This 15 DAYS UGANDA & RWANDA TOUR will take to both countries and allows to visit Nyungwe Forest National Park in Rwanda for a canopy walk or chimpanzee trekking, Volcanoes National Park for golden monkey trekking, Bwindi Impenetrable National park in Uganda for gorillas, Queen Elizabeth National park for game drives/viewing and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel, Kibale National park for chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi swamp and Murchison Falls National park for game drives and a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. Then proceed toJinja town for White Water Raftingand visit the source of the Nilewhich is the longest river in the world.
Trip Highlights
Day 1: Arrival andtransfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 2: Canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 3: Drive to Volcanoes National Park
Day 4: Golden monkey trekking and cultural encounter
Day 5: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa visit
Day 7: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, evening game drive
Day 8: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
Day 9: Drive to Kibale National Park,
Day 10: Morning chimp trekking and Bigodi wetland walk
Day 11: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 12: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls
Day 13: Drive to Jinja via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for tracking
Day 14: White water rafting and source of the Nile
Day 15: Drive to Entebbe for your Flight.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Upon your arrival, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will take you for a short Kigali city tour. Thereafter, proceed to Nyungwe for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge
Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Budget: Gisakura Guest House
Meal plan: Full Board Basis.
Day 2: Canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park
After your breakfast, you will transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park for an adventurous canopy walk which involves walking from one end of the forest to another viewing bird, and other species of primates. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge
Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Budget: Gisakura Guest House
Meal plan: Full Board Basis.
Day 3: Travel to Volcanoes National Park
After your breakfast, you will leave Nyungwe Forest for Volcanoes National Park arriving in the late afternoon for overnight at your lodge.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Five Volcanoes Loge
Mid-range: La Palme Hotel/Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Kinigi Guest House/Hotel Muhabura
Day 4: Golden monkey tracking in Volcanoes National Park
Early morning after a breakfast at the lodge you will go for golden monkey trekking. Have lunch at the lodge and later in the evening go for cultural tour to banana bear makers and Iby’iwacu cultural center.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Five Volcanoes Loge
Mid-range: La Palme Hotel/Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Kinigi Guest House/Hotel Muhabura
Day 5: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
After breakfast, you will drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. You will cross from Rwanda to Uganda through kyanika Uganda Rwanda boarder and then drive to your Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Gorilla Safari Lodge/Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Spring Lodge/Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge/Bwindi Jungle Lodge/Silverback Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge
Midrange: Gorilla Mist Camp/ Mutanda Lake Resort/Rushaga Gorilla Camp/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Engagi Lodge
Budget: Travellers Rest Hotel/Gorilla Friends Lodge/Broadbill Forest Camp/Buhoma Community Rest Camp/ Haven Lodge Buhoma Community.
Day 6: Gorilla Tracking Day.
Early morning, breakfast with your packed lunch, you will report to the Park headquarters for registration and join a briefing about the dos and the don’ts during Gorilla Tracking. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures. In the evening, you will go for community walk to experience the living of Batwa people.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Gorilla Safari Lodge/Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Spring Lodge/Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge/Bwindi Jungle Lodge/Silverback Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge
Midrange: Gorilla Mist Camp/ Mutanda Lake Resort/Rushaga Gorilla Camp/Gorilla Valley Lodge/Engagi Lodge
Budget: Travellers Rest Hotel/Gorilla Friends Lodge/Broadbill Forest Camp/Buhoma Community Rest Camp/ Haven Lodge Buhoma Community.
Day 7: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
In the morning, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park while having go views of some incredible scenery along the way. You will arrive in time for Lunch at the lodge and game drive in Ishasha in search for tree climbing lions and other wildlife species like buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if lucky wild cats such as leopard.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge/ Katara Lodge
Mid-range: Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge/Ihamba Safari Lodge/Parkview Safari Lodge/Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
Budget: Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge/Mweya Hostel
Meal Plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat on Kazinga Channel.
This morning you will head to back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to explore the beautiful wildlife speciesbuffaloes, antelopes, elephants. After Lunch you will go for an afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many more which visit the channel for drinking water.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge/ Katara Lodge
Mid-range: Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge/Ihamba Safari Lodge/Parkview Safari Lodge/Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
Budget: Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge/Mweya Hostel
Meal Plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Morning Game drive and Travel to Kibale Forest National Park
After an early morning breakfast, drive to the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park area in searches the wild animals which include Elephants, Buffalos, and the wild cats, Savanna birds and deferent species of antelopes such water buck Uganda kobs among others. After lunch proceed the drive to Kibale Forest National Park arrive your lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Primate Lodge/Papaya Lake Lodge/Kyaninga lodge
Moderate: Isunga Lodge/Kibale Forest Cottages/Primate Lodge
Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Chimpanzee Guest House
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Chimps trekking and Bigodi swamp walk in Kibale Forest National Park.
In the morning after breakfast, you will go to the park headquarters for briefing and thereafter you will be taken for chimpanzee trekking, through Kibale Forest National Park. During this walk you will have high chances to see many of the 13 primate species native to Kibale Forest National Park. After lunch you will drive to Bigodi for a swamp walk.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Primate Lodge/Papaya Lake Lodge/Kyaninga lodge
Moderate: Isunga Lodge/Kibale Forest Cottages/Primate Lodge
Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Chimpanzee Guest House
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
In the morning after your breakfast, you will drive to Murchison Falls National Park through small towns, villages and great views of the escarpment, arrive your lodge in the late evening, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge/ Bakers Lodge
Mid-range: Murchison River Lodge/Pakuba Safari Lodge/Bwana Tembo Safari Camp
Budget: Fort Murchison Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 12: Morning Game drive and afternoon Boat cruise to the bottom of the falls.
After an early morning breakfast, you will go for a morning game drive that will provide you an opportunity of spotting wild animalswhich include giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, hippos and if lucky cats such as lions and leopards. Return to the lodge for a lunch , thereafter go for a2 hour boat cruise to the bottom of the falls to explore how river Nile squeezes itself in a narrow gorge before exploding out producing a lifetime experience.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge/ Bakers Lodge
Mid-range: Murchison River Lodge/Pakuba Safari Lodge/Bwana Tembo Safari Camp
Budget: Fort Murchison Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 13: Travel to Jinjavia Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
In the morning after your breakfast, you will drive back to Jinja via Ziwa Rhino sanctuaryfor Rhino tracking then proceeding to Jinja for dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge/Hotel.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Crested Crane Hotel
Mid-range: Jinja Nile Resort/Nile Village Hotel/Hotel Paradise on the Nile/The haven/Kingfisher
Budget: 2 Friends Guesthouse and Restaurant/Source of the Smile Hotel/Pearl on the Nile Hotel
Meal Plan: Full board basis
Day 14: White water Rafting and visit to the source of the River Nile
In the morning after your breakfast, you will prepare for an incredible, challenging and memorable activity: white water rafting, thereafter in the late afternoon, you will gofor a boat ride to the source of the Nile to witness the actual point where the Nile starts its long journey to the Mediterranean Sea. Then drive to Kampala for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury Lodge: Serena Hotel/ Sheraton Hotel/Munyonyo Speke Resort/Pearl of Africa Hotel
Moderate: Cassia Lodge/ Speke Resort Hotel/Protea Hotel/Hotel Africana/Cassia Hotel/Golf Course Hotel
Budget facility: Airport View Hotel/ Namirembe Guest house/Forest Cottages/Karibu Hotel/Airport GuestHouse
Meal Plan: Full Board Basis
Day 15: Departure
After your breakfast, you will have a brief of Kampala city tour and then proceed to Entebbe International Airport for your flight back home.
Requirements for this Safari:
- Uganda Visa which can be got on arrival at the Airports
- Chimpanzee, Gorilla and Golden Monkey trekking permits (paid for in advance through our company)
- Travel & Health insurance arranged for from your home country
- Proof of Yellow fever vaccination (certificate}
- Travelers must be at least 15 years old on the day of the trekking.
- Good physical, fit health and mental condition
- Waterproof Jacket, breathable with hood.
- Insulated warm Jacket synthetic or down.
- Long Sleeve Shirt and Waterproof Pants.
- Footwear – Hiking.
Safari Cost Includes
- Airport transfers
- Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Services of an English speaking driver guide
- Fuel for the whole trip
- Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary
- All park entrance fees
- Drinking water while in the vehicle
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Chimp trekking permit
- Insurance
The Safari cost excludes,
- Pre and post tour accommodation in Uganda or Rwanda
- International airfares
- Uganda & Rwanda East African Tourist Visa
- Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry
