7 Days Gorilla Safaris Uganda and Rwanda offers you
opportunity to see the gorillas twice with one trek in Rwanda and
another one in Uganda then extending to Queen Elizabeth National
park via Ishasha the southern sector famous for tree climbing lion,
7 Days Gorilla Safaris Uganda offer game drive and Chimpanzee tracking at Kyambura Gorge or Kalinzu
Research Center.
Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Your tour guide will pick you from the airport upon arrival or Hotel
in Kigali and take you for city tour. Visit the genocide memorial,
Nyamata church, Kimironko local markets among others. Start your Gorilla Trekking Safaris in Uganda with drive northwards to Volcanoes National park. You will enjoy a
spectacular scenic view en route of the Virunga Mountains. Dinner
and overnight
Accommodation:
Luxury: Virunga Lodge | Le bambou Gorilla Lodge
Mid-range: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Best Budget: Muhabura Hotel | Lapalme Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla Tracking Adventure and cultural walk.
Take your early breakfast and head to the park headquarters for
briefing before entering the tropical forest. You will spend a
maximum of 1hrs taking observations; photographs and watching
the gorillas feeds or play around. Later in the afternoon, you may go for
cultural walk to iby’wachu cultural village.
Accommodation:
Luxury: Virunga Lodge | Le bambou Gorilla Lodge
Mid-range: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Best Budget: Muhabura Hotel | Lapalme Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Golden monkey Trek & Drive to Bwindi Uganda
After early morning breakfast, you will go for golden monkey tracking
where you will enjoy these rare monkey species play in the forest in
search of food. On return, you will setoff to Bwindi impenetrable
forest in Uganda for another gorilla trek the next day. Dinner and
overnight at
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge | Ichumbi Lodge
Mid-range: Bakiga Lodge|Ruhiija Lodge|Gorilla Mist Camp. Nkuringo Gorilla lodge
Best Budget: Ruhija Gorilla Friends | Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 4: 2nd Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi NP.
After breakfast, your tour guide will transfer you to the park
headquarters for briefing by the park warden. At 8:30 am local time,
the gorilla trek begins. It normally takes between 2 to 8 hours
depending on the movements of the gorillas in the jungle the previous
night. In the evening, you will go for community walk to the Batwa or
take a rest. Dinner and overnight stay.
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge | Ichumbi Lodge
Mid-range: Bakiga Lodge|Ruhiija Lodge|Gorilla Mist Camp. Nkuringo Gorilla lodge
Best Budget: Ruhija Gorilla Friends | Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Set off in the morning to Q.E.N.P, enter the park while game viewing.
You shall go through the Ishasha sector of the park where you find
rare wildlife behavior of Lions that intentionally climb trees to relax
and do surveillance on their territory and possible prey. Proceed to
kazinga channel for afternoon boat cruise. In the evening, go for game
drives. Dinner and overnight at
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge Kyambura Gorge Lodge | Katara Lodge
Mid-range: Ihamba Lake side Safaris Lodge | Enganzi
Lodge | Kyambura game Lodge.
Best Budget: Bush Lodge | Enganzi Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Chimpanzee tracking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.
Have an early breakfast and drive to Kyambura Gorge or Kalinzu
forest headquarters for briefing and later embark on Chimpanzee
tracking. The trek will expose you to other primates like Vervet
monkey, red-tailed monkeys, the Grey Cheeked Mangabeys, Olive
Baboons. On return, you will set off to Lake Bunyony in Kabale.
Accommodation:
Luxury: Birdnest Hotel
Mid-range: Bunyonyi Overland
Best Budget: Bunyonyi Overland
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Transfer back to Kigali and departure.
In the morning after a relaxed breakfast, you may take a boat cruise
up to the punishment island and later transfer back to Kigali via
Katuna or Kyanika border and later check in for your departure
flight.