11 days Gorilla safari & Wildife tours in Uganda and Rwanda
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park.
After turning up at Entebbe international Airport, perhaps the friendliest in Africa, get in touch with the African Secrets guide who will brief you about the land of vast African adventure which you will discover from the very first day of your safari. There after, set off on the southbound road to Queen Elizabeth National park with an enroute to the royal drum makers, Equator, and also get a chance to bargain at the roadside markets. Proceed to the Queen Elizabeth National Park while keeping an eye out for viewing the lovely vegetation of the pearl of Africa. Dinner and Overnight at Mweya safari lodge. (FB).
Day 2: Morning game drive and Evening game drive.
Before breakfast leave for the early morning game drive to seek out wildlife in one of the trails in the park ( Typical African Savannah ) an activity that will weak up most wildlife from there habitats and draw them close to you. These may include Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Hyenas, Buffaloes, Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs and Warthogs among others. Later return back to the lodge for a relaxed breakfast, lunch while awaiting for the evening game drive an activity that will enable you exhaust all the wildlife from the park. Return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. (Mweya safari lodge).
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge plus a nature walk.
Past early breakfast ,leave for an excursion to Kyambura Gorge to track the fast moving and indefinable chimpanzees, the man’s friends for life. The chimp population is quite mobile and viewing is unpredictable but the walk is charming. However, for more fun with the primates, you can have an optional nature walk in Maramagambo Forest to see other primates, the bat cave and the blue lake.
After lunch, go for a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel where different animals and birds come to the 34km tranquil Kazinga Channel for relaxation, sun bathing and shoring and tourist see variety of them like large crowds of Hippo and solitary Buffaloes, elephants, reptiles like Crocodiles and Lizards, water birds like Pelicans, Egyptian goose, Saddle-billed Stork, African Fish Eagles, African Jacana and Kingfishers among others. Late evening return back to Mweya safari lodge for dinner and overnight. (FB).
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi via ishasha with a stopover to view climbing lions.
Following breakfast, set off for Bwindi Impenetrable national park Forest via Ishasha a home of the tree climbing lion with another Morning game drive looking for climbing lions, leopard, elephant and more wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park one of the most outstanding treasures of Uganda, and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve for Humanity under UNESCO auspices. Then proceed to Bwindi for dinner and overnight at Gorilla nest.
Day 5: Gorilla trekking safari uganda plus a Community walk.
Early morning gorilla tracking an exciting activity that requires patience and endurance but if you miss it in your safari, you would have mist the life time experience of African treasures. However, the activity requires trackers to walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation. “It real an inspiring moment”. Later after depending on the Tracking time, have an optional community walk before you retire for dinner and overnight at your lodge.(FB).
Day 6: Optional Nature walk or Second Gorilla trek.
Enjoy the second gorilla tracking by having a final moment with another family of the gorillas and at the end of the activity, you will have had a lot of fun that will always bring joy in your memories about the African gorilla safari or go for a guided nature walk in the thick forest rich in birds, butterflies and monkeys. Alternatively go for a stroll around the Lodge. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla nest (FB).
Day 7: Transfer to Mgahinga with a stop over at Kanaba gap/Ridge.
Leave for Mgahinga. Make brief stops at places of interest including Kanaba Gap to view the dramatic Virunga volcanoes and the beautiful terraced hills. Proceed, via the frontier town of Kisoro, up the mountain to Mgahinga at Mgahinga forest campsite for dinner and overnight/Volcanoes Mount Gahinga lodge (FB).
Day 8 Relaxation and transfer to Rwanda.
Have a leisure breakfast at your lodge plus a simple tour in and around the lodge and later transfer to Rwanda after lunch. (Clocks go backward one hour meaning don’t have late lunch as a result of time. Then in the late evening, simply take in the panoramic sunset over the volcanoes. Dinner and overnight at Volcanoes Virunga lodge (FB).
Day 9: Gorilla trekking safari Rwanda.
Before breakfast, leave for gorilla trekking in Parc National des Volcans. Tracking the gorillas is through the light mountain forest on the slopes of the Virunga which is a magical experience and if you are lucky, you can get to the gorillas in a shortest time that is less expected, spend an hour with them, and then get back at the base in time for a late lunch! Some gorilla families however are more elusive, and tracking can take a full day, especially when it is wet and muddy. Dinner and overnight at Virunga lodge (FB).
Day 10: Have optional relaxed activities in Kivu.
Past breakfast, drive to Gisenyi and participate in optional relaxed activities like a swimming, boat ride and sun bathing that will refresh you from the tiresome activities. Then dinner and overnight at Palm Beach resort.
Day 11: Transfer to Kigali for a city tour.
Following breakfast, Leave for a city tour in Kigali including a visit to the market, a pottery project, handicraft shops and the genocide memorial and later transfer to the airport to catch up with your flight back home.
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Gorillas in Rwanda
Your chance to book a trip to view the Mountain gorillas of Rwanda . Inquire online for any dates you may want all through teh year. We have guaranteed departures. Our safari vehicles are 4X4.
Quick Facts on Gorillas
* *When a gorilla drinks, which is rarely, it soaks the back of its hand and suks the water from the fur.
* *As he matures, a male gorilla's skull develops a bony ridge which makes his head dome-shaped..
* *Social grooming can relax a gorilla to the point that it willgo into a trance.
* * A group of gorillas that live together are called a troop.
* * Every gorilla has a unique fingerprint just like humans.