9 days safari.
Day 1: Pick up, Kigali genocide and transfer to Bwindi.
On the first day of the safari your safari guide will pick you from Kigali International Airport. He will brief you about the 9 days safari, after you will go for Kigali genocide visit, where you will witness the display of the genocide victim’s skeletal remains, photos and personal items like clothes and shoes. The genocide acts as a sobering reminder of the atrocities committed during the Rwandan genocide, you will sight various things during genocide visit. Later you will be transferred for lunch in any preferred restaurant. After lunch you will meet your safari guide and begin your journey to Uganda through using a land border. Once you arrive you will check in your lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
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Day 2: Gorilla trekking and transfer to Bunyonyi.
On the 2nd of the safari wake up early in the morning and be served with a hearty breakfast. After breakfast meet your safari guide and go for gorilla trekking with packed lunches. At 7:00 am transfer to the national park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing. At around 8:00am, you will transfer to the trekking starting point and follow various trails in the forest in search of the gorillas. This may take you between 30 minutes to 6 hours but the experience is surely memorable. On reaching the gorillas, you will spend an hour observing their behaviors and taking their pictures, recording their videos, watching them feed, making their nests. And after the one hour you will drive back to the starting point and receive the gorilla trekking certificates for taking part in gorilla trekking. Later transfer from Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi one of the most beautiful and deepest lakes in Uganda dotted with several islands, check-in.
You will have a boat cruise on Lake Bunyonyi in which you will visit several islands including the punishment islands. After the massive boat cruise you transfer to your lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
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Day 3: transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park and afternoon boat cruise.
On the 3rd day of your safari, wake up early in the morning and be served with a hearty breakfast. After breakfast, you will check out from your lodge and meet your safari guide and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will enjoy the sighting of magnificent landscape along the way to Queen Elizabeth National Park. And once you arrive you will check in your lodge and be served with lunch.
After lunch you will meet your safari guide and go for the afternoon boat cruise. You will enjoy a 2 hours boat ride on the Kazinga Channel where you will encounter Buffaloes, Elephants, Hippos, Kobs plus warthogs among others washing away their thirst which is a great experience and sighting colorful bird species like fish eagles, cormorants, African Jacana and among others. After the boat cruise you will return back to your lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
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Day 4: Morning Game drive and transfer to Kibale.
On the 4th day of the safari, you will wake up early in the morning and enjoy your breakfast, meet your safari guide and go for a morning game drive this is when you are going to have beautiful views of the sunrise, you will see the big four mammals like elephants, lions, buffaloes, leopards. You will sight other various animal species like bushbucks, impalas, waterbucks, Uganda Kobs and among many others. You will as well view bird species in the park which will give you the unforgettable safari experience like the fish eagles, cormorants, cattle egrets and among others. After the morning game drive you will return back to the lodge for lunch check out and transfer to Kibale forest national park, this is a three hour drive, along the way you will enjoy the stunning views of the landscape. Upon your arrival you will check in your lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Kibale forest camp.
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking and swamp and community experience.
On the 5th day of the safari, wake up early in the morning and enjoy your breakfast. After breakfast, you will meet your safari guide and transfer to the park headquarters, where you will be briefed about the rules and regulations of chimpanzee trekking. After the briefing you will be allocated a chimpanzee family to trek and a park guide that is conversant about the trails in the forest. Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale takes from 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on where the chimpanzees slept last night. During chimpanzee trekking you will sight marvelous wildlife, birds, plants and among others. And once you spot the chimpanzees you will be given one hour to be in the presence of the chimpanzees. You will get the opportunity to observe their behaviours, watch them feed, breastfeed, play, hunt this is where you will take their pictures, record their videos with a fleshless camera. After the experience you will meet your safari guide and transfer you back to the lodge and have lunch.
After lunch you will go for Bigodi swamp walk, this is where you will be able to view different primates like black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, grey checked monkeys and mammals like bush bucks, sitatungas, and watching bird species like green breasted pitta, great blue turaco, and among others. After the activity you will be transferred back to the lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
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Day 6: Transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
On the 6th day of the safari, wake up early in the morning and be served with a hearty breakfast. After breakfast you will check out from your lodge and meet with your safari guide and transfer you to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Along the way you will enjoy the spectacular views along the way heading to the sanctuary, with the lunch enroute. Once upon you reach the lodge you will check inn your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7: Rhino tracking and transfer to Jinja.
On the 7th day of the safari, wake up early in the morning and be served with a delicious breakfast. After breakfast you will meet your safari guide and go for rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Rhino trekking which is a thrilling safari experience being in the presence of the rhinos and encountering various animal species and viewing bird species. And after the activity you will come back to the lodge for lunch. After lunch you will check out from your lodge and transfer to Jinja.
Day 8: White water rafting and transfer back to Entebbe.
On the 8th day of the safari, wake up early in the morning and be served with a delicious breakfast and check out from your lodge. After breakfast you will meet your safari guide and go for the breathtaking white water rafting at River Nile. After the white water rafting you will enjoy lunch, and later transfer you to Entebbe with the beautiful landscapes along the way that is Mabira forest, sugarcane plantations, and many other colorful plants along the way. Upon your arrival you will check in your lodge and be served with dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
Day 9: Drop-off Entebbe International Airport.
On the last day of the safari, wake up early in the morning and enjoy your breakfast. After the breakfast you will checkout from your lodge and be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your next flight back to your home.
End of the safari.
