Day 1; Arrival & Hotel Transfer
You will be welcomed by our company representative upon your arrival at Entebbe airport and transferred to the lodge in Kampala, where you will unwind, enjoy dinner, and stay overnight at Cassia Lodge.
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Enjoy breakfast and drive to Murchison Falls National Park. It will take you around 5 hours from Kampala, with about 305 km. You will enter through the Kichumbanyobo gate, visit the top of the falls, and then proceed to Pakuba Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Game drive and launch cruise – Murchison Falls
Early morning breakfast and then go for a game drive where you will spot various animal species like elephants, giraffes, lions, Uganda kobs, among others.
In the afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise on the park’s main tourist attraction, the unique.
Murchison Falls, as well as the River Nile with its streaming hippo and serried ranges of crocodile along the sandbanks, as well as large numbers of different species getting down to drink & bathe. Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge as above.
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park
You will have breakfast and then drive to Kibale National Park. This is a full-day drive. You will have lunch en route. Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking- Kibale forest
Have an early morning breakfast, go for a briefing, and start chimpanzee trekking. Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for Chimpanzee tracking.
Kibale’s 95km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and with the most varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is a place for several forest wildlife, most especially 13 species of primates, coupled with chimpanzees.
After trekking, you will have lunch and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Elephant Hab Lodge.
Day 6: Game drive and launch cruise- Queen Elizabeth National Park
You will go for an early morning game drive in the Kasenyi sector, where you may spot various animals like the elephants, Uganda kobs, and leopards, among others. Return to the lodge for a late breakfast, and in the afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise where you will spot various water animals like Hippos and crocodiles. The cruise will also enrich you with various water birds. Dinner and overnight at Elephant Hab Lodge as above.
Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi
After having your morning breakfast, you will set off for Bwindi, passing through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you may spot some tree-climbing lions. You will have lunch en route, arriving in Bwindi in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Day 8: Gorilla trekking – Bwindi
After an early morning breakfast, you will drive to the park headquarters for a briefing and go for gorilla trekking, which could take 4-6 hours depending on the movements of the gorillas. After trekking, return for dinner and overnight at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge as above.
Day 9: Golden Monkey Trekking &Transfer to Gisenyi
Wake up to an early morning breakfast and go for the Golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park. It’s a 2 to 3-hour activity which also gives you great views of the park and birds.
Return to the starting point, where you will meet your driver/guide and transfer to Gisenyi, arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Paradise Malahide Hotel.
Day 10: Nyiragongo Hike
Wake up to an early breakfast and cross the border by 8:30 am, and proceed to Kibati to begin your Nyiragongo hike with an overnight at the summit.
Day 11: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Descend Nyiragongo and cross back into Rwanda through the Gisenyi border and transfer to Nyungwe forest with lunch en route and arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel.
Day 12; Chimpanzee Tracking & Transfer to Kigali
Breakfast will be served early, and go for Chimpanzee tracking in Nyungwe Forest. This lasts 3 to 5 hours and embarks on your journey to Kigali with lunch en route and transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
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