08 Days Rwanda – Uganda safari

Upon arrival to Kigali international airport, you will meet our safari guide who will transfer you to the Hotel for an overnight stay (bed and breakfast basis). You will have a short briefing on how the entire safari process will be conducted. 

• Activity of the day: Arrival to Rwanda and transfer to the Hotel 
• Accommodation: Hotel Chezlando
• Meal plan: Bed and Breakfast basis

You will start this day with the Kigali city tour where you will visit the Genocide memorial sites; several craft villages as well as the local markets. You will thereafter proceed for a transfer to Volcanoes National park, a home to the rare mountain Gorillas as well as other several primate species residing in the park. Upon arrival here, you will be transferred to Peakspot lodge for dinner and overnight stay. 

• Activity of the day: Kigali city tour and transfer to Volcanoes National park 
• Accommodation: Peakspot Lodge
• Meal plan: Full-board basis

After breakfast in the lodge, your safari guide will transfer you to the briefing area in Volcanoes National park for the Golden monkeys tracking experience. Here, you will be allocated a ranger guide who will brief you, thereafter lead you into the forests in search for the Golden monkeys. Several other animals and bird species may be encountered during the experience. 

After the tracking experience, you will proceed for a transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park (Uganda), a home to over half of the world’s remaining population of the rare mountain Gorillas offering guests an excellent Gorilla tracking experience. Accommodation will be at Rushaga Gorilla camp 

• Activity of the day: Golden monkeys tracking and transfer to Bwindi
• Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla camp 
• Meal plan: Full-board basis .

This day will be dedicated for the Gorilla tracking experience in Bwindi. After breakfast, you will depart from the lodge well equipped with your breakfast and ready to meet the Gorillas. Your safari guide will transfer you to the briefing area where you will meet the ranger guides who will brief you on how the entire safari process will be conducted. 

You will thereafter enter the forests through the Gorilla trails, with chances of meeting many animal and bird species during the process. Once the Gorillas have been tracked, you will have an hour taking as many pictures as possible. 

Later in the evening, you will have a community tour for a cultural experience with the indigenous Batwa communities. Accommodation will be at Rushaga Gorilla camp. 

• Activity of the day: Gorilla tracking and Batwa experience. 
• Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla camp. 
• Meal plan: Full-board basis. 

After breakfast, you will depart from Bwindi, for Ishasha sector looking for the tree climbing lions. The remote woodland sector of Queen Elizabeth National park is one of the few places where you can meet the tree climbing lions. This sector also hosts several animal species that can be encountered during the game drives. Upon arrival here, you will check-in at Enjojo Lodge for lunch, thereafter have sunset game drives in the park before declining for dinner and overnight stay at Enjojo Lodge 

• Activity of the day: Game drives at the Ishasha sector 
• Accommodation: Enjojo Lodge Serengeti tents 
• Meal plan: Full-board basis 

After breakfast in the lodge, you will be transferred to the northern ends of the park for game drives and a rewarding boat cruise on the famous Kazinga channel. During the morning game drives, you may encounter lions, leopards, elephants, Buffaloes, hippos, several antelope species and a variety of bird species. 

The rewarding afternoon boat experience gets you closer to a very high concentration of hippos, crocodiles, many bird species as well as many other animal species at the water banks. Accommodation will be at Bush Lodge 

• Activity of the day: Game drives and boat cruise on the Kazinga channel 
• Accommodation: Bush Lodge 
• Meal plan: Full-board basis 

This day you will prepare for a transfer to Kibale forest National park, a home to man’s closest relatives the chimpanzees as well as several other primate species. This park offers guests an excellent encounter with the chimpanzees, with chances of meeting about 12 other primate species. 

Upon arrival to the park, you will check into the lodge and prepare for the afternoon chimpanzee tracking experience in Kibale forests. Your safari guide will transfer you to the briefing area for orientation and thereafter enter the forests for the tracking experience. Accommodation will be at Kibale forest camp 

• Activity of the day: Transfer to Kibale, afternoon chimpanzee trek
• Accommodation: Kibale forest camp 
• Meal plan: Full-board basis 

After breakfast, you will prepare for a transfer to Entebbe. Upon arrival here, you will meet our safari representative for a hot lunch and safari debrief, thereafter be transferred to Entebbe international airport for your outbound flight.