FN Gorilla Safaris Africa

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Transfer from kigali to nyungwe

Transfer from kigali to nyungwe

You will be picked up by your drive guide depending on the agreed location and head to nyungwe national park. On the way you will enjoy the breath taking views on the hills tea platations markets etc. upon reaching the park you will have lunch after head out for canopy walk and later drive to lake kivu to relax.

Main Destination:
Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry weather, best chimp trekking)
High Season June to September (Popular gorilla trekking time in Volcanoes NP)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Nyungwe NP

Accommodation:
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Chimp trek and waterfalls in nyungwe national park

Chimp trek and waterfalls in nyungwe national park

After breakfast you drive to the park for chimp trekking and you take a guide with packed lunch box and enough drinkin water. After trekkin you relax and go for nature walk to the water falls in the nyumgwe national park after the view you drive back to lake kivu.

Main Destination:
Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
Accommodation:
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Transfer to Goma Boat Cruise To Hot Springs

Transfer to Goma Boat Cruise To Hot Springs

After breakfast you drive alondside the shores of lake kivu upto Goma, you will have lunch and later in the afternoon you take a boatcruise to the hot springs on the lake and see the fish men getting ready to go fishing in the evening which is there local activity.

Main Destination:
Lake Kivu (Rwanda)
Accommodation:
Paradise Malahide Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel located at Lake Kivu (Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Transfer to Volcanoes and Visiting Cultural Village

Transfer to Volcanoes and Visiting Cultural Village

After breakfast you drive to the volcanoes national park in musanze, on the way stop for tea expericence and after head to the lodge for lunch. After lunch head for cultural tour and learn how people of rwanda used to leave after you preapare for the golden monkeys the following day.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August (It is drier and hiking is easier)
High Season June to September (Permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Volcanoes NP

Accommodation:
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Golden monkey trekking and transfer to bwindi

Golden monkey trekking and transfer to bwindi

Today you head to the park headquaters after breakfast and go for golden monkey trekking. After have lunch and transfer to bwind were you will get ready for the highlight of the tour and later enjoy the evening at the lodge after a long day and having stories to tell.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)
High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation:
Gorilla Mist Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp just outside Ruhija (Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Expericence

Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Expericence

This is the highlight of the trip. You have breakfast in the morning then head to the park headquaters were you will be allocated ths family group of gorillas your going to visit with the range guide after vyou will be taken to the starting point after in afternoon you go to the batwa community.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Gorilla Mist Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp just outside Ruhija (Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Tree climbing lions

Tree climbing lions

Today we drive to queen elizaberth national park were you will spend two nights. On the way you will do a game drive in the ishasha sector to look for the tree climbing lion which normally climb tree to relax after head to te nothern cicut for an over stay.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional
ElephantCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloCommon
HippoAbundant
LeopardOccasional
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ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Acacia Wilderness Mweya Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Queen Elizabeth NP (Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Wake up in the morning and drive to kaseyi plains to do a game drive and animals to be seen incloude lions, buffalos leopards kobs elephants wathogs and many other after the game drive you go for the boatcruise on kazinga channell in the afternoon and alots of bird to be seen.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
Accommodation:
Acacia Wilderness Mweya Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Queen Elizabeth NP (Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Transfer to Hoima

Transfer to Hoima

Today you leave queen elizaberth and head to homia passing through tea plationations with good sights and have a stop overs of breaks of lunch and strechings and later in the afternoon visit the communities in hoima and epericence the local way of how they leave.

Main Destination:
Budongo Forest (Chimps)
Best Time To Visit April to August (Best for chimp trekking)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Budongo Forest

ElephantOccasional
BuffaloOccasional
LionVery Rare
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ZebraNone
HippoNone
Accommodation:
Hoima Cultural Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge1-2hr drive from Budongo Forest (Chimps, Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Transfer to murchsonfalls and visit the top of falls

Transfer to murchsonfalls and visit the top of falls

We leave hoima city in the morning and head to murchson falls nation park as you enjoy the view of lake albert and while enjoying we will drive to the top of the falls this is were the nile passes through narrow rocks to join lake albert hence making albertine nile.

Main Destination:
Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)
Best Time To Visit December to February (Easier to spot animals)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional
ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloCommon
HippoAbundant
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LeopardOccasional
ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP (Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Leave very early in the morning for a game drive in search of animals like lions kobs elephants giraffes hippos buffalos leopards etc, you will also enjoy the boat cruise to the buttom of the falls as you see animals lis cross hippos etc. The cruise takes three hours.

Main Destination:
Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP (Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12

Rahino trekking and transfer to entebbe

Rahino trekking and transfer to entebbe

After breakfast you drive from the park and head for rahino trekking after transfer to kampala and end of the tour.

Main Destination:
Entebbe (City, Uganda)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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