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Ten metres from a silverback.
Gorilla trekking, savannah safaris and the Indian Ocean. Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, run from Kigali.
Volcanoes, Rwanda
Four countries, run as one region from Kigali.
Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are planned by one operator, so you can combine them on a single invoice. Choose the country that holds the animal you most want to see and start there.
Signature journeys
Nine routes we run again and again.
3 days/Rwandafrom 2,180Virunga Gorilla Express
Land in Kigali, trek to one gorilla family in Volcanoes National Park, and be back at the airport on day three. Built for travellers who have three days and one aim.
7 days/Rwandafrom 4,250Rwanda Primate Circuit
Seven days across Rwanda's three great parks: Big Five savannah at Akagera, mountain gorillas in the Virungas, and chimpanzees with a canopy walkway in Nyungwe.
6 days/Ugandafrom 2,890Bwindi Gorillas and Queen Elizabeth
Gorillas at Rushaga in Bwindi, tree-climbing lions at Ishasha, zebra at Lake Mburo and a canoe on Lake Bunyonyi, all by road from Entebbe in six days.
10 days/Ugandafrom 4,980Uganda Primate Grand Tour
Ten days linking Uganda's four big draws: Murchison Falls on the Nile, chimpanzees at Kibale, lions at Queen Elizabeth and gorillas at Bwindi, ending with a flight to Entebbe.
7 days/Kenyafrom 3,640Mara and Amboseli
Amboseli's big-tusked elephants under Kilimanjaro, then three days in the Maasai Mara for lion, cheetah and, from July to October, the migration.
8 days/Tanzaniafrom 5,420Great Migration Serengeti
Eight days from Arusha through Tarangire and the Ngorongoro Crater to the Serengeti, with camps chosen to put you where the herds are that month.
- 12 days/Tanzaniafrom 6,780
Serengeti and Zanzibar
Six nights on safari through Tarangire, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti, then five on Zanzibar: Stone Town, reef snorkelling at Mnemba Atoll and the red colobus of Jozani.
- 11 days/Rwanda + Kenyafrom 7,350
Gorillas and the Mara
Gorillas and golden monkeys in Rwanda's Virungas, then a flight to Nairobi and four days in the Maasai Mara. Eleven days across two countries on one booking.
16 days/Rwanda + Uganda + Kenya + Tanzaniafrom 11,600East Africa Grand Circuit
Sixteen days through Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania: two gorilla treks, Queen Elizabeth, the Mara, Amboseli and the Serengeti, with regional flights and border crossings handled for you.
Sixty minutes with a gorilla family.
The hour with the family is fixed and groups are capped at eight trekkers, so we plan the whole day around it. Rwanda is the shorter road from Kigali, Uganda is the cheaper permit, and we book either one.
- Rwanda permit
- USD 1,500
- Uganda permit
- USD 800
- with the family
- 60 min
Seven things we build trips around.
Choose what you came to see. We plan the route, the lodges and the dates around it.
Gorilla trekking
One hour with a habituated mountain gorilla family, in Rwanda's Virungas or Uganda's Bwindi.
Chimpanzee tracking
Track a habituated chimpanzee community on foot through Kibale in Uganda or Nyungwe in Rwanda.
The Great Migration
About 1.5 million wildebeest circle the Serengeti and Mara on a loop set by the rains.
Big Five safari
Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino, found in Akagera, the Mara, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
Birding
Shoebill at Mabamba swamp, Albertine Rift endemics in Nyungwe, and flamingos on Lake Nakuru.
Zanzibar and the reef
Three or four barefoot days on the Zanzibar coast, with a reef to snorkel.
Culture and community
Intore dance in Rwanda, Maasai visits in Kenya and Tanzania, with fees paid straight to the community.
Why book direct
Booked by the people who run the trip.
Booking with an operator in Kigali puts fewer hands between you and the gorillas. This is what that changes in practice.
One office, four countries
We are based in Kigali, a two hour drive from the Virunga treeline, so reaching the gorillas never needs an internal flight.
Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are run as one region. A Rwanda and Kenya trip is one operator and one invoice.
2 hr
by road, Kigali to the Virunga treeline
1 invoice
for a Rwanda and Kenya trip
Permits are held first
Gorilla permits sell out. We secure yours before we invoice the balance of the trip, so the date is safe before the rest of the money moves.
Registered with the Rwanda Development Board
Local people on the road
Your driver-guide is from the region you are travelling in. Where a trip includes a community visit, the fee is paid directly to the community.
Paid direct
community visit fees
A named contact throughout
One named person stays reachable for the whole trip, including on WhatsApp. You message a person, not a queue.
What guests wrote back.
“We landed in Kigali at 6 pm and were at Kinigi by 7 the next morning, permit already held. Our guide moved us twice for light in the sixty minutes.”
Oliver PembertonWildlife photographer, BristolVirunga Gorilla Express “Gorillas on day two, golden monkeys on day three, chimpanzees in Nyungwe on day five. The canopy walk was pulled forward a day to beat the afternoon rain.”
Katharina BrandtRetired biology teacher, FreiburgRwanda Primate Circuit “We were put in Rushaga on the shortest hike for our fourteen year old, which mattered. Two days later the Ishasha lions were lying in their fig tree.”
Daan VerhoevenTravelled with two teenagers, UtrechtBwindi Gorillas and Queen Elizabeth “They booked a conservancy bordering the Mara, so a leopard sighting had two vehicles instead of eleven. Amboseli gave us tuskers on the pan with Kilimanjaro clear at 6 am.”
Hamish ReillyRetired civil engineer, BrisbaneMara and Amboseli “Our guide left camp at 5 am to reach the Kogatende crossing point before the other vehicles. We watched two crossings from the bank.”
Marcus TeoProduct designer, SingaporeGreat Migration Serengeti
Talk to a person
Tell us when you can travel.
Send your dates and who is coming. A planner in Kigali writes back with a route.