7 days Uganda Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Safari
This 7-day safari in Rwanda and Uganda offers a tonne of interesting tourisit activities. This package is perfect for anyone interested in golden monkey trekking, a genuine wildlife safari in Rwanda, a top tourist destination, and gorilla tracking in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable forest.
Trip Overview
first day- pickup and Kigali city tour
Second day- Twin Lake tour then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Third day- Gorilla trekking at Bwindi and transfer back to Rwanda
fourth day- Golden monkey trekking & Ibiwachu cultural experience
Fifth day- Transfer to Akagera National Park
Sixth day- Full day Game drive
seventh day- Departure to Kigali
Day 1: Kigali City Tour
After your morning breakfast, the tour driver guide will pick you from your Hotel in Kigali and take you for Kigali city tour. You will visit Kigali Genocide memorial Centre in Gisozi, Nyamata church and Ntarama genocide memorial, Camp Kigali, Art painting Centre like Inema and Ivuka, local markets like Kimironko and Caplaki Handcrafts Co-operatives among others. You will visit the Later transfer to volcanoes national park Dinner and overnight at Classic resort lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Twin Lakes -transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will have breakfast in the morning and thereafter, you will drive to visit the Twin Lakes Burera and Ruhondo. Enjoy a boat cruise, viewing several Islands with unique geographic formation feature including the punishment island in the heart of Luhondo lake. The boat cruise offers one of the best photographic moments. You will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. It is a habitat of a good number of mountain gorillas. You will enjoy rolling Hills and scenic views. Dinner and Overnight Gorilla hill eco lodge
Meal Arrangement: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking and transfer to Volcanoes
After having breakfast, your driver guide will pick you up and transfer to the briefing point inside the park to learn about how to behave and interact with the gorillas in the wild. The ranger guide will then lead you to start your gorilla trek in the park. After hiking some distance depending on the location of the gorillas, you will sight them and spend up to 1 hour with them before you start your descent back to the lodge. The experience in this jungle and meeting these enormous creatures will stay with you for life. After trekking the gorillas, transfer for Dinner and Overnight at Classic resort lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Golden Monkey Trekking and Ibiwachu Cultural Entertainment
After your morning breakfast, we shall drive to the briefing point at Kinigi Park office. Golden monkeys are generally more active than the gorillas. This requires that for great photos you will continuously follow them as they forage for food especially the delicious bamboo shoots. Sometimes they are seen getting into the surrounding gardens for potatoes.
However, to note is that they are generally not located too far so the trek to their habitat is much more manageable than some of the gorilla families. After the trekking experience, you will be driven to Ibwiwachu community, where you will be introduced to the traditional Rwanda through traditional, dances, poems, dressing codes among others. Dinner and overnight at transfer for Dinner and Overnight. Classic resort lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Akagera National Park
You will have breakfast in the morning, then transfer to Akagera national park Dinner and overnight at Akagera Rhino lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive
On this day, you will wake up-in the early morning and assemble at the park point for the briefing on Dos and Donts while doing a game drive, without another car in sight but only a beautiful wildlife. You shall have morning game drives for great game sightings including elephants, buffalos, spotted hyenas, leopards, Massai giraffes, impala, monkeys, mongooses, genets, serval cats, baboons, and bush babies, Lions, Rhino, among others. Have second overnight at at Akagera Rhino Lodge
Day 7: Departure to Kigali
After breakfast you will drive back to Kigali for your flight home
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The Cost includes
Accommodation as per highlighted in Itinerary based on Full Board
One Gorilla Permit per Person trekking Gorillas in Uganda
Transport using 4×4 Land Cruiser with an Air Condition
Entrance fee at Akagera National Park
Entrance fees at Kigali Genocide Memorial site
Guides allowance and his accommodation + Meals.
Bottled Mineral water while on the Tour
All Government Taxes are inclusive
The Costs Excludes
Visa
Travel Insurance
Tips for the Guide
Landry
All personal Expenditures that are not highlighted in the Itinerary
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