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Offered by - ALPHA ADVENTURE SAFARIS
Tour Features
This 10 Days Rwanda Uganda safari holiday is designed to give you the best of both these countries. The tour starts in Rwanda with a city tour and visiting several national parks in the two countries. At Mgahinga forest national park, you can watch Golden Monkeys in their natural habitat, continues to Queen Elizabeth national park, where you will do game drive, Lake Mburo for walking safari while at Bwindi forest national park you may get up close and personal with gorillas. Other attractions include Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Victoria Sun Set Boat Cruise.
| Mid-Range tour | This mid-range tour includes comfortable lodges and tented camps. |
| Can be customized | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
| Private tour | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
| Solo travel available | Solo travelers can book this tour. |
| Can start any day | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
| No minimum age | There is no minimum age for this tour. |
| Transportation | This tour uses: Open 4x4, Pop-up roof 4x4, Roof minivan, Boat, Canoe. |
Route & Activities
Uganda
Activities Included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
| Day | Accommodation | Meals |
| 1-2 | Hotel des Mille Collines No images available | Breakfast Included |
| 3-5 | Lake Mutanda Resort No images available | All Meals Included |
| 6 | Lake Bunyonyi Resort No images available | All Meals Included |
| 7-8 | Enganzi Game Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 9 | Eagle’s Nest Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 10 | No No images available | Breakfast & Lunch Included |
Arrival (See Getting There for more details)
- A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Day 1 - Arrival and transfer to your hotel in KigaliYour arrival and transfer to your hotel in Kigali will be handled by one of our guide professionals. He will greet you, brief you on your trip to Rwanda and later on transfer to the city of Kigali. Depending on time of your arrival, you will have a short city tour with a stop at the Murambi and Gisozi genocide memorial sites along with dinner at some local restaurant. You'll spend the rest of your evening at hotel.
Main Destination: Kigali
Accommodation: Hotel des Mille Collines
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast Included
- Day 2 - Kigali City TourEnjoy a sumptuous breakfast at your hotel before embarking on a full-day guided city tour of the capital Kigali. You will visit some interesting historical sites. Learn more about Rwanda’s heart-rending history at the Genocide Memorial Centre and visit the Nyamata Church. You will also have the opportunity to stroll the colourful markets or buy traditional African handwork at the Craft Village. Visit the Rwanda museums too. Return to your hotel at Hotel
Main Destination: Kigali
Accommodation: Hotel des Mille Collines
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast Included
- Day 3 - Kigali >> Lake MutandaAfter breakfast, we'll be transferred to Lake Mutanda across Uganda boarder. Reaching in the afternoon, you will be blown away by the amazing landscape and vegetation. After checking in at your accommodation, you will go for an afternoon boat or canoe.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Lake Mutanda Resort
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 4 - Golden Monkey trackingAfter breakfast, you will go for golden monkey tracking. This activity also takes like 2-3 hours in Mgahinga forest National Park. Later return back to your lodge for optional activities like Nature walk with guide-$20, Mukozi Community Walk with guide-$30, Lake Mulehe Hike with guide-$50, Mutanda Island trip with guide-$35.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Lake Mutanda Resort
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 5 - Gorilla trackingAfter breakfast, you will go for the Gorilla tracking (Optional, other activities can be arranged) in the forest either Bwindi or Mgahinga National Park. Upon meeting the gorillas, you will only be given one hour after which you will come back to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will go for the Batwa community experience.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Lake Mutanda Resort
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 6 - Transfer to Lake BunyonyiYou will wake up early to a beautiful breakfast and be ready for a transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda. Lake Bunyonyi is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Uganda. The 29 islands in the lake are amazing as are the birds and surrounding scenery. Once you arrive, you will check in and go for boat-ride along the lake. Other activities in the lake include swimming, nature walks, cultural visits and simple relaxation. Lake Bunyonyi is free of bilharzia and crocodiles but is one of the deepest lakes in Africa. Exercise caution if you don’t know how to swim.
Accommodation: Lake Bunyonyi Resort
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 7 - Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park & game drive at thAfter breakfast, you will depart from Lake Bunyonyi to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have lunch on your way to Ishasha Climbing Lions wildlife viewing experiences, found in Queen Elizabeth national park. Tree climbing lions are only found in Uganda, Tanzania and Kruger National Park in South Africa. The best place to see them is in Uganda. While looking out for the lions, expect to spot many other creatures. After enough of the game drive, you will head to the Lodge
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Enganzi Game Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 8 - Morning game drive – Boat ride at the Kazinga ChannelYou will set off early with packed breakfast from your hotel for an early morning game drive to spot the early risers and the nocturnal mammals going back to their dens. Predators like hyenas, leopards and to some extent lions tend to be less active during the day. The best time to see them is very early in the morning when the sun is not yet very hot. You will spot buffaloes, hippos, leopard and lions as well as resident and migratory birds. Once you are done with the game drive, you will head back to the hotel for lunch and rest. After the rest, our guide will transfer you to the Kazinga Channel for a boat cruise. The Channel is collection point for most of the park animals and is one of the best spots to see wildlife in Africa. It is also one of the best places to go for birding in Uganda.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Enganzi Game Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 9 - Crater lakes visit and Community Experience- Depart to LakeAfter early breakfast at your hotel, you will visit Kicwamba Orphanage and the stunning crater lakes. Some of these lakes are at over 400m deep, making them one of the most beautiful places in Uganda and you will experience some Best Cultural activities within the community depending on the time. After we leave the scenic behind and make the journey to Lake Mburo National Park. We aim to reach the lodge in time for safari walk to view of zebras, topis, warthogs, giraffes, cape buffaloes and impalas.
Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation: Eagle’s Nest Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 10 - Departure to Entebbe for your Flight Back homeGet early up for a safari walk and community visit for activities, you will go for a community experience where you will learn about Ankore culture and among the things to learn are: a. Dressing Code (Okwezirika) b. Milking Long horned cattles (Okukama) c. Grazing cows (Okurunda) After you will be transferred to Entebbe airport for you flight back home.
Main Destination: Entebbe
Accommodation: No
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch Included
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Rates Per Person
Jan 1, 1970 - Jan 1, 1970
*n/a = not available. This tour is unavailable for solo travelers.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Bwindi Impenetrable NP and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Bwindi Impenetrable NP and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Offered By
ALPHA ADVENTURE SAFARIS
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
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