Ethiopia & East Africa · office in Gondar · Open daily · 8:00 - 18:00 (East Africa Time)
Trekking & Primate
Meeting the mountain gorillas. Trek misty rainforest for close encounters with mountain gorillas — in Uganda's Bwindi and Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, on one seamless journey.
From
From USD 1,200 per person
Includes gorilla permits (both countries) — your full quote is confirmed when you enquire.
This six-day journey visits the world's premier mountain gorilla destinations: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda and Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
With permits arranged in advance, you'll trek into the rainforest to spend a guarded hour with a gorilla family, guided by expert trackers and rangers.
Between treks, you'll travel through two of Africa's most beautiful and welcoming countries, with comfortable lodges in the misty highlands.
Route difficulty
Regular walking days at altitude at a measured pace.
Best time to go
Meet your guide in Kigali, tour the moving Genocide Memorial, then overnight in the capital.
Cross the border into Uganda and drive through terraced hills to the forest edge of Bwindi.
A birder's dawn, then meet your trackers and trek to one of Bwindi's habituated gorilla families for a full hour with the group.
Return through the hills of the Kigezi highlands, crossing back into Rwanda for the night near the volcanoes.
Choose a second gorilla trek or the easy golden monkey experience in the bamboo of the Virungas.
Drive back to Kigali for your onward flight, or extend into the rest of East Africa.
A reasonable level of fitness — you'll walk 3–8 hours daily at high altitude.
Travellers who want a complete, in-depth journey across Ethiopia and beyond.
Run small-group or privately so the experience stays personal.
Not sure it's the right fit? We'll help you choose — see how we plan trips.
Indicative pricing
US$ 2,400
US$ 1,200 per person × 2
Moderately demanding — expect 1 to 6 hours of steep, muddy forest hiking. Porters and guides support you, and a reasonable fitness base is all that's required.
Effectively guaranteed. Ranger-led groups track a known, habituated family daily, allowing you an hour with them once found.
Mara, Serengeti and the crater
The classic East African safari in one seamless journey — the Masai Mara, the Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro crater and Africa's greatest wildlife spectacles.
Stone Town, spice and white sand
Wind down from safari or summit with the perfect island finish — Stone Town's lanes, spice tours and the powder-white beaches of the east coast.
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The very best of the mountain gorilla experience — misty rainforests, a quarter of the world's gorillas, and the 'Pearl of Africa'.
The land of a thousand hills — volcano slopes, golden monkeys and gorilla country at its most accessible and meticulously conserved.
Send us an inquiry and we'll confirm availability, answer your questions and finalise every detail for you.
