UGANDA  SAFARI –  DAYS

Day 1: ARRIVAL

On your arrival tours representative/guide will pick you  up  from the airport and transfer you to Lake Victoria Windsor hotel/ The Boma Guest House BB

Day 2-  Ngamba  Island Tour

Wake up , have break fast and then later our tour guide will transfer you the pier for a boat transfer to Ngamba Island.  There are two half day excursions to Ngamba Island.  One starts at 0900 hours while the other begins at 1200 hours. The choice is yours to choose whether you take any at any time but all are subject to availability and therefore we must book them in advance. Enjoy the ride while on the largest lake in East Africa- Lake Victoria is! At Ngamba Island, they have replicated some of the country’s conservation zones such as savannah, wetlands and tropical forest.  The boat takes about 45 minutes across to Ngamba Island Chimp Sanctuary, crossing the Equator en-route.
On arrival at this home to 39 orphaned chimps, you will be briefed about the sanctuary  and its history. After,  the chimpanzee feeding time will come! Watch these primates from the visitors’ platform while they are being  fed.  It is fascinating to watch the chimps intermingle with each other and with their keepers. You will realize that most of them have different characters just like Man. Whereby some are very greedy others aren’t. This is charming!!  In the relatively short amount of time you will be  there , you will be able to see such different personalities amongst the group, with some whistling for food and others clapping. Clearly, the exceptional option would be to re-introduce these orphaned chimpanzees to the wild however this is not possible for a number of different reasons and the sanctuary is not bad for second best.  Return to the main land after which we will transfer you to at  your Lodge BB

Day 3: KAMPALA – MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

From Kampala, you will head to Murchison Falls National Park, but you will first take a luncheon at Masindi then proceed to the magnificent falls. So wondrous! Marvel at the robust Nile as it is farfetched into a seven-meter abyss to rumble 45 meters below. Check the series of cascades it forms, which can be viewed at different points up to the culmination. Next will be the dinner and overnight at

Budget – Red Chillis camp

Moderate – Sambiya River Lodge

Up Market – Paraa Lodge / Nile safari Lodge

Day 4: MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

Wake up early morning for a  cup of coffee or tea then  set  off for a 3-4 hours game drive on the northern Bank of the Nile River. . Expect encounters of Game in this park  that include Rothschild Giraffe, Elephant, Jackson Hartebeest, Lions, Waterbucks and a variety of Savannah woodland birds. Return to your lodge. Have a mid morning breakfast and relax as you wait for lunch.  IN the afternoon, you will go for your reserved private boat ride along the  Nile  to view aqua game and avian species at close proximity. This is a unique encounter with a family of hippos , crocodiles, among other animals. For those interested in birds, watch out for  the legendary shoe Bill stork if you are lucky  and many other bird species. Then take dinner and overnight at  Your lodge

Day 5: MURCHISON FALLS –  – Ndali lodge

Depart Murchison Falls after an early breakfast.   You will pass through The Albertine rift via Hoima to the Verdant country side of Fort portal .  Have lunch en route and arrive in the late after noon. Dinner and over night at

Budget Chimps Nest Lodge

Moderate – Rwenzori View House

Luxury – Ndali Lodge / Mountains of the moons Lodge

Day 6: Kibale NATIONAL PARK.

Take breakfast early morning. Leave for Kibale Forest National Park, this is commonly accepted to have a diversity and highest massing of primates in East Africa.  Enjoy a guided  chimpanzee walk in the tropical rainforest evergreen in searching of the Hotsprings, Black white colobus monkeys, wild chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, butterflies of different species and many others. Have a luncheon, and then go to the Bigodi areas for a swamp walk. The guide will provide details about the flora and fauna that you will encounter and then after, you will be transferred back to your lodge .

Day 7: KIBALE – QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.

Transfer  to Queen Elizabeth National Park .  The drive will take 2-4 hours.  A game drive en route is rewarding with views of acacia trees, antelopes, birds and many other savanna wildlife and flora species.

You will visit the crater lakes region, Katwe salt mines to see how salt is traditionally mined in Uganda.  Then later transfer for dinner and overnight

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Budget – Albertine river camp

Moderate – Hippo Hill Luxury tented camp

Up market – Mweya safari Lodge / Kyambura Wildlife reserve / Jacana Safari Lodge

Day 8  Game  drive and Launch cruise .

We take on a morning game drive in search of the wild game . The drive will provide excellent scenic viewe of the great Lakes of Lake Edwards and Lake George, then also their gutter-the great Kazinga channel. In the game drive, expect elephants, lions, buffaloes, kobs, the Python, hyenas, warthogs, birds’ hippos etc.   Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast and then have lunch . In the after noon you will go for   a boat -cruise along Kazinga Channel, a natural channel between Lake Edward and Lake George. Expect to get exposed to a bird sin abundance both typical and migrants and the highest concentration of hippos in Africa. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 9: QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.

Wake up for an early moorning breakfast and then  transfer to Kyambura gorge for a chimpanzee tour. Driving through grassland area, straight away we come transversely  to an amazing ravine of tropical rainforest 100 meters deep. Trek into Kyambura River Gorge for an odd; experience hiking chimpanzees. It’s so paying  to see the river valley, home of many bird and butterfly species.  Rangers  will provide the necessary information about the gorge and then later you will return to your lodge for lunch, dinner and overnight.

Day 10: QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK – BWINDI.

This morning, you will leave for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will drive through the seasonal southern sector of Queen Elizabeth known as  Ishasha. Here we will take lunch by the Ishasha River  if time permits and after searching for the famed Ishasha tree-climbing lions before continuing to Bwindi, home to the few remaining mountain gorillas. If you are tracking gorillas in the southern part of Bwindi , you will not be able to drive via this sector to shorten the drive between Kisoro and Queen Elizabeth national park. Bird life and primate life in the Bwindi  national park is quite superb, and there is an incredible variety of flora. Some bird watchers refer to Bwindi as a bird heaven! It holds 348 species of birds and supports 24 of 26 Albertine Rift Endemics that occur in Uganda; and seven red data book species. Once continuous with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Dian Fossey’s stomping ground), Bwindi is now an ecological island, surrounded by cultivation on the rich volcanic soils. Overnight at

Budget – Buhoma Community Bandas

Moderate – Lake Kitandara Camp

Up Market -Gorilla Forest camp/ Gorilla resort camp Clouds lodge.

Day 11: BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST NATIONAL PARK. Gorilla Tracking

Take breakfast, with your packed lunch and  all your trekking gear, that is; a rain coat,ankle level hiking boots on , gardener’s gloves, pair of trousers and long sleeved shirt, etc go to the starting point for briefing by a ranger guide. Enter the gorilla sanctuary for your world premier wildlife encounter and adventure- Gorilla Tracking. The beauty of this rain forest is magnificent. The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but criss-crossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great giant apes. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savored. Many find it to be a rare and moving experience! Whether you track the “M” group or the “N” group, you will not find wildlife experience quite as exhilarating or emotional. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight .

Day 12 Transfer to Rwanda
After breakfast, drive across the Uganda -Rwanda- Cyanika Border . Have lunch en route and arrive at your lodge. You will check in and retire for dinner and over night at

Budget – Kinigi Guest House / Muhavura Lodge

Moderate – Mountain Gorilla Nest Lodge / Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Up Market –Virunga Volcanoes Lodge

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Day 13 – Another day of tracking gorillas.

An early morning breakfast is followed by a drive/ walk to Kinigi park headquarters  for briefing , group allocation and orientation.  This is followed by a drive to the trailheads where hiking and trekking up the hills to the bamboo zone begins. Hiking, trekking and tracking gorillas may take

3-10 hours. Sight and stay with the Gorillas for one hour.  Dinner and over night at your lodge

Day 14- Dianne Fossey hike / Golden monkey-Transfer to Kanombe airport

Take breakfast and report to the starting point of the Dianne fossey hike for your excursion to slopes of the Bisoke volcano and pay a visit to the former Karisoke centre where the grave of Dian Fossey is located.  Fantastic views, lush forested slopes and an exceptional environment. This fantastic hike to the grave will take 2 up 3 hours.   Those who will choose Golden monkey tracking will be in for another primates watch treat . Return to the lodge to freshen up and then later, we will transfer you to Kigali and then to Kanombe airport for your flight back home.

This tour will take you to three National parks which are famous for the rear species of wild life, the gorillas. These are the three of the gorilla operational parks in the world. Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda, Bwindi and Mgahinga in Uganda. Mgahinga and PNV are on either side of the Virunga Mountains.

This tour starts in Rwanda continuing to Mgahinga and then to Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. Here is where you have an opportunity to track gorillas Rwanda Safaris in their different natural settings. This will not limit you to tracking the gorillas only, you will also get see the golden monkeys, nature walk in the forest for birds, visit local villages especially the pygmies, climbing a volcano and a game drive plus a launch cruise. Miss if you must!!

ITINERARY

Day1:

Arrive at the Kanombe airport (in Kigali). Pearland safaris will be waiting for you. Or if you are coming by land still you will be waited upon at the bus station by Pearland safaris. Then drive to Kigali city an approximate of 3hours drive. Overnight in Rwanda (Gorilla Nest Hotel near Kiningi)

Day2:

Transfer to Kaningi park headquarters to track gorillas. Here gorilla tracking is through the forests, swamps and hills, sometimes taking up to 8 hours before meeting the greatest primates in the world. In the afternoon drive to Mgahinga National Park in Uganda. This is approximately three hours drive. Stay in either the travelers Hotel or Kisoro Tourist Hotel.

Day3:

In the morning after breakfast and briefing volcano either go gorilla tracking, subject to payment of US$….. as gorilla permit supplement at the time of booking or go for a nature walk climb a volcano or simply relax at the hotel.

Day4:

Drive to Bwindi in the morning en-route visit the famous Lake Mutanda one of its kind, surrounded by volcanoes, stop still at the Kanaba Gap to enrich your eye on the spectacular Virunga volcanoes and the terraced hills. This is approximately a 5 hours drive. Stay at either Bwindi tented camp or Buhoma Homestead.

Day5:
After breakfast and briefing, either track gorillas, still subject to payment of US$…… as the gorillas permit supplement at the time of booking, or go for a guided nature walk in the forest for butterflies, bird species, and plants, or visit the local community- the Buhoma village tourist walk. Stay at either Bwindi tented camp or Buhoma Homestead

Day6:
In the morning, live for Queen Elizabeth National Park from Bwindi Through Ishaka and visit briefly the famous for a little adventure.

Day 7:

Take an excursion to Kyambura gorge to track chimpanzees and other primates. In the afternoon, after lunch, travel to Mweya for the launch cruise on the kazinga channel, where you will be in contact with Hippos, Crocodiles, Buffalos, Elephants and a wide range of brightly coloured birds and other water antelopes.

Day 8:

After break fast and a briefing by the tour guide, go for an early morning game drive in the Northern Crater Area, a place with rich grassland and dark lakes set into deep volcanic craters. Get to see the Baboon point where the landscape drops dramatically –an escarpment; in this expect to see elephants, Uganda kobs, lions, and many more animals

Day9:

In the morning travel back to Kampala en-route if you wish you may stop at the equator, stop also at Mpambire drum world and buy yourself a locally made drum and proceed to kampala.

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Rwanda in the past was a recognised safari country with natural treasures such as the gorillas in the Virunga and PNV. But the 1994 genocide changed the attention of the world. Today Rwanda has recovered from the infamous genocide, Tourism and other sectors of the economy are improving at a fast rate.

Rwanda Safaris will take you the gorilla parks for trekking of these Gentle apes and primates, perhaps the biggest endangered specie in the world!

Rwanda has one of the bestt sceneries in Africa, comfortable weather all year around to enable you see the attractions at the time most convenient for you.

Other activities apart from Primate watching include the cultural tour. You will visit the genocide monuments, the Cultural centres and dances in Rwanda.

Please note that we also provide tailor made safaris and tours or expeditions to Africa involving cruises, visiting primates, sightseeing tours, adventure trails , mount trekking and trips to various safari journeys in africa.
We can help you plan for your perfect voyage or holiday vacation in the uncrowded destinations of Africa. We make travelling and tours to Uganda and Rwanda memorable ! Get away with an expert Company!

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