7 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda

Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda

Overview

This 7 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda Tour will give you amazing scenic views on your drive from Kigali through northern Rwanda into Uganda, a double gorilla trekking experience in both Volcanoes National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, African Savanna Wildlife Viewing and Chimpanzee Trekking in Uganda. A nature hike in Bigodi near Kibale forest and a safari boat cruise on the Kazinga channel to catch sight of the birds, big and small savanna animals as tehy come to drink on fresh water.

Highlights

• You’ll be visiting Uganda and Rwanda
• Destinations include: Kigali City, Volcanoes NP, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kibale Forest, Queen Elizabeth NP and Entebbe
• The trip starts in in Kigali Rwanda and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
• Activities include: Game Drives, Chimpanzee Tracking, Gorilla Trekking, Boat Safaris, Nature Walks, Hiking, Birding, Jungle Cultural Encounters, City Excursions
• Top Animals to see: Mountain Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Golden Monkey, the Big Five, tree Climbing Lions
• You’ll staying in tented camps and travelling in a 4×4 custom safari truck/van

ITINERARY

Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be received by your Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda trip driver guide and  you will be driven to Ruhengeri – the base town of Volcanoes national park. This 2 hours drive journey through the scenic hills of Rwanda will offer the best picturesque with numerous stop overs for taking pictures.

Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (mid-range)
Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park and drive to Uganda.

Wake up to an early breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and later proceed into the jungle for your long awaited gorilla trekking adventure on the Bamboo slopes of Rwanda’s Volcanoes national park.

After lunch, your private Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda driver will transfer you to the Uganda side, crossing the border via the Cyanika into Kisoro to Nkuringo where you’ll spend the night and track gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

Accommodation: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (mid-range)
Meals: Breast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

After enjoying an early breakfast, you will be dropped by your driver guide to the park headquarters for a briefing and allocation of the gorilla family before you set off gorilla trekking. Enter the forest trekking through the steep, densely forested hills and then finally after a few of searching you will be privileged to spend an hour with the gorillas.

This is a Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda safari highlight and you should savor every moment you spend in the jungles of the impenetrable forest. Don’t rush, stop, smell the flower, look up the ancient trees, smell the cold and dump forest air and breath deep for this 2 million old forest has its own mind, listen!

Accommodation: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (mid-range)
Meals: Breast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park national park after enjoying your breakfast. On arrival, you will enjoy a game drive in the ishasha sector in search of the tree climbing lions. After transfer to the lodge and rest. The animal species to view here include; the lion, elephants, antelopes as well as birds.

Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp (mid-range)
Meals: Breast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Morning wildlife Game Drive and safari boat cruise on Kazinga Channel.

Enjoy breakfast and then proceed for a morning Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda safari  game drive in the park. You will get a chance to view many animal species including some of the African savanna Big five family members.

Return to the hotel for lunch and in the afternoon go for a safari boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. Later return to the lodge and rest for the evening.

Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp (mid-range)
Meals: Breast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Kibale National Park

Bigodi Nature walk

With an early breakfast, you will enjoy a scenic drive to Kibale Forest the “Primates capital”  with the highest concentration of primates in Africa. You will visit Bigodi wetland and then enjoy the nature walk in search of the different primates, bird species and various plant species before you settle into your booked lodge.

Accommodation: Isunga Lodge (mid-range)
Meals: Breast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 7: Chimpanzee Trekking

Early in the morning you will be dropped to the park headquarters in Kanyanchu for a briefing  before you venture into the forest insearch of a chimpanzee family in the Kibale forest.

Tracking chimpanzees in their natural habitat, as they swing from the branches in the canopy high above the forest floor, is a thrilling experience.

Later that afternoon, your Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Uganda Rwanda safari will come to an end with a 4-5 hour drive back to Entebbe in time for your flight back home.

End of safari

Accommodation after the trip can be arranged at a price outside the tour.

Terms and Conditions

* The rates are in US dollars and subject to change.

* Availability of accommodation, permits and activities is not guaranteed until confirmation by your contact person of Gap Travels Safaris. Permits are sold on ‘first come first serve’ basis.

* Should any of the included accommodations not be available, Gap Travels Safaris reserves the right to substitute it with an alternative suitable accommodation, which might affect the final quoted price.

* The estimated travelling hours are based on the actual hours of driving. Stops for lunch and photos are not included.

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