12 Days Uganda - Rwanda Adventure
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Overview
Highlights
- Day 1: Arrival and overnight in Entebbe
- Day 2: To Kibale forest National Park, Bigodi Swamp walk and community experience
- Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking and crate lakes
- Day 4: To Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives and bat safari on Kazinga Channel
- Day 5: Ishasha tree climbing lions, game drives and sundowner
- Day 6: Ishasha to Bwindi Gorilla Park with a canoe on lake Mutanda
- Day 7: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and Batwa community experience
- Day 8: Cross the border and transfer to Kiningi, visit Iby’iwacu for a cultural experience.
- Day 9: Golden monkey tracking in Volcanoes national park and transfer to Lake Kivu
- Day 10: Full day relaxing at the resort on the banks of lake Kivu.
What's this trip about?
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Travel Themes
Destinations
Attractions
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Trip includes
- Accommodation at lodges and hotels mentioned above
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary, (Fullboard on Safari and bed and breakfast in Entebbe)
- Transfers in a 4x4 Safari Vehicle with a popup roof for game viewing and photography
- Services of an experienced Professional English-speaking Driver-guide
- 1x Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forest Park (USD 700 per person)
- 1 X Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest (USD 200 per person)
- 1x Golden monkey tracking in Volcanoes national park
- Park entrance fees
- Game drives
- Launch Cruise on Kazinga channel
- Canoe experience on Lake Mutanda with a community walk
- Bigodi Swamp Walk
- Crater lakes visit
- Community experiences in Bwindi and Kibale National parks.
- Iby’iwacu cultural experience in volcanoes
- Relaxing by the resort on lake Kivu
- Boat experience on lake Kivu
- Kigali City Tour
- Visit o Genocide memorial
- 1 liter of mineral drinking water per person per day in the vehicle.
Itinerary
Accommodation: Boma Guest House
Welcome to Uganda! On arrival, you will be met and greeted at the Airport by a Valiant Safaris driver-guide who will be your Driver for the safari, and then transfer to your hotel for overnight.
Approx. Distance: 4km, 10 Minutes
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Kibale Guest Cottages
Pick up from your hotel and drive westwards via Mubende with a stopover for Lunch. The drive continues past beautiful sceneries of tea plantations and the rolling hill of the crater...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Kibale Guest Cottages
Morning Chimpanzee Tracking Adventure: Kibale forest has over 1,450 individuals (Chimpanzees) protected within the park. At Kanyanchu, a community of chimpanzees has been habituated...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Morning transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park with lunch en-route, and afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga channel will give you great views of several games including Hippos,...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Enjojo Lodge
A morning game drives in the Kasenyi plains through to Katwe Kob mating grounds. Most of the animals you are likely to find here include impalas, sitatungas, and lions when lucky enough. You...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
A morning game drive in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha sector searching for tree-climbing lions and many more animal species to spot on the game drive. Ishasha sector is...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is located in southwestern Uganda edge at the edge of the great east African Rift Valley. It is home to over 400 species of mountain gorilla...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge
After morning breakfast transfer to the Uganda-Rwanda border and finalize the immigration procedures before heading to the volcanoes national park for a cultural experience at Iby’Iwacu.
Approx. Distance. 80km, 3 hours’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Paradise Kivu Resort
Today you will go for a morning tracking of the golden monkeys in the park before transferring to Gisenyi on the banks of Lake Kivu. Spend a relaxed afternoon and evening by the lake.
Approx. Distance. 65kms, 1hour 30minutes’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Paradise Kivu Resort
Full-day relaxation at the resort.
Approx. Distance. None
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Paradise Kivu Resort
Today you will go for a morning boat ride on Lake Kivu and visit the Islands, before spending the rest of the day in relaxation at the resort.
Approx. Distance. None
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Morning drives to Kigali for a city tour and visits the genocide memorial before transferring to Kigali airport in time to check in for your departure flight to the next destination.
Approx. Distance: 160kms, 4 hours drive
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Dates & Availability
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
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Tour Operator
Valiant Safaris is a registered brand of Valiant of Valiant Group Limited, registered in Uganda.
We are a local Ugandan DMC, a tour operator committed to organizing Tailor-Made Adventures to the Pearl of Africa and the neighbouring countries. With an experience of over 10 years in planning successful African safaris we understand every bit of your travel that will make your vacation a memorable one.
Why choose Valiant Safaris?
We are locally experienced and know every bit that is required in making your holiday a successful one, their understanding and strong relationship with other service providers that make your experience from the roads that we travel on to the lodges and camps were you stay is a great benefit and value to enjoy.
Professionalism, We handle the whole safari experience with high level of professionalism, right from the phone call you make, an email sent to when you complete your travel, we timely answer with utmost professionalism. You can easily access our expert staff by phone, mail, Skype or social media and any queries will be timely responded to.
We are highly equipped to be labelled among the leading safari companies and small enough to take care of every need of every client. Our small size gives us an advantage of attending to individual needs, unique desires of every client.
Our professional services are personalized and we take care of every detail in helping you chose the best safari that suites your needs, we give the advice you need at the right time, the best time to travel the best places to visit and the budget that suits you plan. We take care of every bit of your safari in making your holiday a memorable experience and we keep in touch, we are always there whenever you need us.
Our guides have the best guiding skills, equipped and passionate about Uganda and nature at large. The guiding skills our guides are unmatched, you will enjoy every bit your travel right from the time you arrive Uganda till departure. Great driving skills and care to the passenger and nature, at Valiant safaris we put safety and satisfaction of our passengers’ first.
We offer nature interpretations in your favourite language, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese or Chinese, mention it and we shall get you a guide that shall interpret the nature in your favourite language.
Competitive pricing is a great tool in our package mix, our budget camping safaris to luxury lodging safaris offer a wide range of experience that will suit your desired budget. We a good negotiating power and relationship with our service providers in all our destinations, you deal directly with us no middle man would lead to hiking of the prices.
The whole team at Valiant Safaris enthusiastic about Uganda’s Culture and the people and this will offer you an utmost welcome and hospitality making your holiday in Uganda an unforgettable experience.
We love nature and we are commitment to conserving and protecting the natural resource of the Pearl of Africa, low impact tourism is our practice and we responsibly and sustainably utilize the resources hence protecting nature and promoting tourism in our country.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Meals in Entebbe on the arrival day
- Drinks
- Visas (requires and East African Tourism Visa)
- International Air ticket
- Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Laundry
- Optional activities
- Personal Expenditures and any other services not mentioned in the itinerary.
Accommodation
Cancellation by Us:
Occasionally we may have to cancel a confirmed booking, we always endeavor to avoid cancellations, but we may have to cancel if conditions deem necessary. We shall not cancel your confirmed holiday less than 30 (thirty) days before departure unless you fail to make all payments due in full and on time or we are forced to do so as a result of unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which we could not have avoided even with all due care. If we cancel your safari booking except where you have failed to make a payment or as a result of force majeure, we shall offer you the choice of purchasing an alternative holiday from us of a similar standard to that originally booked if available. If the chosen alternative is less expensive than your original holiday, we shall refund the difference but if it is more expensive, we shall ask you to pay the difference. Alternatively, you are entitled to a full refund of all monies you have paid to us, not including that paid for trekking permits which can only be refunded if the refund has been made available to us by the responsible authority. Except where we cancel for reasons other than those mentioned in this clause, we shall have no further liability to you. We regret we cannot pay any expenses, costs or losses incurred as a result of any cancellation. We reserve the right, without prior notice, to terminate the holiday of any person in your party if, in our opinion or in the opinion of any other person in authority, the persons concerned behave in such a way to cause or be likely to cause danger, annoyance or distress to any third party or damage to property. In this situation, the person(s) concerned will be required to leave the accommodation or other services immediately. We shall have no further responsibility towards such person(s). No refunds will be made, and we shall not pay any expenses or costs incurred as a result of the termination.
Cancellation by You:
Should you or any member of your party be forced to cancel, you must advise us in writing. Cancellation is not effective until we receive a copy of your written notice. To cover our estimated loss caused by the cancellation and as we may be unable to resell your package, cancellation fees, excluding insurance, will be levied per person as follows as a percentage of the total ground handling price paid where applicable; More than 30 days 25%, 30 days – 16 days 50%; 15 days – 8 days 75%, Within 7 days 100%.
11 Breakfasts, 11 Lunches & 10 Dinners
- 4x4 Specialized Safari Vehicle with popup roof for game viewing and photography.
- English speaking guide included, Other language (Italian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese) guides available upon request.
Travel to Uganda Information:
Uganda is the ‘Pearl of Africa’, as referred to by Sir Winston Churchill after exploring this lovely country. Located Astride the Equator and covering a land area of 236,580 square kilometers in the East Africa region.
The Republic of South Sudan borders Uganda to the North, the Republic of Kenya to the East, the United Republic of Tanzania and Rwanda to the South and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the West.
Uganda is majorly a plateau with an average altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level. Uganda features mountains like Rwenzoris in the great East African Rift Valley, rain forests, lakes, and rivers. The country is located north and shares part of Lake Victoria, the 2nd Largest Lake globally and the source of River Nile, the 2nd longest river globally.
Conservation and Tourism:
Uganda is putting increasing efforts on the conservation of nature, with about 60 protected areas. Some of these include ten national parks and 6 Wildlife reserves. Game parks include Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Rwenzori Mountains National Park, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Kibale National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Mount Elgon National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Semuliki National Park. With unexploited nature and the country’s robust and diverse culture, all the above pose an authentic tourism experience in the Pearl of Africa, Uganda.
Weather and climate:
Uganda’s Climate is generally Equatorial and temperate but varies depending on altitude. Areas of central Uganda near along the shores of Lake Victoria and near Mabira forest receives rainfall most of the year. The mountainous regions around Mt. Elgon, Mount Rwenzori, and the volcanic areas of southwestern Uganda are generally wetter with rain than the Northern and North-Eastern parts of the country, which are semi-arid.
Most parts of the country lie within the tropics, with a temperature range between 16 – 260C for the majority of the year, April to November. However, during the warmer months of December to March, temperatures can rise beyond 300C.
When to visit:
Based on the above weather and climate Uganda can be visited all year-round; the months of January, February, June-October and December are generally dry and considered high season; it could be the best time to visit as the rains are less. The dry season is also the best time for gorilla trekking adventures in Uganda.
While March-May and November are usually wet months and are regarded as the low season with low numbers of visitors to the tourism destinations, this could be the best time for travelers who don’t like visiting destinations with and the influx of many people. Some accommodations usually offer low season discounts, and the cost of travel is low during this season.
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