11 DAYS TOUR TO KIBALE, QUEEN, BWINDI NATIONAL PARKS, RWANDA

Day 1 Airport Pickup

Our tour guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Cassia lodge

DAY 2 To Fort portal
Today you will travel to Fort Portal town, through the villages and beautiful scenery. You will have lunch en route and you will arrive late afternoon. In the evening you will have local guides for walks around the 1000 acre farm, to the Mahoma Water fall, and the Walks will take you around crater rims, past alcohol brewing in oil drums, through banana plantations, coffee terraces, plots of cassava, groundnuts, sorghum and millet. Then after, relax for the rest of the evening, dinner and overnight at the choice of your Hotel.

DAY 3 Visit the Pygmies
Leave after breakfast for the crown and hot springs.  The drive is a 2-4
hours. This will be the day in the pygmy villages located near the Ituri
Rainforest. The visit to the villages has proven to be an appealing cultural
experience.  You take a tour to the Hot Springs from where you will visit the Pygmies. The guide will carry packed lunch for you so that you have a Picnic lunch while you experience the TRUE AFRICA! Afterwards, you will be transferred back to Fort portal. Dinner and an overnight at Hotel

DAY 4 Chimpanzee Tracking In Kibale Forest
An early morning go to Chimpanzee trek at Kibale forest, Assemble at Kanyankyu tourist centre and the start off with the search. Kibale national is a habitat for more than 10 primate species, which include, black & white coleus monkeys, red colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys among the many. After lunch you then go on for a swamp walk, Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary is managed by the Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental organization formed in 1992 with the aim of achieving social and economic development for local communities. You will be  guided and walk around the swamp, which is home to approximately 137 bird species including the Snowy Headed Robin Cat, Black and White Casqued Hornbill, Emerald Cuckoo and a variety of Weavers, Warblers, Greenbuls and Sunbirds. There's also an abundance of Butterflies. It's also rich in vegetation, such as wild palms, polita figs and the dominant papyrus. Return to the lodge for dinner and over night

DAY 5 Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After an early breakfast, you'll leave for Fort portal to visit the Kings Royal tombs and various cultural groups including the Burungu community which is rooted in Traditional Toro culture that will entertain you with music, dancing and story telling.
Spend the whole half day with the local community and on village walks/tours and in the afternoon you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park. For Dinner and over night at your Hotel

DAY 6 A Launch Cruise Along the Kazinga Channel
After a cup of coffee, Embark on an early morning game drive along Kasenyi track and Queens mile in the park and expect to see Lions, Elephants, cape buffalo, Warthogs, leopard, hyena, mangoose, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, Topi and lots many small animals and birds. After lunch, enjoy the unique evening 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of Hippos and many animals may be seen drinking at the water's edge. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident species. For Dinner and over night at your Hotel

DAY 7 Bwindi for Gorillas-Uganda Gorilla Trekking
Today you will depart for Bwindi, through the southern sector of the park; here you will be viewing the famous tree climbing lions as the rest up in the large forest trees.  You will have lunch and then go for a community walk through the near by villages. Overnight at your Hotel

DAY 8 Trekking Gorillas in Bwindi
An early breakfast after which you proceed to the park offices for a briefing, then continue on the trek. We advise you bring with hikking shoes, long pants and long sleeved shirts for the gorilla trek in Uganda. A packed lunch and water is provided by the lodge, after the trek you have the afternoon at leisure, or site seeing around the trading centre. Overnight at your Hotel

 DAY 9 Rwanda-for another Gorilla Trek /Tracking
Depart for Rwanda, border crossing – visa fee of $60 is required. You will stop over for a lunch break, and you will arrive at the Gorilla Nest resort late afternoon. Your guide will brief you about the gorilla trek for the next day. Dinner and over night at Mt Gorilla Nest Lodge.

DAY 10 Gorilla Trekking /Tracking in Rwanda
An early breakfast after which you proceed to the park offices for a briefing, then continue on for the Rwanda gorilla trek. We advise you bring with hiking shoes, long pants and long sleeved shirts for the gorilla trekking safari activity. A packed lunch and water is provided by the lodge, after the trek you will be taken for Hikes at the Dianne Fossey graves. Then return for dinner and over night at the lodge

DAY 11 Kigali Genocide Memorial Site
After breakfast, you will go for Golden Monkey tracking then after have lunch. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to Kigali for a tour around the Genocide memorial sites and the Markets around.  Return to the lodge to freshen up as you wait for dinner and over night at your Hotel.

DAY 12 Transfer to the airport
Transfer to Kigali Kanombe airport for your next flight back home.

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