This 8-day Rwanda-Uganda wildlife tour includes a gorilla trek. The journey begins in Kigali, Rwanda, where you’ll see places like the Kimironko Giant Market, the Dr. Richard Kandt House Museum, and the Kigali Genocide Memorial Site, among others. You will pass into Uganda on day three and take a transfer to Bwindi National Park. The day after that is gorilla trekking day in Bwindi National Park, where you will trek through the jungle and then spend an hour with a group of gorillas. On day five, you’ll travel to Lake Bunyonyi and take a canoe ride in the late afternoon. On the sixth day, you will go on wildlife drives and a boat tour of the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will on the seventh day
Kigali
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Itinerary at a glance:
| Day | Location | Accommodation | Meals | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIGALI | Mille Collines Hotel. | D | Trsf |
| 2 | Musanze/Ruhengeri | Ingagi Park View Lodge | FB | City Tour, Trsf |
| 3 | Bwindi National Park | Rushaga Gorilla Lodge | FB | Trsf |
| 4 | Bwindi National Park | Rushaga Gorilla Lodge | FB | Gorilla trekking |
| 5 | Lake Bunyoni | Archadia Cottage | FB | Boat Cruise |
| 6 | Queen Elisabeth Park | Buffalo Savannah Lodge | FB | Trsf |
| 7 | Queen Elisabeth Park | Buffalo Savannah Lodge | FB | Game Drive, Boat cruise |
| 8 | Kampala City | Check out | B | Trsf |
Legend: L-Lunch, D-Dinner, BB-Bed and breakfast, FB-Full Board, B-Breakfast, Flt-Flight, Trsf-Transfer
Below are the key tour highlights of the tour:
Upon arrival at Kigali International airport, disembark from the aircraft; all arrivals will be proceeded to the migration for visa process, collect luggage and exit into arrivals area where you will be welcomed by our driver-guide who will shortly brief you about your tour then immediate transfer to your Hotel in Kigali City.
Onomo Hotel is a 3*- star property located close to the business center area of the city – KIGALI. This hotel offers city views and equipped with Wi-Fi, outdoor swimming pool and fitness center. The drive from the airport to your Hotel will take approximately 25 minutes.
Overnight: Hotel des Milles Collines, Meals Plan: Breakfast.
After your breakfast in the morning, you will start the city cite seeing and after all visit the Kigali genocide memorial site; a grim reminder of the senseless massacre of innocent’s lives in 1994. Learn about Rwanda’s history from pre-colonial times to 1994 genocide and how Rwanda has dealt with that past. We continue with our tour and visit Dr. Richard Kandt House Museum, the Kimironko Giant market, have lunch and visit the Hotel des Milles collines famous for the Genocide Movie Hotel Rwanda. Later proceed to the north in Musanze near the Volcanoes National Park.
The drive is through beautiful rolling hills, awesome landscape, bypassing coffee and banana plantations on a comfortable paved road. Arriving in Musanze City check in to your Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.
Overnight: Ingagi Park View Lodge, Meals Plan: Full Board
After a late morning breakfast at around 9:00 am, Transfer to Uganda/Bwindi National Park in the south western part of Uganda. Cross through Kyanika Boarder points which is a 30 minutes’ drive from Ruhengeri. You will need an East African Visa that you will have obtained at the Kigali International airport for a fee of $100. After the boarder clearance you will proceed through the hills of Kisoro. You will witness spectacular views of the terraces and lake Mutanda. The journey to Bwindi from Musanze takes around 3 Hours.
Arriving in Bwindi you will check in to your Hotel, have lunch and after lunch in the afternoon at around 3:00 pm you will take a short walk to the Batwa trail. The Batwa Experience begins with a nature-walk, hike through the forest seeing the forest in a new way, through the eyes of the original people of the Forest. Local community visits through local villages provide insights into the lives of the Bakiga and Batwa pygmy people living beside the Bwindi Forest.
Overnight: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge, Meals plan: Dinner
After a leisure morning breakfast at around 9:00 am you will proceed your tour to Lake Bunyoni through Kigezi highlands. The journey takes around 3 hours. You will have lunch at the Bunyoni overland and after lunch take a boat ride/ canoe to visit some of the historical 18 islands on the lake like Kyahugye island where you will find some wildlife including Zebras, waterbucks, impalas and Kobs.
The Lake is believed to be the deepest in Africa with varying depth between 44M and 900M deep, it is also a flesh lake that is free from Bilharzia supporting water activities like swimming and boat/canoeing activities. Return to your Hotel for Check in and overnight.
Overnight: Arcadia Cottages, Meals Plan: Full Board
After a leisure morning breakfast at around 9:00 am you will proceed your tour to Lake Bunyoni through Kigezi highlands. The journey takes around 3 hours. You will have lunch at the Bunyoni overland and after lunch take a boat ride/ canoe to visit some of the historical 18 islands on the lake like Kyahugye island where you will find some wildlife including Zebras, waterbucks, impalas and Kobs.
The Lake is believed to be the deepest in Africa with varying depth between 44M and 900M deep, it is also a flesh lake that is free from Bilharzia supporting water activities like swimming and boat/canoeing activities. Return to your Hotel for Check in and overnight.
Overnight: Arcadia Cottages, Meals Plan: Full Board
After a morning breakfast, we dive to Queen Elizabeth National Park through Ishasha sector in the southern part of this Park. The Ishasha sector is notably known for its resident Tree Climbing Lions that are an exceptional attraction and one among the highlights on all safaris taken within the park. We shall proceed to northern part of this park in Mweya and the journey will take around 6 – 7 hours. You will keep your eye open as we drive to North since It is a habitat for elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, Lions, Leopards, hyena and over it is a home for more than 600 species of bird species.
Overnight at Buffalo Savannah Lodge, Meals plan: Full Board
Be up for a cup of Tea/coffee at 6:00 and start the morning game drive at 6:30 am, you will go for game drive to catch up with early risers before returning to their hiding places. It is a good opportunity for great wildlife sightings. Drive along the Kasenyi game trails. You will encounter game as lions, hyenas, bush bucks, elephants among others. After more than three hours of great wildlife sightings return to the lodge to relax and have lunch. Thereafter, you will go for the boat ride on Kazinga Channel.
The Kazinga cannel connecting lake George to Lake Albert. It is where many buffaloes rest in the water while big herds of elephants and different bird species can be seen enjoying themselves along the channel shores. There is also a concentration of hippos, crocodiles and birds. In short, this water cruise offers an admirable stage for clear photography, extensive bird-watching and an all embracing game viewing. You will then return to your Hotel for Dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Buffalo Savannah Lodge, Meals plan: Full Board
Today is your day for packing and getting ready to transfer to Kampala at Entebbe airport for your outbound flight. You will pass on the Equator line to Kampala and the journey takes around 7 Hours to Entebbe. Arrival in Kampala and if time allows do some short cite seeing and shopping before we proceed to Entebbe for departure.
End of the Tour – Welcome back
