Duration
15 days / 14 nights
Countries
Uganda, Rwanda
Difficulty
Moderate
Best season
Juneu2013September, Decemberu2013February
From
$10500 pp
Prices are indicative guidance only. Final quotes depend on season, lodge selection, and group size.
Day by day
Airport transfer and overnight. Safari briefing for your cross-border journey.
White rhino walk at Ziwa Sanctuary. Continue to Murchison Falls u2014 top-of-falls visit and Nile savanna introduction.
Dawn game drive. Afternoon Nile boat to the falls base and hike to the top u2014 elephants, giraffes, hippos, and abundant birdlife.
Drive to Kibale primate capital. Optional self-guided or night forest walk around the lodge.
Chimpanzee tracking with optional habituation upgrade. Bigodi Wetland walk timed around your trek.
Transfer via the equator. Afternoon game drive for lions, elephants, and buffalo.
Morning game drive. Afternoon Kazinga Channel cruise u2014 highest hippo concentration in Africa.
Drive to Ishasha sector. Afternoon search for tree-climbing lions and topi antelope.
Dawn lion drive. Scenic transfer to Bwindi through mountain villages (lodge sector depends on your gorilla group).
Full Bwindi gorilla trek u2014 one hour with a habituated mountain gorilla family.
Optional second gorilla trek, Batwa experience, or forest walk. Transfer to Lake Mutanda with volcano views and optional lake activities.
Optional golden monkey tracking, volcano hike, or birding at Mgahinga. Afternoon transfer to Lake Bunyonyi u2014 Uganda's deepest crater lake.
Cross into Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. Optional pygmy village visit en route.
Flexible day u2014 optional second gorilla trek, golden monkeys, Dian Fossey grave, volcano climb, or twin lakes (Ruhondo and Burera).
Optional morning activity at Volcanoes. Transfer to Kigali with city tour and Genocide Memorial if time permits before your flight.
Lodge tiers
Classic
Quality lodges across Murchison, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi, and Volcanoes
Premier
Nile Safari Lodge, Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge, Virunga Lodge, Bisate Lodge
FAQ
One permit is included in the standard quote; a second trek in Bwindi or Volcanoes can be arranged when booking u2014 subject to availability.