9 Days Uganda Rwanda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari
This 9 Days Uganda Rwanda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari is tailored to offer you an opportunity to visit both Uganda and Rwanda on one East Africa safari package. On this East Africa safari journey you will have a once-in-a life encounters with mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Volcanoes National Park, game viewing in Queen Elizabeth National Park and chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park.
Highlights of 9 Days Uganda Rwanda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Uganda
Day 2: Depart for Kibale Forest National Park
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 4: Game Drive and Boat ride along the Kazinga Channel
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Day 7: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Day 8: Gorilla Trekking and Vist Iby’Iwacu Village
Day 9: Departure
Detailed Itinerary of 9 Days Uganda Rwanda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Uganda
On arrival in Uganda at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met and welcomed by our representative and your driver-guide and transferred to your hotel in Entebbe for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: The Boma
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Depart for Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast, depart for Kibale National Park on a journey taking you through the Western Rift Valley’s Albertine Escarpment as well as the green country side and traditional homesteads of the local people with in the Bunyoro and Toro Kingdoms.
On arrival in Fort Portal, you will enjoy glimpse of the legendary snowcapped Rwenzori Mountains. Continue to the park arriving in time for lunch after checking in at your lodge. Later in the day, you will set out for a nature and bird walk in the Bigodi Swamp – run by the local communities and is much known for its rich diversity of bird species and other primates. Here you will see several primate species including black and white colobus monkeys, olive baboons and several bird species.
Accommodation: Crater Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Enjoy an early breakfast and set out for a chimpanzee trekking experience in Kibale Forest National Park. You will be transferred to the park headquarters at Kanyanchu for a 30-40 minutes briefing and get to know more about the chimpanzees and their ways of living with in the forest. After this, you will then embark on your journey into the forest in search for these primates.
On spotting the chimpanzee troop, you will spend one hour in their presence taking videos, pictures and watching them interact with each, pick fruits among others. Return to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – the most popular wildlife national park in Uganda, with over 600 bird species and mammals like leopards, lions, buffaloes and so many others.
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Game Drive and Boat ride along the Kazinga Channel
After an early morning breakfast, head out for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi Plains where you will see several wildlife species such as lions, leopards, buffaloes, antelopes, warthogs, waterbucks, bushbucks, and so on. Enjoy lunch at your lodge and later go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga Channel, connecting Lake Edward and Lake George.
The Kazinga Channel is home to one of Africa’s largest hippo populations and bird species, it is a 3 hours boat cruise enriching you with views of the water loving animals such as hippos, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and other antelopes as well as bird species. Return to your lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, you will checkout of your lodge and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with your packed lunch boxes and en-route game drive in the Ishasha Sector where you might be lucky and see the rare tree climbing lions.
Arrive in Bwindi Forest in the evening, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge Â
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Today we shall have the incredibly mesmerizing face to face encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas. Have an early breakfast, meet your guide and head to the park headquarters for briefing and head into the forest in groups of 8 people searching for mountain gorillas. The trek takes approximately 2-5 hours or more depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night
Spend one hour in their presence, watching them feed, groom under a watchful eye of a silverback gorilla. After the experience, retrace back to the starting point, meet your driver guide and return to your lodge for relaxation and in the evening go for a cultural experience in the Batwa Community, here you will be entertained by local dances and drama, interact with the elders and get to buy some local materials like basket weaving and knitting.
Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge               Â
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, you will head to the Batwa Community for a cultural experience, here you will be entertained by local dances and drama, interact with the elders among other activities giving you an insight into the life of the Batwa People. Later continue with your journey crossing the border to Rwanda and transfer to Volcanoes National Park with en-route lunch. Arrive in the evening, check-in at your lodge, have dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge Â
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Gorilla Trekking and Visit Iby’Iwacu Village
Have early breakfast, and head to the park’s headquarters in Kinigi for briefing about gorilla trekking and the right to behave while in the presence of the gorillas. In groups of 8 people, head into the misty forest looking for mountain gorillas. The trek takes approximately 2 to 5 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night.
Once you locate the gorilla troop, spend one hour in their presence watching them play, feed and groom and take amazing videos and pictures. Later return to the starting point, meet your driver guide and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge   Â
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Golden Monkey Trekking & Departure
Wake up early for breakfast, and return to the park for golden monkey trekking. Head into the forest searching for golden monkeys found in the bamboo forests, spend and one hour in their presence, playing, feed and groom each other. Later, check out of your lodge and embark on a journey to Kigali where you will be dropped off at the airport to catch your flight back home or to your next destination.
