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.
Still, you can change anything here. In fact, this is the route we plan most often. So tell us what to keep, lengthen or swap, and we’ll send you your own version, fully priced.
June–September and December–February: drier trekking in the Virungas, with June–September also migration season in the Mara.
US travelers: check current entry requirements for each country on travel.state.gov and 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 by us and quoted separately at cost: $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
Finally, fly back to Nairobi and connect to your international flight.
Where you’ll stay on this route
We select your accommodation privately after we understand your dates, pace and priorities. Then we recommend each camp, lodge or villa for its location, guiding, privacy, room configuration and seasonal suitability. Also, you’ll see the places we suggest, and why, in your 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 budget, your camps and the season. No set packages.
10 days · 10-Day Rwanda-Kenya
June – September and December – February
Once-in-a-lifetime travelers
Mountain gorillas, then the Mara
Every itinerary is priced individually, to your budget.
Based on two guests sharing. Final pricing depends on season, camps, private guiding, internal flights and itinerary length. However, this price excludes international flights.
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.
In short, this itinerary is a starting shape, not a package, and 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’d like to go and what you’d change. After that, we’ll send back your own fully priced version within a few days.
We build this gorilla safari itinerary around permit dates, and everything else moves to fit them.
Plan your safari