Arrival and Transfer to Kigali for Overnight

Kigali - Upon your arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be met by our guide and transferred to your overnight hotel in BB.

Kigali - Upon your arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be met by our guide and transferred to your overnight hotel in BB.

Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Volcanoes National Park - Our tour guide will take you for a city excursion in and around Kigali so that you are oriented about this great country with a thousand hills. After the city tour, you will proceed to Virunga National Park located in the North of Ruhengeri via the dramatic and beautiful terraced hills showing a clear picture of the general landscape and altitude of Rwanda. Lunch will be en-route. Arrive at the park for dinner and overnight. Accommodation is at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Golden monkey trek (Optional activity)

Volcanoes National Park - In the early morning, have breakfast at the lodge and then drive through the Switzerland of Rwanda: Volcanoes National Park. The activity immerses you into the strange intimacy of the rainforest plus a live call of colorful birds, chattering of the rare golden monkey, and littered with fresh spoor of the mountain elusive populations of buffalo and elephants. Optional activity: choose between a visit to Dian Fossey’s grave or go for golden monkeys.

Have lunch at the lodge and later relax up at the lodge from the long and exciting activity. All these mentioned are optional activities which require a supplement cost. Dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - After breakfast, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. You will cross from Rwanda to Uganda through cyanika Uganda-Rwanda border and then drive to your lodge. The transfer takes you through the beautiful spectacular scenery and the rolling hills of southern Uganda. Arrive at your lodge in time for dinner and overnight at your accommodation preference. You can stay at Rushaga Gorilla Camp / Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge / The Haven Lodge(subject to room availability and gorilla permit allocation at time of booking).

Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Rushaga area

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - Have an early morning breakfast and then report to the park headquarters for registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and the don’ts during your Gorilla Tracking. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas which can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered creatures. Optional activity: Batwa Experience Trail or the community walk in Buhoma. Dinner and overnight as previous night.

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park - This morning you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park; be prepared for some incredible scenery along the way. Enjoy a breathtaking game drive in the south of the park famed for the tree climbing lions. Then you will continue northwards arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch head off for an afternoon game drive in the plains of Kasenyi in search for savannah wildlife that may include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if lucky, some wild cats such as lions and leopard. You may stay at the Enganzi Lodge or Ihamba Safari Lodge.

Morning Game Viewing & Water Cruise on the Kazinga Channel

Queen Elizabeth National Park - This morning you will head back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have been missed the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge and after you will head to the jetty along Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you the chance of viewing animals like hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles, and many other wildlife which flop the channel for drinking water. Dinner and overnight at the lodge of the previous night.

Transfer to Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park - After an early breakfast, drive to Kibale Forest National Park arriving at your lodge in time for lunch. This afternoon, we can organize an optional nature walk to the crater lakes region or a community walk in the Bigodi community. Dinner and overnight at your choice of accommodation which might be at Kibale Forest Camp.

Chimpanzee Trekking

Kibale National Park - This morning after breakfast, you will drive to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing. Then you will be taken for chimpanzee tracking through Kibale Forest National Park. During this walk, you will have chances of seeing many of the 13 primate species native to Kibale Forest National Park. After lunch you will drive to Bigodi for a swamp walk. This wetland belongs to a community neighboring the park. Dinner and overnight as previous night.

Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park - Drive to Murchison Falls National Park through small towns, villages and great views of the escarpment arriving late in the evening. The drive takes you along the Great Rift Valley and magnificent views of scenery. Lunch will be en-route; later arrive at the National Park and check into your lodge for dinner and overnight at your lodge of preference. You can stay at Murchison River Lodge.

Morning Game Drives and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Nile

Murchison Falls National Park - After an early morning cup of tea, transfer to the northern section for your morning game drive that will provide you an opportunity to spot wild game that may include giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, hippos and if lucky cats such as lions and leopards. Return to the lodge for a lunch break before proceeding to the pier for your two hour boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. There you will witness how river Nile squeezes itself in a narrow gorge before exploding out creating the experience of a lifetime. Dinner and overnight as previous night.

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary - Bulago Island

Rhino Fund Uganda - This morning, leave Murchison falls and make a short tour to the top of the falls where you can witness the magnificent Nile making a beautiful twist into a narrow gorge to form the powerful water falls. Drive to Zziwa Rhino sanctuary and have a nature walk to visit the endangered rhinos before transferring back to Kampala, and connecting to Bulago Island which is found in Lake Victoria. Overnight at The Lagoon Resort.

Spend time at Leisure at Bulago Island

Transfer to Entebbe

Entebbe - This is the final day of the program. Breakfast and lunch are included and the final transfer from the Island back to the mainland is organized by speed boat and the departure is flexible depending on your flight schedule.

• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
• Chimp and Gorilla Tracking Permits
• Parking fees

• International flights (From/to home)
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
• Gratuities