Day 1 - ARRIVAL
Arrive at Kigali International
Airport and be met by your Driver Guide for a brief of your Rwanda visits.
Relax at the Hotel or do some Kigali City visits around. Overnight on a bed and
breakfast basis at either;
Budget – The Mirro Hotel BB
Mid Range - Lemigo Hotel BB
High End – Kigali Serena Hotel BB
Day 2 -
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 especially welcome you to
this "Land of a Thousand Hills".
Drive through the City to the Kigali Genocide MemorialCentre and thereafter proceed to the City Centre for a quick early
lunch. Thereafter drive to Northern Rwanda with stops for photo shooting,
the Countryside is so beautiful. The smooth road meanders around the hills and into
the valleys and the local people welcome you by waving all the way. Cross border into Uganda and arrive for dinner and overnight
at either;
Budget – Kisoro
Tourist Hotel
Mid-Range – Chahafi Resort
High End – The
Lake Mutanda Lake Resort.
Day 3 – GORILLA TRACKING
in UGANDA in MNGAHINGA 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;
Budget – Kisoro
Tourist Hotel
Mid-Range – Chahafi Resort
High
End – The Lake Mutanda Lake Resort.
Day 4 – KISORO 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 for finding tree-climbing lions among other wildlife. Check in at your lodge
and have lunch. Thereafter an afternoon game drive as far as Ishasha River marking
the borderline to Congo DRC in this region. Dinner and overnight at either;
Budget – Enjojo Lodge
Mid-Range – Ishasha Jungle Lodge
High End – Ishasha Wilderness
Camp
Day 5 – 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 when there are high chances of seeing
elephants, buffaloes, lions 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 allows visitors 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;
Budget – Pumba Cottages
Mid-Range – Park view Safari
Lodge
High End – Mweya Safari Lodge
Day 6 – 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 time for
lunch. Afternoon at leisure with dinner and overnight at either;
Budget – Kibale Forest
Camp
Mid-Range – Kibale Guest
Cottages
High
End – The Primate Lodge.
Day 7 – 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 08.00 am 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 home to
over 13 species of primates including the 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 Prigogine’s ground thrush. The elusive
forest elephant, smaller and hairier than 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 tranquillity of the surroundings.
Budget – Kibale Forest
Camp
Mid-Range – Kibale Guest
Cottages
High End – The Primate Lodge.
Day 8 – 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
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;
Budget – Fort
Murchison FB
Mid-Range – Twiga Safari Lodge
FB
High End – Paraa Safari Lodge FB
Day 9 – GAME VIEWING DRIVE with a BOAT SFARI CRUISE on the NILE RIVER
Early morning breakfast and set off 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, and humorous appearing warthogs. The only park in
Uganda where you can be lucky to find the Big 5! Return 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 crocodiles and an abundance of hippos, elephants, buffaloes, and antelopes, lots of birds
including the fish eagle, storks and so much more. The boat moves gently up the
river and stays 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 - 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 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 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 the 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;
Budget – Fort Murchison FB
Mid-Range – Twiga Safari Lodge FB
High
End – Paraa Safari Lodge FB
Day 10 – DRIVE from MURCHISON FALLS to KAMPALA CITY - 300kms / 5hrs
Another early morning and the last game drive with the Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger and each game drive are uniquely different. 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 afterward 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 proximity with the
Rhinos. Thereafter proceed on to Kampala City in the south. The drive
takes about 5 hours via the Masindi route, but the trip is well worth the
drive. There are lots to see through towns such as Luweero, and Masindi with
local communities busy with their daily life activities of farming, and roadside
vendors selling their food and drinks. All these scenic routes will
keep you awake. Arrive
by 1800hrs and be Arrive and check into your hotel rooms for overnight on a bed
and breakfast basis at either;
Budget – Africana Hotel
Mid-Range – Protea Hotel Kampala by Marriot
High End – Kampala Serena Hotel.
Day 11 – 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
departure flight.
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