14 days great apes of Uganda and Rwanda

Uganda and Rwanda remain the home to great apes other than humans. These include Chimpanzees, and gorillas specifically eastern mountain gorillas that are hosted by Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Volcanoes National Park, Virunga National Park and Mgahinga National Park.

The gorillas are part of the highly organized apes that still exist, without casting votes or a fight of guns to lead, yet they have the most stable leadership in their nature, a quality that leaves one mesmerized. These incredible apes have attracted multitudes all over the world to come and have an experience with them; two kinds of experiences can be achieved;

1. Gorilla habituation (tamed to interact with humans without being aggressive) costs 1500$ to stay with the Gorilla for 4 hours and is limited to 4 people per visit. This experience has only two families and
2. Gorillas trekking in their natural habitat cost 800$ in Uganda while in Rwanda they cost 1500$. Both Gorilla trekking and habituation are unforgettable experiences one shouldn’t miss. What is the minimum number of days to have this experience? It can be as little as two days however, to experience both Gorillas and Chimpanzee one would need at least 5 days.

The Chimpanzees are the other family of apes, While Rwanda has only 3 places, Uganda has more than 8 places with Chimpanzees in their natural habitat. A permit to see these Chimpanzees costs 250$ per person.

Note: this trip starts from Entebbe and ends in Kigali and it runs all year round

Safari highlights (14 days)

• Activities: Chimpanzee experience and feeding (Ngamba Island); De-nesting and nesting (Chimpanzee habituation), wildlife experience (the African big cats), sunset boat cruise and sundowner, Mountain Gorilla habituation experience (southern Bwindi), Normal Gorilla (Bwindi), mountain Gorilla trekking (Volcanoes National Park), Learning and discoveries (southern Rwanda-Congo Nile trail), Eastern Lowland Gorilla integration and habituation ( Kawuzi Biega), Chimpanzee volunteering and caregiving experience (Rwil Chimpanzee orphanage), Genocide memorial visit and cultural experience
• Expectation: 100% guarantee seeing and direct interaction with chimpanzees and Gorillas. One very experienced English/Spanish/German/Italian/ Chinese/French speaking tour guide throughout the safari, Spacious Land Cruiser with a popup roof and windows conducive for photography.
• Group size: 1 to 8 People

Day-by-day safari Highlight

Day 1: Entebbe to Ngamba Island

Day 2 and Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and Habituation (Kibale National Park)

Day 4 and Day 5: Boat cruise and Game drive at Queen Elizabeth

Day 6: Gorilla habituation

Day 7: Gorilla trekking and Pygmy experience (Uganda)

Day 8: Diana Fossey Museum Experience

Day 9: Gorilla Trekking (Volcanoes)

Day 10: Scenic drive to Nyungwe and Congo-Nile Trail

Day 11: City tour and a visit to the Historical site (Mbere)

Day 12: Lowland Gorilla Habituation and Integration

Day 13: Chimpanzee volunteering and caregiving experience (Rwil Chimpanzee orphanage)

Day 14: Travel to Kigal, visit Nyanza King’s Palace and Murambi memorial

14 DAYS THE GREAT APES OF UGANDA AND RWANDA

Day 1: Entebbe to Ngamba Island

Day 1 Entebbe to Ngamba island to enjoy chimpanzee feeding and integration overnight at Ngamba island

Day 2 and Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and Habituation (Kibale National Park)

Day 2 transfer to Kibale forest, arrive in the evening to experience what we call the chimpanzee talk this is done by one of the senior ranger guides whom we call the pioneers of the ape’s empire where a lot will be shared in this evening talk that is done before dinner or after dinner overnight at tree tops or Ndali lodge that is inside the forest.

Day 3 chimpanzee habituation experience, in what we call the de-nesting and nesting of the chimpanzee is more than the usual habituation full-day experience

Day 4 and Day 5: Boat cruise and Game drive at Queen Elizabeth

Day 4 chimpanzee trekking and transfer Queen Elizabeth National Park where one will have a chance to enjoy the unbelievable experience on enjoying elephants swimming in water as well as other animals coming to the channel for water overnight at Enganzi lodge

Day 5. Experience the morning game drive as we look for the great lions the tree-climbing lions and other predators. After we shall proceed to Bwindi a home to the great apes

Day 6: Gorilla habituation

Day 6 gorilla habituation experience full day with gorillas., this is a unique experience that is only found in Uganda, where only a group of 4 Pax are allowed to spend exclusive 4 hours with the gorillas as they do their day-to-day activities as you associate with gorillas in their natural habitat, this is the same amount of dollars one would pay to enjoy just an hour with the gorilla inside Rwanda’s volcanoes national park but here you have exclusive 4 hours with less number of pax. overnight at Gorilla leisure lodge

Day 7: Gorilla trekking and Pygmy experience (Uganda)

Day 7 gorilla trekking and Pygmy experience /local visit This is the normal of gorilla trekking where you align with other members in the group to make it 8 members to enjoy a specific gorilla family where you only being restricted to 1 hour with the gorillas and here there’s much competition for a good spot in areas of taking photos and after this experience with the gorillas, you will head back to our respective hotel.

Day 8: Diana Fossey Museum Experience

Day 8 Morning transfer to Volcanoes National Park, visit Ellen the genres museum by Dianne Fossey, this is the only in the whole world where one has an opportunity to associate and read much about gorillas in the Mist as the movie was shot by the African primatologist known as the late Dianne Fossey, his deeds can only be read much trough paying a visit to her museum that was set up by good Samaritan known as the Ellen DeGeneres. Here you even have a chance to go gorilla trekking in virtual reality. After we shall have our overnight at five volcanoes and a Boutique hotel or only the most luxurious lodge in the heart of Rwanda.

Day 9: Gorilla Trekking (Volcanoes)

Day 9 gorilla trekking. the day begins with continental breakfast we shall be heading straight to enjoy the briefing at the park head office or visitor Centre as our guide will have selected our desired gorilla family to be trekked the day before the trekking will be taken with options, for us to choose from the 3 options, Short trek, easy, Medium or long trek after we shall return to our hotel for relaxation and overnight.

Day 10: Scenic drive to Nyungwe and Congo-Nile Trail

Day 10. the day will begin with a continental breakfast we shall proceed to Nyungwe forest, another place for a unique adventure where most of Rwanda’s chimpanzees reside, the drive will reward us with a more lovely drive across the Congo Nile trail and Giswati a place for tea plantations ideal for photographing we proceed to check the genocide museum in Kibuye where thousands of Rwanda both Hutus and Tutsis lost their lives in what we call the tribal crashes after we shall have lunch at Moriah hotel after we shall head straight to Mantis for an overnight stay.

Day 11: City tour and a visit to the Historical site (Mbere)

Day 11. This will be the day we Cross the border into Congo, where we shall enjoy a lovely city tour of Bukavu overlooking Rusizi. The city is known for its historical norms and the Mbere kingdom. After we shall check in at Begonus Hotel for an overnight stay.

Day 12: Lowland Gorilla Habituation and Integration

Day 12. we shall begin the day by heading to Kahuzi Biega National Park a known place for the lowland eastern gorillas where we shall take part in our usual gorilla habituation experience and get to know much about the symbiotic relationship and differences between the 2 species of gorillas and the ways through which both gorillas differences are gone through habituating them, this will be another day of tales to talk about gorillas in their natural after we shall proceed back to our place of stay.

Day 13: Chimpanzee volunteering and caregiving experience (Rwil Chimpanzee orphanage)

Day 13. Full-day volunteering with the Rwil chimpanzee orphanage which takes care of the orphaned chimpanzees, this is another place which is an oasis in the forest where Jane Goodale dedicated her life towards saving the lives of these apes, we shall do the normal cleaning as well as spending time with our great cousins we shall pay a visit to the famous waterfall within the former Mubutu territories after we shall head back our place of stay.

Day 14: Travel to Kigal, visit Nyanza King’s Palace and Murambi memorial

Day 14. This a day for a full day travelling back to Kigali with a short break off at the Nyamagabe Mulambi genocide museum where almost 2 million people lost their lives in this area at the hands of the tribal ethnicities that happened to exist with Rwanda. there might be no time to check on the Nyanza king’s palace but if time permits we shall have a short visit to this world heritage site of the Tusu dynasty during kingdoms and after proceed to Kigali, this will mark the 14 days of experience with apes and learning much about Rwanda.

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