13 Days Rwanda-Uganda Gorilla, Golden Monkey, Chimpanzee Trekking And Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Arrival Kigali International Airport

At Kigali international Airport Rwanda, you will be met by Embrace Africa gorilla vacation safari guide and thereafter transfer you to your lodge. At the lodge our guide will give a detailed briefing about your Rwandan Uganda safari. Overnight at Five to five hotel

Day 2: Kigali City Tour And Transfer To Volcanoes National Park

Morning after breakfast go a city tour. Here we shall visit Gisozi genocide museum, Nyamata and Ntarama genocide sites and some city markets. Break for lunch, after transfer to Volcanoes national park. Davinci lodge

Day 3: Gorilla Tracking – Rwanda

Early morning you enter the gorilla sanctuary of Volcanoes national park Rwanda, the tropical forest covering the hills surrounding the five Virunga Volcanoes. It was here where biologist Dian Fossey worked until her death in 1985. Gorilla trekking is a fitness demanding activity but rewarding experience. We shall ensure you have with you enough water and the packed lunch. The time spent looking for the Gorillas in the forest depends on the movements of these gentle primates in their natural environment. Once the Gorillas are founder, you spend one hour watching them. After the activity you return at leisure to the chosen lodge

Day 4: Golden Monkey tracking – Rwanda

Morning after breakfast, we shall get back to the park headquarters and proceed for the Golden Monkey tracking which is listed as endangered by the world conservation union. This is another thrilling activity for visitors. Trekking these habituated primates takes between 3 – 4 hours. The other special thing with these monkeys is that they are only found within the Albertine rift which covers Uganda’s Mgahinga, Rwanda’s VNP, and Congo’s Virunga national parks. Getting close to this primates is another thrilling encounter. After trekking return back to the lodge for dinner and over night stay

Day 5: Transfer To Lake Kivu in Gisenyi

After breakfast, transfer to Gisenyi, a pretty town located on the shores of beautiful Lake Kivu; the main water body of Rwanda, situated a few kilometers from the Congo-Rwanda border. As you descend the escarpment down to the lake, you are welcomed by fantastic views of the lake Kivu. Relax on the lake Kivu beach. Overnight at Paradise Malahide

Day 6: Transfer to Uganda’s beautiful Lake Bunyonyi

Morning after breakfast, you can spend your time at leisure, go for a boat ride on lake Kivu or visit the Rwanda Congo border. After the tour, pack your bags and head to Uganda using Kyanika border. We shall stop at Muhabura lodge for lunch, continue to kyanika border. After border crossing we will drive through the winding hills of kisoro up to the. southwestern Ugandan town of kabale also known as ” the Switzerland of Africa” because of its cold mountainous terrain. After a short tour of the town and some shopping we shall proceed to lake bunyonyi for our overnight. Lake is one of the most scenic lakes in Uganda and the second deepest lake in Africa with some areas a deep as 900m. It has very wonderful and cool resorts that most people love to relax. overnight at Bird nest

Day 7: Transfer to Uganda – Queen Elizabeth National Park, tree climbing lions sector – Ishasha

After breakfast we set off for Queen Elizabeth National Park, this is the 2nd biggest park in Uganda. we shall do a game drive enroute in Ishasha sector in search of the tree climbing lions. Other animals that could be seen here include Topis, Leopard, Hyenas, Buffaloes warthogs, Baboons Kobs, African Elephant and much more. Overnight at Enjojo lodge

Day 8: Morning game drive and afternoon launch cruise along the Kazinga channel

Transfer to the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. We start with morning game drive, this is one of the most beautiful game drives you can ever do with in Uganda, the drive exposes you to large herds of topis, kobs, Buffaloes and sometimes elephants, and if we are lucky, we can see the tree climbing lions and the leopard. After the game drive through the park to the northern part of the park to catch up with an amazing two hours boat ride on the Kazinga Channel for amazing bird life and a variety of wild life plus biggest schools of Hippos found no where else in on the African continent. Dinner and over night at Engazi lodge

Day 9: Morning game drive After transfer to Kibale Forest National park – the home of Chimps in Uganda

After an early Breakfast we’ll go for a morning game drive in Kasenyi plains in search of the famous Big Four; Elephant, Buffalos, Lions and leopard. Other animals you can expect to see include; Bush bucks,Uganda Kobs, Giant forest hog, Hyenas and Waterbucks warthogs and much more as nature can unveil. In the after noon we’ll transfer to Kibale forest National park overnight at Primate Lodge

Day 10: Chimp tracking And Bigodi Wetland Walk.

After breakfast we visit Kibale Forest National Park, which is reputed to have the biggest variety of primates and highest concentration of chimpanzees in East Africa. We shall meet at the park offices for briefing and thereafter be allocated groups to start our chimpanzee trekking. The trekking usually but not always takes 2-4 depending on how far the chimpanzees are feeding from. After trekking the chimpanzees, we shall break for lunch and afternoon go for a guided nature walk in the Bigodi wetland sanctuary in search of other primates like; uganda red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, grey chicked mangabey, red colobus and many others. Overnight at your lodge

Day 11: Transfer To Lake Mburo National Park Uganda

Day 12: Transfer back to Kampala

Morning after breakfast, we shall have a morning walk to get closer to the wild animals on foot. Here we are likely to encounter giraffes, topis, impalas, elands waterbucks, zebras and much more. After the walk pack your bags and head for Kampala overnight at Sojovalo hotel

Day 13: Make Kampala City Tour And later Depart For Entebbe International Airport

We shall have a morning Kampala city tour where we shall visit places like Kasubi tombs, Mengo palace, Bahai temple, Gaddafi gland mosque and much more. Break for lunch and after transfer to the airport for departure from Entebbe

Our safaris always include:

– All meals and accommodation mentioned in the Itinerary
– Mineral water per person per day
– All entrance fees required
– Professional driver/guide
– All activities chosen at the destination areas

– All ground transportation in 4WD vehicle, also air port pick up and drop offs where need be

They exclude:

– Tips
– Charter fees and air tickets
– Telephone calls
– Internet fees and any other items of a personal nature

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