This is a short trip organized only to visit the mountain gorillas found in the southwestern part of Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You’ll be staying in basic lodges with a private toilet and a private shower with hot running water. It is a perfect trip for last-minute travelers and also travelers on a tight budget seeking to combine a gorilla experience with a typical wildlife safari in East Africa.

This is a short trip organized only to visit the mountain gorillas found in the southwestern part of Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You’ll be staying in basic lodges with a private toilet and a private shower with hot running water. It is a perfect trip for last-minute travelers and also travelers on a tight budget seeking to combine a gorilla experience with a typical wildlife safari in East Africa.

This is a short trip organized only to visit the mountain gorillas found in the southwestern part of Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You’ll be staying in basic lodges with a private toilet and a private shower with hot running water. It is a perfect trip for last-minute travelers and also travelers on a tight budget seeking to combine a gorilla experience with a typical wildlife safari in East Africa.

Depending on your location in Kampala/Entebbe on your first day of the three days fishing tour in Murchison falls national park, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will brief you about the safari, thereafter drive you northward to Murchison falls National park through Masindi. On your way, you will stopover at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary where you will track and see rhinos. The second stopover will be in Masindi where you will have Lunch and then proceed. Upon arrival, you will drive directly to the top of the falls where you will enjoy a breathtaking view of the water falls, water slashes, among others. From here, you drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast on the second day of the three days fishing tour in Murchison falls national park, you will carry a packed Lunch and meet up with your driver guide to cruise to the bottom of the falls for the exciting sport fishing adventure. During fishing, you will be accompanied by an experienced fishing guide and you will be able to use different methods such as live bait/casting lures to catch different fish types such as Nile perch, cat fish among others if you are lucky. After this adventurous fishing experience, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast on the last day of you 3 days fishing tour in Murchison falls national park, you will check out of your lodge and meet up with your driver guide and go for morning game drive through the park where you will be able to encounter predators such as lion, leopards. You will also see a variety of wildlife such as big groups of buffaloes, waterbucks, plenty of Uganda Kob among others. You will then proceed to Kampala/Entebbe where you will be dropped off for your departure flight back home.

Depending on your location in Kampala/ Entebbe on the first day of the three day chimpanzee Safari, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will brief about the safari and then start the whole day journey to Kibale National Park. On your way, you will have en-route Lunch and enjoy beautiful scenery, landscape, tea plantations, Rwenzori mountains and crater lakes, among others. Upon arrival in National Park, you will check in your pre-booked hotel for dinner and overnight.

Chimpanzee Trekking After early breakfast on the second day, your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Kinyachu park headquarters for chimpanzee trekking briefing. After the briefing, you will be allocated an experienced park guide and start trekking into the forest in search for the chimpanzees. Trekking chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National park takes about 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on where the chimpanzees are found because they tend to move from one place to another within the forest in search for food. During the trekking, you will be rewarded with the view of other primates such as I’hoest Monkeys, red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, different bird species among others. Once the chimpanzees are found, you will be allowed one hour to interact with them, feed them, observe their behavior, take pictures, and record videos.

Bigodi Swamp Walk. After an hour of encounter with the chimpanzees, you will trek back to the park headquarters where your driver will drive you back to the lodge for lunch, thereafter, you will go for an interesting walk in the Bigodi Swamp where you will watch other primates and a variety of birds. After the swamp walk, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

On your last day of the 3 days chimpanzee safari, you will have a relaxed breakfast, check out of your lodge to embark on your journey back to Kampala with your driver guide. On your way, you will have en-route lunch and Kampala early evening upon which your driver guide will drop you at the airport for your departure flight.

Our guide/ driver will pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am in Kigali and your day starts with a visit to the genocide memorial site. Afterward depart for a 2-hour drive to Musanze, the second largest town in Rwanda, with its stunning backdrop of five volcanic mountains – The Virungas. On reaching Musanze, you will visit the Twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo. These Magnificent twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo and its Swamp Rugezi are the excellent photogenic, serene and scenic places for Bird watching activity. Moreover, Rugezi swamp is one of the most seven important birding areas IBAs) in Rwanda. In the evening, you will visit the Dian Fossey museum.

After an early breakfast, you will proceed to the Volcanoes National Park headquarters, Kinigi, to meet your guides for the day. After completing park formalities, you embark on a once-in-a lifetime experience of tracking mountain gorillas. Once you spot them you are allowed to spend an hour watching your closest long lost cousin. This is perhaps one of the most breathtaking wildlife experiences on earth. You get so close to these awesome giant primates, staring at each other blankly not knowing who will break the long silence first. Tracking the gorillas through the light mountain forest on the slopes of the Volcanoes is a magical experience. These massive primates are extremely rare with less than 900 living today. You will get within meters of the family and be privileged to spend an hour amongst them. The trekking may be fairly strenuous, up to six hours or longer at a relatively high altitude. We encourage you, for your own enjoyment, to make sure that you are perfectly fit and healthy. (We’ve had people of 70 years old do gorilla tracking so this should not be a problem, all you need is to ask your driver guide to request a shorter group trip for you if you cannot trek far). It is important to bring good hiking boots, long trousers, gloves for protection against stinging nettles, some snacks & sweets (for you, not the gorillas) as well as sufficient water as the rain forest gets hot and humid during the day. You will spend one hour with the gorillas, but it is an hour you will never forget. Return to your hotel for lunch and later dinner and overnight.

Today, after an early breakfast, you will be driven to the National Park Headquarters to meet your guides again for your Golden Monkey trekking experience. With only a small number left worldwide, the golden monkey can be found in the foothills of the Volcanic Mountain Chain (Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, Virunga National Park, DRC and Mgahinga National Park, Uganda). Characterized by its bright golden body, cheeks and tail, with constrasting black limbs, crown and tail end, these playful primates are a pleasure to watch. Afterwards you drive to Kigali for your flight back home. ( We advise a late flight at 9 pm or onwards)

Depart from Kigali; en-route visit some historical sites on the main road like Kamegeri’s rock and have a stop at Nyanza King's Palace. Drive to Nyungwe and spend a night at Gisakura accommodation.

Early breakfast (4:45am); then drive to the chimp trekking point. After trekking, the Canopy Walkway follows. This is 50 meters above the ground level, and 200 meters long. The dizzying platform is above a steep and deep valley across a massive forest. The hanging platform which allows visitors to view different animal species in Nyungwe forest spreads over hundreds of square meters and will allow visitors to be on an “eye-to-eye level” with different primate species, and many bird species, all of which are fond of inhabiting the upper scales of the forest. Overnight at a recommended hotel. Aparts from Chimp Trekking, Nyungwe National Park offers other activities like Kamiranzovu trail, bird watching, hiking, and other trails of activities can be confirmed depending on your aspirations and duration of your stay.

Early morning on the way to Huye, you will have time to visit the Tea factory before departing for Huye Ethnographic Museum. With this experience, you will have a deep understanding of how tea is produced. We will 2 hours tours at the factory and depart back to Kigali. On the road, you will stop at Huye Ethographic museum. At the end of the tour, you will drive back to Kigali, then the airport and depart back home.

Today after breakfast, your guide will pick you up from your hotel in Kigali and transfer you to Akagera National park. You will get to your lodge in the park in time for check-in and lunch. In the evening you will go for your first game drive in the park. Look out for the different animals that live here. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight Journey Time: 3 hours

Today morning, you will wake up early and head to the park before sunrise to look out for the early risers. Look out for lions, elephants, buffalo, hyenas and the different antelopes that graze freely in the park. Later in the afternoon after lunch, you will go for a boat safari on Lake Ihema which will reward you with hippos, crocodiles and the countless water, swamp and savannah birds that come here. Some of the birds are the fish eagle, cormorants, and kingfishers among others. You will return to the boat for dinner and overnight

Today marks the end of a successful safari. You will be transferred back to Kigali after breakfast. If you have an outbound flight, your guide will transfer you to Kigali airport

Arrival and pick up from Kigali airport, you will meet with your guide as he welcomes you to Rwanda and drive you to the lodge for check-in, you will later drive around Kigali city, you will visit various sites including Kigali memorial site, Hotel Rwanda where people sought refuge amid the genocide, Nyamata church, , Rwanda convectional Centre and finish with the presidential palace museum which was the place of residence of former president Juvenal Habyarimana at the time of the genocide. You will later return to your lodge for an overnight stay.

Early morning After breakfast you will drive for about 3 hours to Akagera national park and on arrival, you will embark on a boat cruise on lake Ihema enjoying the view of water animals like the Hippos, crocodiles, with beautiful birds like the Shoebill stork, the African Fish Eagle, Valentine birds and more. In the afternoon after a lunch break at one of the park restaurants, you will do a game drive look out for different animals like Buffaloes, elephants enjoying the waters of nature with birds like the Egyptian Goose, Zebras, impalas, water bucks, giraffes, baboons’ elands making the drive rich and memorable. At the end you will head back to Kigali for overnight.

Early morning after your breakfast, you will be transferred to Uganda via Katuna border crossing , a drive from Kigali city to the boarder is 1.30 hours to 2 hours , you will clear with immigration and later proceed to Bwindi forest National Park via Kabale town, you will arrive after a 2hour drive and check-in at your lodge in Bwindi forest , have lunch then head out for a community experience of the Batwa people and the Bakiga populations around Bwindi forest. In the evening you will head back to your lodge for rest and overnight stay

After an early morning breakfast, you head to the National Park offices for briefing about the dos and don’ts then head for a gorilla trek with acknowledgeable ranger, this will take about 2 - 5hours passing through thicket and bush trekking up or down hill while looking for a gorilla family , after meeting the family you will be around at least an hour with the family while experiencing their humanly way of behavioral characters, take as many photos and videos as you can as this is the most fascinating experience you will ever have in a life time . After the experience you have your parked lunch and later head to Lake Bunyonyi for a relaxing moment.

After morning breakfast, you will head for a lake tour with either a boat ride or a jet ski or inflatable canoe on the Lake for viewing its different islands, the lake has about 29 islands with beautiful sceneries like the Akampene island in addition to the terraced hills of Kigezi. You will return to our lodge for a picnic and evening campfire.

Early in the morning after breakfast you shall embark on the journey back to Kigali Airport to check in for the flight this will be the ending of your tour.

Our guide/ driver will pick you up from your Hotel at 8:30 am in Kigali and your day starts with a visit to the genocide memorial site. Afterward, depart for a 2-hour drive to Musanze, the second largest town in Rwanda, with its stunning backdrop of five volcanic mountains – The Virungas. On reaching Musanze, you will visit the Twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo. These Magnificent twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo and its Swamp Rugezi are excellent photogenic, serene, and scenic places for Bird watching activity. Moreover, Rugezi swamp is one of the most seven important birding areas IBAs) in Rwanda. In the evening, you will visit the Iby’lwacu cultural village to experience the culture of the Rwanda people.

After breakfast, report to the park headquarters for your first experience of endangered species in the Volcanoes National Park. The golden monkey trek is normally an easy trek that takes 1-2 hours. Later, head to the Red Rocks Intercultural Exchange Center and join the local brew makers to understand the chemistry of the process of brewing a local beer from bananas. If you find the activity interesting enough, you can join the women in squeezing the juice out of the bananas and drink a glass of juice (optional). Understand how long juice takes to turn into alcohol after adding in sorghum flour. Enjoy a big glass of our local brew if you feel like it! Among other activities they also do basket weaving in this local community, an activity which supports local families financially. Later drive to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, you will transfer from Volcanoes National Park to Akagera National Park through Kigali. On arrival at the park, we shall proceed to our accommodation. We order lunch and later take a boat trip on Lake Ihema to watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores.

Enjoy early morning breakfast and start your game drives in an open-roofed vehicle. A full day game drive here offers you an opportunity to spot a variety of game including elephants, buffalos, hippos, lions, Masai giraffe, gazelles, impala, baboons, oribi, Butchel’s zebra, topi, bush baby, leopard, and bushbuck, etc. Proceed for an evening game drive after lunch. Return to your lodge for dinner.

Have breakfast and then enjoy a morning game drive. We shall return to Kigali and you will check in at the lodge or be dropped at the airport for your departure.

After your breakfast, your will be picked up by Simba Africa Expeditions’ driver / guide and begin traveling westward through Mityana, Mubende and Kyenjojo. Arrive at camp which is situated just outside Kibale Forest National Park in time to check-in and have lunch. After that head-out on a nature walk in Bigodi Swamp Land. A lot of wildlife to enjoy including primates, monkeys, birds and butterflies. After the walk you will return to Kibale Forest Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

After having your breakfast, you will get to the office to organize with other travelers, take part in a short briefing and then start your trekking into Kibale Forest to search for chimpanzees. After Chimpanzee experiencing this exciting opportunity to sit among this majestic primate you will return to your camp. Have time to freshen-up before your dinner, enjoy some rest and relaxation and then turn in for the night.

After taking your breakfast, check-out your lodge and then travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving in time for lunch. Later you will head to the Kazinga Channel for an exciting boat cruise on the channel. Enjoy an array of wildlife and birds lining the banks the channel, including hippo, Cape buffalo, African Elephant, antelope, and monitor lizard. Later on you will retire back to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

Have a cup of coffee / tea as you travel to the Kasenyi sector of the park for a sunrise game drive. At this time, you will be able to spot the nocturnal animals and big game including large herds of African Elephant and Cape buffalo, Waterbuck, leopard, and hyena. After the game drive, return to your booked lodge for breakfast. Thereafter check-out and begin your journey back to Kampala. Stopover for lunch and point for some photo moments in Mbarara and at the Uganda Equator. Continue with your journey back to Kampala for drop-off at your hotel or at the Entebbe International Airport to return home.

Arriving at the airport, you will be warmly welcomed by a representative of Gorilla Link Tours, and transferred to your hotel in Kampala. Optional Activities: City Tour: Depending on the time of your arrival, explore the vibrant and chaotic city of Kampala. Discover historical and political sites including the ancient tombs of the Kabakas, where the Buganda tribe laid their kings to rest or the Bahai Temple, etc. Eat Out: Kampala is a town full of culinary wonders. Stray out from your hotel to taste some of the eclectic cuisine of the region including Kampala’s delicious Indian food.

Today after an early breakfast, your guide will come to your hotel to brief you about the safari and will transfer you to Fort Portal, close to Kibale National park. The drive is incredibly scenic, passing through villages, lush green forests and hills dotted with tea plantations. You will stay at a wonderful lodge, just outside Fort Portal town, with spacious rooms and amazing views over one of the crater lakes in this area.

Today you will wake up early to go to the park head offices to be briefed about your chimp tracking experience. Kibale Forest National Park boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including the chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to see them. An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning or afternoon; you might also see other monkey species that live here. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will have a full hour of eye-to-eye contact with them. Since they are wild animals, we can never guarantee you to see them and might have to settle with hearing their hoots and hollers. In the afternoon after lunch, you will go for the guided swamp walk. The walk (2-3 hours) will take you through grassland, small communities and some beautiful scenery, where the locals are likely to greet you with enthusiastic waves.

After breakfast, your guide will drive you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to a high concentration of Uganda’s mammals that include tree climbing and savannah lions, elephants, warthogs, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, Cape buffalo, hippos and leopards. There are also more than 600 species of birds that include the African spoonbill, pied kingfishers, fish eagles, pelicans, and vultures. Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s second-largest park, located at the base of the majestic Rwenzori Mountain Range, adjacent to Lake Edward and Lake George. Lions are often sighted both in and at the entrance to the park. Be ready to see huge numbers of hippos and elephants, and keep your eyes on the lookout for a leopard lazing in the sunshine. In the late afternoon, you will relax at the lodge. Your overnight stay will be at the beautiful Mweya Safari Lodge, located in the heart of Queen Elizabeth National Park on the Mweya Peninsula.

Today you'll wake up early. A little before sunrise, coffee, tea and donuts will be served in the lounge before we head out for a long game drive in time to see the first rays of light. You will search for all the wildlife in the park and are likely to come across elephants, buffalo, lions, waterbucks, leopards, Uganda kobs, and many warthogs. A well-deserved brunch will be served back at the lodge late in the morning. In the afternoon, you will take a boat safari along the Kazinga Channel which joins Lake George and Lake Edward. Here, you will see a lot of hippos (more than you can possibly imagine) as well as a variety of other animals which come to the waterhole to drink or bathe. You can expect to see buffalo, crocodile, bathing elephant, and a range of beautiful birds. This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour.

After breakfast, you will proceed to the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, the famous Ishasha area, for a game drive searching for the tree-climbing lions. Ishasha is home to the famous tree-climbing lions. While lion cubs around the world frequently climb trees for fun, adults rarely do. The adult lions in Ishasha are an exception to this. It is thought that they sit in the branches to get away from the tsetse flies and to enjoy a cool breeze. If you are lucky, you might spot a few during your game drive. Lunch will be at Ishasha Wilderness Camp in Ishasha. After lunch, you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to mountain gorillas. You will get there in time for dinner and your overnight stay.

Today after early breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing about gorilla tracking. You will encounter one of Bwindi’s endangered mountain gorillas. For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park boasts both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees—the only forest in Africa that can make this claim. It also hosts five other species of primates, 113 species of mammals, over 200 species of butterflies and 360 species of birds. The gorillas you track are habituated and can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period of time, every day. The time taken to track the gorillas can be as few as 2 hours to as many as 7 hours. Once the gorillas have been located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly humbling and emotional experience.

After breakfast at the lodge, you will drive back to Entebbe Airport. As you pass through the equator, there will be a stop for the requisite snapshot and a bit of souvenir shopping.