5 Days Uganda and Rwanda Safari : This is a fun trip that takes you on a revitalizing visit through the Pearl of Africa and the land of a thousand hills. You will go mountain gorilla tracking in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national park and Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Although both parks have the same gorilla species, most of which live in families of 7-32 members, they offer a relatively different experience due to their distinctive flora and fauna composition. Beyond gorilla tracking, you will mix and mingle with locals of both countries as you immerse in their endearing traditional cultures.
Day1: Kampala-Bwindi National Park
Once through with your breakfast, our driver guide will pick you up for a transfer to western Uganda via Masaka-Mbarara high way. After three hours on the road, you will have a stopover at the Uganda equator for unforgettable photographs, snacks and an informative talk. Lunch en-route at Agip motel or Regency hotel. You will carry on with the scenic drive to Bwindi as you experience the undulating land forms, vegetation’s, banana plantations and the Ankole long horned cattle. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma lodge/Gorilla forest Camp Lake Kitandara camp. Meal plan: H/B
Day2: Gorilla trekking
Breakfast, after head to the park headquarters for briefing about the mountain gorillas and the park. Thereafter enter into the jungle to search for the shy primates in their mist. Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is very smooth and well-managed. Considering that gorillas are critically endangered, a few strict rules have been adopted to ensure they aren’t adversely affected by visitors. One such entails keeping a 7m distance from the gorillas during the one hour you will spend with them. Touching the gorillas is prohibited as they are 100% still wild and always quick to act if touched.
Return to lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B
Day3: Bwindi-Volcanoes
After breakfast, embark our safari truck and take the scenic drive enjoying the undulating landscapes of Uganda and Rwanda. Lunch at the lodge; spend the evening at the lodge enjoying the beautiful hills endowed to Rwanda. Dinner and overnight at Volcanoes safari lodge/Sabyinyo lodge/Gorilla nest camp/Kinigi guest house. Meal plan: F/B
Day4: Rwanda Gorilla trekking
Breakfast, after head to the park headquarters for the briefing about the dos and don’ts with the mountain gorillas in their mist. In comparison with Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Volcanoes offers a relatively easier trek as its terrain isn’t so steep. Better still, if you are unable to endure the entire 1-4 hours trek but still wish to see gorillas, arrangements can be made for you to visit the ones that stay in the lower zones of the mountain. Accessing them isn’t an exhausting hike.
Carry with you the rain gears, walkable shoes, insect repellent, sun screen, hut, packed lunch and bottled mineral water. After this unforgettable experience, Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B
Day5: Volcanoes-Kigali
After breakfast, embark our vehicle and drive back to Kigali with visit to other cultural museums, local community markets to shop curious to take home. Lunch en-route, after drive to the Kanombe international airport for your return flight back home. Meal plan: H/B, End of services
The package includes:
Airport transfers
Accommodations and meals
2 Gorilla permit
Transportation by safari vehicle
Border crossing
Visit cultural museums
En-route lunch
The package excludes:
The expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, Luxury drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, and porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills.
