Treks can involve several hours of hiking on uneven forest terrain, so a reasonable level of fitness helps, but porters are available to assist and treks are paced to the group.

Both offer excellent trekking; Uganda tends to have more permit availability and lower permit costs, while Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is more compact and quicker to reach from the capital.

Yes — a short flight from Nairobi to Entebbe makes it straightforward to add a few days of gorilla trekking to a broader East Africa itinerary.