12 days gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages overview
A 12 days Rwanda Uganda Gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages experience gets you through walking, hiking, game drives and boat cruises around parks in Rwanda and Uganda guarantying a lot of unique vistas search as mountain gorillas, Africa’s big 5, endemic African bird species, white waters of the River Nile, sceneries of Volcanoes and snow capped Rwenzori mountains. These along with art and craft souvenirs, culture, staycation and comfort facilities.
Arrival & departure: Kigali- Entebbe
- Day 1- arrival and transfer for Kigali city tour
- Day 2- Akagera Africa’s big 5 game drives
- Day 3- gorilla trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park
- Day 4- Queen Elizabeth park – game drives & Kazinga channel boat cruise
- Day 5- Chimpanzee tracking at Kibale national park
- Day 6- Semuliki park – hot springs, birds & primates
- Day 7- Murchison falls game drives & R. Nile boat cruise
- Day 8- Murchison falls game drives & hiking top of the falls
- Day 9- Rhino tracking on walking safari at Ziwa rhino sanctuary
- Day 10- Kampala city tour & night life
- Day 11- source of the river Nile & white water rafting, bungee jumping & sports
- Day 12- botanical birding tour on lake Victoria shores & departure
Detailed 12 days Rwanda Uganda gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages itinerary
Arriving at Kigali international airport for your 12 days Rwanda Uganda safaris Gorillas & wildlife experience, our tour guide will pick you up and lead you to your booked accommodation in the heart of the city for a brief rest. Later on, you will go around Kigali city; one of the cleanest cities in Africa with its malls, golf courses, coffee shops, restaurants, lounges, art & crafts souvenir shops, genocide memorial museum, recreation parks among others (the duration of this tour will depend on time of arrival).
Accommodation: Ubumwe Grande hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Second day of the 12 days Rwanda Uganda safaris Gorillas & wildlife, you will head out to the green savannah of Akagera national park and home to Africa’s big 5 game in Rwanda; lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinos and elephants along with giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, hyenas, wild dogs, antelopes, kobs, water bucks, monkeys, baboons, more than 300 bird species. the park provides various safari options such as day and night game drives, boat safari cruises, hot air balloons & walking safaris. Later in the afternoon, you will head out to Uganda.
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge (or a similar lodge)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Starting the morning on the 12 days Rwanda Uganda Gorillas & wildlife safaris, you will have a briefing after breakfast about the gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. The trek into the montane forests will last between 45 minutes to 1 and half hours 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. You will also experience numerous bird species with particularly 23 Albertine endemics & other 350 recorded habitat bird species.
Later on you will set out to the Ishasha sector of the Queen Elizabeth national park best known for its tree climbing lions along with Rwenzori mountain ranges sceneries, hippos, elephants & buffalo herds, 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.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
While at Queen Elizabeth national park on the 12 days Rwanda Uganda safaris, you’ll enjoy a boat cruise at Kazinga channel (a river connecting lakes Edward and George) experiencing a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippo pods which are numbered above 5,000 at the Kazinga channel, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, water birds and other land beasts 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 game drives around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing & scenes of mountain Rwenzori and its slopes. On this day, you will also once again come across the equator landmark as it crosses the northern section of Queen Elizabeth national game park.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
While on this Africa safari, heading into the Kibale national park known for chimpanzee tracking & for having the highest population & concentration of chimpanzees in world numbering above 1,500 individuals in the park. The afternoon tracking session starts at 14:00 and takes 2-5 hours with a more than 90% 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
As one of the most beautiful places on the planet given its remarkable features and as a landmark position between East and Central Africa, Semuliki national park has more than 350 recorded bird species, vegetation and forests of characteristics of both regions. You will also experience geothermal hot springs which release water with temperatures of more than 110° C raising white smoke/ mist into the park forests.
Accommodation: Semliki safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Karuma/ Murchison national park has the strongest water falls in the world & the highest number of Rothschild’s giraffes in the world, more than three- quarter of the total world population and numerous elephant & buffalo herds, lion prides, waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, hippos, crocodiles, leopards, hyenas, jackals 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 water falls. While on the boat cruise, you will have scene of various swampy & river birds and the scenes are endless.
Accommodation: Nile safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Still on this trip, you will have a boat cruise towards the Murchison water 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 liters 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 you head out to other sections of the park to continue exploring this vast grassland and its remarkable wild game.
Accommodation: Nile safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
A walking safari in Ziwa rhino sanctuary watching out for rhinos, antelopes, shoebills & birds in the swamp areas. Ziwa rhino sanctuary has more than 45 white southern rhinos, Rothschild’s giraffes, kobs, leopards, swamps with papyrus endemics like the shoebills, African wild cats, warthogs, reptiles among other species. The sanctuary has no big predators allowing walking tours. 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: Lake Victoria Serene hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
This day will find you in Kampala city and you will embark on a city tour around the hills of Kampala. Towards the dusk of day, you will head out to modern lounges for nightlife experiences where you will interact with happy Ugandans and expats.
Accommodation: Golden tulip hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Early in the morning, you will travel for 2-hours to Jinja where the source of the river Nile starts from Lake Victoria. This section of the river Nile has numerous water falls that have become common water sport points. The clean white waters of the River Nile at this point are the most entertaining of the river course throughout Africa offering the best bungee jumping point, water rafting, horse riding at the river banks, water surfing, swimming, canoeing, river boarding, quad biking around the river banks among others. The river banks also host numerous bird species that can be experienced on nature walks thus being some of the best birders’ destinations in the region. You will also take a boat to reach the source of the nile where 30% of the water emanates from underground streams and 70% from Lake Victoria.
Accommodation: Whispers of the Nile lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 12 Botanical gardens & departure
The last day of Gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages will find you at the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe and early in the morning after your breakfast you have a tour around Entebbe town and there after a walking tour at the cool 40.7 hectare botanical gardens along the shore of Lake Victoria. The gardens are also common for biking/ cycling safari, monkey feeding, birding safari and 500 plant species including both exotic and indigenous. These plants are categorized into indigenous and exotic fruits, medicinal, beverage, spices, ornamentals, timber, oils and important crop wild relatives, several of these threatened in the wild and agro-ecosystems. After this tour, you will head to the airport for departure.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast | lunch|
Your safari route map
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Gorilla trekking permits
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- Cross border fees
- Laundry
- Refreshments/ bottled drinking water
- All excursions in itinerary
- Driver & guide
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Airport transfers
- Government taxes
Exclusions
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Visa fees and processing
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Accommodation after end of the trip
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Extra activities, meals & liquor/alcohol
- Anything not mentioned
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