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10 Days Best of Uganda and Rwanda
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10 Days Best of Uganda and Rwanda
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Duration
10 Days
Tour Type
Group Tour
Group Size
20 People Max
Languages
English, French, Chinese, German,
- Overview
This amazing tour will take you to Rwanda and Uganda to experience the region’s best cultural, Nature and Wildlife encounters. You will do gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Home to over half of the World’s Mountain Gorillas. Other unique wildlife encounters to look out for on this tour will be the Golden Monkeys and Chimpanzees. Come let’s go on a ride!
- Included & Excluded
- All Meals and accommodation as per the itinerary.
- All ground transportation in a comfortable safari vehicle.
- Park entrance fees and game drives.
- Services of a full time English speaking driver/guide.
- Drinking Water while on safari.
- Airport transfers
- Optional activities
- Phone calls and bar bills
- Any expenses of a personal nature
- Air fare and visa fees
- Driver/ guide’s gratuity.
- Itinerary
10 Days /9 Night
On arrival at the airport, you will have a meet and greet by our Company Representative and will then drive you to the hotel for overnight. Spent rest of the day at leisure as you wait for the fascinating adventures of this “Land of a Thousand hills” in the following days.
Note: If you arrive early, there is an opportunity to have a city tour of Kigali town including a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Site commemorating the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. This will be at an extra cost.
Accommodation at The Heaven Retreat Hotel or similar. Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast.
You will have breakfast then transfer to Ruhengeri for overnight. Upon arrival there, you will have a hot lunch then head to the Ibyiwacu village for a cultural experience. While here, you will learn of the ways of the Rwandese people. Return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Accommodation at DaVinci Gorilla Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
Have an early breakfast and then transfer to the Volcanoes National park headquarters for a briefing about the golden monkey trek. You will join other trekkers and the rangers and the head to the forest. You'll enjoy great views of the mountain scenery as you start your trek into the park to find the rare golden monkeys. The golden monkeys live near the edge of the park in the bamboo forests where the ground is relatively flat and easy to trek. The monkeys travel in large groups and are as energetic as they are photogenic, often seen playing in the high branches or foraging on the ground for bamboo shoots.
After an amazing one hour with the golden monkeys, you will return to the trailhead and drive back to the lodge for lunch. Thereafter, you'll head to the Rwanda- Uganda border where after clearing, you will proceed to Bwindi forest.
Accommodation at Bweza Gorilla Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
After breakfast and getting ready with your packed lunch, you'll head to the park headquarters for briefing by park ranger guides, to start gorilla trekking. The activity can last up to 1 hour of trekking or more to find the mountain gorillas as you hike up and down the slopes with dense mist-covered vegetation. This active quest will eventually bring you to the face with one of the most sought-after creatures; the mountain gorillas. Upon reaching them, you will have one full hour with them while observing and learning their behavior as you take photos The thrill of spending time observing these gentle but endangered giants is unforgettable. You'll return to the lodge for relaxation. Later, you will move out to encounter the local Batwa community. While here, you will learn of their ancient ways of living. These people once shared the forest with the mountain gorillas.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation at Bweza Gorilla Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
This morning, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to elephants, lions, hippos, baboons, any of which you might see while on a game drive. Later you will have a boat ride on the Kazinga Channel boat cruise for an afternoon of wild game viewing. You will spot crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, and a wide range of bird species on the channel waters. After the Kazinga Channel boat cruise, you'll drive to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Accommodation at Buffalo Safari Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
You will be up early and have your breakfast. You'll proceed for a morning game drive/safari in the Kasenyi plains and be on the lookout for cape buffalos, herds of elephants plus lions, and if lucky-leopards among others. You will then proceed to Kibale Forest for overnight. Relax and get ready for the next day’s adventure.
Optional Activity: Crater lakes hike, cultural tours, nature walks in the forest
Accommodation at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
Kibale Forest is home to over 11 species of primates, including chimpanzee, colobus monkeys, mangabey, and 300 types of birds. Rise early for the start of your chimpanzee trek, listening to the forest’s silence as you go. Return to your lodge for a hot lunch. You can spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure or go for the Bigodi swamp walk.
Accommodation at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
You will enjoy a lovely breakfast at the hotel. Thereafter, you'll embark on a transfer to the Murchison Falls National Park. The highlights of this park include the roaring rapids of the Murchison Falls, and the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park where you will have the chance of viewing lions, leopards, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. Then surely, the concentration of hippos and Nile crocodiles here will fascinate you.
Accommodation at Pakuba Safari Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
You will have breakfast then depart for an early morning game drive across the rolling plains of the Park and be on the lookout for wildlife including lions, giraffes, elephants and if lucky- leopards among others. For any birder, there are quite several birds to sight too during the drive. You'll return to the accommodation for some rest time and lunch. After lunch, you will head out for the boat trip to the base of Murchison Falls where you will also be able to catch sight of more animals including hippos and crocodiles and several water birds.
Accommodation at Pakuba Safari Lodge or similar. Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast.
You will have breakfast and then drive to the top of the falls to truly appreciate the beauty and magnificence of the Murchison Falls. You will then embark on a transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a nature walk with Rhinos. From the rhino tracking, you will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and then continue with the transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your outbound flight to your next destination.
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