8 Days Uganda Rwanda Wildlife Safari
8 Days Uganda Rwanda Wildlife Safari: Have the most memorable safari with this 8 days Uganda and Rwanda wildlife safari that will give you the opportunity to understand more about the endangered mountain gorilla when you participate in gorilla trekking in Uganda, you will also have the chance to understand the endangered golden monkeys as you participate in golden monkey trekking in volcanoes national park which will give you the chance to access the endangered golden monkeys that are found along the slopes of the virunga mountains. You will also get to know more about the chimpanzee by participating in the memorable chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe national park as the highlights of your safari. Other activities can also be carried out during your 8days safari in Uganda and Rwanda.
Highlights of your 8 Days Uganda Rwanda Wildlife Safari
- Day 1: Arrival in Kigali and transfer to Nyungwe national park
- Day 2: chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk
- Day 3: transfer to akagera national park and evening boat cruise
- Day 4: Morning and evening boat cruise
- Day 5: Transfer to volcanoes national park
- Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable
- Day 7: Gorilla trekking
- Day 8: departure
Detailed Safari Itinerary
Day one: Arrival in Kigali and transfer to Nyungwe national park
On day one of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari, as early as 7 am your guide for your safari will pick you from a location of your choice in Kigali city or Kigali international airport and take you through the briefing session of your entire safari. During the briefing session where your guide for the safari will give you an insight of the activities you will participate during your safari like gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking among other activities, you will also be briefed on the rules and regulations to follow during your activities and as you participate in your Uganda and Rwanda safari for an amazing safari as you visit Rwanda and Uganda. After the briefing session you will begin your safari by taking in part of the Kigali city tour where you will get to visit memorable sites like the Kigali genocide memorial museum where you will get to understand the events that led to the occurrence of the Rwanda genocide, you will also get to visit the Kimironko market the largest market in Rwanda where you will get to purchase souvenirs, organic fruits, Rwanda traditional attires among other products. At the climax of your Kigali city tour, you will get to visit one of the restaurants in the city where you will have tasty Rwanda dishes. After the rewarding experience, you will make your way to Nyungwe national park where you will check in your hotel. On reaching your hotel, you have time to loosen up rest and in the evening, you will have dinner.
DAY TWO CHIMPANZEE TREKKING AND CANOPY WALK
On day two of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari after an early morning breakfast at your hotel with your packed lunch, you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to Nyungwe national park where you will get to participate in chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk. Chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda is quite a rewarding activity which will give you the chance to understand more about the primate species which will give you an amazing time in the park. The activity involves hiking through the forest o the park in order to access the habituated chimpanzee troops, during the activity you will have the chance to observe how they carry out their daily activities, how they carry out their daily activities, their grooming patterns, how they care for their infants, how they construct their nests for overnight stay. After the rewarding experience, you will have your lunch and relaxation. After your lunch you will participate in the canopy walk which will give you the chance to see a number of rewarding and breathtaking views of the park at an ariel view. You will get to see numerous bird species, a number of primates swinging from one tree branch to another among other rewarding attractions and views. After the experience, you will head back to your hotel or dinner and overnight stay.
Day three: transfer to akagera national park and evening boat cruise
On day three of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari, after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will embark on your journey to akagera national park the home to all the big five animal in Rwanda. On reaching, you will check in your hotel where you will relax have lunch and later in the evening you will get to transfer to akagera national park where you will participate in the evening boat cruise. During the cruise, you will get to see Hippos will be seen taking dips in the water, crocodile sun bathing as they also wait up on their capable prey, zebras, you will also get to watch the sunset which makes the park more beautiful as you get to watch a number of water birds like the African kingfisher catching prey in the park while you relax while on the evening boat cruise. At the end of your safari, you will head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
DAY FOUR: MORNING AND EVENING BOAT CRUISE
On day four of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari, after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to the pack in order to participate in the morning game drive. During the game drive, you will have the chance to see early risers in the park catching their first bite of the day for instance the rhinos, zebras, grazing in the plains of the park among other animal species. You will head back to your hotel for lunch and relaxation and later on in the evening, you will transfer back to the park to take part in the evening game drives which will give you the chance to see a number of animal species that you must have missed out on seeing during the morning game drives. The highlight of the evening game drive is the fact that you will get to see a number of carnivores like the hyenas, lions, leopards catching prey for dinner among other rewarding attractions. After the rewarding engagement head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day five: transfer to volcanoes national park
On day five of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari, after an early morning breakfast at our hotel, you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to volcanoes national park the home to the endangered mountain gorillas and the golden monkeys. On reaching the park, you will transfer to the reception where you will undergo the briefing session of golden monkey trekking and after the you will begin hiking to the habituated golden monkey troops n order to understand their behaviour while in the park for instance how they co-exist with one another, their feeding patterns among other rewarding experiences of the primate. After the encounter you will head back to your hotel or lunch and later on in the evening you will participate in the Batwa trail experience which involve visiting the former forest people that depended on the forest for survival, the Batwa are an interesting group that is still inclined to traditional methods of living opposed to a number of people that embraced modernity, the Batwa will give you an amazing time because of their authenticity. After the wonderful experience you will head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day six: transfer to Bwindi impenetrable
On day six of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will checkout of hotel and make your way to Bwindi impenetrable national park. On reaching the park you will check in your hotel where you will have leisure lunch and overnight stay.
Day seven: gorilla trekking
On day seven of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari, after an early morning breakfast at your hotel with your packed lunch, you will be picked from your and transferred to take part in gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will get to understand more about the endangered primate species, gorilla trekking in the park will also give you the chance to see a number of rewarding attractions like the a number of bird species, numerous primate species like the dent’s monkey, silver monkey, chimpanzees among other rewarding attractions. After the rewarding experience, you will head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day eight: drop off in Kampala
On day eight of your 8 days Uganda and Rwanda safari, after early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to Kampala city where you will take part in the Kampala city tour which will give you the chance to visit a number of sites in the city like Nakasero market one of the oldest and largest markets in Uganda where you can purchase a number of organic fruits, traditional attires among other products. You will also get to visit Namirembe cathedral the oldest cathedral in Uganda, Uganda mosque/ Gadaffi mosque among other rewarding sites. After the rewarding tour, you will have lunch and after you will be dropped at a location of your choice in Kampala city or Entebbe international airport and the end of your safari
End of the 8 Days Uganda Rwanda Wildlife Safari
Trip inclusions
- All activities on the itinerary
- all accommodation as per itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle, Fuel
- Pick up and Drop off at Entebbe
- Full time English speaking driver/ guide
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Trip Exclusions
- Tips
- Visa fees
- Air tickets
- Personal expenses
- Other expenses
- All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, and beer.
