The gorilla trekking safari itinerary, day by day
A gorilla trekking safari itinerary built around two encounters that change people — a permitted hour with mountain gorillas in the Virunga forests, then big cats on the Mara’s golden plains.
Nothing here is fixed — this is the shape we design most often. Tell us what to keep, stretch or swap, and your version arrives priced and complete.
June–September — drier trekking in the Virungas and migration season in the Mara.
US travelers: check current entry requirements for each country on travel.state.gov — we also walk you through visas at booking.
Kigali
Arrive Rwanda; city tour and the moving Genocide Memorial before heading to the volcanoes.
Volcanoes NP
Two gorilla treks (permits secured and included — $1,500 each, limited to 96 visitors daily) plus golden monkeys, from a luxury forest lodge.
Nairobi
Fly to Kenya; overnight and regroup.
Maasai Mara
Private-conservancy game drives, balloon over the plains and sundowners over the Mara River.
Home
Fly back to Nairobi and connect to your international flight.
Where you’ll stay on this route
Your accommodation is selected privately after we understand your dates, pace and priorities. We recommend each camp, lodge or villa for its location, guiding, privacy, room configuration and seasonal suitability. Your carefully curated selection will be presented within your tailor-made proposal.
Plan your private safariEvery camp night, all meals and house drinks on safari.
A private expert guide and 4x4 where specified; at fly-in camps, game drives may be shared unless a private vehicle is reserved.
Park fees, light-aircraft hops and meet-and-greet on every leg.
Priced to your camps, season and style — no set packages, no surprises.
10 days · 10-Day Rwanda-Kenya
June – September and December – February
Once-in-a-lifetime travelers
Mountain gorillas, then the Mara
Most private NndeeAfrika journeys begin from USD 12,000 per person, and every itinerary is priced individually.
Based on two guests sharing. Final pricing depends on season, camps, private guiding, internal flights and itinerary length. International flights are excluded.
Every camp named night by night · internal flights and transfers · park and conservancy fees · meals and game activities per each lodge’s terms · airport meet & greet · a founder’s direct line while you travel.
This itinerary is a starting shape, not a package — every journey is fully tailor-made around your dates, pace and interests. Design this journey privately →
Questions about this journey
Make this journey yours.
Tell us when you want to go and how you'd bend this route — a specialist sends back your tailored, fully priced version within days. No pressure, ever.
This gorilla safari itinerary is built around permit dates, and everything else moves to fit them.
Most of our travelers arrive the old-fashioned way — sent by someone who just came home.
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