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11 Days Uganda and Rwanda Safari

This 11-day trip brings you the highlights of Uganda and Rwanda, where the savannah meets the rainforest. Expect to see the animals of the savannahs (lion, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hippo, leopard) and up to 13 primate species, including gorillas and chimps!!!

This trip specifically includes the most important and well-known national parks of Uganda: Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi National Park.

Highlights
• Game drives (safaris) on the savannahs of Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park with chances of seeing the wildlife from close quarters
• Boat trip on the Nile to the Murchison Falls, where the Nile is forced through a gorge and drops 60 meters
• See the chimpanzees and 12 other monkey species in Kibale Forest
• Boat trip on the Kazinga Channel with the biggest concentration of hippos and spectacular birds
• Meet the Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi National Park
• Enjoy the silence and beautiful landscape in Uganda’s most beautiful lake, Lake Bunyonyi
• Visit the local people and/or the pygmies and experience their local way of living Kigali Genocide Memorial Site

Day by Day Itinerary

About Safari Vehicle:
You will be having a big safari vehicle. We maintain a fleet of specially outfitted 4-wheel drive Stretched Land Cruisers providing maximum flexibility, comfort, and wildlife viewing.

Arrive at Kigali Airport. Your guide will be there waiting for you to receive you. Pick up and proceed to your accommodation. Time: 15minutes
Haven Boutique Hotel

After Breakfast, we visit the Genocide memorial site and set off for Bwindi, Rushaga area. On our way we pass through interesting villages and have some breathtaking views of the mountains. Bwindi Impenetrable is a unique jungle, with many monkey species.

Bwindi is one of the two places in The world where you can find Mountain Gorillas! We shall arrive early enough for the evening stroll in the community. Nature walk to the waterfall is Possible, though I would recommend a relaxed community walk to save energy for the Gorilla trek next morning.
Time of Travel: 5 hours Sleep at Bweza Gorilla Lodge

Wake up at 6 am. Have an Early Morning Breakfast, then we drive to the briefing point. After the briefing, you depart with your ranger to search for one of the world’s most interesting and endangered animals, the Mountain Gorilla! You will spend one hour with one of our closest relatives. An experience you will never forget.

- The drive will be about 5 minutes
- Sleep at Bweza Gorilla Lodge

Bwindi - Ishasha Southern Sector After breakfast, we drive through Queen Elizabeth National
Park to the Ishasha sector in the South. Game drive in the afternoon in search of the tree-climbing lions. In Ishasha, there are 4 prides of lions that climb the trees daily. Unique in the world! The other attraction of Ishasha is the Topis, not found anywhere else in this National Park. We shall do the mid-morning and after proceed to the Northern Sector of the park Ishasha - Queen Elizabeth National Park Kyambura (3 hours) Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the best places in Uganda to see lions. Expect to see elephants, lions, many hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, and maybe leopards. Sleep at Ardvark Safari Lodge
Time of Travel 4+3 hours

Game drive in the morning ending at the Craft village in Kasenyi. Boat trip on the Kazinga Channel in the afternoon. The Kazinga Channel is one of the highlights of Uganda and has the highest concentration of hippos in the world. Sleep at Ardvaark Safari Lodge

After breakfast, we drive to the Primate capital of the world through the National park with good travel
through the vast Tea plantations. And several crater lakes.

- Sleep at Bweza Kibale Lodge

Kibale Forest is a spectacular jungle, with 13 primate species! Including chimps, baboons, black and white colobus, red colobus, grey-cheeked mangabey, and L’Hoest monkey.

Chimpanzee tracking in the afternoon with a community walk is good to learn about the way of living of the local people, we shall visit the medicine Man, coffee experience, and the swamp walk end it with Lunch at Tinka’s homestay. Sleep at Bweza Gorilla Lodge

On our way, we visit the Top of the falls. Time of Travel: 6 hours with Lunch.

- Sleep at Pakuba Safari Lodge

Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls is one of the most beautiful national parks of Uganda. One of the main attractions is the Nile, with the spectacular Murchison Falls, where the whole Nile is forced through a narrow gorge and falls 60 meters.

Expect to see elephants, giraffes, lions, hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, and maybe leopards.

Early morning game drive in this beautiful national park. Afternoon boat cruise on the Victoria Nile up to The bottom of the falls. The boat is the perfect platform to see and photograph many different bird species. Sleep at Pakuba Safari Lodge

Rhino Sanctuary proudly harbors Uganda’s wild endangered rhinos. It is situated in Nakasongola District, near Nakitoma Village, in the north of Kampala, along the Kampala – Gulu highway, approximately 180km by road; it covers around 7,000ha (70 sq km).

Uganda used to have a big number of Rhinos in the 90s, but during the massive wars in the 1970s, there were serious killings, poaching, and hunting, and by 1983 there became extinction of Rhinos. In 2005, the sanctuary was established and rhinos were reintroduced by the Rhino Fund Uganda.

Ziwa is the only place where you can track rhinos on foot; it is great and exciting as you watch the white rhinoceros! This place has tight 24-hour security, following the actions done in the 90s. We do the rhino trek and spend the night here. Sleep at Ziwa Rhino Lodge

In the afternoon to Entebbe Have dinner in Entebbe and depart to the Airport depending on Flight time. 3.5 hours travel time to Entebbe.

End of Safari.

Start of Memories

Price $4,900 per person
Price Includes
  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All flights during the tour
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Price Excludes
  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

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