Day 1: Arrival at Kigali international airport
Welcome to the land of a thousand hills! Upon arrival at Kigali Entebbe airport, you will be met and greeted by our friendly and Professional driver/ guide. He will brief and take you through your tip plan then transfer you to your hotel in Kigali for relaxation dinner and overnight stay. Depending on the arrival time, you will go for a Kigali city tour.
Accommodation: Onomo hotel Kigali
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Mgahinga gorilla national park
After breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge with the help of your guide and cross the Cyanika
border for the transfer to Mgahinga gorilla national park. On your way to Mgahinga national park, you will visit the Ellen DeGeneres Dian Fossey gorilla fund.
Accommodation: Ichumbi Hotel Kisoro
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park.
Leave for morning golden monkey trekking experience which will make you stay longer with the golden monkeys more than the normal golden monkey trekking, you enjoy almost full day with these great apes right from the time when they are still in their nest up the time, they will be breast feeding their young ones and other daily activities, you stay with them for 4-6 hours. After the golden monkey trekking, you will be transferred to Bwindi impenetrable national park. The transfer to Mgahinga to Bwindi impenetrable national park takes approximately 3 hours driving.
Accommodation: Ichumbi gorilla lodge
http://ichumbigorillalodge.com/#/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Talks Experience
Encountering the rare and endangered Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an experience of a lifetime. Half of the world’s population of gorillas’ lives under the mist-covered canopies of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforest. In the company of an experienced park ranger, you will be tracking the whereabouts of one of the nine habituated family groups who live in the park. Your tracking experience will be an exciting, yet challenging, journey along forested (often muddy and slippery) slopes, tangled vines, thick vegetation and bamboo forests before you reach the territory of these gentle giants. En-route, your ranger will point out telltale signs of previous gorilla activity like dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots. Depending on the location of the gorillas on any given day the walk can take anything from 2 to 7 hours. Once the family of gorillas has been located, settle into your surroundings and enjoy the hour you have to quietly observe these fascinating primates whose habits and mannerisms remind us so much of our own. Encountering the mountain gorillas in the wild is a truly humbling and emotional experience, one that you are sure to remember for the rest of your life.
Accommodation: Ichumbi gorilla lodge
http://ichumbigorillalodge.com/#/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 5: Transfer to Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth for a game drive
Have breakfast then transfer to the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will set out for an evening game drive in the Ishasha sector. Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park is famously known for its resident tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70% though sometimes they are hard to spot (most especially when they are down in the grassland looking for prey). Hoping you get the chance to spot them, the sight will be spectacular! After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ishasha Jungle lodge
https://ugandajunglelodges.com/ishasha-jungle-lodge/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 6: Transfer to Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth national park for an evening game drive.
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge at your convenient time and drive to the Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth national park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge for lunch and relaxation as you enjoy the cool breeze of Queen Elizabeth national park. In the evening, you will enjoy a game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions among others.
Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge/ Acacia wilderness Mweya
https://aardvarksafarilodge.co.ug/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 7: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.
Arise early enough and after breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions among others. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will do the afternoon set out for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will see various animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, buffaloes as well as birds like the storks, king fishers among others.
Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge/ Acacia wilderness Mweya
https://aardvarksafarilodge.co.ug/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 8: Transfer to Kibale Forest national park
After breakfast you will check out of the lodge and drive to Kibale Forest national park. You will be able to enjoy an impressive sight of the legendary “mountains of the moon” which you will clearly see. You will as well pass through many traditional villages as you enjoy local people carrying out agriculture. Kibale forest national park which is one of the great rain forests in Africa. This forest is mainly famous for around 13 primate species with chimpanzees being the main tracked chimpanzees. The other primate species include the golden monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, as well as the bird. The park is also next to Bigodi wetland which is managed and owned by the local people in the area, this place is famous for primate watching as well as birding.
Accommodation: Kibale tourist safari lodge
https://kibaletouristsafarilodge.com/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 9: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi wetland visit.
Wake up so early and head to Kanyanchu by 8:00 am to start your chimpanzee trek in Kibale Forest. Chimpanzees are considered to be the closest relatives of human beings since they share 98% of their DNA with that of human beings. As you proceed with the search of these beautiful chimps, you will view many other primate and animal species including the LHoests monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkey, grey cheeked mangabeys, bush babies and many bird species including yellow spotted nicator, ramped tinker, crowned eagle, as well as the elephants which are mammals. This national park is on an average of 3,300 feet in elevation and it’s a rain forest with many chimpanzee communities, each troop of these chimpanzees has over 100 individuals which are a complete social structure. In their groups, the adult males dominate the group and always defend the community against any danger and incursions by the female from outside. These primates are located by listening to their pant hooting calls, and then hurry to the place where they are calling from. You get a chance to observe them as they play, feed; socialize as well as jump around the trees.
Immediately after the long trek, you will return to the lodge for lunch and then later in the evening, you will head out of the Bigodi swamp walk.
Accommodation: Kibale tourist safari lodge
https://kibaletouristsafarilodge.com/
Meal Plan: Full board
Day 10: Transfer to Kampala
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Kampala with an enroute lunch.
The drive to Kampala takes approximately 6 hours so on this day expect no activity and I highly
recommend that you have a night at Kampala.
Accommodation: Onomo hotel Kigali
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 11: Transfer to Entebbe international airport for your flight back home
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Entebbe international airport for your flight back home. Depending on your flight schedule, you could do a Kampala city tour.
End of tour
Cost of the package basing on 10 pax: USD: 3,500 Per person
Guides: USD: 3,000 Per person
Inclusions:
- Transportation in 2 extended land cruisers
- 2 English speaking driver guides
- 10 nights’ Accommodation double/ twin rooms
- Meals as specified above
- Gorilla permits
- Golden monkey permits
- Chimpanzee permits
- All entrance fees
- Cultural tour
- Bigodi wetland visit
- All activities mentioned above
- Park entrance fees
- Game drives
- Boat cruise
- All transfers
- 2 Bottles of drinking water per day
Exclusions
- Tips & gratuities
- Activities that are not mentioned above
- Alcoholic drinks
- Visa fees
- Air tickets
