Gorilla Trekking Safaris
Uganda and Rwanda trips that include one gorilla permit per person in the published from-price.
Why go
An hour with a family of mountain gorillas is one of the few wildlife experiences that lives up to its reputation. There are only around a thousand of them left, all in the Virunga volcanoes and Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and the permit that lets you see them funds the rangers who keep them there. Safari Continents Travel's gorilla routes are the Uganda and Rwanda itineraries that include a permit in the published rate.
A trek day is a dawn briefing, a walk that can take one hour or six depending on where the family slept, and a strictly timed hour with them once the trackers find them. The walking is steep, muddy and above 2,000 metres, so a reasonable level of fitness helps. One trek uses one permit per person; where an itinerary includes two permits, the page says so.
Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park is the shortest trek from an international airport, around two and a half hours by road from Kigali to lodges on the edge of the park. Permits cost more in Rwanda and the lodges match. Uganda's Bwindi is a longer journey with permits at a lower price and an older, denser forest; many routes add Queen Elizabeth National Park or Murchison Falls on the Nile.
Gorillas combine well with a savannah safari. Kigali and Entebbe are a short flight from Nairobi and Kilimanjaro, so a trek can sit at the start or end of a Masai Mara or Serengeti trip, and a few nights on Zanzibar or in the Seychelles can close it.
Permits are limited to eight visitors per gorilla family per day, so dates matter; tell us yours early. The quote confirms the permit and comes before any payment.
Best Africa Gorilla Trekking Tours & Safaris
Priced itineraries written for this kind of trip. The rate is per person sharing. A quote comes before any payment.
From KSh585,578 to KSh608,950 pps
Affordable Rwanda Gorilla Trek
4 daysHighlights
A gorilla trek on the permit day. One trek uses one permit. Time on the water by boat or canoe.
Destinations visited
Kigali | Rwanda | Volcanoes National Park
From KSh618,038 pps
Uganda’s Luxury Gorilla Safari
5 daysHighlights
A gorilla trek on the permit day. One trek uses one permit.
Destinations visited
Bwindi National Park | Entebbe | Uganda
From KSh733,596 to KSh958,219 pps
Adventurer Uganda's Fly-In Gorilla Trek
5 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Bwindi National Park | Uganda
From KSh2,199,490 to KSh2,787,665 pps
Ultra-Luxury Rwanda Gorilla & Rainforest Experience
7 daysHighlights
A guided forest walk to look for chimpanzees. A gorilla trek on the permit day. One trek uses one permit.
Destinations visited
Kigali | Nyungwe | Rwanda | Volcanoes National Park
From KSh1,047,809 to KSh1,548,991 pps
8-Day Uganda’s Wild Waters to Bwindi
8 daysHighlights
White-water rafting is part of this route. A guided forest walk to look for chimpanzees.
Destinations visited
Bwindi National Park | Entebbe | Murchison Falls National Park | River Nile | Uganda
From KSh1,938,511 to KSh1,951,495 pps
Adventurer Congo's Gorillas & Forest Experience
8 daysHighlights
A gorilla trek on the permit day. One trek uses one permit.
Destinations visited
Congo | Odzala National Park
From KSh1,869,696 to KSh2,086,529 pps
Serengeti, Crater & Gorillas
9 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Bwindi National Park | Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti | Tanzania | Uganda
From KSh1,387,990 to KSh1,633,387 pps
10-Day Affordable Gorilla & Safari Adventure
10 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives.
Destinations visited
Kenya | Kigali | Masai Mara | Nairobi | Rwanda | Samburu
Good to know
Gorilla routes are the Uganda and Rwanda itineraries that include a gorilla permit. One trek uses one permit per person, unless that page says two permits are included.
Read the permit line
The included text is the source. If it says a gorilla permit, that permit is part of the published rate.
The trek is one day
A typical gorilla day is the briefing, the walk, and one hour with the group when the rangers allow it. The page does not promise a particular family.
Other nights are still a safari
Most of these trips add forest lodges or a savannah park around the trek. Those nights are listed with their own meals.
Fitness and age sit with you
The trek can be steep and wet. Say who is travelling when you ask for the quote, including children.
Enquire now
Pick the itinerary closest to what you want, tell us who is travelling and when, and we send a quote. Nothing is paid until you accept it.
Where to go
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From the journal
Planning
What to Pack for Gorilla Trekking
What to Pack for Gorilla Trekking is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.
Wildlife
Our Favourite African Gorilla Tours
Our Favourite African Gorilla Tours is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.
Wildlife
Where to Go in Africa to See Gorillas
Where to Go in Africa to See Gorillas is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.
Wildlife
Gorilla Trekking 101
Gorilla Trekking 101 is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.