To enquire about rates, availability or to make a booking for this safari , please email us at tours@tourseastafrica.com +44790.863.9450.
UGANDA & RWANDA PRIMATES, BIG 5 & GORILLAS SAFARI
This 17 days’ combined Uganda and Rwanda safari offers you the best opportunity to explore Uganda and Rwanda rolled into our exciting and truly memorable safari journey. Start your safari in Entebbe Uganda and finish in Kigali Rwanda. The tour itinerary flow can be revised to start with Rwanda and end in Entebbe Uganda if that suits your safari flight schedule.
Uganda represents gorillas, chimpanzees plus birds galore. Uganda boasts rivers, lakes, mountains, dramatic landscapes and above all a very friendly people with varied tribes, cultures, history and traditions. Explore all these and more when you sign up for this tailored Uganda safari.
Rwanda on the other hand is also a fascinating safari destination with half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas population, chimpanzees, golden monkeys, a myriad of bird species, stunning landscapes, hills, lakes, game and wildlife that make Rwanda a special safari holiday destination. Combine Uganda and Rwanda on one safari and you have on your hands a truly memorable safari holiday experience.
We have a little bit more to say about Uganda. There is never enough space to write nice things about Uganda plus all the safari activities that one can get their teeth into. We have done our best to compress the best of both Uganda and Rwanda into only 17 safari days. Uganda hosts almost half of the world’s surviving rare mountain gorillas with 15 gorilla families habituated for trekking by humans.
There is an amazingly high number of chimpanzee troops in Kibale forest, Budongo forest as well as Kyambura Gorge. You are spoilt for choice on where to track the chimps, though we advise that you choose to track the chimps in Kibale. Uganda is a birder’s paradise with over 1000 recorded bird species. Uganda’s national parks of Kidepo, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo are home to the Big 5. In addition, Uganda is home to the majestic Lake Victoria, the source of the mighty Nile, home to the mountains of the moon-Rwenzori Mountains. It is only in Uganda where one day you are tracking the gorillas, and the next day white water rafting or kayaking on the Nile, the next canoeing on river Nile, then having a guided safari walk, game drives, launch cruises, the list is simply endless.
Verdant Rwanda is fondly referred to as the “land of a thousand hills”. Rwanda is home of the gentle giants of the Virungas, the rare mountain gorillas. It is here that you will be able to track golden monkeys in Volcanoes national park, chimps in Nyungwe and safari game drives in Akagera, not forgetting canoeing trips on the stunningly calm Lake Kivu. There is beautiful lakes galore in Rwanda, including the twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo in Volcanoes National Park. The Virunga volcanoes of Bisoke, Karisimbi and Muhavura are also another tour attraction for adventure hiking enthusiasts.
The 17 days itinerary promises to be one heck of an adventure and memorable safari journey through the pearl of Africa and the land of a thousand hills.
Day 1 -Meet and Greet at Entebbe airport, depending on time of arrival you may do an afternoon Kampala city tour o/n Cassia Lodge BB basis
Day 2- Jinja ;white water rafting o/n The Rainforest Lodge, FB basis
Day 3 -Possibly an early morning visit to the Mabira forest then continuing to Murchison Falls via Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary o/n Paraa Lodge
Day 4- Murchison Falls o/n Paraa Lodge
Day 5-Murchison Falls – Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve and Drive to Lake Albert with overnight at Lake Albert Safari Lodge
Day 6-Drive to Kibale Forest; evening Bigodi swamp walk o/n Chimps Nest
Day 7-Kibale National Park to QE NP– Evening game driver o/n Katara Lodge
Day 8-QENP – morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise o/n Katara Lodge
Day 9- QENP and Ishasha Tree Climbing Lions o/n Ishasha Wilderness Camp FB basis
Day 10- QENP – Bwindi – o/n Buhoma Lodge FB
basis
Day 11- Gorilla Trekking o/n Buhoma Lodge
Day 12-Travel to Rwanda – Visit Lake Mutanda in the morning and then transfer to Ruhengeri via Cyanika border crossing, evening visit to Lakes Bulera & Ruhondo .o/n Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.
Day 13-Bisoke Volcano hike o/n Mtn Gorilla View Lodge.
Day 14- Dian Fossey hike in the morning and afternoon transfer to Gisenyi o/n Paradis Malahide Resort
Day 15 – Leave Gisenyi for Nyungwe Forest o/n Nyungwe Tophill View Lodge
Day 16- Morning chimp tracking and evening canopy walk o/n Nyungwe Tophill View Lodge
Day 17-Leave Nyungwe for Kigali via Butare. Visit to Nyanza King’s Palace o/n Golf Hills Residence
Day 18- Kigali city tour including a visit to the genocide museum. Later transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
To enquire about rates, availability or to make a booking for this safari , please email us at tours@tourseastafrica.com +44790.863.9450.