Gorilla Tour and Chimpanzee Safari in Uganda and Rwanda

After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Queen Elizabeth national Park, driving through the beautiful Ankole countryside. As you proceed to your accommodation you will see many animals including antelopes, elephants and mangoose. After checking in you will explore the beautiful crater lakes region. Later on dinner and overnight at your lodge or Albertine camp.

In the early morning you will set out tracking chimpanzees in Kyambura gorge, situated on the rift valley floor near the Kazinga channel. During this guided walk you will look for chimps which are man’s closest cousins.

This 6-8 hours activity begins at 8 am and will offer you an opportunity to see some other primates such as the colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys and olive baboon. You will return for lunch at the lodge and in the afternoon enjoy a a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel to see various water mammals including crocodiles and large schools of hippos and birds like the fish eagle, African jacana and pelicans. Return to your lodge for dinner and the overnight.

After breakfast you will drive through the Ishasha area and enjoy a game drive in southern Queen Elizabeth as you transfer to Bwindi National park. This park is famous for its tree climbing lions which you are likely to see.

Later on you will have a picnic lunch in the wilderness and then proceed to Bwindi national park. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma community bandas or at your lodge or camp in the park.

Today will be one of the highlights of this trip: you'll go tracking mountain gorillas! You will trek up the steep thick forested hills before finding these gorillas in their natural habitat. The trek which may take 2-6 hours requires good hiking boots since a lot of walking is required.

On finding them, you will be allowed to spend an hour taking photos and observing them play. With less than 700 gorillas remaining in the world this will be really a unique experience. If time allows, you will enjoy a short guieded walk along the Munyaga River trail, to see the three beautiful waterfalls, ferns, orchids and colourful butterflies. Later on retire to your lodge for dinner and the overnight.

After breakfast you'll be transferred to Kisoro or Kabale, then cross the border into Rwanda to Kinigi. There you will visit the Genocide memorial and the Dian Fossey's grave before having dinner and spending the night at your lodge or hotel.

In the morning transfer to Volcanoes National Park to track mountain gorillas moving the forested slopes of the Virungas as you search for the gorillas. You will spend one hour with the gorillas and then have a late lunch. 

Drive back to Uganda and have dinner and overnight at your lodge or cottage in Kabale.

After breakfast you will visit the cultural museums in Kabale and then you'll be transferred to Kampala or directly to Entebbe for your departure flight.