RTT-PC001 - Bwindi Gorilla Encounter

After breakfast, your Rift & Tide Africa representative drive you to Bwindi impenetrable national park. You will stop en route to look at the Royal Drum makers, see the Equator where you can stand in both hemispheres simultaneously. Dinner and overnight at Nkuringo gorilla Camp.

The Aberdares bring forested highlands, cooler air, waterfalls and a mountain-lodge atmosphere that contrasts beautifully with savannah safari areas.

The overland movement is part of the travel story, with changing landscapes, local towns, escarpment views or border formalities handled as part of the day's rhythm.

Tual trek times can vary; these are wild animals after all. If time permits there are a diverse range of activities which are unique to Bwindi which you can participate in during the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Nkuringo gorilla Camp.

Bwindi is dense, ancient and deeply atmospheric, with gorilla trekking shaped by permit timing, forest conditions and the movement of the gorilla families.

The day is paced around walking rhythm, hydration, steady ascent or descent and careful attention to how the body is responding to altitude.

Depart Bwindi early in the morning to catch your return flight home in either Entebbe or Kigali.

Kigali brings a calm, organised gateway into Rwanda, with cultural depth, clean logistics and easy access to the country's gorilla and primate regions.

The routing is designed to reduce long road hours where possible, using scheduled flights or airstrip connections so that more of the day is spent in the destination rather than in transit.