$2,503 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
You'll be picked up from your hotel in Kigali and start your adventure with a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn about Rwanda and its evolution to one of the fastest-growing economies on the African continent. You'll depart from Kigali for a scenic road trip to Volcanoes National Park in the Virunga Mountains. The journey takes about 4 hours, offering picturesque views of the Virunga massive mountains. You'll check into your lodge for a delicious dinner and rest for an exciting day of trekking through the forest the next day.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Optional Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi
Optional Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi
After an early breakfast, you will drive to the visitor center to attend a briefing session conducted by park rangers about the guidelines to follow while tracking golden monkeys as well as gorillas depending on which option you choose. After briefing, you'll head into the jungle accompanied by experienced trackers to this serene tropical rainforest. Once the golden monkeys have been located, you will spend a magical hour observing them up close. You'll learn about their behavior, social structure, and conservation efforts to protect them. Later, you'll transfer to the border of Rwanda Uganda where you will continue to drive to Bwindi for your gorilla tracking adventure.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the edge of the forest (Please note that accommodation on this day depends on where your gorilla permits have been purchased or where you are tracking gorillas from).
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Rushaga Gorilla Haven's Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Gorilla Trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Gorilla Trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
After your early breakfast (7:00 am), you will have a short drive to the UWA briefing center where you will be taken through the dos and don’ts while tracking gorillas. After you have been allocated a gorilla family in a group of 8, you will be led by the armed ranger guides off the forest to search for the gorillas. When gorillas have been located, you will have one full hour of viewing them as they go on with their daily lives at a distance of 7-10 meters. After gorilla tracking, you will drive to Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and an overnight stay on the terraces of Lake Bunyonyi.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Optional Lake Activities and Afternoon Kazinga Boat Cruise
Optional Lake Activities and Afternoon Kazinga Boat Cruise
After your early breakfast, you will depart from Lake Bunyonyi to Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will check in at your lodge, and have lunch. Later, you'll head to Katunguru where you will take on the Kazinga Channel community boat in support of the host communities.
Kazinga channel is famous for its population of hippos and is said to have the highest population of hippos on the African continent. Other wildlife can be sighted here including the African elephants, Cape buffalos, waterbucks, birds, and reptiles like the Nile crocodile among others. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge in the Kasenyi sector.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Pumba Safari Cottages
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Optional Chimpanzee Trekking in Kyambura and Afternoon Game Drive in Kasenyi Plains
Optional Chimpanzee Trekking in Kyambura and Afternoon Game Drive in Kasenyi Plains
After your early breakfast, you will drive for 20 minutes to reach your chimpanzee tracking point for an exceptional encounter with man’s closest living relative with whom we share about 99% DNA. You will be led by the UWA guides who understand the forest very well as you search for these great apes. After they have been sighted, you will be allowed to view them for one hour as they go on with their daily lives. We recommend you carry some drinking water, and quick snacks, and of course, this being a tropical rain forest, you must carry your rain gear. After the encounter with chimpanzees, you will drive back to the lodge for a hot lunch.
In the afternoon, you'll conduct a game drive through the several tracks that a rich with abundant wildlife. While on a game drive, on a lucky day, you may be able to find several families of African elephants, pride of lions, kobs, waterbucks, and pumba. Spotting a leopard is always a plus. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Pumba Safari Cottages
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Morning and Evening Game Drives in Lake Mburo National Park
Morning and Evening Game Drives in Lake Mburo National Park
You will have one last morning game drive before you depart for Lake Mburo. You will have optional carnivore tracking or lion tracking (200$ per person) where you'll go off the main trail to try and find lions and leopards. At 10:00 am, you'll depart to Lake Mburo National Park where you will have an afternoon game drive and night game drive to look for wildlife in this park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the edge of the park.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Eagle's Nest Camp
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Walking Safari and Transfer to Entebbe
Walking Safari and Transfer to Entebbe
After breakfast, you will take a walking safari to discover the park on foot before departing for Entebbe. This park is famous for its antelopes and zebras of course not forgetting 340 bird species that have been recorded here all packed for your walking safari. Later, you will drive back to Entebbe with a photographic stop at the equator. End of tour (Please note that a day room use can be arranged on request at an extra cost).
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
