11 Days, 10 Nights; Gorilla & Chimpanzee Treks & Safari Tour

Drive from KIGALI to Uganda’s KISORO TOWN via Cyanika border (134kms /3hrs)

Breakfast and thereafter leave the Hotel and enjoy Kigali. The Kigali city tours will specially welcome you to this “Land of a Thousand Hills”.

Drive through the City to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and thereafter proceed to the City Centre for a quick early lunch.

Thereafter drive to the Northern Rwanda with stops for photo shooting, the Countryside is so beautiful. Smooth road meanders around the hills and into the valleys and the local people welcomes you with waving all the way.

Cross border into Uganda and arrive for dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Tourland Cottages

Comfort – Travelers Rest  

Luxury – The Lake Mutanda Lake Resort.

GORILLA TRACKING in UGANDA in MGAHINGA NP (1hr Gorilla viewing)

Early breakfast and drive up for Gorilla trek at Mgahinga mountains, the oldest and the hugest family group in the World. After a 1-hr Gorilla viewing trek back and get into your Vehicle, drive back to your Hotel for lunch. In the afternoon enjoy a visit to the local village.

Dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Tourland Cottages

Comfort – Travelers Rest  

Luxury – The Lake Mutanda Lake Resort.

KISORORO PROCEED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NP – ISHASHA SECTOR (152kms /4.5hrs)

Breakfast at your lodge check out for a drive to Ishasha Sector in the Southern part of Queen Elizabeth NP. This will open opportunities of finding the tree climbing lions among other wildlife.

Check in at Ishasha Jungle Lodge and lunch. Thereafter an afternoon game drive as far as Ishasha River marking the border line to Congo DRC in this region.

Dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Enjojo Lodge

Comfort – Ishasha Jungle Lodge  

Luxury – Ishasha Wilderness Camp

AM GAME VIEWING + PM KAZINGA CHANNEL WATER SAFARI – (Water Safari – 2hrs)

Enjoy an early breakfast and leave for a morning game drive in the Park. The best time for game drives is in the morning hours where there are high chances of seeing elephants, buffaloes, lion and a variety of antelopes and other wildlife you can see.

Back at the lodge for lunch and check out to the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth NP with game viewing en-route. Stop for an exciting experience of a Water Safari on the Kazinga Channel.

The boat safari lasts for 2 hours and it gives visitors the opportunity to see a variety of water-life including yawning hippos, water birds, buffaloes, huge elephants and all that comes to graze and take water at the banks of the Kazinga Channel.  

Thereafter proceed to check in for dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Pumba Cottages

Comfort – Park view Safari Lodge  

Luxury – Mweya Safari Lodge

AM GAME VIEWING and DRIVE from QUEEN TO KIBALE NP (125kms /2.5hrs)

Enjoy an early breakfast and leave for a morning game drive in the Park. On return check out and drive to Kibale NP. There is a chance to drive as you see the game en-route until the Park’s exit gate. Arrive at Kibale NP in good tome for lunch.

Afternoon at leisure with dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Kibale Safari Lodge

Comfort – Kibale Forest Camp

Luxury – The Primate Lodge.

CHIMPANZEE TREKKING in KIBALE FOREST (Trek time varies with Chimp locations)

A relatively early morning start, to report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park at 08.00am to track habituated Chimps – these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees.

This incredibly diverse forest is also a home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare L’Hoest, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bush babies.

A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush.

The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier that its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species.

Lunch at the lodge and in the afternoon at leisure enjoy the tranquility of the surroundings.

Dinner and overnight

Economy – Kibale Safari Lodge

Comfort – Kibale Forest Camp

Luxury – The Primate Lodge.

DRIVE from KIBALE TO MURCHISON FALLS NP via FORT PORTAL (320kms / 7hrs)

Breakfast and thereafter leave Kibale and drive to Murchison Falls NP via the Albertine Escarpment of the western Rift valley and via Fort Portal with nice and beautiful views of the Ruwenzori … “Mountains of the Moon” … and, proceed on to check in and a lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game drive perhaps crossing the River Nile by Ferry for more game drives.

Return for dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Fort Murchison FB

Comfort – Murchison River Lodge FB

Luxury – Paraa Safari Lodge FB

GAME VIEWING DRIVE with a BOAT SFARI CRUISE on the NILE RIVER

Early morning breakfast and set of for an early morning game drive across the savanna, along Lake Albert Delta, abundant wildlife as you move slowly as the sun rises waking up the lying animals.  What you experience here cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world, this is Murchison Falls Park with its birds, lions, leopards, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes, humorous appearing warthogs.

The only park in Uganda where you can be lucky for find the Big 5!!. Return back to the lodge for lunch and thereafter get ready to experience one of the best highlights of your Murchison Falls National Park Safari, – the boat safari cruise up the Nile River.

Slowly moving along the river bank viewing crocodile and abundance of hippos, elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, lots of birds including the fish eagle, storks and so much more. The boat moves gently up the river and stay on the left hand side so that you see most of the animals who come to the river.

Herds of Elephants cooling off, Hippopotamus frolicking, crocodiles just dozing in the African sun. Soon after you find – the Murchison Falls – the most powerful waterfall in the World.

The River Nile is 50 meters wide above the falls,but suddenly moves down through a 6-meter gorge and falls down 43 meters, the sound is deafening and the sight makes one realize how forceful nature can be.

Close by, there is a bank on the river filled with Nile crocodiles basking in the afternoon sun, just down from there you can see a group of hippos frolicking in the water of the Nile.  There are literally hundreds of hippopotamus to be found here, birds in abundance.

At the bottom of the falls disembark and take the guided hike up along the most powerful waterfall in the world – Murchison Falls.  You will be cooled down with some mist from the falls to keep you comfortable. This is the same up and down trail that Winston Churchill used in 1907 when he visited the Falls.

At the top of the falls you are met by your driver guide and you will cross the Nile by ferry and head back for dinner and overnight at either;

Economy – Fort Murchiosn FB

Comfort – Murchison River Lodge FB

Luxury – Paraa Safari Lodge FB             

Day 10 – DRIVE to KAMPALA CITY – 300kms / 5hrs

Another early morning and a last game drive with Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger and each game drive is uniquely different in nature. After the game drive we cross the Nile by ferry and we head for Masindi where stop at the Masindi Hotel, the hotel was built in 1923 and is the oldest hotel in Uganda. It is here where Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn stayed while making “The African Queen”.

Have lunch and continue afterwards to Kampala stopping first at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. With a Ranger you will go on foot for a Rhino Trek – this is about 1.5 hours long and you come into close proximity with the Rhinos.

Thereafter proceed on to Kampala City in the south.  The drive takes about 5 hours from via Masindi route, but the trip is well worth the drive. There are lots to see through towns such as Luweero, Masindi with local communities busy on their daily life activities of farming, roadside vendors selling their food and drinks. All this and scenic routes will keep you awake. arrive by 1800hrs and be Arrive and check into your Hotel rooms for overnight on bed and breakfast basis.

Economy – Africana Hotel

Comfort – Protea Hotel Kampala by Marriot

Luxury – Kampala Serena Hotel.

DRIVE from KAMPALA TO ENTEBBE & DEPART (41kms / 1hr)

Breakfast at the Hotel and a short tour of Entebbe before a transfer to Entebbe Int’l Airport for your
depart flight.