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8 Days Amazing Uganda Rwanda Apes Safari
This eight day Uganda and Rwanda safari is one of the most incredible fun packed safari crossing borders. From the Jane Goodall Ngamba Chimp Sanctuary to mountain gorilla treks at the Virunga Volcano, this trip offers extraordinary wildlife, breathtaking scenery in multiple countries, and unforgettable hikes among the few remaining mountain gorillas on earth.
Includes: Airport transfer, accommodation, Meals, Park entry fees, primate/chimpanzee permits at Ngamba, Kyambura, Chimp tracking in Kibale National Park, 2 Gorilla Permits and private 4×4 ground transportation with an English speaking driver guide.
Excludes: Beverages, tips, and personal expenses.
SAFARI ITINERARY
Day 1: Kampala
Upon your arrival at Entebbe Airport, a representative of Stream Safari will meet you and take you to your hotel. In the afternoon, take a speed boat to Ngamba Island for a trip to the Jane Goodall Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary. The sanctuary is a home to orphaned chimps many of which were rescued from wildlife smugglers. Afterwards, return to the Boma Guest House for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meals include lunch and dinner.
Travel time: 5 Minutes from Entebbe airport to Boma Guest House
Day 2: Kibale National Park
Enjoy an early breakfast before heading to the Kibale Forest, an exquisite rainforest known to have more than thirteen primate species. Driver through Mityana and Mubende town continuing through large tea plantations before reaching Fort Portal town. Proceed to Kibale and after checking in at your lodge to prepare and set off for a nocturnal walk in search of Bushbabies, Galagos, and Pottos. Afterwards, we will return to Ndali Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meals include lunch and dinner
Travel time: 5 Hours
Day 3: Kibale and Queen Elizabeth National Parks
Following breakfast you will transfer to the park offices for pre-trek briefing by your ranger guide before setting out on the popular chimp trek. This will take 2 to 4 hours. With over 335 bird species recorded in this virgin rainforest some of which are endemics of this region of the Albertine Rift valley, Kibale is a hot spot for birder. For lovers of botany and butterfly watch the butterflies float through the vegetation. After the trek return to your lodge for lunch before driving through Fort Portal and Kasese town where you will catch a spectacular view of Mountain Rwenzori. Proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park and check in at Mweya Safari lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Travel time: 3 Hours
Day 4: Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Wake up to nature in Queen Elizabeth National Park! In the morning, take a guided hike in the Kyambura Gorge to track chimpanzees and other primates. Kyambura Gorge is also a habitat for other wildlife, including hippos. After a picnic lunch, we’ll drive to Bwindi for dinner and overnight stay at Mahogany Springs.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Travel time: 3 Hours
Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable
Breakfast is served early morning and remember to carry your packed lunch as you leave the lodge. Head to the park headquarters to meet your experienced park rangers for a thorough pre-trekking briefing. The rangers are your guides for the day. We begin the day’s excursion that may last from two to eight hours. Enjoy every moment of the hike en route in the midst of this impenetrable forest. The tracker leads you into the secret paths looking for a habituated gorilla family. The day’s tracking is normally guided by where the gorillas were left the previous day. Once found you will approach the gorillas quietly and settle to observe for an unforgettable hour with them. Watch the adults forage and groom each other. You will be under the watchful gaze of the great silverback whose soft brown eyes constantly sweep over his family. At the end of the tracking, we return to the lodge to relax and relive our unforgettable experience. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail by the campfire as you listen to the characteristic sounds of Bwindi forest. However, depending on your return time and state of body, you may choose to delight in encounters with the surrounding Batwa community; watch the magical motions and rhythms of traditional Ugandan dances and feast your eyes on local invaluable craftworks of the community on sale. (At a small added cost)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Volcanoes National Park Rwanda
After breakfast we depart for the Uganda – Rwanda border transferring through the ever green magnificent mountain scenery of Uganda. We shall cross the border arriving at the foot of the Muhabara Volcanoes for dinner and an overnight stay at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Travel time: 3 Hours
Day 7: Rwanda Volcanoes National Park
Take in the morning with an early breakfast before enjoying a trip to the extraordinary Virunga Volcanoes. Here we will track the mountain gorillas once again, this time within the exquisite borders of Rwanda and in the famed location of Diane Fossey’s research and the film Gorillas in the Mist. Trekking can last between thirty minutes and eight hours, but once you discover the gorillas, you will be able to spend one unforgettable hour with them. Gorilla trekking begins where the gorillas were last seen the previous day. Later on, relax in your accommodations, enjoying dinner and overnight stay.
Meals include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Day 8: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Volcanoes National Park Rwanda
After breakfast, we will depart for Kampala, Uganda, stopping in Mbarara along the way for lunch. Or, take a two-hour drive to Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, for a flight to Entebbe, Nairobi, or beyond.
Meals include breakfast and lunch, and dinner.
Travel time: 8 hours to Kampala.
