Cross-Border Safaris · Uganda · Rwanda
12 Days Gorillas, Chimps & Rwanda Safari
Duration: 12 DaysLocation: Entebbe · Bwindi · Kibale · Queen Elizabeth · KigaliTravel: Fly-InSeason: Year Round
East Africa's ultimate primate and predator circuit — mountain gorilla trekking in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, chimpanzee habituation in Kibale Forest, the famous tree-climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park and then Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park for a second gorilla encounter.
Mountain gorilla and chimpanzee permits are in limited supply and must be booked months in advance. Your Top Poly specialist handles all permit reservations on your behalf.
Arrive Entebbe International Airport. Transfer to Lake Victoria hotel. Welcome dinner.
Morning flight to Kihihi airstrip. Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Trek into the ancient impenetrable forest to spend one hour with a habituated mountain gorilla family. One of Africa's most moving experiences.
Optional second gorilla trek (separate permit) or morning forest walk for birds and colobus monkeys.
Africa's best chimpanzee trekking destination. Trek to find one of over 1,000 resident chimpanzees.
Morning Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk — red-tailed monkeys, colobus and extraordinary birds. Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP.
Ishasha sector morning game drive for the famous tree-climbing lions — unique to this part of Uganda.
Full day — elephant, buffalo, Uganda kob, hippos and the Kazinga Channel boat safari.
Morning flight to Entebbe and connecting flight to Kigali.
Drive to the Virunga volcanoes through Rwanda's tea highlands.
A second mountain gorilla trek in Rwanda — a different gorilla family, a different forest sector, an equally extraordinary experience.
Drive to Kigali. Afternoon at leisure. International departure.