15 Days Uganda – Rwanda

Day 1: Pick up from kampala and transfer to Murchison falls

Early morning picks up from your hotel in entebbe and transfer to Murchison fall via Ziwa Rhino sanctuary and Wildlife Ranch offers you the opportunity to observe wild rhinos at a very close and safe distance. While at the sanctuary you will also encounter a range of other wildlife species including Uganda kobs, bush bucks, oribis, rich bucks, hippos and crocodiles. After you will proceed to your hotel for overnight and dinner.

Accommodation
Red-chili rest camp

Day 2: Game driver and boat cruise

Morning, after an early breakfast depart for an extensive drive through the scenic Northern Route to the shores of Albert Nile. Explore the Parks amazingly high concentration of game.
In search of Lions, expect to see many Giraffes, large herds of buffalos, Kobs, waterbucks, and Elephants. Return to the lodge for lunch and some siesta.
Early afternoon you depart for a 3-hour boat ride to the bottom of the falls. A boat cruise upstream to the bottom of
the falls is very exciting. You will also see animals such as giraffe, elephants, school of hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, lions, and an abundance of bird life including the famous shoebill stork. Later in the evening return to your Lodge.

Accommodation
Red-chili rest camp

Day 3: Transfer to Kibale from Murchison falls

On the third day, you will wake up to an early breakfast and embark on your long journey to Kibale Forest National Park. You will have lunch en-route in Fort Portal town and Proceed with your journey to Kibale arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation
Chimpanzee forest guest house

Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi Swamp walk

Today morning after an early breakfast and start our chimp tracking by 7:30 am. The evocative pant-hoot calls of the chimpanzees are common sounds in the forest and will play big in guiding you to these apes. You will also view other primates especially monkeys floating in the trees and several bird species. The trekking ends by mid-day and then return to the lodge for lunch after, you will go to Explore the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The reserve is abundant with butterflies, plants, animals and spectacular birds like Great Blue Turaco and rare Papyrus Gonolek will be of great interest to birders. The swamp is also home to elusive animals such as Red Colobus monkeys and Sitatunga You will have dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Accommodation
Chimpanzee forest guest house

Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for kazinga channel and game drive

In the morning after breakfast, leave Kibale forest national park and transfer to queen Elizabeth for game drive, you will enjoy your lunch near mweya, then later you enjoy boart ride at kazinga channel, the most beautiful part of queen Elizabeth, while boarting, you will see plenty of hippos, crocodiles, different variety of bird species especially the famous Shoebill, and so many others, after that you will be transferred to the lodge for overnioght and dinner

Accommodation
Pumba Safari cottage

Day 6: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Ishasha Sector.

In the morning after breakfast, You will have morning Game Dtive heading to ishasha sector, this day will be amazi in Queen Elizabeth national park, you will have a chance to explore baboons, Uganda kobs, elephants, zebras, and so many bird species. later you will rich ishasha for check in in the hotel and rest.

Accommodation
Enjojo lodge

Day 7: Ishasha Game drive and transfer to Bwindi

In the morning after breakfast, you will start game drive in ishasha for visiting tree climbing lions in such amazing game drive, from there you will have chance to meet also with elephants, baffaloes, uganad cobs, sebras and so many savannah animals. later You will drive to Bwindi for have dinner and overnight

Accommodation

Bwindi back packers lodge

Day 8: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

You will have breakfast at the lodge followed by transfer to the park offices for briefing. After a briefing, you will be led by a local qualified guide plus rangers to the forest, marking the beginning of an incredible gorilla trekking in Uganda. On meeting gorillas physically, you will passionately stay with them for one hour admiring them and taking pictures to your desire. You will then return to the lodge for a restful evening at site for your overnight stay on full board.

Accommodation
Crater bay cottage

Day 9: Canoeing and transfer to Musanze for Ibyiwacu Cultural Village

In The morning, you will enjoye breakfast and after you will drive to the lake bunyonyi the second deepest lake in Africa and one of the most beautiful places in western Uganda. It is also one of the few places in the country where it is considered safe to swim as it is bilharzias free, from there you will have your lunch and drive to Musanze for Ibyiwacu cultural Village experience.

Accommodation
Classic hotel

Day 10: Hiking Bisoke with Crater Lake

This day, very morning with quick breakfast, you will be transferred to the reception of the park, for meeting your park guide for breathing and you will leave head to the starting point where you will leave cars, and walk for hiking a mountain which is 3711m, it’s a good experience when you reach on top with nice look of crater lake and and view, later you be back down transferred to your hotel for rest, overnight and supper
Accommodation
Classic hotel

Day 11: Golden Monkeys trekking and Transfer to Gisenyi

Today you will begin the day early with a quick breakfast at your lodge as you prepare for a thrilling experience while Golden monkeys in Rwanda live in the bamboo vegetation towards the base of the volcanoes and habituation has helped them to overcome their initial shyness to accept their daily visit by researchers and tourists. They are very active creatures, and jump from tree to

Accommodation
Hill view hotel

Day 12: Enjoying Boat ride, Visiting Islands. and Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

This day, at morning after breakfast, you will start enjoying the greatest lake of Rwanda, Laka Kivu. You will start by Boat ride, which will take you to the island like, Napoleon island where you will found bird species like Bats, Star Island where you found Monkey and
Peace Island from there you will be back for lunch, and afternoon you will enjoy swimming, and sand of kivu beach. Later after you will drive to Nyungwe National Park for Overnight

Accommodation
Peace Guest house

Day 13: Natural walk in Nyungwe for Canopy walk way

Early In the morning, after breakfast, with a cool breeze and well-lit roads, you will be transferred to Nyungwe National Park, you will have your lunch there and start experiencing canopy walk way into the park, from ther

Accommodation
Peace Guest House

Day 14: Chimpanzee Trekking And transfer to Kigali

After your breakfast, we head south west to the verdant Nyungwe Forest National Park, you will have to experience the Chimpanzee Trekking where you will found them jumping from one tree to another with a lot of noise which with enjoyable to take video of such kind of primate called Chimpanzees. After continue to your hotel lunch and leave home of chimpanzee and drive to Rubavu At lake kivu for overnight and dinner.

Accommodation
Orient park hotel

Day 15: Kigali City Tour and Drop off

  • Visit the 1994 Gisozi Genocide Memorial site.
  • Visit an artisan shopping center to view and purchase local arts and crafts.
  • Visit the Kigali Museum and learn the history of Kigali’s and Rwanda’s pre-colonial and colonial period as well as the colonial masters in Rwanda.
  • Tour around the city and see, first hand, the post-genocide development and expansion of Kigali.
  • check out the country’s Presidential Palace, where you’ll see the wreckage of the presidential plane shot down in 1994

Dinner and overnight.