Itinerary

1. Day 1: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   • Pick up by safari guide from your hotel in Kigali or Kigali Airport, depending on your arrival time. Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda.

   Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge of booking.

2. Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and Batwa

   • Have an early morning breakfast and move to the Park headquarters to join other trackers in a briefing about the Gorilla trekking rules at 7:00 am.

   • Trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your Ugandan guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you 2-8 hours. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists.

   • Spend one hour with the gorillas observing at close range as they feed, communicate, play and bond with their young. The experience is quite humbling and one that will leave you with memories of a lifetime.

   • Return to your lodge for lunch, and if not exhausted, set for a guided walking safari around the club.

   • Alternatively, you can interact with the local communities to learn about their forest-based activities, traditions and lifestyles.

   Dinner and overnight will be at your lodge of booking.

3. Day 3: Queen Elizabeth National Park- Boat Cruise across Kazinga Channel

   • After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park through the beautiful scenery of this part of the country characterized by gigantic hills and steep valleys of volcanic origin covered with lush vegetation dotted with gardens and homesteads.

   • Enter the National Park through the southern part of the park (Ishasha sector) renowned for the tree-climbing lions, which, if lucky, will be seen hanging on Fig tree branches to cool off.

   • Eat lunch at one of the lodges before continuing to the center of the park for an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel to enjoy at close range the profusion of water animals and birds.

   • Later in the evening, go for an evening game drive where you will expect to see buffaloes, lions, elephants and other wildlife in their natural habitat.

   Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge of your booking.

4. Day 4: Back to Kampala/Kigali for Departure

   • Wake up early and go for an early morning game drive. The park’s diverse ecosystem of grassy plains, tropical forests, rivers, swamps, lakes and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. You will see buffaloes, lions, elephants and other wildlife in their natural habitat.

   • Return to the lodge for a late breakfast and transfer to Kampala/Kigali, arriving late in the afternoon. End of the safari.