Booking a 3 days gorilla habituation safari from Kigali is a great way of spending a longer time around mountain gorillas. Unlike the normal gorilla trekking experience that takes 1 hour, a gorilla habituation experience guarantees you up to four hours around gorillas.
On this 3 days Bwindi habituation tour from Kigali, you will learn how gorillas are made friendly to humans before they are made available for gorilla trekking. Please read the day to day program of this 3 days gorilla habituation safari below.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast at your accommodation facility in Kigali or shortly after your arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met by our tour guide who will brief you about the safari before driving to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. You can decide to carry out a brief city tour in Kigali City or rather just drive straight to Bwindi.
Driving straight means having lunch along your way in Kisoro or Kabale and carrying out a city tour means having lunch in Kigali. Either way, when you reach Rushaga Sector of Bwindi, you will transfer to your accommodation place for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Gorilla Habituation in Bwindi
This is the day you get to habituate gorillas. Gorilla habituation only takes place in the Rushaga Sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and nowhere else in the world. The activity is quite costly as gorilla habituation permits cost $1500 each compared to the normal $700 permits.
Gorilla habituation allows you to spend up to four hours around mountain gorillas unlike the normal gorilla trekking experience. It is basically an all-day experience. After spending four hours around gorillas, you will receive your respective gorilla habituation certificates and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer to Kigali
This is the day you transfer back to Kigali to catch up with your departure flight. You can decide to carry out a morning nature walk in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, carry out a boat cruise in Lake Bunyonyi or rather transfer straight to Kigali for your outbound flight.
