4 Days Uganda Golden Monkey and Batwa Trail

Today after breakfast your driver will transfer you to Kisoro – Uganda at the base of the Virunga Volcanoes. Enjoy the winding roads of the thousand hills and magnificent views of the Volcanoes

Golden monkeys are in the Virunga volcanoes shared between Uganda, DR Congo and Rwanda. You will leave the lodge after an early morning breakfast and your guide will transfer you to the briefing point where the golden monkey trekking starts. You will be received by a ranger who will offer information on what to expect while in the park as you search for the golden monkeys. The golden monkeys are generally more active than the gorillas and you will follow them as they move all over the place and feed.

Just like gorilla trekking, you are only allowed to spend 1 hour with the golden monkey before you start your descent back to the starting point and your lodge. They love feeding on bamboo shoots among other foods like fruits, vegetation and sometimes ants.

The Batwa are an indigenous tribe that lived in the forest of the Virunga volcanoes and depended on it for livelihood before they were turned into national parks to help in conservation of the gorillas, golden monkeys, and other fauna and flora. They were hunters and fruit gatherers co existing with these wildlife. Today you will meet some of the Batwa and they will take you through the forest and share hoe they lived and depended on the forest and survived attacks from the animals.

The proceeds from this, goes into a fund which is used to purchase land and build for the different Batwa families.

Today after breakfast, the driver guide will transfer you to Entebbe or Kigali cityand you proceed to the airport for your flight home.