Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport and Transfer to the hotel
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport and Transfer to the hotel
Welcome to Uganda. You will be received by a Likyadi Adventures guide upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, and you will transfer to the hotel for relaxing. Depending on your time of arrival, you will have lunch before transferring to the hotel. You will then check in at the hotel and relax, preparing for the safari adventure that awaits you in Uganda and Rwanda. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- ViaVia Entebbe Guesthouse
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with Rhino Trekking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with Rhino Trekking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After your early morning breakfast, you will be picked up by a Likyadi Adventures guide and start your 4 to 5-hour journey to Murchison Falls National Park in Masindi in Western Uganda. You will have a first stop over at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakansongola, where you will have an hour on-foot rhino trekking experience. After the rhino tracking experience,
you will have lunch before proceeding to visit the top of Murchison Falls, the powerful falls where the Nile squeezes through an 8m wide gorge and plunges with a thunderous roar into the Devil’s Cauldron, creating a trademark rainbow. From the falls, you will continue in the park to check into the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Tilenga Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise to the Bottom of Murchison Falls National Park
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise to the Bottom of Murchison Falls National Park
You'll have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6 am, and head into the park and look out for viewing the different mammals such as elephants, lions, leopards, Rothschild’s giraffes, buffaloes, and antelopes like Uganda kob, topi, eland, bushbucks. You will have time to relax for lunch. Then, you'll join the boat cruise to take you to the bottom of Murchison Falls as you spot aquatic wildlife such as hippos, Nile crocodiles, and water birds. On return, you'll catch up with sunset view before dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Tilenga Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Transfer to Kibale National Park with an Afternoon Swamp walk in the Bigodi Wetlands
Transfer to Kibale National Park with an Afternoon Swamp walk in the Bigodi Wetlands
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the hotel and start your journey to Kibale National Park in Kabarole district in Western Uganda through the tea plantations and rolling hills to reach Fort Portal town. While in Fort Portal, you will have an en-route lunch and continue your journey to Kibale National Park. After checking into the lodge, you will embark on a guided nature walk in the Bigodi wetlands. You have a chance to spot 138 bird species. You will visit the communities around Kibale National Park, where you will learn how coffee is processed locally for consumption by the local coffee farmers. You will visit Rest in Bananas, where you will see how the Banana Man makes different products from bananas. After this experience, you will return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary (Kibale NP, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Isunga Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale National Park and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale National Park and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After your early morning breakfast, you'll head over to Kibale Forest Headquarters at Kanyanchu, where you will be briefed on the dos and don’ts of chimpanzee trekking. With a ranger guide, you will venture into the jungle in search of the chimpanzees, and while tracking, you will be able to spot other primate species like the Red Colobus, Black and white Colobus, Vervet monkeys, Red-tailed Monkey, and L’Hoest’s Monkey, among others, and bird species. You will spend one hour with the chimpanzees. After the chimpanzee tracking experience, you will be awarded a chimpanzee trekking certificate. Afterward, you'll return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will exit the lodge in Kibale National Park and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park later in the afternoon. You will arrive at the lodge, where you will check in. In the evening, you will head out for an evening game drive in the park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Kikorongo Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Morning Game Drive in the Kasenyi Plains and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Morning Game Drive in the Kasenyi Plains and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
You'll have breakfast very early in the morning and depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6 am in the Kasenyi plains in Queen Elizabeth National Park. While in the park, look out for wildlife such as lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, and many others. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge and get some rest. You'll relax as you wait for lunch. After lunch, you will go for a 2-hour afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel, where you will have a chance to spot elephants, buffalo, hippos, crocodiles, and many bird species. You'll return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Kikorongo Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a Visit to the Batwa Community
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a Visit to the Batwa Community
After your early morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will arrive at the lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the afternoon, where you will have lunch. Thereafter, you will check in.
In the evening, you will then embark on a Batwa community experience where you will visit the Batwa people and learn their different ways of living, such as how they used to make fire, how they hunted for their food, among others. After this experience, you will return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Batwa Experience (Highlight, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
After the early morning breakfast, you will proceed to the UWA visitors’ reception, where a briefing is done before trekking at 7:30 am about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. Remember to carry your packed lunch and enough drinking water since you may stay in the forest up to the afternoon in search of these gentle giants in their natural environment. Gorilla
trekking exercise is physically demanding but an exciting activity! You may need to hire a porter to assist you during trekking. These are readily available at the park headquarters. The time allowed to spend with gorillas is 1 hour once you have found them. This is enough to ask all the questions about their behaviour.
After gorilla trekking, you will transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Bunyonyi Overland Resort
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi and Transfer to Kigali
Canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi and Transfer to Kigali
After the morning breakfast, you will embark on a canoeing experience on Lake Bunyonyi, a beautiful lake that is about 900 metres deep and is made up of 29 islands, where you will explore the different islands on the lakes especially the famous punishment island. After the canoeing experience, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Kigali in Rwanda. You will arrive later in the afternoon, where you will check into the hotel. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Hotel des Mille Collines
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Kigali International Airport
Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Kigali International Airport
After your early morning breakfast, you will then embark on a Kigali City Tour. During this city tour, you will visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where you will learn about the stories of the 1994 Genocide. You will also visit the local handicrafts market. You will learn about their way of life. Afterwards, you will have lunch and then transfer to Kigali International Airport for your flight back home. Do not forget to purchase a souvenir for yourself as a remembrance of this wonderful trip.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
