UGANDA GORILLAS AND GAME SAFA
5 DAY UGANDA GORILLAS AND GAME SAFARI FROM KIGALI
$900-1850 USD
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Safari summary
Day 01: Pickup from Kigali City/Airport and transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP for an evening game drive
Day 02: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
Day 03: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 04: Gorilla trekking or Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 05: Drive back to Rwanda through Katuna/Chanika board for your outward flight.
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Primate trekking | |
Activity level | Moderate activity | |
Best months | All months | |
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Itinerary
Day 01
Queen Elizabeth
Day 01: Pickup from Kigali City/Airport and transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP for an evening game drive You will be picked from Kigali International Airport/Any Hotel in Kigali to start your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park is western Uganda. The journey will take you through Kabale with its rolling hills, Bunyaruguru popularly known for its crater lakes. Enjoy a stunning view of the rift valley as you enter Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will arrive at you Lodge for a short relaxation before heading to Kasenyi Plains for an evening game drive. On your game drive, you will have an opportunity to sport several animals including antelopes, buffaloes, Elephants, and if lucky big cats like lions and leopards. Retire to your lodge for overnight. Drive time: Approximately 5-6 hours Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner Lodging: Buffalo Safari Resort
Day 02
Day 02: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel This morning you will head to back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have 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 chances of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flock the channel for drinking water. Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Lodging: Buffalo Safari Resort
Day 3
Bwindi Impenetrable
Day 3: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park After your breakfast, you will drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to almost half of the world’s most endangered mountain gorillas. Trekking mountain gorillas is a once in a lifetime experience and seeing them in their natural habitat is truly rewarding. You will arrive at you lodge in time for relaxation, acclimatization and overnight. Drive time: 5-6 hours Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Lodging: Broadbill Forest Camp/Haven Lodge Rushaga
Day 04
Bwindi Impenetrable
Day 04: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park After breakfast and with your packed lunch, you will walk to the park headquarters for briefing about gorilla trekking. Your guide will take you through all the dos and don’ts while with mountain gorillas and after that, you will be transferred to the starting point of your gorilla family. Please note that gorilla family allocation depends on your interests, fitness and age. Please inform your guide of your interests and he will try to request for the gorilla family of your choice before you start the trek into the forest. Gorilla trekking can be strenuous and a certain level of fitness is required. Gorilla trekking can take from 30 minutes to three quarters of the day so one needs to prepare for both. You guide will try to provide information about trees, birds and other wildlife in the forest until you reach a given gorilla family of gorillas. You will be allowed only one hour of photography and observing mountain gorillas as they go about with their daily day activities and then trek back to the park headquarters to pick your certificates and then dinner and overnight at your Lodge. Lodging: Broad Bill Forest Camp Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 05
Day 05: Drive to Kigali Airport After breakfast, you will drive back to Kigali Airport for your flight out of Uganda marking the end of your 5Day Uganda gorillas and game safari from Kigali.
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