I agree with the advice provided by sjk1279 above that there is a lot to see and do. Depending on your interests, you could also go Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park, and/or Rhino tracking in the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Just get in touch with Africa Adventure Safaris and explain what your interests are and they will be able to put together an excellent itinerary for you.

For me it was all about the gorillas. I recommend you do two treks. I did one in Rwanda and one in Uganda. There is no guarantee which gorilla family you will get assigned by the park and you want to try and see as many as you can. I saw far more gorillas in Rwanda. The permit fees for the monkeys should be the same in Uganda and Rwanda. The difference is the permit fees for the gorillas. Rwanda has several treks you can do in Volcanoes National Park. I did the Dian Fossey trek and visited her grave and former research camp. It was a tough trek in the mountains with lots of mud but my porter helped me out and I was so glad I visited. It was so beautiful up there and the vegetation is stunning. The Lake Area between Uganda and Rwanda is also beautiful. I thought Kigali was an amazing city. Beautiful rolling hills and lush vegetation. The Rwandan memorials to the genocide are also must visits. Make sure you get the East African Visa which allows travel between Uganda and Rwanda and Kenya. Much easier then paying for individual visas for all the countries. Finally, June is rainy season up their so factor that in for gear, difficulty of hikes, etc. Many clear days but the downpours make the trails slippery and muddy. Still an amazing experience to be standing in front of these gentle giants.

I believe it’s the ‘in country’ charge and not something Africa Adventures can do anything about - but best ask them. Whatever, you’ll have an experience of a lifetime. I hope you enjoy your trip.

We were there May 9-21. It rained pretty heavy the first couple of days, but was very sporadic the rest of the trip with no rain at all on a couple of days. In talking with some of the local farmers, Rwanda is in a slight drought. Even though it rained on us during our Gorilla Trek, it was still an awesome trip.

We had a good experience with Maclean. We wired the money and received a scanned receipt by email within a day or two, as I recall. We did not receive a copy of the permits but I imagine you could request them to be scanned in as well. I was worried about that also as I had been told by a couple of travel agencies that permits were not available for the days I wanted. I asked about two days after we received the scanned receipt and Maclean told us that they had already procured the permits. We received an email that told us which lodging had been confirmed for us but we did not get any documentation for that. I will say that this was a fabulous trip. We saw the mountain gorillas and the golden monkeys on a different day. The only glitch was that our driver did not arrive at our hotel in Kigali at 8:00 am as scheduled the morning we were due to depart. After several phone calls, which the hotel staff was very helpful with, the driver was tracked down and finally arrived at 9:40 am. It turned out that he had thought he was supposed to pick us up at 9:00 am and then had some issues with the vehicle. Everything turned out okay in the end. He was a great tour guide around Kigali and took us to the genocide museum (must see!) before heading out to our hotel in Uganda. He was a great driver on some of the scary mountain roads! (I also wish someone would have told us that our drive would have been less scary if we had picked a different type of hotel which would have been closer to the gorilla trip starting point!) But overall the gorillas and monkeys more than made up for any small inconveniences!

See above answer call Anna at African Adventure Safaris and let her handle you will be amazed!

For a one night two day tour: $1200pp staying in budget, $1350pp staying in mid range and $1500pp staying in luxury accommodation (including everything)