Africa
Uganda Safari and Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda, 13 Days - From: $10,705
Trip Summary
Experience primates chattering and swinging through ancient trees in the Kibale Forest National Park. See lions relaxing in the trees in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Travel through the undulating hills of picturesque Rwanda to spend a brief period of time visiting the magnificent mountain gorilla.
Highlights
- Visit chimpanzees in Kibale followed by an outstanding Ugandan wildlife experience and gorilla tracking in Rwanda.
- Kibale Forest for chimpanzees and other smaller primates.
- Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives.
- Volcanoes National Park for gorilla tracking and golden monkey tracking.
Trip Details
Per Person Double Occupancy Price:
| November - March | $11,425 |
| April - May | $10,705 |
| June - October | $12,130 |
Gorilla Tracking is an additional $750 per person, per day and Chimpanzee Tracking is an additional $90 per person, per day
Departure Dates:
- Daily
Itinerary
Day 1
Entebbe, Uganda
Today arrive into Entebbe International Airport and transfer by road to Boma Guest House.
Lodging: Boma Guest House
Day 2
Kibale Forest National Park
Drive to Fort Portal. Visit the crater lakes and local vanilla and tea plantations.
Lodging: Kyaninga Lodge
Day 3
Kibale Forest National Park
The tropical rain forest is the natural habitat for 12 primate species and contains the highest primate density of any area on Earth. Take a guided forest walk where you may find Chimpanzees and Red Colobus monkeys. Later visit a local community project and the Bigodi Swamp.
Lodging: Kyaninga Lodge
Day 4
Queen Elizabeth National Park
This morning drive to Queen Elizabeth Natinal Park. Check-in and enjoy lunch at Katara Lodge before your evening game drive in the Kasenyi area of the park.
Lodging: Katara Lodge
Day 5
Queen Elizabeth National Park
This morning go chimpanzee tracking at Kyambura gorge. Later go on an afternoon boat ride on the Kazinga channel.
Lodging: Katara Lodge
Day 6
Ishasha - Queen Elizabeth National Park
Ishasha is a more remote part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, but one which has a sense of exclusivity. There is prolific plains game and this means that predators are in attendance. Spotted hyena and leopard are occasionally sighted. The prime attraction for Ishasha is its large lion population and the frequency of the sighting is higher here than anywhere else in Uganda. Look skyward to see lions up trees escaping the mid-day heat.
Lodging: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Day 7
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Enjoy a morning game drive through Ishasha en route to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Lodging: Gorilla Forest Camp
Days 8 - 9
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
The Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi are part of a worldwide population of just 720 individuals. The gorillas you are allowed to track belong either to one of six habituated family groups. For up to five years each, these groups have undergone an extremely delicate process that has gradually brought them to tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day and allowed the privileged visitors to interact with them in the wild.
The time taken to track the gorillas varies enormously from as little as half an hour to as much as 9 hours before one returns to camp. Once the gorillas are located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them.
Lodging: Gorilla Forest Camp
Day 10
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Early morning drive to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
Lodging: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
Day 11
Volcanoes National Park
Today you will be met and transferred to the headquarters of the Volcanoes National Park from where you will meet your guide and begin trekking on foot to see the magnificent Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most dramatic, thrilling and poignant wildlife experiences possible.
After 1 hour of observing the gorillas, your guide will return you to your safari lodge for an afternoon of leisure.
Lodging: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
Day 12
Volcanoes National Park
This morning go Golden Monkey tracking. Later drive to Kigali for overnight at the Kigali Serena Hotel.
Lodging: Kigali Serena Hotel
Day 13
Depart
This morning go for a Kigali city tour including visits to genocide sites and local crafts market. Later you will be transferred to the airport in time to connect to your international flights home.