11 days combined Rwanda Uganda Safari 2 Gorilla Treks , chimp and Big five animals
Get up close to the great apes of Rwanda and Uganda on this 11 days Rwanda Uganda safari which involves trekking of the gorillas twice in both Rwandas Volcanoes National Park and Ugandas Bwindi Impenetrable National Park . These 11 days also include chimpanzee tracking in kibale forest national park , golden monkeys in the volcanoes National Park, Rwanda and wildlife encounters in Queen Elizabeth National Park .
You will be picked up from either your hotel in Kigali or from the air port by your company preservative who will who will take you on a tour of Kigali city to visit the gisozi genocide site, local market and later transfer you north wards to volcanoes National Park in musanze province . On arrival you will check in the lodge for the night and dinner.
After an early breakfast, you will embark on your first gorilla trekking in east Africa , as you move to the park headquarters,for a briefing and your packed lunch, you will be heading for the gorilla trekking, the time taken highly depend on the location of the gorillas since they are wild animals in the wild . After encountering the gorillas you will take a maximum of one hour to have a memorable experience .
After lunch go for a cultural experience tour at the Ibyiwacu cultural village to learn about the kinyarwanda culture. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
After breakfast you will head out to track the golden monkey and after you will stay at leisure for the rest of the evening. Dinner and overnight at your lodge
Today you will wake up at a leisure and relax in your room with beautiful views of lake Bunyonyi . Later in the afternoon you will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to spend a night in the middle of the jungle and on arrival you will check into your lodge and relax awaiting gorilla trekking the next day.
After a great breakfast , proceed to the park headquarters with your packed lunch and briefed about dos and don’t’s of gorilla trekking . You will then inter the thick impenetrable forest in search of the rare intriguing giants . After great full one hour with them while observing and learning their behaviors as you take the photos return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
wake up at leisure and transfer to lake Bunyonyi . During the journey you will encounter beautiful sceneries Uganda and Rwanda have to offer and on arrival you will have lunch and later go for an afternoon boat ride on the lake which will reward you sites of different birds on the different small islands on the lake
Dinner and overnight at your preferred lodge.
After Breakfast, transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park , arriving in time for lunch , dinner and overnight at your lodge.
After breakfast, you will go for the morning game drive in kasenyi area in search of different wild animals. Later visit the katwe creator lakes, where you will spot , kitagata lake and the numerous kamengo creator and this will give you a clear view of different wildlife sights of species like the water buck, buffaloes,hippopotamus and a variety of birds like the black bee- eater, several species of the raptors and falcons.
Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
After breakfast, deapture from Queen Elizabeth National park for kibale forest national park the most popular destination for chimpanzee tracking and also a good habitat for a variety of birds species and other primates.
on the way to the park you will enjoy a game drive which will expose you to different wildlife encounters such as elephants, Uganda kobs and if you’re lucky you might spot a leopard perhaps a giant forest hog, on arrival in the afternoon, check in to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
After a heavy breakfast you will transfer to kanyachu park headquarters for briefing about the rules and regulations for chimpanzee tracking before you go for your morning chimpanzee tracking experience. you will penetrate through the forest under the guidance of an armed ranger for the tracking and along the way you might spot other primates like the Black and white colobus Monkey, red tailed monkey, Grey cheeked mangaby , L’hoest, Blue monkey , varvet monkey and many more. Return to the lodge for lunch and later go for the afternoon Bigodi swamp walk to search for different bird species . Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
After breakfast you will transfer back to Kampala reaching in time for lunch and depending on the schedule for your flight , you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight back home .
