Book our 8 Days Best of Uganda & Rwanda Safari for the best experience visiting Uganda and Rwanda.
Day 1: Transfer to Kibale National Park.
You will be picked up from your hotel or the airport and transfer to Kibale National Park driving via Mityana town with lunch en-route in the beautiful Fort portal town. Visit Amabere Ganyinamwiru stalagmites site including the waterfall and caves, as well as the crater lakes with a remarkable view of the Rwenzori foothills.
Proceed to Kibale arriving late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge.
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Have breakfast very early and later transfer to the park head office for a briefing about the endangered chimpanzees and later enter the forest with the guidance of a park ranger along with your tracking gears, packed water and snacks.
Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa with 13 species of primate where chimpanzees are the most visited. This tracking takes about 2-5 hours in search of the chimpanzees. On finding the primates, you will spend 1 hour viewing then while studying their behavior and taking pictures.
In the afternoon after lunch, you will drive for about 3 hours to reach Queen Elizabeth national park, crossing the Equator en-route. Later connect to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Buffalo Safari Lodge.
Day 3: Game Drive & Launch Cruise – Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Go for an early morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will spot a lot of wildlife including African elephants, buffalos, antelopes, impala, among others and a lot of birds. Return to the lodge for breakfast, relax a bit and enjoy your lunch.
In the afternoon, go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel inside Queen Elizabeth Park where you will come up close with hippos, crocodiles among other aquatic life and an array of birds on the bay! Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Buffalo Safari Lodge as above.
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi.
After breakfast, you will embark on a transit game drive as you exit the park and transfer Bwindi. You will have lunch en-route, arriving in Bwindi in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma Haven Lodge.
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking Experience.
Have breakfast and transfer you to park offices for briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by a local guide. The time taken is usually between 2-8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. Meeting the gorillas unexpectedly is one of the most captivating lifetime experiences.
You will have a chance to observe and take pictures at very close range. You will observe adults feeding and groaning among themselves. After an hour with the long-awaited gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting to transfer you back to Buhoma Haven Lodge for a restful evening.
Day 6: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale.
Have breakfast at leisure and later transfer to Lake Bunyonyi-found in Kabale region, commonly referred to as “the Switzerland of Africa”. This is an interesting journey with interesting distant views of the Volcanoes. Have lunch in Kabale town and proceed to Lake Bunyonyi and spend the evening at leisure admiring the views. Dinner and overnight stay at Birdnest@Bunyonyi Resort
Day 7: Canoe Ride and Nature Walk.
After breakfast, you will set out for a motorized canoe and travel around the surroundings from the water surface as you search for different bird species on the 37 Islands of the Lake. You will also walk around the lake shores as you enjoy the community around Lake Bunyonyi. Later return to the Lodge for lunch and connect for another activity around the lake. Dinner and overnight stay at Birdnest@Bunyonyi Resort as above.
Day 8: Transfer to Kigali.
Have breakfast at leisure and embark on your journey to Kigali. On a clear day, you will catch sights of the lovely terraced hills of Kabale, rice gardens in Rwanda and intriguing stretch of Bamboo. Arrive Kigali in the afternoon and drop off at your hotel in Kigali or proceed to the airport for your onward flight.