Amazing perfect 10 days Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari experience
Blended Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari Overview
On your 10 days Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, be ready to experience the endangered mountain gorillas, Africa’s big 5, Chimpanzees, volcanic and Rwenzori mountain sceneries, the great rift valley, bird species among others. Rwanda and Uganda are located in the great lakes region of Africa and harbors tropical forests and savannah grasslands making the region rich in wild game existance.
Arrival & departure: Kigali- Entebbe
- Day 1- arrive, Kigali city tour
- Day 2- Akagera, Africa’s big 5, game drives and transfer to Bwindi
- Day 3- gorilla trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable and transfer to Ishasha
- Day 4- queen game drive and boat cruise
- Day 5- chimpanzee tracking and birding at Kibale N.P
- Day 6- Semuliki Hot springs and nature walks
- Day 7- Murchison falls; game drives and boat cruise
- Day 8- Murchison; game drives and top of the falls
- Day 9- Ziwa rhinos sanctuary walking safari
- Day 10- Kampala city tour and depart
Exciting Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari features
- Mountain gorillas; Unique species of the eastern gorilla species and cousins to eastern lowland gorillas. Mountain gorillas have quite different features comparably to the eastern lowland gorillas making them a tourism gem in Africa.
- Africa’s big 5 game; Lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and rhinos are Africa’s big 5 named after their aggressive attacking and defensive power and techniques even when hunters tried to confront them.
- Chimpanzees; Another gem of them on the primates list to spice up your safari adventure are the chimpanzees in Africa’s tropical forests nice to observe as they carry on their social life that has similar actions as those of human beings. Chimpanzees share 98% DNA prints with human beings.
- Murchison water falls; The world’s strongest water falls located on the course of the river Nile and also anchoring the Murchison falls national park
- Hot springs; With hot water fountains heating up to 100°, hot springs on the floor of the great rift valley are another adveture gem on this Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari.
- Bird watching; More than 1,000 bird species are a spice to this Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari for bird lovers as they span through different game parks and forests.
- Boat cruises; Most amazing will be the cruise on the Kazinga channel (which harbors more than 5,000 hippo pods) and on the river Nile as you sail right to the face of the vigorous Murchison water falls.
- Crater lakes; 52 crater lakes each with a story and special features in Queen Elizabeth national park are another great sighting on this safari.
Detailed Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari itinerary
Starting on your Africa Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari trip; on your arrival at Kigali international airport, our guide will lead you to your booked accommodation in the heart of the city for a brief rest and later take you around Kigali city; one of the cleanest cities in Africa with its malls, eco parks, coffee shops, restaurants and lounges, hand-made art and craft shops, museums, recreation parks among others; the duration of this tour will depend on time of arrival.
Accommodation: Hotel des Mille Collines (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
The second day on your Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari will see you enjoying game drives at Akagera national park home to Africa’s big 5 game in Rwanda. Extensive safari drives will get to sceneries with lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinos and elephants along with giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, hyenas, wild dogs, antelopes, kobs, water bucks, monkeys, baboons and more than 300 bird species. Akagera game park provides various safari options such as day and night game drives, boat safari cruises, hot air balloons and walking safaris. Later in the afternoon, you will head out of the park across the border to Uganda.
Accommodation: Mantis Akagera game (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Very early on this morning of the Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, you will head to Bwindi Impenetrable park headquarters for a briefing on mountain gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. The primates trek into the tropical montane forests will last between 45 minutes to 1 and half hour before meeting the gorilla family you are assigned to and you will be around and spend an hour with that gorilla family.
Ishasha sector
The Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park best known for its tree climbing lions and one of the only 2 destinations in Africa with lions have having this behavior will open up this park’s vast wilderness to your amusement watching elephant & buffalo herds, leopards, kobs, antelopes, wild dogs, hyenas. The vast grassland and its plains will keep you amazed at the wonderful wild game and set up along with beautiful scenes of the Rwenzori mountains.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
For more experience on the Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, 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, birds (the park has more than 660 recorded bird species), 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 Kazinga channel, 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 while in this Uganda Queen Elizabeth safari experience.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Chimpanzee sighting on Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, you will head to Kibale national park known for chimpanzee tracking and for having the highest population & concentration of chimpanzees in world numbering above 1,500 individuals in the park. Tracking sessions start at 8:00, 10:00 & 14:00 and takes 2-5 hours with a more than 100% chance of meeting the chimpanzees; a forest walk that will come along with numerous sceneries of more than 370 bird species of grassland, forest, swamp and Albertine rift region endemics, 350 tree species and 71 mammal species. other primates in the park include the L’hoest monkeys, colobus monkeys, blue monkey, olive baboon, red tailed monkey, vervet monkeys.
Accommodation: Kibale forest lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Also on this Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, you will head to one of the most gorgeous places in this East African region for its remarkable features and as a landmark position between East and Central Africa thus having vegetation and forests of characteristics of both regions. The park has 435 bird species, 11 primate species and 53 mammal species. some of these include Albertine Rift Endemics such as the dwarf honey guide and purple-breasted sunbirds; 35 Congo-Guinea biome species found nowhere else in East Africa for example black dwarf hornbill, Nkulengu rail, Congo serpent eagle, Gabon, woodpecker; and other species with very limited ranges such as white-tailed hornbill, capuchin babbler, blue-headed crested flycatcher and the orange weaver.
Accommodation: Semliki safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
One of the most exciting locations on Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari you’ll drive to Murchison falls national where you will set off with a game drives till afternoon when you reach your booked lodge for lunch break. Murchison falls game park has the strongest water falls in the world and the highest number of rothschild’s giraffes in the world, more than three- quarter of the total world population and numerous elephant herds and lion prides, waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, hippos, buffaloes, leopards among other mammals and more than 450 bird species recorded in the park. After lunch you will then head to the banks of the river Nile for a boat cruise towards the face of the Murchison falls. While on the boat cruise, you will have scene of various water birds like the shoebills, raptors, geese among others, hippos and a great number of huge nile crocodiles and many more mammals that approach the river banks to quench their thirst like buffaloes, elephants and the scenes are endless.
Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Today you will drive towards the Murchison falls and embark on a walking trek up to view the magnificent Murchison falls from above and watch the strongest falls on the planet, gashing 3,000 cubic litres of water per second through an eight-meter corridor cascading down a 43-meter height into the “the devil’s caldron” forming a white mist and a signature rainbow producing a loud sound from the powerful force of the water of the river Nile. Later on on this Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, you head out to other sections of the park to continue exploring this vast grassland and its remarkable wild game. You will be amazed with many elephant herds and their playful young ones, lion prides, rothschild’s giraffes, waterbucks, buffaloes, numerous bird species among others while heading out for Zziwa rhino sanctuary.
Accommodation: Zziwa rhino wildlife ranch (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Walking safaris on the Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari watching out for rhinos and towards the swamp areas. Ziwa rhino sanctuary has more than 40 white southern rhinos, rothschild’s giraffes, kobs, leopards, swamps with papyrus endemics like the shoebill, African wild cats, warthogs, reptiles among other species. Moreover the sanctuary not having big predators, allows you to easily make nature walks to come to nearby engagement with the park’s wild game. Later on in the day, you will embark on a 3-hour journey back to Kampala. A night life experience awaits you in the vibrant lounges and bars all around Kampala city or chilling breeze at the shores of Lake Victoria.
Accommodation: Serena golf course hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Concluding your Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari, you will embark on a city tour around the hills of Kampala. This Africa Rwanda Uganda tour tour will get you to various historical administrative, economic and cultural sites and centers in the city have affected the development of Uganda as a country. The length of this day’s tour will depend on the departure flight time.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Best time for travel on a combined Rwanda Uganda wildlife safari
A combined safari experience in Rwanda & Uganda is throughout the year. The summer time/ dry months of from late May to August and also December to February usually considered as the high season, tracking trails are maneuverable & not slippery with short dry grasslands in the savannah making it easy for wild game sightings. Wet/ rainy season months of March- May and September- November are considered low seasons yet still game drives, mountain gorillas & chimpanzee tracking experiences are done with expert guides, strong 4×4 safari jeeps, studded hiking boots and rain gear. Start planning your safari with our travel experts for any time throughout the year.
Inclusions
- Gorilla trekking permits
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- Park entry fees
- All activities on itinerary
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Laundry
- Government taxes
- Border crossing fees
Exclusions
- International flights
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Travel insurance
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meal and Liquor/alcohol
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Anything not mentioned
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