10 Days Exploration Uganda and Rwanda

Embark on an early game drive after breakfast you will spot animals among which will be the Lions, buffaloes, waterbuck, Jackson’s hartebeest, Rothschild’s giraffe, oribi among others. Head back for your lunch meal after the eventful game drive and relax a bit as you wait on heading for the stunning boat cruise where you will have views of Hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, several water birds such as the shoebill stork, and various other birds. Return for dinner and overnight.

Having had breakfast transfer to kibale national park as you drive through the Albertian escarpment of the east African rift valley through the journey you will have dynamic views of Lake Albert, mountains of the moon. On reaching fort portal you will have lunch then have a cultural tour to Toro kingdom. Then drive straight to the lodge, check in dinner overnight.

Accommodation options:

• Ndali lodge
• Mountains of the moon
• Rwenzori view guest house

On this day you will do the chimp trekking adventure, have breakfast early enough and head to the park headquarters for a briefing then head to the forest where you will spend 2-5 hours. you will see other primates like the Colobus monkeys, grey checked mangabey, red Colobus, blue monkeys, Olive baboons plus more others that make the forest qualify as the primate capital of the world. You will have lunch after the trek and then drive to Queen Elizabeth national park with game viewing. On arrival at the park in the evening hours check in dinner and rest up for the day.

Accommodation options:

• Mweya safari lodge
•  Enganzi lodge

Warm up with a cup of coffee and head for the game drive in the kasenyi plains to meet with the early risers that will overwhelm you at the way they relate while in the wild. See the various animals that live here, the bush bucks, Uganda Kob, topi, Defassa waterbuck, and Cape buffaloes, Lions, elephants. You will then return to then get back to the lodge with your lunch ready to be served freshen up and head for the afternoon 2hours boat cruise along the Kazinga a channel which also comes along with a lot of beauties to be seen. For example, the yawning hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, various bird species such as red chest, papyrus Gonolek, pink backed pelicans, malachite kingfishers, yellow crown, water thick-knee, yellow-billed stork, shoe bill stock. Thereafter head back to lodge dinner and rest.

A breakfast meal will be ready for you when you wake, eat and then transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park where your to do the pleasing gorilla trekking activity. you will a scenic drive through Ishasha ha sector of queen as you are presented with more game to watch in this sector where you surely won’t miss on viewing the tree climbing lions at a very short distance thus giving you clear photos. You will have lunch along the way and drive on .an evening arrival at the park for dinner and asleep over.

Accommodation options:

• Gorilla safari lodge
• Gorilla mist camp
• Bakiga lodge

With packed lunch and done with having your breakfast meal, you will head to the park headquarters for an important briefing before you penetrate through the forest for trekking. you will then be grouped and head to the forest to face the rare mountain gorillas, the trek is a bit strenuous and the time you may take during the trek will depend on the movement of the gorillas. When the activity is done and having earned a delightful memory of it. You will then head for a community walk to the nearby villages in case of interest, explore their culture and more items that they may have to showcase. Thereafter be back at the hotel for dinner and relaxation.

Have your delicious morning meal and head to the land of ‘a thousand hills’ (Rwanda) which also harbors some good number of gorillas in Parc National des Volcanoes PNV. This park lies in the Virunga region so while here you will have scenic views of the peaks like Karisimbi, Muhabura, Sabinyo and Bisoke. Then have lunch and stay.

Accommodation options:

• Mountain Gorilla View
• Le Palme
• Muhabura Hotel

Eat early morning breakfast ready with your packed lunch and drinking water head for the park headquarters where you will again have a warm cup of coffee since the chills are still on you will be briefed and in accompaniment you will see the vibrant Kinyarwanda dance being performed. Head to the forest for the days main activity it will take you some good hours to find these apes, though the result of finding them is rewarding thereafter you will head back to the headquarters for certificate awarding then drive back to the hotel for dinner and nights rest up.

Having rested enough the previous night you will then wake up to a delicious breakfast treat and then check out of the hotel to transfer to Kigali city where you will take a visit to the memorial grounds in Gisozi see the bad times that befell the Banyarwanda people in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. When that’s do you will be driven to the airport to catch a flight to your next destination.