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Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met by a Great Lakes Safaris’ representative and transferred to your Hotel in Kigali. Overnight at Mille Colline - Panorama room(B&B).
After breakfast, Visit the Genocide memorial and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the home of the endangered mountain gorillas with lunch enroute. In the afternoon you will have the opportunity to relax and prepare yourself for the next day.
Arise early today and prepare for the highlight of your safari, an unforgettable encounter with the Gentle Giants! Following breakfast, transfer to the national park offices where you will be allocated a gorilla family in groups of 8 as well as a gorilla tracking guide. After a pre-tracking briefing by your guide touching on the gorillas generally, your assigned gorilla family as well as appropriate safety precautions, you drive to the trailhead for the start of a thrilling adventure. Expect to walk between 2 and 8 hours in steep and sometimes muddy conditions with rain overhead, which can be tough and require a degree of (average) fitness. However, the thrill of coming face to face with a giant Mountain Gorilla silverback completely makes up for the effort!
After breakfast, we will depart Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and will proceed North alongside the majestic Rwenzori ‘Mountains of the Moon’ to Queen Elizabeth National park through Ishasha. Check in at the lodge for lunch and relaxation, later enjoy an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at Enganzi Lodge - cottage (B-L-D).
The day begins early when we start with a morning game drive and head to the mating ground of the Uganda Kobs. We search for lions, elephants, buffaloes and other wild animals in their natural habitat. Alternatively, you can decide to experience a second chimp tracking in the lush Kyambura Gorge at an extra cost (pre-booking required). In the afternoon we take on a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, a natural channel between Lake Edward and Lake George. The channel is 33 km long and 2-3 km at its widest points. The scheduled 2-hour boat ride (beverages and snacks included!) will cover a 12-14 km stretch of the channel, with almost guaranteed excellent wildlife sightings including multitudes of hippopotamus – possibly the world’s highest concentration – Nile crocodiles, wallowing buffaloes on its reedy banks, elephants, and many birds. Dinner and overnight at Engazi Lodge- cottage (B-L-D).
After an early breakfast, we will check out of Enganzi Lodge and head to Kibale Forest National Park and enjoy sight-seeing around the scenic crater lakes that surrounds the dense forest of Kibale National Park, check in at Turacco Tree Tops, and the Afternoon opens its doors for a sensational PM chimpanzee tracking experience. Following the pre-tracking briefing, you will walk or drive to the trailhead for the start of an unforgettable adventure – hiking in the footsteps of the habituated family of chimpanzees. Enroute, your guide will enthral you with stories and facts about the forest and her other inhabitants including other species of primates and birds and other big mammals.
After a calm breakfast we depart the beautiful Kibale Forest NP and head back to the capital city with Lunch en route. Late in the afternoon arrival in Entebbe. Dinner and overnight at Karibu Guest House (B-L-D).
Enriched with an experience of a lifetime and unforgettable memories you will say goodbye to the Pearl of Africa. In time you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport for your international flight.