UGANDA AND RWANDA GORILLA TOURS AND CHIMPANZEE TRACKING SAFARIS.-Uganda Gorilla Tours, Uganda Chimpanzee tracking, Uganda and Rwanda Safaris.
A Uganda and Rwanda gorilla tour and chimpanzee tracking safari definitely refers to a combined safari between Uganda and Rwanda, that is, begins in Uganda and ends in Rwanda or conversely, where gorilla tour and chimpanzee tracking are the main safari activities. Therefore, one can decide to do a Uganda gorilla tour and proceed to Rwanda for chimpanzee tracking or, carry out chimpanzee tracking in Uganda, and go for Rwanda gorilla tour in Parc de volcanoes in Rwanda. A Uganda gorilla tour and Rwanda chimpanzee tracking safari is surely an interesting one more so when carried out in both countries because you get much more than anticipated! From different landscapes to roads, wildlife to different people, a purely rewarding Uganda and Rwanda adventure! Just think about it! A well sort out itinerary follows, see you here at Jewel safaris on a Uganda gorilla tour and Rwanda chimpanzee tracking safari, or Rwanda gorilla tour and Uganda chimpanzee tracking safari-whichever way you like it, Jewel safaris is right at your service!

16 DAYS UGANDA RWANDA GORILLA AND CHIMPANZEE TRACKING SAFARI

Day 1 Airport Pickup
Our tour guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at cassia lodge.
Day 2 Ngamba Island
After breakfast you will transfer to Ngamba Island. On arrival you will visit the chimpanzees as they are being fed. In the evening you will take a nature walk. Dinner and overnight in the tents

Day 3 Chimpanzee Walk
After breakfast you will spend a full day with the chimpanzees. Dinner and overnight in the tents

Day 4 Return to Kampala and Murchison Falls National Park
Early in the morning after breakfast you will transfer to Murchison falls national park. You will make a stopover in Masindi town for lunch and after continue to the top of the falls before checking in at the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Paraa safari lodge/Red chili

DAY 5 Game Drive
You will go for an early morning game drive. After the drive you will return to the lodge for breakfast and then lunch. After lunch you will go for a launch cruise down to the bottom of the falls. Dinner and overnight at Paraa/Red Chili safari lodge

DAY 6 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 7 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 8 Uganda 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 9 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 storytelling. 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 overnight at your Hotel

DAY 10 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 11 Bwindi for Gorillas
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 nearby villages. Overnight at your Hotel

DAY 12 Trek Gorillas in Uganda
An early breakfast after which you proceed to the park offices for a briefing, then continue on the trek. We advise you bring with hiking shoes, long pants and long sleeved shirts for the trek. 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 13 Rwanda for Rwanda gorillas
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 Rwanda gorilla trek for the next day. Dinner and over night at Mt Gorilla Nest Lodge

DAY 14 Another Day of Gorilla Tracking in Rwanda
An early breakfast after which you proceed to the park offices for a briefing, then continue on for the trek. We advise you bring with hiking shoes, long pants and long sleeved shirts for the trek. 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 15 Kigali Genocide Memorial Site
After breakfast, you will go for Rwanda 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. 
Day 16 Airport transfer
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight for departure
END OF THE TOUR