9 Days Panorama Uganda Rwanda : This trip presents an opportunity for seeing over 90% of the primate primates found in Africa except for the bonobos. Brace yourself for every ape you can imagine from gorillas to even nocturnals like bushbabies. Among the destinations you will visit include Kibale National Park where you will pursue chimp trekking. At Bwindi National Park, you will pursue mountain gorillas in their wild habitat. The trip is crowned with a happy ending at Akagera National Park, a big 5 destination where game drives and boat cruises excel.
Day1: Kampala-Kibale forest
Have breakfast, after meet our driver/guide and transfer to Fort portal with lunch en-route at Garden Restaurant. One of the biggest highlights of this trip is the experience of travelling from Uganda’s most authoritative kingdom (Buganda) to a kingdom ruled by the youngest king in the now (Tooro). He is now 26 years old, but took over the throne at 3 years following the death of his father. In other words, this trip with spoil you with the endearing cultures of two kingdoms that belong to the same ethnic group but have a very distinctive way of life from each other.
Dinner and overnight at Kyaninga lodge/Ndali lodge/Kibale safari lodge. Meal plan: H/B
Day2: Chimpanzee trekking & Bigodi walk
Have breakfast, after head to the park head quarter for briefing about the park and how the chimpanzee trek unfolds. Under the guidance of a ranger guide, you will pursue a habituated chimpanzee family comprising of 11 members of different age brackets. These range from few month old babies to gigantic alpha males. But there is so much else besides, and the park’s reputation as a bird watching paradise remains fully justified. There are over…species inclusive of Albertine Endemics.
Return to the lodge for lunch and thereafter proceed to the Bigodi wetland to search for the rare shoe bills, Sitatunga and much more primates. There is a great chance you will encounter the white and black Columbus, vervet monkeys and managabey. The area has a huge concentration of them. Return to lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B
Day3: Kibale-Bwindi Gorilla Park
Breakfast, after embark our safari vehicle drive to Bwindi National Park where the mountain gorillas are tracked in the mist. Lunch en-route; arrive at evening at your lodge for check in. dinner and overnight at Buhoma lodge/Mahogany springs. Meal plan: F/B
Day4: Gorilla trekking adventure
After breakfast, head to the park headquarters for briefing about the mountain gorillas and the park.
Your hiking experience of Bwindi will depend on which of its four wings you visit as each has a relatively different landscape. If you want something more intense with a tough but enriched climbing challenge, a visit to Ruhijja will leave you breathless. Its steep terrain offers a great way to stretch muscles. In contrast, Buhoma’s terrain is relatively flat and thus a favourite among travellers who want a laidback experience. On the other hand, Nkuringo has a good balance of steep and gentle terrains thereby making it a darling among nature lovers who wish to experience Bwindi’s untamed state without pushing themselves to the limits. For someone who wants that special feeling of being thousands of miles away from crowds, Rushaga is highly recommended as it is not crowded.
Spend the evening visiting the local communities around the park-like the typical Bakiga homes, local breweries, traditional healers, Batwa cultural performances, local schools and art and craft shops. Return to lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B
Day5: Bwindi-Volcanoes National Park
After morning cup of coffee, embark our safari truck and take the scenic drive enjoying the undulating land forms of Uganda and Rwanda. Almost every corner of the winding road that leads to this offers a fantastic view of mountains, lakes and knolls.
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. Meal plan: F/B
Day6: Rwanda Gorilla trekking
Once through with your early breakfast, you will be taken to the park headquarters for the briefing about the dos and don’ts of gorilla tracking.
The maximum number of tourists allowed to see each of the 18 habituated gorilla families in a day is 8. As such, you don’t have to worry about finding tourist crowds gathered up in the forest, hoping to catch the drama of the silverbacks as they try to woo females or fight off rival gorilla groups.
On finding them, you will be allowed to spend on quality hour with them as you observe how they have adapted to their highland home. Carry with you the rain gears and comfy hiking shoes. At the end of your hike, you will be rewarded with a certificate of completion, bearing the name of the family you trekked.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B
Day7: Volcanoes national park-Akagera national park
After breakfast, embark our safari vehicle and thereafter drive to Akagera National park in southern part of Rwanda. The park has variety of wildlife and birds, lunch en-route and thereafter drives into the park for check in. dinner and overnight at Akagera game lodge or Camping facilities. Meal plan: F/B
Day8: Game drive & Boat ride
An early breakfast will be followed by a morning game drive. Akagera is a true wilderness with a thriving population of over bird species. The park has 76 mammal species. We can’t list everything here but the herds of elephant and giraffe are excellent. In most of our game drives, we have been treated to buffalo, lion, leopard, Uganda kobs and baboons all in the space of about 30 minutes.
Considering that its network of roads is rough, the preferred means of travel for all adventures we offer here is a customized 4WD that is designed for adventure off road. This makes it possible to get past obstacles inclusive of those which initially seemed impossible to overcome.
In the afternoon, you will have a sightseeing boat ride on Lake Ihema. It offers excellent wildlife viewing opportunities as it is their preferred relaxing point. Here, you will find huge concentrations of buffaloes and elephants playing in water with their calves by splashing water over their body using their trunks. It also doubles as a battle ground for territorial hippos and crocodiles thereby providing very captivating national geographic scenes. Other common sights on the shore are giraffes and bushbuck. Shoebills are more easily seen early morning, a time they spend fishing in the papyrus jungles.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B
Day9: Akagera-Kigali
After breakfast, embark our safari vehicle drive with en-route view of the wildlife, lunch en-route and have some stop to some of the local markets to shop curious to take home. Meal plan: H/B-End of services
The package includes:
Airport transfers
Accommodations and meals
Transportation by safari vehicle
Chimp trekking for Uganda and Rwanda
Canopy walk
Gorilla trekking for Uganda and Rwanda
Game drive
Boat ride
Lunch
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.
