Tour overview
The safari starts in Entebbe and ends in Kigali, you will visit many national parks including Queen Elisabeth national park to enjoy variety of wildlife and boat cruise. You will also enjoy gorilla trekking in both Uganda and Rwanda, the safari also includes two gorilla permits worth $ 600 and $1500 per person.
Tour highlights
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
Day 2: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National park
Day 3: Morning game drive & a boat cruise
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable National park
Day 5: Gorilla trekking & Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Day 6: Transfer to Rwanda
Day 7: Gorilla tracking in Volcanoes
Day 8: Transfer back to Kigali
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
You will be welcomed by your guide at the airport and depending on your arrival time, you will either be transferred to your booked hotel or enjoy a city tour in Kampala.
Overnight at imperial resort Hotel/Cassia Lodge
Day 2: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park
You will also met our company guide who will then transfer you to Queen Elizabeth National park. You will then have a short game drive along the channel track that welcomes you into this park as we also proceed for a check in to the lodge. This channel track also runs with the Kazinga channel as you drive slowly towards the Katunguru gate. You will also view the warthogs, water bucks, elephants, waterbuck. So depending on the time limits, you may also like to enjoy a game drive in the northern sector of the park, the baboon cliff is also famous for its beautiful scenery and the good views of the shadows of the mountains of the moon. After you will drive back to the lodge through the large savannah grassland as you see some wildlife enroute.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mweya safari Lodge
Moderate: Enganzi Lodge
Budget: Mweya hostel
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Morning game drive & a boat cruise
Enjoy a game drive in the northern part of the park along the Kasenyi track in search for the lions, elephant’s solitary buffaloes, and the lions. We shall also have an excellent opportunity of viewing about at every animal here at very close range. You will get back at the lodge for your breakfast, before heading out for launch trip along the Kazinga channel. This will also give you an opportunity of viewing wildlife up close, the hippos, buffalos, and the crocodiles. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including the pink backed pelicans, saddle billed stork and the malachite kingfishers.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mweya safari Lodge
Moderate: Enganzi Lodge
Budget: Mweya Hostel
Meal plan: Full board
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable National park
Have breakfast by 6:30 and check out and go for another game drive. We shall also view many animals including; the kobs, antelopes, lions, elephants and many more. We shall check out of the lodge and then continue with your drive to Bwindi impenetrable National park, we shall check in at the lodge.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Chameleon Hill Lodge
Moderate: Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Wagtail Lodge
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 5: Gorilla trekking & Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
You will have breakfast early, carry your packed lunch and then drive to the park offices for briefing. You will join other trekkers for gorilla trekking organised by a guide ranger. The gorilla tracking experience starts at about 8:00 am and could also last from a few minutes to many hours depending how fast your gorilla family is located. Immediately after the trek, we shall drive to Lake Bunyonyi and check in at the lodge were you will relax and unwind after the active gorilla trek in Bwindi.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Bunyonyi overland resort
Moderate: Arcadia cottages Bunyonyi
Budget: Bunyoyi overland camp
Meal plan : Full Board
Day 6: Transfer to Rwanda
You will wake up by 6:30 am for breakfast and then check out of the park and drive to Rwanda via the Gatuna border and then continue to Volcanoes National park. You will also in at the lodge in Rwanda
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Moderate: Hotel La palme
Budget: Muhabura Hotel
Meal plan: Full board
Day 7: Gorilla tracking in Volcanoes
Have breakfast as early as 6:30am and with your packed lunch and transfer to the park offices. You can join up with other trekkers for the briefing by your ranger guide. In a group of 8 trekkers, the guide, an armed ranger and the porters you with proceed to the park to track the assigned group. The time taken to tracking these giants also varies from a few minutes to many hours. When you find your gorilla group, a maximum of one hour is allowed to observe and also photography the gorillas.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mountain gorilla view lodge
Moderate: Hotel LaPalme
Budget: Muhabura Hotel
Meal plan: Full board
Day 8: Transfer back to Kigali
Have breakfast and then check out and travel to Kigali. You will have a city tour with a visit to many land marks including the genocide memorials sites, the markets as well as shopping malls. You will then be dropped off to a preferred location or transferred to the airport for your flight.
END OF SAFARI
Tour inclusions
- Guide
- Gorilla trekking
- Transport
- Meals
- Accommodation
- Activities in the itinerary
- Drinking water
Tour exclusions
- Optional activities not detailed in the itinerary
- Laundry services
- Beverages/Drinks
- Items of personal nature
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