Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Kigali international pick up and transfer to your hotel
Kigali international pick up and transfer to your hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will meet one of our hospitable guide who is ready to welcome you and transfer you to your hotel. If you arrive in the morning time, we will proceed with a short Kigali city tour with genocide memorial.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Lebanon Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Visit the Ellen Degenes Campus of Dian Fossey Gorilla fund and Transfer to Uganda
Visit the Ellen Degenes Campus of Dian Fossey Gorilla fund and Transfer to Uganda
After your breakfast, we will drive toward Musanze, which is a 2-hour car drive.
We will then go to visit Ellen Degenes Campus of Dian Fossey Gorilla fund. The multi-acre, eco-friendly facility adjacent to the Volcanoes National Park includes three main buildings – the Sandy and Harold Price Research Center, the Rob and Melani Walton Education Center and the Cindy Broder Conservation Gallery – as well as housing for visiting students and researchers. The Ellen Campus is designed to serve as a gateway to conservation for the visitors from around the world, helping to create the next generation of conservationists. Upon the visit, we will learn about the Gorilla conservation by Dian fossey with some videos and picture at the campus. Here will be also the Gorilla virtual reality, which will give you a real experience with Gorillas before you trek them in their natural habitat.
Later after, we will continue our way to Uganda passing via cyanika border until Bwindi.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Bwindi Backpackers Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Golden Monkey trek in Bwindi National and Batwa trail
Golden Monkey trek in Bwindi National and Batwa trail
After your breakfast, we will go to trek the Golden monkey in Bwindi national park. The Golden Monkeys are so friendly. You will see them coming to you, touching you…You will spend the allocated time with them and then go for a lunch.
Later after your lunch, we will proceed with a visit to Batwa (Pygmy). A pygmy guide who will pass you through their journey from before and after they have been evicted from the Bwindi impenetrable forest and how they have survived will guide you.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Buhoma Community Haven Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park
After your breakfast, we will be heading to Bwindi impenetrable for forest headquarters for the pre-trekking brief. The ranger guides will guide on what to expect during the trek and the code of conduct while in the forest. The mountain Gorilla trek will take from 2-4hours depending on where the gorillas are located in the forest. Once you get across the gorilla family of the day, you will be allowed to stay with them one hour taking pictures for your memory. After this experience, you drive back to your hotel for a late lunch and relax as you wait for the next day to come.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Buhoma Community Haven Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Game drive and launch cruise at the Kazinga Channel of Queen Elizabeth park
Game drive and launch cruise at the Kazinga Channel of Queen Elizabeth park
You will wake up very early to go for a morning game drive at the Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth national park in Uganda. This morning game drive allows visitors to spot nocturnal animals retreating back to their dens and also the early risers. Expect to spot leopards, hippos, lions, buffaloes, hartebeests, resident and migratory birds. After your game drive, you will return to have lunch and a rest at your lodge. At 2:00 pm, you will be transferred to the Kazinga Channel for a launch cruise. The Kazinga Channel is a collection point for most of the parks animals and birds. You will be very impressed with the sheer number of game found drinking and grazing along the banks.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Queen Elizabeth Park View Tourist Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Game drive at Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth
Game drive at Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth
Wake up early for a sumptuous breakfast and prepare for your second game drive in Queen Elizabeth national park. This time, you will be driven to the Ishasha sector of the park, which is famous for Tree Climbing Lions. You will see many other park mammals that you might not have sighted during your visit to other sections of the park.
Later after, you will get transferred to your hotel and relax while prepare yourself for the next day hike.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Engiri Game Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Rwenzori Mount Nature walk (Nyakarengija-Nyabitaba camp)
Rwenzori Mount Nature walk (Nyakarengija-Nyabitaba camp)
After your breakfast, we will drive a little bit to Mihunga park entrance and attend the briefing for this tour.
Later, we will embark on the trip into the park into the part taking the trail which follows a thick forest along the Mubuku River, crossing its Mahoma River tributary before starting a long, steep climb into a massive ridge to reach Nyabitaba hut. During this part of trip, you may hear chimpanzees and see Black and white colabus Monkey, Blue Monkey and brilliantly the colored Rwenzori Turacco.
The hike may take 6-7 hours depending on how fit you are.
- Main Destination:
- Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Mid-range camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Nyabitaba to John Matte camp
Nyabitaba to John Matte camp
After your breakfast, you will be passing through Bamboo forest, traverse through a long and stretching slippery moss-covered rock. From Nyamuleju shelter, mount Stanley and mount Speke can be seen before passing into the zone of giant heather, lobelia and groundsel. Finally you will reach John Matte hut after passing through the tiring bog, for dinner and overnight at the hut.
- Main Destination:
- Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Mid-range camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Descent down to the park entrance Bigodi
Descent down to the park entrance Bigodi
After your breakfast, you will start climb down. This will take approximately 5hours to reach to the park gate. From here, you will meet our guide who will drive you back to your hotel to wait for the next day activities, the chimpanzee trek and Bigodi wetland.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Chimpanzee tracking at Kibale National Park, Bigodi Wetland and transfer to Kampala
Chimpanzee tracking at Kibale National Park, Bigodi Wetland and transfer to Kampala
After a breakfast, the driver will take you to the Kibale national park offices for the briefing on chimpanzee tracking. The guides/Rangers will let you know of all there is to know about tracking chimpanzee. Kibale National Park is the best place to track chimpanzees in the world. The chances of spotting them is very high and there are 4 communities that are habituated. Chimps love to stay on top of trees compared to mountain gorillas. They are also more vocal hence allowing them to be located from kilometers away. Chimpanzee trekking takes between 3 to 5 hours after which, you will head back to your lodge for lunch.
Later after, we will go visit Bigodi wetland, which is an area with great biodiversity. The dominant plant is Egyptian Papyrus but the swamp is a favorite feeding ground for 8 species of primates, which you may have chance to see.
Later, we will transfer you to Kampala to fly back to your home.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
