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13 Days Gorilla Tracking Uganda & Rwanda Combo Safari

The 13 days  gorilla tracking safari takes you to explore and visit different parks in Uganda  and Rwanda for gorillas and wildlife viewing. The Parks to visit will include Bwindi National Park, Volcanoes National park, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale National and Queen Elizabeth National park. This 13 Days wildlife safari, grants you the opportunity to trek gorillas, track chimpanzees, view, tree climbing lions’ and also to cruise along the Nile.

Tour Highlights

  • Day 1: Drive from Kampala to Murchison Falls Park. LD
  • Day 2: Game drive / Boat ride along the Victoria Nile. BLD
  • Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking / Free afternoon. BLD
  • Day 4: Drive to Kibale national park ( 7 to 8 hrs) BLD
  • Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking. | Drive from Kibale park to Queen Elizabeth park. 3 hrs BLD
  • Day 6: Game drive | Crater lake drive to viewing point. BLD
  • Day 7: Drive to Queen Elizabeth Park to Bwindi National Park. 6 hours drive
  • Day 8: Gorilla tracking safari in Bwindi. BLD
  • Day 9: Drive to Volcanoes rwanda national park . 4 hrs BLD
  • Day 10: Golden Monkey Tracking in Volcanoes Park. BLD
  • Day 11: Dian Fossey Tombs Trek . BLD
  • Day 12: Boat ride. BLD
  • Day 13: Drive to Kigali. BB

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Drive from Kampala to Murchison Falls Park. LD 

13 days Gorilla Tacking Safari Uganda and Rwanda Combo

Early in the morning a driver guide from AA Safaris and tours ltd will pick you up from your overnight hotel and transfer you to Murchison falls. You will pass via the Luwero triangle where the 1980s NRM war was most serious. Spot the beautiful vegetation along the way. You will stop by the Ziiwa Rhino sanctuary to see the rehabilitated Rhinos that were extinct.  Later drive to proceed to the top of the falls.   Dinner and overnight at:

Luxury accommodation: Paara safari lodge/Nile safari lodge/Chobe safari lodge

Mid range accommodation: Sambiya lodge

Budget accommodation; Red chillis rest camp

Day 2: Game drive / Boat ride along the Victoria Nile. BLD

Wake up early and head for a game drive. You will be able to see variety of animals like hartebeest, Uganda Kob, lions, waterbuck, buffalos, oribi, baboons the list is endless.  Enjoy the green vegetation that surrounds the banks of the river. Return to the lodge for breakfast and later lunch. Move down to the river for an interesting launch cruise. You will be able to see beautiful avian life, animals like herds of elephants, buffalos, antelopes, a school of hippos, crocodiles and several other interesting animals. Come back to your lodge.

Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking / Free afternoon. BLD

Get up early for break fast and head to Budongo forest (known for a diversity of ecology) for chimp trekking.  View our closest relatives (800 chimps population) and see what you can learn from them. There are also more primates like the vervet monkeys, blue and red tailed monkey, potto, black and white colobus and baboons. You will also have a forest walk and get to see the numerous trees that the forest is endowed with. The guide will give you some of the scientific names and local names of some of these trees.  Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at your booked accommodation.

Day 4: Drive to Kibale national park ( 7 to 8 hrs) BLD

After a hearty breakfast, drive to fort Portal passing via Masindi Hoima road. You will get there late in the evening and then have dinner and overnight at:

Luxurious accommodation: Ndali Lodge/ Primates Lodge

Mid range accommodation: Rwenzori View Guest House/Mountains of the moon Fort Portal/ Chimps nest lodge

Budget accommodation: Kanyankyu Ecological Bandas (FB

Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking. | Drive from Kibale park to Queen Elizabeth park. 3 hrs BLD 

Rise up early and take a warm cup of coffee/tea. Carrying your tracking gears, head to the ranger station for briefing from the guide. Move on to Kanyanchu to track chimps and other primates within the forest. Have a chance to compare and contract between the chimp’s behavior and humans and discover a lot!  Also check out the grey checked mangabey, L’Hoest monkey, red-tailed monkey and the vervet monkeys.  During the afternoon hours, drive to Queen Elizabeth national park (4 hrs). Enjoy a game drive in Mweya peninsula and find out for yourself the beauties surrounding Katwe town and its several saline crater lakes. Get to know about salt mining in the small towns. There are also buffalos along the road.  Dinner and overnight at:

Luxury accommodation: Mweya safari lodge/Jacana lodge

Mid range accommodation: Ihamba/Albertine camp/Hippo hill camp

Budge accommodation: Mweya hostels/Simba safari camp

Day 6: Game drive | Crater lake drive to viewing point. BLD 

Rise up early in the morning and get ready to be part of an interesting game drive. On your drive you will get to prove that this park is a biosphere reserve for a number of wild species. Pass the Northern sector of the park and view a variety of animals that dwell in these premises. Some of these include warthogs, antelopes, elephants, water bucks, birds and several other species.  In the afternoon, you will go for a crater lake drive to the vie winging point. Return to your lodge after sunset. Overnight at previous lodge.

Day 7: Drive to Queen Elizabeth Park to Bwindi National Park. 6 hours drive 

After the fun in Queen Elizabeth, get ready to leave for Bwindi National park the home of the ancient dying out apes. Pass via the Ishasha sector. In this part of the park, you may get to see the tree climbing lions because they are common here. Carry on to Bwindi forest National Park. Dinner and overnight at

Budget accommodation package- Buhoma Community bandas or Bwindi View bandas or Nkuringo campsite tents or Virunga Hotel or Nkuringo safari centre

Moderate- accommodation package- Lake Kitandara camp or Nkuringo camp site or Wagtail Eco lodge or similar

Up market accommodation package- Engagi lodge or Buhoma lodge or Gorilla Resort camp or Traveler’s rest camp or Silver back lodge

Luxury accommodation package- Gorilla Forest Camp or Clouds Lodge or Gahinga Volcanoes Lodge, or Volcanoes Bwindi safari Lodge

Day 8: Gorilla tracking safari in Bwindi. BLD 

Get up early in the morning and prepare for the most memorable experience of the tour. Carry your tracking gears, drinking water and packed food move the ranger station. You will be briefed about the rules to follow while in the company of the gorillas. You will move into the thick dump and luxuriant forest. On the way, you will have the chance of meeting some monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, birds that sing from the tree branches, and several other features. You are recommended to wear long trousers because there may be stinging beetles.

Hiking shoes are also important for gorilla trekking because the ground is always damp, quite boggy and slippery. You may not locate these gorillas easily because of their movements so you need to be patient. When you get to meet them, you will be filled with excitement, stay with them for 1 hour taking there photographs and watching the young ones as they play from the vines. Return to the lodge and relax or have a community walk to the Batwa land and learn about there culture. Dinner and overnight at the lodge of your budget.

Day 9: Drive to Volcanoes rwanda national park . 4 hrs BLD 

Following the morning game drive, carry on to Rwanda a cross the boarder via Katuna. Drive to Parc National Des Volcans where you will have dinner and overnight at.

Budget accommodation: Muhabura Lodge / Kinigi guest house

Moderate accommodation; Five Volcanoes hotel / Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Up market accommodation in Virunga Volcanoes Lodge / Sabinyo Silver back lodge

Golden Monkey Trek in Rwanda.Day 10: Golden Monkey Tracking in Volcanoes Park. BLD

Wake up early in the morning for breakfast then move to the ORTPN for another briefing from the guide. This concerns your proceeding interesting activity where you will go for golden monkey tracking in the Virunga Volcanoes Mountains. Golden monkeys are the most endangered primates in the Volcanoes. Presently, it is believed that the only feasible population of these monkeys is left in the Virunga Volcanoes National park.  A small populace may exist in the Nyungwe Forest National Park in Southern Rwanda but this is yet to be confirmed. The golden monkey is a special species of guenon – Cercopithecus Kandti and is prevalent to the Albertine Rift. Return for dinner and overnight at the lodge of your budget.

Day 11: Dian Fossey Tombs Trek . BLD

After your marvelous break fast, head to the Dian Fossey Trail where you will learn more about the American gorilla heroin. She spent the rest of her life studying and living amongst the gorillas. Her work came to the world map after the Film Gorillas in the clouds. Very many people got interest in seeing these great apes and others formed groups like Friends of gorillas. You will wall and discover the products of her sweat. In the afternoon, you will drive to transfer to Lake Kivu. Overnight at

moderate – Malahide Paradise

Luxury – Serena Kivu

Gisenyi Beach Day 12: Boat ride. BLD

You will be able to see a variety of birds that reside in this area, the vegetation that surrounds the lake and even the landing sites that are found on this lake.  relax the rest of the afternoon.

Day 13: Drive to Kigali. BB

Having enjoyed your trans- boarder tour, prepare for your home bound flight leaving Kigali Airport. End of 13  gorilla tracking safari.

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