10- Day Uganda Rwanda Safari

Day 1: Pick up from Kigali

We’ll pick you up from Kigali visit the Genocide Memorial Museum and drive you to lake
Bunyonyi the most beautiful lake in Uganda with twenty nine islands, and it’s safe for
swimming! Take the boat tour in the evening for sunset. Overnight at Bunyonyi Overland

Day 2: Visit the View point and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest

After breakfast you will visit the view point of Lake Bunyonyi before driving to Bwindi
Impenetrable forest National Park where the mountain Gorillas live in the high mountains.
Overnight at Buhoma haven Lodge

Day 3: Memorable Gorilla Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you will drive to UWA headquarters and be briefed before
proceeding on the gorilla tracking adventure. You will love tracking in the ecosystem. After
finding the gorillas you will spend one hour observing their behavior and taking pictures before
you return to the headquarters for your tracking certificate.
After seeing these amazing apes, you will embark on the journey to Queen Elizabeth National
Park. The journey will take you through the plains of Ishasha where tree climbing lions are
known to be. On a lucky day, you may spot some of these lions resting in tree branches
avoiding tsetse flies.
Accommodation: (Irungu Forest Safari Lodge).

Day 4: Game drive and afternoon boat ride.

You will have breakfast early in the morning before you start off your drive to the wilderness. It
is during the game drive that you will explore Queen Elizabeth National Park with her 200
kilometers of well-maintained game viewing tracks. With an astonishing 5000 hippos, 2500
elephants and over 10,000 buffalo thriving in its grasslands and shorelines, this park guarantees
sightings of some of Africa’s most iconic species such as elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, different
species of antelope, predators such as lions, leopards, civets, genals and serval cats, black-and
white Colobus monkeys are easily spotted in the trees, and of course, the boldest species;
baboons and many more.
Then you will enjoy an afternoon boat cruise at Kazinga Channel. While at the boat you will
have all the chances to gaze at different animal species among others; Crocodiles, Hippos and
others that come to quench their thirst on the lake,
(Hippos & buffaloes at Kazinga Channel)
Accommodation: (Irungu Forest Safari Lode)

Day 5: Transfer to Kibale National Park

On this day you will wake up on a chilly morning served with a cup of tea or coffee before you
embark on your journey to Kibale Forest National Park. Along the way to Kibale National Park,
you will have the opportunity to see tea plantations and banana plantations. We shall also have
a stopover at the tea plantation for some photos before we proceed to our lodge.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp

Day 6: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Forest walk

Today you will track the most famous inhabitants of the Kibale National Park, the chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees share 98% of the human genes making them our closest living relatives. They are
found in 21 countries throughout Africa but are most easily sighted in Uganda due to their
dense populations. Today, in Uganda, there are approximately 5,000 chimpanzees left in the
wild.
(Chimpanzee in Kibale Forest)
In the afternoon you will do the Bigodi forest walk. This area is recognized for its extensive
array of biodiversity among which are several primates’ species like the baboons, black & white
colobus monkeys, vervet monkey and the L’Hoest monkey. The Bigodi is also a paradise for bird
watchers. Among the major bird species within the sanctuary is the great Blue Turaco.
(Great Blue Turaco)
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp

Day 7: Transfer to Murchison National park

After breakfast at your accommodation, drive to Murchison falls National park. The drive is
incredibly scenic, passing through villages, lush green countryside and hills dotted with tea
plantations which characterize this part of Uganda. Dinner and Overnight (Fort Murchison)

Day 8: Game drive and boat cruise

Waking up with a hot cup of tea or coffee for an early morning Game Drive we start chasing the
sunrise.
Keep your eyes open and you will find Buffaloes, Oribi, Elephants, Hyena, Rothschild Giraffes,
Lions, Kobs, leopards and Waterbucks together with many birds. Head to the lodge for Lunch as
the time for boat cruise is drawing closer.

In the afternoon have a Boat Ride along the Victoria Nile and hike to the top of the falls. This
Boat Ride on River Nile lasts three hours and you will be able to see Nile crocodiles, numerous
hippos, buffaloes, elephants as well as various bird species.

Return for dinner and a nice evening at your lodge.

Day 9: Morning relaxation and evening game drive.

Early in the morning, you will enjoy your breakfast then take a relaxing moment chilling on the
poolside and then you may need an extra game drive later in the evening to see animals that
you might have missed on the previous days of your trip.

Dinner and overnight (Fort Murchison)

Day 10 Rhino trekking and transfer to Kampala.

After breakfast, we will drive towards Entebbe and stop at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for Rhino
tracking the proceed to Entebbe at your Lodge

(Rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary)
End of your trip