Detailed itinerary:

Day 1

Destination: Mgahinga/ Bwindi impenetrable NP

On arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be picked by our guide and drive to either Bwindi or Mgahinga national parks which are homes to 53% of the world’s population of mountain gorillas on the planet. On arrival at these parks you will rest and if time permits have a nature walk on some tracking routes of the park while having the best views and photography of the numerous birds, butterflies, monkeys, elephants, kobs, reptiles among others.

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Day 2

Destination: gorilla trekking, nature walks & Ishasha sector

Very early in the morning you will embark on a four-hour journey to Bwindi impenetrable forest in Uganda for a morning gorilla trekking. On arrival you will have a briefing on the gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. The trek into the tropical montane forests will last between 30 to 1 hour before meeting the gorilla family you are assigned to and you will be allowed to follow and spend an hour with that gorilla family. Getting to find the mountain gorillas on a trek in Uganda is a 99% chance backed up by the gorilla population in this region. After the trek, you will have an experience with the Batwa people who have for all their life time co-existed with the forest and its species. During this nature walk you will experience numerous bird species with particularly 23 albertine endemics that are habitats to only the albertine region. Later on in the afternoon, you will set out to the Ishasha sector of the Queen Elizabeth national park best known for its tree climbing lions and one of the only 2 destinations in the world with lions have having this behavior. These along with many other wild game like; elephants, buffaloes, leopards, kobs, antelopes, wild dogs, hyenas, ostriches, waterbucks and glamour at some of the world’s most unique bird species as the park is the second best birding haven having more than 660 recorded bird species as their home. This game drive will conclude the day’s activities and rest to prepare for the next day’s activities.

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Day 3

Destination: game drive and Kazinga channel boat cruise

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will head out to the Kazinga channel (a river connecting lakes Edward and George) for a morning boat cruise. At this experience you will have a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippos which are numbered above 5,000 at the Kazinga channel, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, water birds and other land birds coming in to quench their thirst, elephants, lions and other land wild game like water bucks, giraffes, kobs, kudus among others also coming in onto the banks of the Kazinga channel to quench their thirst. After the boat cruise, you will embark on a game drive around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing at more lion and elephant families, ostriches, cheetahs, leopards, raptors and vultures, reptiles, monkeys, wild dogs among other creatures, scenery views of the ice capped mountain Rwenzori and its slopes. On this day, you will also once again come across the equator landmark as it crosses through queen Elizabeth national game park.

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Day 4

Destination: chimpanzee tracking at Kyambura gorge

On this day, early in the morning after breakfast, you will head to Kyambura gorge at the forest headquarters for a briefing about the lives and behaviors of chimpanzees, and how to carry yourself while with them for their good ad your safety. The tracking experience will come along with scenes of many other primates like black and white colobus monkeys, baboons, white beard monkey, numerous bird species. later on after lunch, you will continue the day with a game drive in Queen Elizabeth national park while heading out to lake Bunyonyi.

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Day 5

Destination: Kigali int. airport for departure

Early in the morning after your breakfast, you will spend some time at crater lake Bunyonyi (the deepest crater lake in Africa) that is in the same vicinity with the home of the mountain gorillas and have great sceneries of the volcanic mountains, tropical rain forests of the region, hundreds of bird species like the gray and golden crowned crane/ crested crane (the national emblem bird of Uganda), raptors, Albertine endemics, vultures, reptiles, monkeys, do some canoeing, wild game vies for animals like kobs, zebras among others. Lake Bunyonyi is also known for holding 29 islands some of which have human settlements and are accessible by canoes. After this marvelous experience, you will embark on your journey back to Kigali international airport for departure. The length of time spent at lake Bunyonyi will depend on the time of your departure flight.

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