7 Days Volcanoes, Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari
This 7 Days Volcanoes, Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari will allow you to watch the endangered mountain gorillas when you make your way to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you will watch four of the big five animals as you enjoy the wildlife safaris in Uganda. For your Rwanda safari, you will embark on golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park, which will give you access to the endangered Albertine endemic species that will make your safari experience quite memorable. Continue with the detailed itinerary for a rewarding safari experience.
Highlights of your safari
Day 1: Transfer to Golden Monkey trekking
Day 2: Ibyi’wacu community village tour – Cross to Uganda via Cyanika border
Day 3: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 4: Batwa trail experience and leisure
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national national park via Ishasha sector
Day 6: Full-day game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 7: Transfer back to kampala Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Golden Monkey trekking
You will be met by your driver guide at your agreed location in Kigali city to transfer to Volcanoes National Park, where you will arrive on time. Transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and later enter the forest and hike while in search of the golden monkeys. Tracking the golden monkeys rewards views of other primates such as the black and white Colobus monkeys, Olive baboons among others. After the experience, head back to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay, as the night before.
Day 2: Ibyi’wacu community village tour – Cross to Uganda via Cyanika border
After breakfast, connect to visit Iby’wacu Cultural Village that focuses on improving the lives of reformed poachers and communities around Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. You will enjoy cultural tours in the village that will lead you to a number of festivities like the cultural dances, traditional ceremonies, and all that focus on the improvement of the livelihoods of the people through cultural exchange. After the tour, transfer to the Cyanika border to cross to Uganda. Have en route in Kisoro, then connect to your booked lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Haven Lodge for mid-range/Buhoma Community Rest Camp for budget
Day 3: Gorilla trekking experience
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for a briefing by the ranger guides, and later head into the forest for your trek. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi takes 2 to 8 hours, depending on the movement of the gorillas. These primates roam the park freely, and there is no way of telling where they will be for a particular day. On finding them, you will be allowed 1 hour to view and take photos of these gentle primates, enjoy your lunch packs, meet your driver/guide and transfer back to your lodge. The time after trekking can be spent on a village tour or lazing off at the lodge as you share the memories of your gorilla trek in Bwindi and prepare for the next day. Dinner and overnight at Lodge as above
Day 4: Batwa trail experience and leisure
After an early morning breakfast, make your way to participate in the Batwa trail experience. The Batwa guides who will lead you to the community that you will get to observe. The activity starts with a spiritual prayer, which is done on both knees on the ground to ensure that travellers have a safe safari experience while heading to the community. After the prayer, you will then make your way to the community. At the communities, you will be entertained by their different cultural dances, you will get to see how they used different herbs to cure a number of diseases like upset stomach, barrenness, fever and so on. Dinner and overnight stay as the night before.
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national national park via Ishasha sector
After breakfast, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. It’s a 5-7 hour drive with an en-route game drive in Ishasha sector for chances of seeing the tree-climbing lions and en-route lunch. Proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Upon arrival, check in for relaxation, and later participate in the boat cruise along the Kazinga channel, where you will watch several attractions, including a head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. Elephant Hab lodge (mid-range), Pumba safari lodge (budget)
Day 6: Full-day game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, your guide for the safari will pick you up and transfer you to the park’s game drive trails to embark on your full-day game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will watch several mammal species like; Common Duiker, Defassa Waterbuck, Oribi reedbucks, Impalas, Buffalos, Bush pigs, Giraffes, Eland, and Zebras, Uganda kobs up-close After the first half of your drive, you will have lunch and later in the afternoon, you will participate in the second half of your drive to watch several animals that you might have missed out on while on your morning drive. After the experience, head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay at Elephant Gab Lodge (mid-range), Pumba Safari Lodge (budget)
Day 7: Transfer back to kampala Entebbe
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will make your way back to Kampala city or Entebbe international airport to catch your next flight home. This will mark the end of your 7 Days Volcanoes, Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari.
