$6,133 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Pick up from Kigali Airport or Hotel
Pick up from Kigali Airport or Hotel
You will be picked up from Kigali International Airport/any hotel in Kigali to start your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via the Genocide Museum and Kigali city tour if time allows. The journey is very scenic and will take you through a country of a thousand hills to the Pearl of Africa. You'll cross over to Uganda at the Katuna or Chanika border for a stop at Kabale town (Katuna) or Kisoro (Chanika) before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will wake up early in the morning and head to the park headquarters to join other clients for a briefing about dos and don’ts while with mountain gorillas on your habituation experience. After briefing, you will start your trek into the forest guided by researchers and guides. During your trek, you may encounter several birds, other animals, and primates in the forest. Once you have found the gorillas, you will spend four hours with them and return to the lodge for an overnight stay. You will have an opportunity to listen to and observe researchers doing their work of habituating gorillas. If possible, you will be called upon to participate by collecting samples, naming group members, making calls and so much more.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park through Ishasha
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park through Ishasha
After breakfast, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park located in western Uganda arriving in time for lunch at Elephant Hab Lodge. This will be followed by a short relaxation and an evening game drive in the savannah plains of Kasenyi where wild animals like buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, and big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted depending on your luck. You will return to your lodge for an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Katara Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise at Kazinga Channel
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise at Kazinga Channel
This morning, you will head back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have missed the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge. Afterward, you will head to the jetty along the Kazinga Channel for the afternoon private boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances to view animals like hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles, and many other wildlife which flock to the channel for drinking water.
- Main Destination:
- Kazinga Channel (Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Katara Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale National Park
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale National Park
After an early breakfast, you'll drive to the northern bank of Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasenyi) area in search of the wild animals which include: elephants, buffalos, wild cats, savannah birds, and different species of antelopes such as water bucks, Uganda Kobs, among others. After lunch, you will drive to Kibale Forest National Park arriving at your lodge in the evening.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Papaya Lake Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park
Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Kibale National Park headquarters at Kanyakyu to join other trekkers for briefing and eventual chimpanzee trekking. You will be led by a well-trained ranger/guide who will take you for a guided primate walk inside Kibale Forest National Park. This forest provides an opportunity to visit one of the habituated communities/part of chimpanzees and spend an hour with them observing and taking photographs. Kibale National Park is home to other 11 primate species coupled with forest birds. After your chimpanzee trek, you will drive to Bigodi Village for a wetland walk that was designed to benefit the local community living around Kibale Forest National Park. You'll return to the lodge for an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Papaya Lake Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Transfer from Kibale to Lake Bunyonyi
Transfer from Kibale to Lake Bunyonyi
You'll drive from Kibale Forest National Park. You will drive to Lake Bunyonyi to break the long journey to Kigali and relax after the lodge tour. Lake Bunyonyi is one of the three Lava damned lakes which was formed when lava flowing from one of the volcanoes blocked a river channel and water was forced to flow back hence filling the space to create Lake Bunyonyi. Bunyonyi locally means small birds due to the abundance of small birds in this area. Lake Bunyonyi is said to be the deepest lake in Uganda and the second deepest in East Africa. A person visits Lake Bunyonyi for its beauty and is one of the best places to relax after your long safari.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- BirdNest Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to Kigali
Transfer to Kigali
After breakfast, you are free to admire the beauty of the lake and its surrounding hills. You will have a choice of either taking a canoe ride on the lake to explore different islands with exciting history. You will for example visit Punishment Island where girls who would produce babies out of legitimate traditional marriage would be dumped and left to die. This is a whole day activity, and you will surely enjoy it. Alternatively, you can hike one of the hills around Lake Bunyonyi. After any of the optional activities, you will drive to Katuna Border and head for Kigali.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
