This 8 Days Rwanda and Uganda Gorilla Safari will give you a great taste of both Uganda, and Rwanda sfari experience, as you explore the numerous attractions between both countries, visiting Volcanoes national park for golden monkey trek and Kigali City tour on Rwanda side, as well as cross over to Uganda, to do a wonderful life time moment, gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with boat cruise and game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of the most visited national parks in Uganda, proceed with chimpanzee trekking in Kibale national park. This one of the most highly recommended park for a wonderful chimpanzee experience encounter, in East Africa, as you marvel in the jungle to search for the chimpanzees. You will have a walk, in bigodi wetland for a beautiful view of nature as you wind your tour. This is an adventurous tour, action packed, that keeps you busy during your tour. Request a Quote
Day 1: Transfer from the airport to the hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport and passing through the immigration process, you will be welcomed by our safari driver who will, brief you shortly and transfer you to the booked accommodation. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Accommodation: Marriot Hotel (Luxury Lodge) or Chez lando hotel (Mid-range Lodge) or Quite Heaven Hotel (budget lodge).
Meal Plan: Dinner.
Day 2: Kigali City Tour & Transfer to Volcanoes National Park. Travel time +3 hours
Today after taking your early morning breakfast, you will checkout of the hotel, head for visit to Mount Kigali, with a simple hike, to have a total view of the city, you will later return to Nyamirambo, where you will have a short, walking tour, to learn more about Kigali and its suburbs. You will later have a local cuisine lunch before you drive to visit the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, which honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994 through education and peace-building. You will be able to watch and listen to some video clips from some of the survivors’ of the incident. After the visit, you will drive to Musanze, where you will have your overnight stay.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (luxury lodge) or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge (Mid-range lodge) or Le Palme Hotel (budget lodge)
Meal Plan: Full board.
Day 3: Golden Monkey trek& transfer to Bwindi: Travel time +2 hrs
Today, after having your early morning breakfast, you will head for a briefing at the park headquarters in Kinigi, where you will join the rest and head for a golden monkey trekking adventure. This is less hectic compared to the gorilla trekking and it takes roughly 2 – 4 hours. You will later return for lunch, before you later proceed with a drive to Bwindi through the magnificent route to your booked accommodation to catch up with the late lunch and later spend the rest of the afternoon relax and prepare for the next day’s trekking.
Accommodation: Chameleon Hills lodge (luxury lodge) or Ichumbi Gorilla lodge (mid-range lodge) or Bwindi Back Parkers lodge
Meal plan: Full-Board.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking & transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP. Travel time +4hrs
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the briefing from the Uganda wildlife officials and thereafter enter the jungle to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun screen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movement of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience in Uganda you will have informative memorable experience in life. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park one of the most visited parks known for having diversity of wildlife including the tree climbing lions of the Ishasha sector.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari lodge (luxury lodge) or Park View Safari Lodge (Mid-range lodge) or Kisenyi Wilderness Safari lodge (budget lodge)
Meal plan: Full-Board.
Day 5: Game drive & boat cruise.
Today you will have a very early morning breakfast and head to Queen Elizabeth National Park in search for the number of wildlife and bird species. Along, you will be able to spot some wildlife such as the elephants, buffaloes, water bucks and numerous bird species. You will later return and head for lunch before embarking on a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel which is known for having the largest number of hippos in the whole world. You will also be able to spot Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, kobs drinking water along the lake side. You will later return to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury lodge) or Park View Safari Lodge (Mid-range lodge) or Kisenyi Wilderness Safari lodge (budget lodge).
Meal plan: Full-Board.
Day 6: Transfer to Kibale Nation Park
After a relaxed morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and be transferred to Kibale National Park, a tropical rain forest know for harboring more than 13 primate species making it to be known as the primate capital of the world including the chimpanzees. You will have a visit to Lake Katwe, where salt mining is done, as you explore the beautiful attractions around. You will have an en route lunch in Fort Portal as you proceed to your booked accommodation.
Accommodation: Kyaninga lodge (luxury lodge) or Kibale Chimpanzee Guest House (mid-range lodge) or Rweteera Safari Park (budget lodge)
Meal plan: Full-Board.
Day 7: Chimpanzee trek & Bigodi swamp walk.
Today you will be driven to Kanyanchu visitor’s center after having your early morning breakfast. Kibale National park is known as a primate capital hosting over 13 primate species alongside the commonly trekked chimpanzees including the grey checked mangabey, baboons, red colobus monkeys, red tailed monkey, bush babies to mention but a few. After briefing you will head into the jungle in search for this great primates where by you will be given an hour of interaction with them. After trekking you will return for lunch before heading for a swamp walk at Bigodi wetlands to see more primates and numerous bird species. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Accommodation: Kyaninga lodge (luxury lodge) or Kibale Chimpanzee Guest House (mid-range lodge) or Rweteera Safari Park (budget lodge)
Meal plan: Full-Board.
Day 8: Drive to Kampala. Travel time +6hrs
After having relaxed breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive back to Kampala reaching in the afternoon where you will be either dropped at Entebbe to catch up with your flight.
End of the 8 Days Rwanda and Uganda Gorilla Safari.
This 8 Days Rwanda and Uganda Gorilla Safari package includes. Request a Quote
- All airport transfers.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle.
- 1 Gorilla permits, ($700) per person to be paid in advance.
- Driver guide allowances.
- En-route lunches.
- Chimpanzee permit.
- Golden Monkey permit.
- Boat cruise.
- Bigodi nature walk.
- Game drives.
- Visit to Kigali genocide memorial ground.
- Community tours.
- Walking tour.
- Visit to Lake Katwe.
- Park entrance fees.
- Services of English speaking driver/guide.
- 1 litre bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari.
The 8 Days Rwanda and Uganda Gorilla Safari package excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.
