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What are the best alternatives to Volcanoes Safaris for a luxury safari?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 2 November 2026
These are the companies with lodges of their own in the gorilla and chimpanzee parks, where Volcanoes Safaris has its lodges, read from their own websites and set beside it on the same facts.
Volcanoes Safaris on the same facts
Volcanoes Safaris is set out here on the same facts as the cards below, from its own website, so any alternative can be read against it.
- Camps: Virunga Lodge (Rwanda, Virunga volcanoes near the gorilla park)
- Rates: Lodge-only rates in USD, per person sharing, 2026 (standard banda / deluxe banda), high season (1 Jun-30 Sep, 15 Dec-28 Feb) then low season (1 Oct-14 Dec, 1 Mar-31 May): Bwindi $1,370 / $1,780 then $820 / $1,075.
- Children: Children of all ages are welcome at Mount Gahinga, Bwindi, Kibale and Kyambura Gorge lodges.
- Reviews: Google: 4.5 out of 5 from 18 reviews, read 20 October 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Volcanoes Safaris for a luxury safari?
Each card below sets out a camp owner in the great ape parks on the same facts as Volcanoes Safaris, its lodges and private guide terms, so the alternatives can be compared line by line.
Asilia Africa
- Best for
- Owned camps across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
- Camps in the gorilla and chimpanzee parks
- Uganda: Erebero Hills (Bwindi).
- Countries
- Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: 'Asilia Africa features safari camps and lodges in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.' Rwanda is mentioned only in the emergency numbers and as a combinable destination.
- Reviews
- Google: 4 out of 5 from 180 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.3 out of 5 from 24 reviews, read 19 and 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- www.asiliaafrica.com
Sanctuary Retreats
- Best for
- Lodges, camps and riverboats in six countries
- Camps in the gorilla and chimpanzee parks
- Gorilla Forest Lodge (Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda)
- Countries
- Safari lodges and camps in six countries: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
- Enquire
- www.sanctuaryretreats.com
Singita
- Best for
- Lodges and villas across five countries
- Camps in the gorilla and chimpanzee parks
- Rwanda: Volcanoes National Park (Kwitonda Lodge, Kataza House).
- Enquire
- singita.com
Wilderness
- Best for
- Camps across eight African countries
- Camps in the gorilla and chimpanzee parks
- Rwanda: Bisate Lodge, Bisate Reserve, Sabyinyo (Volcanoes NP)
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 71 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.8 out of 5 from 146 reviews, read 19 and 20 October 2026.
Alternatives to Volcanoes Safaris: the questions people ask
Which have their own aircraft or air service?
1 of the 4 does: Wilderness. Each one's own website says so.
Which publish a conservation model?
All 4 publish how they fund or run conservation.
Which publish a deposit?
1 of the 4 does: Asilia Africa. Each one's own website says so.
Which have guest reviews on Google, SafariBookings or Trustpilot?
2 of the 4 do: Asilia Africa and Wilderness. Each platform's rating and count are on the card, never added together.
Can I book these camps through Uncompromised Travel?
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell safaris. Each card has the company's own enquiry link; you can also book through a safari planner.
Where can I check these facts myself?
Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, under Sources, with the date they were read.
How were these camp owners chosen?
Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel safari camp owners table and its own website names, in one sentence about its own camps, a camp of its own in the gorilla and chimpanzee parks, the area where Volcanoes Safaris has its camps (a camp the site places only near or beside it, or a sentence about drives or partnerships, does not count). A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
How current are these facts?
Each company's website was read on 19 and 20 October 2026. Rates, child policies and reviews change, so confirm them with the camp before you book.
Is any company on this page paying to be here?
No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be listed.
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Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: facts each camp owner published on its own website, read on 19 and 20 October 2026, with reviews per platform (Google, SafariBookings and Trustpilot), from the Uncompromised Travel safari camp owners table. Companies whose websites would not open are not on this page. Cards are in alphabetical order. Photos are stock images from Pexels and do not show any company's camp. How this site earns · How we work.