4-Day Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi from Kigali with Lake Mutanda Stay

• Your tour representative will be at Kigali Airport to pick you up from your flight.

• Depending on your arrival time, you can visit some of Kigali's craft markets to browse pottery, carvings, batik, weaving, sculpture, musical instruments, leather, and fabrics on offer. Be prepared to haggle. All activities today are at your own cost.

• Spend the night at a lovely accommodation. Flame Tree Village is ideally located on the outskirts of Kigali, where you can enjoy the tranquillity. The rooms have en-suite bathrooms and overlook the tropical gardens, and there is a swimming pool where you can refresh yourself.

Accommodation: Flame Tree Village, a mid-range lodge located in or near Kigali.

Meals & drinks: Meals at own expense; drinks not included.

• A representative of Mutanda Lake Resort will pick you up from your accommodation. From Kigali, you will be transferred in about 4 hours to Mutanda Lake Resort in Uganda.

• Departure from Kigali is no later than noon. Your Uganda visa can be obtained at the border.

• Mutanda Lake Resort is spectacularly located on a private peninsula stretching into Lake Mutanda. With small islands dotting the surrounding lake and a backdrop of misty volcanoes in nearby Rwanda and DR Congo, this setting never fails to impress visitors.

• The main building, where the restaurant is located, resembles a Swiss chalet with an African touch - the perfect place to enjoy a sundowner while watching otters visit the shore, or to cuddle up next to the fireplace. The cottages are built on wooden platforms, each with a private veranda and en-suite bathroom.

Accommodation: Mutanda Lake Resort, a mid-range lodge located in or near Lake Mutanda.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; drinks not included.

• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is home to both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees - the only forest in Africa that can make this claim. It also hosts five other species of primate, 113 species of mammals, more than 200 species of butterflies, and 360 bird species.

• The gorillas you will track belong to one of nine habituated family groups that can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period each day. Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, through entwined vines, bushes, and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorillas' habitat.

• The time taken to track the gorillas can be as little as 2 hours or as much as 7 hours before returning. Once the gorillas have been located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them.

• Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly humbling and emotional experience. This is a fantastic and privileged opportunity to get up close and personal with Uganda's very own 'Gorillas in the Mist'.

Accommodation: Mutanda Lake Resort, a mid-range lodge located outside Bwindi NP.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; drinks not included.

• After breakfast - no later than 10 am - you will be transferred back to Kigali Airport by the driver from Mutanda Lake Resort.

• Accommodation in Kigali is not included. If you wish to spend an extra night in Kigali, this is possible at an additional cost.

• This is the end of what is hopefully a wonderful tour.

Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation).

Meals & drinks: Breakfast included; lunch and dinner not included. Drinks not included.