jungles in search for the mountain gorillas. In Uganda, mountain gorilla trekking takes place in two national parks namely Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park , which is the most popular gorilla trekking destination in uganda and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park . In total, Uganda hosts almost half of the world's remaining endangered mountain gorilla poulation hence explaining why gorillas are guarded jealously in Uganda. The whole activity of gorilla trekking in Uganda entails getting to the where the location is, going through the necessary briefings about the dos and donts involved in gorilla trekking later you will delve in the jungles in search for the gentle giants, the search is also dependant on the proximity of the gorilla family you have been a signed to search from, some take longer hours while other take a shorter time. Upon meeting the gorilla, a series of interactions take place, from taking photos, to finding out how gorilla do their activities, which entails making nests and feeding, this aperfct opportunity to take photos. Later, after gorilla trekking, you will simply head back to the briefing point and be transferred back to any place of your choice.

Rwanda gorilla Trekking Tours

Rwanda also reffered to as the land of athousand hills is a popular travel destination, known for having a beautiful landscape, amazing people, unspoiled nature and above all a worthy travel destination. Rwanda is famous for the popular activity dubbed the Rwanda gorilla trekking/Rwanda gorilla safari/Rwanda gorilla tour/ Rwanda gorilla safari. Gorilla tour in Rwanda is done in Volcanoes national park that is also part of the greater Virunga Massif area that comprises Virunga National Park in congo, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and Volcanoes National Park itself. Volcanoes National Park gorilla trekking is a thrilling activity. It all starts from where you make your landing, if its kigali, you certainly have to drive Ruhengeri district in the northwestern part of the country in Musanze.

The trekking exercise starts in the morning where visitors are briefed about how to go about gorilla trekking as they are entertained by the traditional dancers. They will then get assigned the ranger guides and gorilla family to trek from, later head to the jungles in search of the gorillas and upon finding the gorillas, you will interact with them in form of taking photos, finding out how they go about their life ie making nests. Later after gorilla trekking, you will depart back to the briefing point and be transferred back to your accommodation area of simply head to any destination of your choice. For any gorilla trekking safari packages in Rwanda simply refer to Acheive Global Safaris (Uganda Rwanda safari / Uganda Rwanda gorilla tours), we simply make the whole process impeccable.

For a heads up, what you need for gorilla trekking in Rwanda is simply gorila trekking trekking permit issued by the Rwanda development board. But we achieve global safaris, we save you all the burden of making all those requests by simply crafting the best safari package for you.

Gorilla Tours in Congo

Congo gorilla trekking is another awsome activity done in congo. before we dwell much on the gorilla trekking congo, Congo remains one of the mist unspoiled destionations when it comes to travels, the country is endowed with vast lands filled with so much raging from the minerals, natureal forests, mountains , national parks parks among others. its is also said that congon is one of richest countries in the world and Africa at large interns of natural resources, the country also hold a record of being one of the largest country in Africa. in regards to congo gorila trekking, the country is blessed with two destions where gorilla trekking tours are conucted from, the most popular one is Virunga national park famous for the endagred mountain gorilla trekking and Kahuzi biega national park n bukavu district known for Estern lowland gorilla trekking.

The most popular congo gorilla trekking destination in congo is Virunga national park which is still part of the great virunga masif area that is shared by Uganda, Rwanda and Congo.for one to take part in gorilla trekking in congo definiltely need to have a gorilla trekking permit which is a must issued by the authorities later if one will be trekking from virunga the flight drops them in Kigali and then later drive to the Rwanda congo boarder in Gisenyi later finsihing with the boarder clearences of visa , cross in into congo and to Goma town, and later to virunga national park for gorilla trekking . After gorilla trekking the return journey will still follow the same procedure.

Uganda Tour Destination and activities

Murchison Falls

Visit the biggest and oldest national park in Uganda. Murchison Falls National park covers approximately 3,870km. Murchson Falls National Pak derives its name from the famous waterfall, which is formed when the Victoria Nile forces its way through a narrow cliff with a thunderous roar.

Chimpanzee trekking Uganda safaris

Chimpanzee trekking is one of the amazing safaris to encounter well in Uganda. There about 21 countries in Africa however they are better sighted in Uganda because the park that inhabits the chimpanzees is densely populated. Kibale Forest is one of the area’s best for chimpanzee tracking however they can as well be sighted in Budongo forest, in Murchison falls National park or even in Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth National park.

Kidepo valley National Park

Kidepo valley National park, it’s a true nature with scenic savanna landscapes. The park covers an area of 1,442kms. The Park inhabits a number of mammals including cheetahs, leopards, lions and many more. Kidepo valley national park is the smallest wildlife park rich in wild games. The birds are flourish a total of 400 bird species, rich mammals such as 68 different mammals including buffaloes, leopards, hyenas ,zebras and many more.

Sipi Falls

Sipi falls safaris, is one of the gorgeous of waterfalls in Uganda it’s located in the foothills of Mountain Elgon overlooking a plain. The waterfalls are beautiful the main fall of the fall attracts a big number of visitors in the area, there a number of lodges.

Lake Bunyonyi

The lake is the second deepest crate lake in the world, the park is named after a local word which means a place of many birds. With a total of 26 islands, some of the areas are inhabit and terraced for agriculture. Watch as crested fly overhead paddle through misty mornings as the crested cranes.

Lake Mutanda

This is an amazing lake found in Kisoro for relaxing and exploring the town after visiting the mountain Gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable forest and Mgahinga national park. Spot the bird species, water activities enjoy watching the inhabitants of the place.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National park is a habitant area for the mountain Gorillas in the wild the largest population of these endangered primates in the three countries that inhabit the mountain Gorillas is found in Bwindi impenetrable National park.The park is always recognized by the UNESCO a world heritage site.

Kibale Forest National Park

The park is found in the town of Fort Portal in the western part of Uganda, east of the Rwenori Mountains, the green rain forest covers 766kms it ranges in 1600m.the forest is both Montana and lowland forest with Queen Elizabeth National park.

Mountain Rwenzori

Mountain Rwenzori is found at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo. Margherita is one of the snow capped peak found at Rwenzori mountain it stands at a height of 5109m, stretching to 110km in length..UNESCO a world heritage has also included a range of landscapes; it’s a thick tropical rainforest on lower slopes.

Mount Elgon National Park

The park is located at the border between Uganda and Kenya. Mountain Elgon National Park has one of the largest volcano caldera in the world which covers over 40km2 on top. It’s the second highest mountain in Uganda, after mountain Rwenzori, wagagai is the highest peak at a height of 4,450km.

Sese Islands

The island is located along the north-west part of the shores of Lake Victoria. It’s stunning with white sands of the beaches making it a great place to relax. Encounter and enjoy a good canoe ride, beautiful sceneries’ however you’re not allowed to swim there is a risk of bilharzias usually crocodiles and hippos are seen in the area.

Semuliki National Park

The park is 230sqkm of the valley floor between the heights of the huge steaming jungle of central Africa region and East Africa. The park offers a lot including visiting the hot springs, birding, sceneries, primates, wildlife and many more.

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh water lake in the world and the largest in Africa, there a number of activities to encounter these include canoeing, relaxing, birding, swimming, fishing and many more to encounter, the lake stretches between western and Eastern rift valleys.

Rwanda Tour 2025 / 2026

The Rwanda safari/ Rwanda Tours is among the most amazing safaris that you can embark on for a memorable time in Africa, Rwanda is among the safest countries that tourists can visit for an amazing time during the visit given the fact that the country has a lot to offer that will cater for different tourists interested in visiting different tourism sites all over the country and different types of tourism like religious tourism, leisure and wellness tourism, adventure tourism, cultural tourism among other types of tourism that will make your safari quite memorable.

The world is threatened by corona virus which has made travel qui8te difficult for tourists interested in visiting a number of safari destinations but with the different standard operating procedures that the government of Rwanda has put in place, it has made travelling quite easy and tourism possible in the country which will enable you to explore the best of Rwanda 2025 / 2026 by visiting a number of rewarding sites in Rwanda.

Explore the Best of Rwanda Wildlife

Gorilla trekking/ Rwanda gorilla tour Explore the best of Rwanda 2026 / 2027 by taking part in gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park the home to the endangered mountain gorilla in Rwanda. gorilla trekking in Rwanda involves tourists hiking the virunga mountains in order to access the habituated gorilla families. As you get to the gorilla families, you will have the chance to spend one hour with them observing their feeding patterns where you will get to see them feeding on a number of fruit you will also get to see them eating bamboo shoots and stems, how they co-exist with one another their grooming patterns that can be seen as the young adults take care of one another, how they co-exist with one another and their surrounding environment and at the end of your activity, you will get to see how they construct their nests for overnight stay, you will take a number of pictures of the primates to make your activity quite rewarding

Golden monkey trekking: As part of exploring the best of Rwanda 2026 / 2027, you will also have the chance to take part in golden monkey trekking in volcanoes national park another amazing activity in the country. golden monkey is another activity that will give you the chance to understand the endangered monkey species that are endemic to the albertine rift and these can be found in Mgahinga National Park, Virunga National Park, and Volcanoes National Park.

chimpanzee trekking Explore the best of Rwanda 2026/2027 by taking part in chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe National Park, one of the most rewarding national parks in Rwanda. The park is home to over 1000 chimpanzees and a number of other primate species that can make chimpanzee tracking in Rwanda quite memorable. During chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe national park, you will set out very early to Cyamudongo or Nyungwe forest to track the habituated troops. During the activity, you will get to understand many interesting facts about the chimpanzees that will make your activity quite memorable. Interesting about chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe National Park is the fact that you will also have the chance to see several monkey species, like dent’s monkey, black and white colobus monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey, among other monkey species.

The big five animals in RwandaAs you explore the best of Rwanda 2026 / 2027 don’t forget taking part in tracking the big five animals in akagera national park, the animals can be seen by taking part in the activities in akagera national park like the morning and evening game drives where you will have the chance to see a number early risers catching their first bite of the day like the impala, oribi, elephants, buffaloes rhinos and during the evening game drives, you will get to see carnivores like the lions, leopards, hyenas hunting their prey. You can also get to see the big five as you take part in the boat cruise on Lake Ihema, during the nature walks, and other activities in the park.

Explore the Best Of Rwanda Tours & Physical Features

Virunga mountains As you explore the best of Rwanda tour 2026 / 2027 don’t forget to visit volcanoes national park in order to take part in the virunga mountains hike. The park is a home to five of the eight virunga mountains in Rwanda namely; mount Muhabura, mount sabyinyo, mount Gahinga, mount karisimbi and mount Bisoke where you will get to see a number of attractions like dian Fossey’s grave, the Karisoke research station, a number of rewarding views of the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo. You will also have the chance to see a number of amazing attractions of the different primate species that is the golden monkeys, the mountain gorillas and other primate species to make your activity quite rewarding.

Boat cruise on lake Ihema
Have an amazing time in akagera national park as you take part in the boat cruise on lake Ihema where you will get to have an amazing time in the park observing the wildlife in the park co-exists as you have relaxing cruises. You will also get to see the sun set as you watch a number of water birds like the brested roller, black headed gonalek Ross’s turaco, Heuglin’s robin chat, Amur falcon, brown crested lapwing, shoe bill stork, western reef heron, , blue shouldered robin-chat, eleonora’s falcon, tabora cisticola booted eagle, grey hornbill, African King fisher red faced barbet catching their prey.

Explore the Best Of Rwanda Culture

Genocide safari
Understand more about the dark period in Rwanda by taking part in the Rwanda genocide tour in order to learn more about the events that led to the Rwanda genocide and its impacts to the Rwandans. Among the Rwanda genocide sites that can be visited include; kigali genocide memorial museum which had three display areas where you will get to see the victims of the genocide, how a number of people where killed among other interesting features of the genocide. Other genocide museums that can be visited around the country include Gisozi genocide memorial museum, Bugesera reconciliation camp, Nyarubuye genocide memorial site and Ntarama genocide memorial site among other sites.

Visiting cultural villages You can also get to visit the cultural villages of Rwanda to have a memorable activity as you explore the best of Rwanda 2026 / 2027. Some of the cultural villages that can be visited include Humure refugee village, where you will get to understand more about the refugees from Tanzania who settled in the country. During your safari, you will understand the events that led to their migration, among other rewarding activities during your safari. Other cultural villages include the Kitabi and Banda cultural village where you will get the chance to see how the people of Rwanda used to carry out their daily activities, like farming, cattle rearing, and cultural festivals. You will also be taught how to cook traditional meals in Rwanda for an amazing Rwanda safari.