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10 Day Source of the Nile, Jinja Uganda-Rwanda

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Overview


During this trip the client will need to wear the long sleeves, jungle boots, face masks, rain jeer for the gorilla trekking and also needs to be the age of 15 years and above. The trip will start from Entebbe international Airport and end in Kigali Rwanda.

Highlights


  • This trip is interesting because it combines the two countries.
  • Gorilla trekking
  • Kigali City tour
  • Punishment Island at Lake Bunyonyi
  • traditional healer
  • Cnoeing
  • Batwa/pygmies visit
10 Day Source of the Nile, Jinja Uganda-Rwanda

Description


10 Day Source of the Nile, Jinja Uganda-Rwanda

This trip shall start in Uganda at Entebbe international Airport and proceed to the following routs, Jinja Source of the River Nile, Ssezibwa Falls and Mabira Forest. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale NP, Mgahinga NP, Musanze Caves, Diann Fossey Memorial and Kigali City tour includes the Genocide Memorial. Kampala when the Buganda Parliament opens, a great place to learn about Uganda's royal and cultural background. Bahai Temple, the only one in Africa, located on one of the city's many green hills.

What's included


  • Inclusions:
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • accommodation
  • All pick and drop ups
  • Drinking Water in a car
  • All guiding fees
  • Gorilla Permit
  • Chimp permits
  • Exclusions:
  • Air tickets
  • Personal extra costs
  • Additional activities and nights
  • shopping
  • Visa
  • Alcoholic drinks

Itinerary


  1. Visited Places:
  2. Entebbe International Airport
  3. Jinja
  4. Kampala
  5. Kibale
  6. Queen Elizabeth National Park
  7. Lake Bunyonyi
  8. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
  9. Musanze

Day 1. We will leave Entebbe at 8am to reach Kampala when the Buganda Parliament opens, a great place to learn about Uganda's royal and cultural background. The second Kampala City stop will be the Bahai Temple, the only one in Africa, located on one of the city's many green hills. We shall head east towards Jinja City via Ssezibwa Falls and Mabira Forest. We shall reach Jinja City in the afternoon and do an afternoon boat cruise to the Source of the Nile. Dinner and overnight at King Fisher Hotel.

Day2. We will leave with the parked lunch from Jinja in the morning and it takes 8 to 9 hours to Kibale Forest National Park; dinner and overnight at Kibale Forest Lodge.

Day 3. am Chimp trekking and afternoon Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary is a fascinating area, located in Magombe swamp. This area is recognized for an extensive array of biodiversity among which are several primate species like the red colobus monkey, baboon, black & white colobus monkey, blue monkey grey cheeked, mangabey, vervet monkey, red tailed monkey and the L’Hoest monkey. Additional mammals such as chimpanzees, sitatunga, mongooses, bush pigs, otters plus bush bucks, also visit this swamp coming from the adjacent Kibale National Park. You will spend another night at Kibale Forest Lodge.

Day 4. It is advised that, this morning, your tour guide carry with him fresh green bananas, Irish potatoes and eggs, to put them in the natural hot springs water so that so that you can enjoy your picnic lunch, which would cook in not more than 30 minutes after immersing in the hot spring water. Semuliki National Park lies on Uganda's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rwenzori Mountains are to the south-east of the park, while Lake Albert is to the park's north. The park lies within the Albertine Rift, the western arm of the East African Rift Valley. The park is located on a flat to gently undulating landform that ranges from 670 to 760 m (2,200 to 2,490 ft) above sea level. This park is the only tract of the true lowland tropical forest in East Africa hosting 441 recorded bird species plus 53 mammal species. Dinner and overnight at Sandton Hotel in Kasese Town.

Day 5. After breakfast you'll do a morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park followed by an afternoon boat cruise along Kazinga Channel. The park was founded in 1952 as Kazinga National Park by combining Lake George and Lake Edward Game Reserves. It was renamed two years later to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II in1954 and this park is the second largest in Uganda. You will spend the night at Tembo Safari Lodge.

Day 6. After breakfast you will drive to Mgahinga Volcanoes National Park via Kitagata Hot springs. You will spend the night at Travelers Rest in Kisoro Town as you prepare for the gorilla trekking expedition the following morning.

Day 7. National Park is one of the small national parks in Uganda and it is located far in South Western Uganda bordering Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the South, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to the west. It is famous for gorilla tracking, golden monkey tracking and Batwa trails, making it perfect for a traveler who is interested in seeing silver backs or golden monkeys. It takes between 2 to 6 estimated hours to track gorillas, after which you will have lunch at the German Grand Mother's Coffee Pot in Kisoro town center and spend another night at Travelers Rest Hotel.

Day 8. After breakfast you will travel from Mgahinga via cyanika border between Uganda and Rwanda ( 3 hours drive) later you will enjoy a one-hour lunch break at Migano Hotel in Musanze town after you visit The Dian Fosse Memorial site. Now its Isange Paradise Resort for the overnight.

Day 9. The Musanze Caves just opened to exploratory tourists in 2013. Located at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park, the caves offer a peek into the geological history of the region, which was created by intense volcanic activity that formed the Albertine Rift Valley some 65 million years ago. Extending for a length of two kilometers and relatively easy to hike, the underground caverns provide guests with a profound understanding of the origins of the area.

Day 10. After breakfast you will take not more than 4 hours drive to the genocide memorial in Kigali City. later you will enjoy a one-hour lunch break in the City Centre. You will go to Kigali International Airport in the evening for your return flight back home. End of Tour.

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