16 Day Chimp and Gorilla Safari to Uganda and Rwanda - From $6,995.00

Itinerary

• Day 01+02
• Travel. Arrive this morning. Remainder of day at leisure until you connect to overnight flight to Entebbe.
• Day 03
• On arrival in Entebbe you will be transferred to your hotel. This afternoon you will transfer by boat to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary for an afternoon visit with the chimps. Overnight Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel.
• Day 04+05
• Drive to Kibale Forest (7 hours) with lunch en route. You will pass through Fort Portal, forest and tea plantations. Meet your guide and enter the forest in search Chimpanzee and ten other primate species. 2 nights Ndali Lodge or Kibale Primate Lodge.
• Day 06+07
• Another morning forest walk to look for chimpanzees. After lunch drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park (3-4 hours) following the Ruwenzori Mountain Range. Take an afternoon game drive on the way to your lodge. Board the launch for a cruise on Kazinga Channel. Later visit the Crater area of the park and Lake Katwe. 2 nights Mweya Lodge.
• Day 08-10
• Today do a Maramagambo Forest Walk, visiting bat caves where one can see thousands of bats and possibly pythons and monitor lizards catching bats. Continue to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Take your first gorilla trek taking a picnic lunch with you. The next day take your second gorilla visit. 3 nights Gorilla Forest Camp.
• Day 11-13
• After an early breakfast you will be transferred to Kisoro, via Mbarara. Here you will met by representative and transferred to your lodge situated next to Volcano National Park. The next day you will be transferred to the park for your first gorilla visit. You will meet your tracker and spend the day tracking the Mountain Gorilla. Take your second gorilla trek. Time permitting, a visit to the local market and town will be arranged. Take an optional drive to Lake Kivu and lunch at Izuba Hotel. 3 nights Gorilla Nest Lodge.
• Day 14
• Take your third gorilla trek before being driven back to Kigali having lunch en route. Overnight Kigali Serena Hotel.
• Day 15+16
• After an early breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your scheduled flight to Nairobi. An optional tour or dayroom may be booked. Depart on your evening overnight flight.