11 Days Uganda Gorilla Safari Rwanda

11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour to Volcanoes national park for gorilla trekking and golden monkey tracking, Rwanda Cultural safari to Kigali city. Uganda Gorilla Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National park and Lake Bunyonyi Adventure tour in Uganda. Not forgetting Chimpanzee tracking in the rainforest of Nyungwe forest national park

11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour Highlights:

Detailed 11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour 

Day 1: Pick Up and Transfer to Arc Villa

Depending on your time of arrival, our ARC Guide will pick you up from Entebbe Airport and transfer you to the recommended accommodation so that you are relaxed and prepared for the next day’s safari program.

Accommodation: ARC Villa

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Pick Up and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After breakfast, embark on an 8-9 hours’ drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South western Uganda.

Quite a long drive but worth it because you get to enjoy the countryside scenery, some of the most beautiful nature’s images all the way to the Virunga massive.

You will have an en-route stopover at the Equator crossing for photographic and simple experiment before continuing to Mbarara town for Lunch. After lunch, you will embark on your scenic drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Accommodation: Ichumbi lodge

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 3 of the 11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi

After an early breakfast, you will set off for gorilla tracking. Trekking through the steep, densely forested hills and then finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation is an inspiring and privileged moment.

Tracking in the Bwindi forest requires stamina and can often take most of the day. For one hour, you are allowed to watch those majestic giants!

Depending on the duration of the track you can either relax in the afternoon visit Batwa village and from there drive at the lodge and just enjoy another cultural around the village.

Dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Ichumbi lodge

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast.

Day 4: Transfer to Volcano Via Twin Lakes Burera & Ruhondo.

Morning after breakfast, you will drive to Musanze via two lakes Burera and ruhondo named because are situated in the same area and they are physical interconnected.

You will enjoy the canoe ride also reward travelers with a breath of fresh air spectacular views of the green vegetation and some little birds of the water shores.

Fortunately, the lakes are free from dangerous water animals like crocodiles which assure travelers of their safety on the waters.

Also, travelers get a chance to interact with local people also riding as they cross to their gardens. It’s such an interesting activity no traveler should miss.

The twin lakes share a combined surface area of 2800 hectares of land and were formed as a result of Volcanic eruption in the Virunga massif.

From there you will have diner and overnight at your lodge Accommodation: Le bamboo gorilla lodge Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 5 of the 11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour: Golden Monkeys & Ibyiwacu Village.

Today you will begin the day early with a quick breakfast at your lodge as you prepare for a thrilling experience while Golden monkeys in Rwanda live in the bamboo vegetation towards the base of the volcanoes and habituation has helped them to overcome their initial shyness to accept their daily visit by researchers and tourists.

They are very active creatures, and jump from tree to tree which is really interesting and a little difficult to photograph! The golden monkey trek is worth going for while in Volcanoes National Park and if you’re interested in wildlife, this is a rare and delightful experience not to be missed! from there you will have Accommodation: Le bamboo gorilla lodge Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 6: Hiking Mountain Bisoke.

This day, Very morning with quick breakfast, you will be transferred to the reception of the park, for meeting your park guide for briefing and you will leave head to the starting point where you will leave cars, and walk for hiking a mountain which is 3711m, it’s a good experience when you reach on top with nice look of crater lake and view, later you be back down transferred to your hotel for rest, overnight and supper accommodation: Le bambou Gorilla lodge. Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast.

Day 7: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

In The morning after enjoying breakfast, you will leave Volcano and drive to Nyungwe National Park via Gisenyi and Karongi, on your way you will have a lunch at Karongi near Lake Kivu with a nice view of islands cool breeze of big hills around.

Then later you will check in Nyungwe for overnight and dinner. Accommodation: Nyungwe Top View HillMeal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 8 of the 11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour: Chimpanzee Trekking in Cyamundongo

Very Early morning, after your breakfast, we head south west to the verdant Nyungwe Forest National Park, you will have to experience the Chimpanzee Trekking where you will find them jumping from one tree to another with a lot of noise which is enjoyable to take video of such kind of primate called Chimpanzees.

After continue to your hotel lunch and leave home of chimpanzee and drive to Rubavu at Lake Kivu for overnight and dinner. Accommodation: Nyungwe top View HillMeal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 9: Natural Walk in Nyungwe National Park

In The morning after Breakfast, you will head to the park reception for briefing about the hiking trails or Natural walk also take few hours to and from there is also the canopy trail, the Rwanda source of the Nile and more, all this is found in Nyungwe Forest National Park in Rwanda.

More so, Nyungwe forest is also for outdoor adventure and a paradise and the largest afro montane forest in Africa, there are over 13 primate species, butterflies, birds, the orchids in season, and all the hikers will meet as he shares in the Nyungwe forest National park, the hiking trails which run in and through Nyungwe forest.

After that you will drive back to your hotel.Accommodation: Nyungwe top view hill.Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 10: Transfer to Kigali for Visiting Gisozi Genocide Memorial and Kimironko Market.

Early in the morning, after breakfast you will drive to Kigali for visiting Gisozi memorial site, from there you will learn more about Genocide and its effect then later transferred to Kimironko market for shopping.

Overnight and night at the recommended accommodation in Kigali Accommodation: Flame Tree Village. Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 11 of the 11 Days Uganda gorilla safari Best Rwanda Primates tour: Transfer to Kigali Airport for Your Flight

After your early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to your recommended Airport for your flights.

11 Days Uganda Gorilla Safari Rwanda

11 Days Uganda Gorilla Safari Rwanda

Terms and Conditions

Inclusions

  • Transport in a 4WD Vehicle
  • All fuel for the tour
  • Accommodation as listed in the itinerary;
  • Meals according to the itinerary
  • All activities described in the itinerary;
  • Mineral water and Entrance fees
  • Gorilla Permit per person ($600USD)

Exclusions

  • International airfares
  • Personal (medical/travel) insurance;
  • Government tax or park fees increase;
  • Tips and gratuities to rangers, driver/guide, porter, hotel staff, etc.
  • All expenses of personal nature (e.g. drinks, laundry, optional activities, souvenirs, etc.) and other optional activities

Please Note

In case the mentioned lodges are not available during the requested period, we will do our best to book a lodge in the same class for you (of course we will only do this after consulting you). It is not possible to ‘reserve’ Gorilla permits, so we will buy them only after your booking and down payment. Permits also depend on availability.

Disclaimer

Since Gorillas are wild animals, Gorilla trekking doesn’t 100% guarantee you seeing the Gorillas although chances of seeing them are about 98%.

Package/ Tour Brand:

Extended tours

Country:

Rwanda

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