14 Days Uganda Rwanda
14 Days Uganda Rwanda Safari will introduce you to one of the most rewarding safari trail in the East African region. Will take almost the same adventures in both countries and compare which offer that best eco=friend experiences. There are remarkable African highlighting adventures including gorilla trekking, chimpanzee, tracking, cultural encounters, golden monkeys, game drives, boat cruises, and the world class rafting opportunity in Jinja the East African Capital of Adventures. The adventures will start from Kigali city, goes to the southern Nyungwe National Park, to Akagera National Park, Trek Gorillas and golden monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, reach to the famous 2nd deepest lake in Africa, Lake Bunyonyi, to Queen Elizabeth National Park for the rare tree climbing lions, to the world’s capital of Primates Kibale National Park, watch the magnificent Murchison falls and Jinja city tour.
Detailed itinerary for 14 Days Uganda Rwanda Safari
Day 1: Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Enjoy breakfast, then take a simple Kigali city tour to Kigali genocide memorial museum and visit the Kandt museum. Then with lunch en-route will transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park, then will take the afternoon canopy walks through the suspenders above the canopies of the Nyungwe tropics on this 14 Days Uganda Rwanda.
Dinner and Overnight
Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge
Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hotel
Budget: Gisakura Guest House
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and Transfer to Akagera National Park
This day following breakfast, will head to the park headquarter for briefing on tracking, get grouped and a signed to a chimpanzee family to track. Then with an armed ranger embark into the forest to search for the chimpanzees, the search can take around 30 to 3 hours and finding them have an hour in their presence. Then after with lunch en-route will drive to Akagera National Park via Kigali, reach the park in the evening hours, check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Luxury: Luzizi Tented Camp
Mid-range: Akagera Game Lodge
Budget: Lake Ihema Campsite
Day 3: Game Drive and Boat Ride
Take breakfast, then embark for a morning game drive very rewarding with enticing wildlife among which are some of the big five; lions, elephants, buffalos, then giraffes, bushbucks, warthogs, among others Then in the afternoon hour take a boat ride to Lake Ihema to spot more wildlife species both land and aquatic life mammals and a number of bird species.
Dinner and overnight
Luxury: Luzizi Tented Camp
Mid-range: Akagera Game Lodge
Budget: Lake Ihema Campsite
Day 4: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Take your relaxed breakfast and then embark on your day long journey via Kigali driving northwards to scenic land that baptizes Rwanda the land of a thousand hills. Then will continue to cross the Uganda-Rwanda Border through Cyanika and drive to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Luxury: Mt. Gahinga Lodge
Mid-range: Mutanda Lake Resort
Budget: Amajambere Iwacu Community Campground
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking
Today will hurry after breakfast, for the briefing to trek the only one habituated gorilla family of the park. Tracking gorillas from Mgahinga is very interesting has one has to mind about rambling throughout the all forest to find the gorillas in the slops. With an armed ranger guide, the trek can last for about 1 to 4 hours and finding the gorilla, you’re awarded 1 hour in their presence. After will return to your lodge and relax.
Luxury: Mt. Gahinga Lodge
Mid-range: Mutanda Lake Resort
Budget: Amajambere Iwacu Community Campground
Day 6: Golden monkey tracking and Batwa visit
Breakfast, then will go and take a guided forest walks through the unpaved tracks search for beautiful golden monkey. The golden monkeys here make it possible to find gold meets with silver, that’s finding the golden monkeys living along with Albertine silverback. Alongside your lunch, will take the Community to the Batwa village for a cultural experience, here there is a lot to learn about these forest pygmies. Then will drive to Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and overnight.
Luxury/Mid-range: Birdnest@Bunyonyi Resort
Budget: Bunyonyi Overland Resort
Day 7: Boat rides to islands and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park (Ishasha)
Take a lake view breakfast and transfer to Ishasha sector Queen Elizabeth National Park. Will take a game drive through the savannah opening dotted with acacias which act as relaxing zones for the tree climbing lions. The game drive is accompanied with the number of wildlife species and the most enticing here is tree climbing lions. Then with lunch en-route drive to Mweya and will take an evening game drive in the animal rich zone of Kasenyi savannah. There is a number of larger and smaller animals, as well accommodates a bugger concentration of bird species.
Check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight;
Luxury: Kasenyi Safari Camp
Mid-range: Kasenyi Willd Bush Lodge
Budget: Bush Lodge
Day 8: Boat cruise and Transfer to Kibale National Park
Today following the breakfast, will drive to the Mweya peninsular to take park in the boat cruise along the stunning Kazinga Channel. Kazinga channel is hub to many land and aquatic wildlife species, one of the most populated hippo pools in Uganda and watch a number of species at the bank of the channel. Then in the afternoon alongside lunch will drive to Kibale Forest National Park, reach by evening hours and take a visit to Bigodi Swamp watching a number of bird species and various monkey species.
Check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight
Luxury: Prmate Lodge
Mid-range: chimps Next
Budget: Jacaranda Hilltop Guesthouse
Day 9: Chimps tracking.
Today following your morning breakfast, your drive to Kanyacu information center where tracking starts from. Be briefed about tracking etiquette and be grouped in groups of 8 trackers, with an armed ranger will be guided into the thick forest to start searching for the species. The search can take about 3 minutes to 3 hours and finding the species you have an hour in their presence. Then return to your lodge to the starting point to refresh.
Then in the afternoon hours will drive to Fort Portal visit Mpanga Market, with lunch en-route will drive to Amabere cave. These are attached to tales of the ancient Bachwezi dynasty, indeed it’s an interesting you wouldn’t like to miss out here.
Luxury: Prmate Lodge
Mid-range: chimps Next
Budget: Jacaranda Hilltop Guesthouse
Day 11: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Breakfast, then embark on your journey driving to Murchison falls National Park. Reaching the park, enjoy your lunch and take an afternoon boat ride to the bottom of the magnificent moist Murchison falls, the boatride along the Victoria is accompanied by a number of wildlife encounters.
After will take a stunning evening game drive, watching great number of wildlife species, then check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Luxury: Nile Safari Lodge
Mid-range Sambiya Rive lodge
Budget: Heritage Safari Lodge
Day 12: Ziwa Rhino tracking and Transfer to Kampala
Today following your breakfast, will take a morning game drive watching a number of mammals heading to their feeding grounds. There are possibilities of watching some of the animals missed out on the previous game drive, then will drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and track the only remaining rhinos in Uganda.
Luxury: Latitude0 Hotel
Mid-range: Acacia Lodge
Budget: Sojovaro Hotel
Day 13: Transfer to Jinja for rafting
Breakfast, then will drive eastwards to Jinja town a city of amazing adventures that originates from the world’s longest river. Today will drive straight to do rafting, one of the few world class white water rafting spots on the African continent. Following the rafting will take lunch refreshment and decide to do either the afternoon bungee jumping. Check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Luxury: Wild waters Lodge
Mid-range: Nile River Explores (will do water sliding)
Budget: Nile River Camp
Day 14: transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe.
Today following the breakfast, will take a water sliding session at Nile River Explore, a take an hour boat cruise to the real source of the Nile point and watch how this stunning river draws water from Lake Victoria. Then will embark on your drive to Back to Kampala with lunch en-route and Sezibwa falls, then drive to Kampala and reach in the evening hours. Your driver will drop you at your lodge in Kampala or Entebbe or at the airport for your next flight back home. Thus the end of 14 Days Uganda Rwanda.
The safari package includes
- Airport Transfers
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle either land cruiser /van with fuel
- Accommodation on full board accommodation (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) while on safari
- Full time English speaking driver/guide
- Water on board through-out the safari mineral water at/during lunch and dinner
- Park entrance fees
- Game drives
- Gorilla permits $700/ person
- Chimpanzee trekking at 200/person
- Community walk
- Ziwa rhino
- Boat cruise
- All government taxes
Excludes on 4 days gorilla habituation;
- visas
- Personal medical insurance
- Meals not listed in the itinerary
- Optional activities not mentioned
- Tips to the driver, ranger guide
- Any other items not specified in this itinerary
- Items of personal nature