5-Day Rwanda Gorilla & Akagera

Day 1: Fly Kigali to Musanze (Ruhengeri). Afternoon visit to the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Day 2: Mountain gorilla trekking — the day that defines the trip. One hour with a habituated family in the Virunga volcanic forest.

Day 3: Golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park. Afternoon transfer to Kigali or fly to Akagera.

Day 4: Full day Akagera National Park. Morning game drive for lion and rhino, afternoon Lake Ihema boat safari.

Day 5: Morning Akagera drive, afternoon return to Kigali for international flight.

8-Day Uganda & Rwanda Primates

Day 1: Fly Entebbe, transfer to Kibale Forest.

Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking, Kibale National Park.

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth, afternoon Kazinga Channel boat safari.

Day 4: Ishasha tree-climbing lions, drive to Bwindi.

Day 5: Mountain gorilla trekking, Bwindi — Uganda permit.

Day 6: Cross into Rwanda via Katuna border. Drive to Volcanoes NP.

Day 7: Mountain gorilla trekking — Rwanda permit. Different family, different forest, different experience.

Day 8: Golden monkey trekking or Dian Fossey campus. Fly Kigali.