14 Day Uganda-Rwanda Wildlife & Primate Safari.
Offered by - ARCADIA SAFARIS
Tour Features
This 14 Day Uganda-Rwanda Wildlife & Primate Safari prestigious combined safari takes you across Uganda borders to Rwanda – famously known as a country of “A thousand Hills and a Million Smiles.” You will compare the unique features Uganda and Rwanda, from the Gorillas both countries share, the green vegetation cover and the rolling hills and valleys. You will meet eye to eye with the amazing Gorillas and Chimpanzees in their natural habitat, one of Africa’s major highlights. Itinerary Highlights UGANDA - Kampala City. - Murchison Falls National Park. - Kibale Forest National Park. - Queen Elizabeth National Park. - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. RWANDA - Volcanoes National Park. - Dian Fossey Grave Trekking. - Kigali City. - Kigali Genocide Memorial.
| 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. |
| Minimum age required | The minimum age for this tour is 5 years. |
| Transportation | This tour uses: Open 4x4, Pop-up roof 4x4, Roof minivan. |
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 | Cassia Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 2-3 | Pakuba Safari Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 4-5 | Kibale Forest Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 6-7 | Buffalo Safari Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 8-9 | Rushaga Gorilla Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 10-11 | Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 12-13 | Kigali Marriott Hotel No images available | All Meals Included |
| 14 | No (Unless on request) No images available | All Meals 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 in Uganda and transfer to your AccommodationOn arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our driver guide who will welcome you and transfer you to your accommodation facility, depending on your arrival time you will either visit the Botanical Gardens at Entebbe or you will relax to your lodge/hotel.
Main Destination: Kampala
Accommodation: Cassia Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 2 - Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park through Zziwa RhinWake up early in the morning have breakfast and embark on your journey to Murchison falls National Park with a stopover at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino trekking. Then proceed to Murchison Falls National Park arriving late evening, check-in have dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 3 - Morning game Drive and afternoon Sun Downer Boat Safari – HiWake up early morning, have breakfast and go for a game drive. Return to the lodge for a hot lunch and then go for a boat cruise on the Nile in afternoon. Return to the lodge/hotel, dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 4 - Transfer to Kibale National Park via Lake Albert Fishing VilWake up early morning have breakfast visit the top of the falls before you embark onto your journey to Kibale Forest National Park, stopover for lunch in Fort Portal town, after lunch you will proceed to your accommodation facility for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 5 - Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest National Park.Wake up early morning have breakfast transfer to Kibale Forest National Park headquarters where you will be briefed by park ranger/guide and then you will be allocated a Chimpanzee group or family that you will visit for a day and after spotting man’s closest relative, you will only be allowed an hour with them then return to the park headquarters for graduation (you will receive trekking certificates), get into your car (s) and return to the lodge/hotel. Here you will have optional activities i.e. you can do the swamp walk, top of the world hike, or a community walk.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 6 - Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening SunWake up in the morning have breakfast leisurely transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving on time for Lunch, check-in have lunch and relax. Later in the evening you will go for a sunset game drive. Return to the lodge, dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 7 - Morning Game Drive and afternoon Boat Safari on Kazinga ChanWake up early in the morning, have breakfast and go for yet another game drive, after the game drive return to the lodge for a hot lunch. After Lunch go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel where you will have a chance to see a group of hippos, crocodiles, waterbirds, other wildlife that will have come to drink water at the channel and other marine wildlife. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 8 - Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with an enroutWake up early in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a game drive enroute in the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park in search for the tree climbing lions. Proceed to Bwindi arriving late evening check in, have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 9 - Gorilla Tracking Experience – Optional Batwa Trail ExperiencWake up in the morning have breakfast and then transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing and you will be allocated a gorilla group/family for trekking and then head out to look for the Gentle Giants. Once you spot them you will stay with them for one hour then return back to the park offices for your graduation (you will be awarded with trekking certificates). Get back into your cars and return to the hotel/lodge or you can do optional activities like community walk, Batwa or waterfall walk. Dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 10 - Transfer to Volcanoes National Park for Diana Fosse’s GraveWakeup early morning, have breakfast and transfer to Volcanoes National Park arriving on time for lunch, check-in and have lunch, have afternoon leisurely or go for optional activities i.e. visiting Iwachu-Murugo or go for a community walk. Returns to the hotel/lodge have dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park
Accommodation: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 11 - Trekk Diana Fossey Grave – or Golden Monkey hike.Wake up early morning, have breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for either golden monkey hike or Diana Fosses’ grave hike. After hiking return to your car and get back to your lodge/hotel, have dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park
Accommodation: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 12 - Transfer to Kigali for a City Tour.Wake up early in the morning have breakfast and transfer to Kigali arriving on time for lunch check-in at your hotel/lodge, after lunch go for a city tour visiting Gisozi Genocide memorial and Caplaki. Time allowing Proceed to visit the oldest Nyamirambo town in Kigali which has a stretched neighborhood found in southwestern corner of Kigali that envelopes diverse behavior with dominance of Arab – like Culture. Return to the lodge/hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Kigali Marriott Hotel
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 13 - Relaxing in Kigali with an option of ShoppingWake up leisurely, have breakfast and this day you have a free day where you may either go for a shopping or walk around Kigali or enjoy the facilities at the lodge/hotel.
Accommodation: Kigali Marriott Hotel
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 14 - Transfer to Kigali International Airport for your flight bacWake up at leisure, have breakfast check-out and transfer to Kigali/Kanombe International Airport. This marks the end of our 14 Day Uganda-Rwanda Wildlife & Primate Safari. Thank you for choosing Arcadia Safaris and we hope to see you (or any referral) when you next visit!!!
Accommodation: No (Unless on request)
Meals & Drinks: All Meals 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
Sep 20, 2023 - Dec 31, 2033
*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 Entebbe and ends in Kigali, 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 Entebbe and ends in Kigali, 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
ARCADIA SAFARIS
Reviews
Michael
18-DAY EXPLORING UGANDA WAS A TRIP TO REMEMBER!!
I and Lizzie (my wife) did the 18 Day Explore Uganda Safari in July 2023 and we enjoyed every second of it. We visited Murchison Falls NP, Kibale Fore...
I and Lizzie (my wife) did the 18 Day Explore Uganda Safari in July 2023 and we enjoyed every second of it. We visited Murchison Falls NP, Kibale Forest NP, Bwindi NP, Queen Elizabeth National Park, did the Trekking of Gorillas at Bwindi and Chimpanzee at Kibale National Park. We visited the amazing Sipi Falls and Lake Bunyonyi too The communication with Joseph beforehand was wonderful and he always answered us promptly. The 4x4 comfortable safari vans and serene accommodation facilities were all exceptional. Rushaga Gorilla Camp and Buffalo Safari Lodge were amazing accommodation facilities and we thank Joseph for choosing quality facilities Our guide Baker made it a memorable Experience to last and we can highly recommend him to show you beautiful Uganda. He took great care of us and let us have a lot of time with the animals we encountered. We felt safe and very welcome during our entire stay and are already looking forward to coming back. Thank you Arcadia Safaris for this memorable holiday. I strongly recommend Arcadia Safaris for anyone with Safari plans in Uganda and Africa at large. See you Arcadia soon
