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Arrival
Day 1
Meet your Guide at Kigali International Airport
Meet your Guide at Kigali International Airport
On your arrival at Kigali International airport (KGL) you will be met by your private guide for the 10 days ahead. Greet and be driven to your Hotel in Kigali where you will have a night before your adventure fully begins the next day. The Hotel is about 15 minutes drive from the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
-
Quiet Haven Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Drive to Akagera National Park (boat safari and drive in the afternoon)
Drive to Akagera National Park (boat safari and drive in the afternoon)
Have breakfast at the hotel and later you'll be driven east in your own 4WD through rolling hills and small farms with bananas and tropical fruit growing on the side of the road. It's a beautiful drive, usually arriving at the Lodge after around three hours. Should you wish to stop, however – perhaps to take photos or to visit a village – just chat to your guide about the options. This is very much your trip. In the afternoon, take on a boat trip on Lake Ihema and a short evening game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Akagera National Park (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Mantis Akagera Game Lodge
Wildlife in Akagera NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning game drive and to Volcanoes National Park
Morning game drive and to Volcanoes National Park
Akagera national Park has seen transformation since the end of the 1994 genocide that left it in shambles. It has seen the glory of the park return after the reintroduction of lions in 2015, rhinos, and now the park has a big 5 status. We shall have a morning game drive at the park before we head northwest to Musanze. Where we shall visit the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of Dian Fossey before we retire.
- Main Destination:
- Musanze (City, Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Golden Monkey tracking and to Lake Kivu (Kibuye)
Golden Monkey tracking and to Lake Kivu (Kibuye)
Spend a morning trekking to find the golden monkeys in the Volcanoes National Park. These endangered monkeys are endemic to the Albertine Rift area and are characterised by their golden-orange fur. You’ll be able to enjoy an hour watching them jump through the bamboo and hunker down to chew bamboo leaves, curiously watching you, as you watch them.
Your driver-guide will operate your transfers to the park headquarters from the lodge and introduce you to your trekking group and parks guide. After, we have lunch and visit the gorilla guardians village before you drive to Kibuye on Lake Kivu for a night.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Kivu (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Cormoran Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
To Nyungwe Forest after the Island tour
To Nyungwe Forest after the Island tour
Today, we shall have a boat tour to the Napoleon Island. The island is a famous on and is known for its colony of fruit bats. The tour is about 2 hours before we return and head for Nyungwe Forest. The waters of Lake Kivu pave way for the forests of Nyungwe. It's not a long drive – around three hours – but with the flexibility to choose where and when you stop, you can spend as long as you like taking photographs or just revelling in the scenery before arriving at the lodge in the afternoon.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Wildlife in Nyungwe NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk
Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk
Trekking to see the chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest National Park can be exhilarating. While sighting them in dense forest can be challenging, to watch them cavorting in the tree tops, their all-too-human characteristics to the fore, makes this an exceptionally rewarding half-day excursion. After you return from the trek, drive to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon experience the canopy walk.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
To Kigali via Nyanza
To Kigali via Nyanza
Today, we leave Nyungwe and drive to Kigali and on our way we shall stop at Nyanza and have a visit to the King’s Palace and Museum gives an interesting insight into Rwanda’s cultural history and monarchy. It's also ideally placed to break up the long journey from Nyungwe Forest. The palace is an hour or two from Kigali, and we shall arrive in Kigali in the evening. Check in at our lodge and wait to head to Uganda the next day.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Quiet Haven Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (de tour to Lake Bunyonyi)
To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (de tour to Lake Bunyonyi)
Have breakfast at our hotel and by 8, we leave for Uganda via the Katuna-boarder. We shall cross after about 3-hour drive and then visit Lake Bunyonyi. We shall have a tour of the islands at the Lake using a dugout canoe and have lunch before we drive to Ruhija sector of Bwindi Forest. This an amazing journey and great introduction to Uganda.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
-
Gorilla Mist Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Gorilla tracking
Gorilla tracking
Gorilla trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable national park is a magical experience, transcending any other wildlife encounter we know in the country. To meet a family in their natural setting, led by an alpha Male silverback, with a cluster of females and juveniles, is a natural adventure that fully repays the cost of the ticket to see them in unforgettable memories and images. Your guide will operate your transfer to the park offices from the lodge and will introduce you to the rangers and guides at the park that will take you through the briefing and the Forest to search for these primates. Later when you return to the lodge. You can opt for a community tour to get an insight on the lifestyle of the locals around the park (the Batwa, and Bakiga communities).
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Gorilla Mist Camp
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
To Katunguru via Ishasha (Queen Elizabeth National Park)
To Katunguru via Ishasha (Queen Elizabeth National Park)
Today we leave Ruhija, through the part of Bwindi and other towns before we enter Queen Elizbeth’s southern part: Ishasha, after the drive through the town of Kihihi. We shall have a game drive through the network of tracks here. Ishasha is an alluring game viewing area, famous for the tree climbing lions. We shall have Lunch at Enjojo Lodge, and later drive north to Katunguru, arriving at the lodge in the evening. We shall check in, and later go a night game drive at the Kasenyi plains.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- The Bush Lodge (Banda)
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Game drive and boat trip on the Kazinga Channel
Game drive and boat trip on the Kazinga Channel
The Kasenyi plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the famous game viewing areas I Uganda. It has a crisscrossing network of tracks that enables visitors to reach a vast area as they search for wildlife. We shall have a morning drive and increase our chances of seeing the major draw cards (big cats and other carnivores). Return to the lodge have lunch and in the afternoon we do a boat safari on the Kazinga Channel. The channel is 40km long and about 8 meters deep and has prolific bird life and wildlife that comes to the banks to drink.
Have a night at the lodge, as we prepare for the next day’s drive to Murchison Falls.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- The Bush Lodge (Banda)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
To Murchison Falls National Park
To Murchison Falls National Park
Today, we prepare for a drive through the west, upwards to Murchison Falls National Park. It is a long drive arriving at the park in the evening, but there are different stops-For lunch and the sights along the way, because the route is an interesting one. It goes through the floor of the rift valley, past Lake Albert, and we arrive, and visit the top of the falls. Here the, Nile River meets its greatest obstacle to form the Murchison Falls where the park derives its name. After the tour, drive to the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Game drive and boat safari on the Victoria Nile
Game drive and boat safari on the Victoria Nile
You will set off at 6am cross to the northern bank of river Nile head for a sunrise game drive to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, warthog and bush pig plus large carnivores including lions, leopards and spotted hyenas. Chimpanzees and olive baboons head the list of six species of primates found in the park. In the afternoon go for a boat cruise on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls. En route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water buck and a wide variety of birds. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. Later get back to the lodge for a relaxed evening plus dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
To Entebbe via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
To Entebbe via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Wake up early and have breakfast by 6.30 am and by 7am leave the lodge for Entebbe. The drive has a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary which is about a 3-hour drive from Murchison Falls National Park. Have the experience of on-foot rhino tracking and later have lunch before you continue to Entebbe. Arrive at around, 3 or 4 pm and refresh in your day room at a hotel, go out and shop for some souvenirs before you are transferred to the airport for your exit flight.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
