8 Days Uganda and Rwanda Primate Tour

Tour Overview

This 8 days Uganda and Rwanda primate tour /tour holiday offers you an opportunity to visit two of the best countries and top tour safari destinations offering the thrilling and great wildlife safari experience. This tour offers you an opportunity to track gorillas in Uganda and a visit to other savannah parks where you will encounter lots of mammal species. While in Rwanda, you will also enjoy a city tour to visit some of the iconic places in Rwanda and also take part in golden monkey trekking. Have a memorable boat ride on the legendary Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda.

Tour Highlights

• Day1: pick up and transfer to hotel
• Day 2: City tour and transfer to Parc de Volcanoes
• Day 3: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Uganda
• Day 4: Boat ride on lake Bunyonyi and transfer to Bwindi Forest national park
• Day 5: Gorilla trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Day 6: Morning game drive, afternoon boat cruise and evening game drive
• Day 7: Transfer to Kibale and afternoon chimp trekking
• Day 8: Departure

Day by Day Detailed itinerary

Day1: pick up and transfer to hotel

Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, the driver/drive will meet with you and welcome you, he will brief you about the 8 days safari tour in Uganda and Rwanda. Thereafter, he will drive you to your reserved hotel where you check in for relaxation and spend the rest of the evening at leisure as you prepare for the safari the following day. Dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel des Mille Collines
Meal plan: Dinner
Travell time: 21 mins

Day 2: City tour and transfer to Parc de Volcanoes

Rise up early for morning breakfast and after the driver/guide will pick you up and drive to Kigali where you will go on a Kigali city tour to some of the interesting attraction in Rwands, the genocide memorial, the, markets, Museums among others.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes
Meal plan: thunch and Dinner
Day Highlight: Lunch and driving on the country thus offring great views of Rwanda

Day 3: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Uganda

You will early morning breakfast and then transfer to the park office for pre trekking briefing. After you will be accompanied by the ranger guide to begin the trek in the forest, the trek may last for about 2-4 hours with a captivating moment when you meet these playful and beautiful presented creatures. Enjoy the moment and take picture or videos to keep the memory. You will have one hour with them. Thereafter, you will return to the lodge for your lurch and check out and cross to Uganda where you will spend your night at Lake Bunyonyi. On arrival, check in to the lodge for relaxation, Dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Bird nest Resort (Luxury), Bunyonyi Rock Resort (Mid-range).
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Boat ride on Bunyonyi and transfer to Bwindi Forest 

Wake and have early morning breakfast and go on boat ride on lake Bunyonyi, this is the second deepest lake in Africa. While in the boat, you will visit some of the Islands. Lake Bunyonyi has got 29 Islands each having its Unique story. Including; the punishment Island, Bushara Island known to be the place for little birds among others, while here, make appoint and visit these Islands. After you will return to the lodge and have your lunch, in the afternoon check out of the lodge and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest with the scenic drive through the local communities and small trading centers. On arrival, check in to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Rushaga Gorilla Haven lodge (Budget), Ichumbu gorilla lodge (Midrange).
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 5: Gorilla trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth

Rise up early, have morning breakfast and depart the lodge with your packed lunch and drinking water and head to the park headquarters for briefing about rules and regulations to abide by during the trekking process. You will be dived in groups accompanied by the ranger guides. The trek may last for about 2-8 hours or even more depending on the group assigned to you and how far they have moved. When you find them, you will spend one hour with them as you watch them feed, play, breast feed young ones. Take pictures, and videos for your memories. After you will depart the forest and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park driving to the southern sector of the park famous for the tree climbing lions on arrival, check in to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Mweya safari lodge, Engazi game lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 6: Morning & Evening game drive, Afternoon boat cruise 

Rise up early and drive to the park for morning game to catch up with the early risers and predators returning from the previous hunt. Queen Elizabeth is famous for the big five game as well as several other wildlife species and a wide array of bird species. After return to the lodge for your late breakfast and relaxation later lunch and in the afternoon, you will go Kazinga channel boat cruise for more game viewing. Whie in the boat, you spot aquatic animals, including the school of hippos, buffalos and other animals and bird species on the shores of the lake. Return to the lodge for dinner and later evening you will have optional game drive or rather spend the rest of the evening and the lodge.
Accommodation options: Mweya safari lodge, Engazi game lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 7: Transfer to Kibale and afternoon chimp trekking

Have morning breakfast, check out of lodge and go on enroute game drive proceed and exit the park and drive to Kibale forest National the primate capital of the world. Arriving at park in time for lunch, check in and have lunch and proceed to the park offices for pre chimpanzee trekking briefing at 2:00pm and thereafter, you will accompany by the ranger to begin the search in the forest. You observe them having a late lunch relaxed on the grounds. You will have an hour to see and interact with the chimps there after head out of the forest to the lodge check in freshen up then have dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation options: Primate lodge, chimpanzee forest lodge, Papaya Lake lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 8: Departure

Wake up and have morning breakfast. Thereafter, pack your bags and check out of the lodge and start your return journey back to Kampala. You will have stop over for lunch enroute. Embark on your journey to Kampala arriving in the afternoon where the driver will drop you off the Entebbe airport in time for your departure fight or a drop off at your preferred location.
End of tour.

Getting There

The trip will start from Kigali International Airport to Volcanoes National Park to Lake Bunyonyi to Bwindi Forest National Park to Queen Elizabeth National park to Kibale Forest National Park and you will be dropped off at Kigali International Airport.

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