Rwanda Gorilla Tracking Safari -5 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Queen Elizabeth Tour

 

Tour Name: Uganda Rwanda wildlife Gorilla tour

Tour Duration: 5 days

Destinations: Volcanoes and Queen Elizabeth national parks

Tour activities: Gorilla Tracking, Chimpanzee trekking, Bird watching, game drive and boat trip

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Kigali Airport
 Meet and greet at Kigali International Airport by your driver. You will be transferred for an over night at Gorilla Nest Lodge/Kinigi guest house (FB)

 

Day 2: Rwanda Gorilla trekking: Parc National des Volcans
Early morning cup of coffee, enter the Gorilla sanctuary of Parc National des Volcans, the rain tropical forest covering the hills surrounding Virunga Volcanoes. The trekking is a demanding but rewarding experience. Ensure you bring with you enough water and the packed lunch. The time spent in the forest depends on the movements of the Gorillas in their natural environments. After the activity, you will return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

 

Day 3: Depart for Queen Elizabeth National park

Have breakfast; depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park through the unique western rift valley escarpment. Take a mini game drive in Ishasha sector in search of tree climbing lions before getting the Mweya Peninsular; park headquarters. Arrive in the evening and check in at your Lodge. Over night at Jacana Safari Lodge / Mweya Safari Lodge or Mweya hostel

 

 Day 4: Chimp trekking, wildife Tour and launch cruise
Wake up before the sun rise and drive to Kyambura Gorge for Chimpanzee. The gorge is the natural home of habituated chimpanzees. Your guided walk may last three to five hours and in addition to seeing the chimps, the trip may yield sightings of the colobus monkeys, baboons, red tailed and velvet monkeys, and other primates. After lunch, drive to the dock, for an afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which joins Lakes Edward and George. Its shoreline attracts large mammals and reptiles through out the year. These can be seen from covered launches, topi, and simba that cruise between Mweya Jetty and the channel’s entrance into Lake Edward. There are also a rich variety of birds on the channel. Back to the lodge for dinner and over night.

 

 Day 5: Wildlife & Return trip to Kampala
Take break fast before sunrise for the early morning game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts.

 

Prices to be quoted include
1 Ground Transportation
2 Safari driver/guide allowance
3 Destination guiding allowance
4 Agreed upon accommodation and meals stated
5 Park entry and vehicle entrance fees
6 Other itinerary related activities
7 Gorilla Tracking Permit

 

Prices exclude
1 Airfares to Uganda
2 Entry visas and airport taxes.
3 All personal expenditure such as laundry and drinks are excluded.