Gorillas and Big 5 Expedition

Code: ERQSR
10 DAYS - 9 NIGHTS
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This is tour that will take clients into Uganda and Rwanda. You arrive in  Entebbe, Uganda and fly out of Kigali Rwanda .

These two countries  offer some of the best eco-tourism wildlife experiences because of their landscape and endangered primates the mountain gorillas and chimpanzee.

Day 1: Arrival Kigali

Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Kigali.

Overnight Kigali Serena (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 2: Kigali – Volcanoes

Breakfast at your hotel. Later check out and proceed for a guided Kigali City tour. Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. Enjoy lunch in Kigali City before you drive to Volcanoes National Park.

Dinner and overnight at Bisate Lodge (Fullboard – Drinks Included)

Day 3: Gorilla Trek

Today you will enjoy early breakfast at the lodge. You will be transferred to the Volcanoes National Park headquarters for to start your gorilla trek.

You will be briefed by trackers before you are driven to the trail to start your gorilla trekking adventure experience.  This is an exciting trek through foothills of the Virunga, offering great views in all angles. Upon locating the allocated gorilla family, you will stay with them for an hour as they go about their day to day life, playing, feeding and grooming.

Encountering these endangered species face to face is an experience you will never forget.

After the trek, return back to the lodge for lunch.  In the afternoon you will go for a guided visit to the twin lakes Ruhondo and Bulera.

Dinner and overnight at Bisate Lodge (Fullboard – Drinks Included)

Day 4: Volcanoes National Park – Kigali

Early breakfast followed by golden monkeys tracking.  Lunch at the lodge before you drive to Kigali.

Overnight at Kigali Serena (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 5: Kigali – Serengeti

Early breakfast at your hotel followed by transfer to Kigali Airport for your scheduled flight to Serengeti. Upon arrival in Serengeti you will be met at the airstrip by camp vehicle and transfer to the camp for lunch.

Dinner and overnight at Ole Serai Tented Camp (Fullboard)

Day 6 & 7: Serengeti

Spend these days with game drives in Serengeti.

Dinner and overnight at Ole Serai Tented Camp (Fullboard)

Day 8: Serengeti – Ngorongoro

After breakfast, check out and drive to Ngorongoro about 5hours drive.

Visit the Olduvai Gorge

Overnight at Ngorongoro O ldeani Mountain Lodge (Fullboard)

Day 9: Ngorongoro

After breakfast check out and descend to Ngorongoro National Park, the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera roughly 12 miles wide and some 2,000 feet deep, featuring large prides of lions, packs of hyenas and solitary predators like cheetahs and jackals,leopards, servals, bat-eared foxes among other wildlife.

Overnight at Ngorongoro O ldeani Mountain Lodge (Fullboard)

Day 10: Ngorongoro – Arusha

Check out and drive to Arusha. Lunch will be at Shanga Restaurant.  Later drop off the at the airport for your flight back home.

Includes

  • Transport in a 4WD safari land cruiser with pop-up roof for excellent safari view
  • All fuel for the tour
  • English speaking Ugandan driver/guide
  • Accommodation as listed in the program;
  • Meals as per the itinerary
  • Flight Kigali – Serengeti luggage allowance 15kgs
  • Packed lunch for the gorilla tracking
  • Park-entrance fees according to the program
  • All activities described in the itinerary
  • 1 gorilla permit per person

Excludes

  • International air fares and entry visas
  • Meals that are not part of your accommodation;
  • A porter for during the gorilla tracking (someone who carries your daypack);
  • Personal (medical/travel) insurance;
  • Tips and gratuities to rangers, driver/guide, porter, hotel staff, etc;
  • All expenses of personal nature (e.g. drinks, laundry, optional activities, souvenirs etc.)