6 Days Rwanda – Uganda Primate Adventure

Welcome to Uganda! On arrival, you will be met and greeted at the Airport by a Larry Expeditions  driver guide who will be your Driver for the safari, and then transfer to your hotel for an overnight.
Approx. Distance.4km, 10 Minutes
Meals. None
Comfort – Heavens Boutique Hotel, https://heavenrwanda.com/stay/heaven-boutique-hotel/
Classic – Heavens Boutique Hotel – King Room Upgrade/
Premium – Hotel Des Mille Collines, https://millecollines.rw/

Morning breakfast and a city tour of Kigali with a visit to the Genocide memorial. Drive to the Volcanoes National Park and visit the Twin Lakes with a scenic boat ride/ dugout canoe on lake Burera. Later transfer to the Cyanika border to finalize with immigration and border crossing processes then continue the drive to Bwindi Gorilla Park. Check in at the Lodge and relax anticipating the gorilla trekking experience the next morning.
Approx. Distance.170kms, 4hours’ Drive
Meals. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation.
Comfort – Rushaga Gorilla Haven Lodge, https://rushagagorillahavens.com/
Classic – Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge, http://ichumbigorillalodge.com/
Premium – Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge, https://www.mountaingorillalodge.com/

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is located in south-western Uganda
edge at the edge of the great east African Rift Valley. It is a home to over 400 species of mountain gorillas about half of the world’s population. Many of these are habituated in families that are daily visited by tourists. The forest is also a home to over 350 species of birds and 400 flora species.
Gorilla trekking starts at 8am after a briefing at the park headquarters, you will trek through the dense steep forest searching for the gorillas depending on where they were seen making nests the previous evening. The trekking can last 2-7 hours depending on how soon you find the Gorillas, this is
influenced by the location they stayed overnight. Trekking can be a tasking adventure, but coming to a facial close-up with these close relatives to human
is a reward worthy to earn. After gorilla trekking, in the afternoon time permitting you will go for a community walk.
Approx. Distance.
Meals. Breakfast, Lunchbox and Dinner
Accommodation.
Comfort – Rushaga Gorilla Haven Lodge
Classic – Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Premium – Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge

Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park, you will drive to the chimp-land with Lunch en-route. A stopover by the crater lakes en-route will spice up your
journey in an exciting way. Check in at the lodge refresh and relax awaiting the Chimpanzee tracking Experience the following day.
Approx. Distance.335 Kms, 6 hours’ Drive
Meals. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation.
Comfort – Kibale Forest Camp, https://naturelodgesuganda.com/kibale-forest-camp/
Classic – Turaco Treetops, https://www.turacotreetops.com/
Premium – Ndali Lodge, https://www.ndalilodge.co.ug/

This morning go for a second Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale forest national
park. This will icrease your chances of seeing as many individuals as you can and doubling the interaction hours with this closest relative to man in the wild.
Tracking starts at 7am with a briefing at Kanyanchu Park offices, where you will be allocated rangers to take you to the forest. An advance team already
in the forest keep tracking the chimps and communicates with your ranger on the radio call, tracking can last for 2 to 4 hours depending on how far the chimps could be feeding.
Visit Bigodi swamp in the afternoon, a community project aimed at improving the livelihoods of the local people, a local guide will lead you on a developed 4.5km trail through the swamp for approximately 3 hours where you can find several bird species including the great blue Turacos, Hornbills Kingfishers and also Black and White Colobus, Red Colobus, Red Tailed Monkey, Grey Cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, L’hoest Monkey, Vervet Monkeys can be
spotted.
Approx. Distance.
Meals. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation. Comfort – Kibale Forest Camp
Classic – Turaco Treetops
Premium – Ndali Lodge

After a morning breakfast at the lodge, transfer to the Katuna border complete the immigration process and continue the drive to Kigali. Arrive in time for a hot lunch at a restaurant in the city. You will arrive the airport in time to check in for your flight to the next destination.
Approx. Distance.410kms, 7hours’ Drive
Meals. Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation. None
End of Safari.