Discover gorilla trekking, wildlife safaris and tailor-made journeys across Uganda, Rwanda and East Africa.
Plan Your Safari
Build your trip around what you actually want to do, how many days you have, and where you want to go. Start with a category below, then narrow it down by duration, style, and destination.
🧭 Safari Categories
🦍 Gorilla Safaris
Routes built around permit availability, sector access, and the shortest workable transfers into Bwindi or Volcanoes.
Choose a standard trek or a longer habituation route if you want more forest time and more planning support.
- Experience Style: Intense • Permit-led
- Key Detail: 8 permits are issued per gorilla family per day
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🦁 Wildlife Safaris
Game-drive routes across Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania with practical park sequencing and less wasted road time.
Best if you want Big 5 sightings, migration timing, or a cleaner split between savannah parks and forest trekking.
- Experience Style: Classic • Seasonal
- Key Detail: Early 6:00 AM starts usually give the strongest predator activity
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🐒 Primate Safaris
Chimpanzee and primate routes focused on Kibale, Kyambura, and combinations that work well with gorillas.
These itineraries suit you if you want active forest days, faster-moving tracking, and more than one primate experience in one trip.
- Experience Style: Active • Fast-moving
- Key Detail: Kibale tracking has about a 95% encounter rate
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🧳 Tailor-Made Safaris
Custom routes built around your dates, arrival airport, budget, and how much time you want on the road.
Use this if you want fly-in transfers, mixed countries, family pacing, or a private route that does not fit a fixed package.
- Experience Style: Flexible • Private
- Key Detail: Entebbe to Bwindi is about 9 hours by road or about 75 minutes by air
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🔎 Find the Right Safari For You
Duration
- 3–5 Days — Short gorilla or single-park safari
- 6–8 Days — Gorilla plus wildlife or chimps
- 9–12 Days — Uganda highlights or cross-border combination
- 13+ Days — Full East Africa journey
Style
- Luxury — Fly-in routes, premium lodges, less time on the road
- Mid-Range — Best balance of cost, comfort, and strong routing
- Adventure — More hiking, more road time, more field time
- Private Custom — Built around your exact priorities
Destination
- Uganda
- Rwanda
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Multi-country East Africa
📍 Most Popular Safari Routes
- 5-Day Gorilla Safari — Shortest practical routing from Kigali or Entebbe.
- 7-Day Primates & Wildlife — Gorillas, chimpanzees, and Queen Elizabeth NP.
- 10-Day Uganda Circuit — Best balance of primates, wildlife, and scenery.
- 14-Day East Africa Journey — Combine Uganda with Rwanda, Kenya, or Tanzania.
🗺️ Visual Route Map
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Need help choosing? Send us your dates, travel style, and arrival airport and we’ll point you to the best-fit route.
✅ Why Travel With Orugano Safaris?
- Forest-edge operations — We work directly near Bwindi for faster permit coordination and firsthand field knowledge.
- On-ground support — We handle airport pickups, route adjustments, and 24/7 local assistance.
- Direct Permit Handling — No middle-men; we secure your spot in the forest ourselves.
- Personalized planning — Your route is built around your dates, pace, and budget.
- Licensed — We operate as a fully licensed safari company.
📅 Planning Gorilla Trekking for 2026?
- High-season permits move early — June to September and December to February can sell out well ahead.
- Bwindi remains permit-led — if your dates are fixed, permit availability should be the first thing you check.
- Low-season can save money — April, May, and November often bring better permit value, but you should expect rain and muddy trails.
Send us your travel dates and we’ll check gorilla permit availability in real time.