Monogram Tours

Duration.
10 days
Tour Type.
Special Tour
Max Guests.
10 people
Tour Location.
Uganda, Rwanda
Start From.
$3300
Languages.
All native & international languages support

Overview Overview Overview

Combine a two Days of Rwenzori Mountain Climbing, hiking & Trekking with Chimpanzee Trekking, Kibale National Park, Gorilla Trekking Bwindi/Mgahinga gorilla national park & Wildlife Safari, Queen Elizabeth National Park.

You start in Entebbe/Kampala Uganda & end in Kigali, Rwanda with a visit to the kigali genocide museum, a 1994 Rwandan genocide against Tutsi remembrance place

Tour Plan

From your residence in Entebbe, your guide driver meets you, shortly after safari briefing transfer to Kibale Forest National Park. The drive through the tea estates and farmland gives you a glimpse of Uganda's beauty. In afternoon you will do the Bigodi wetlands Community walk. Overnight at Kibale Forest Lodge or similar

After an early morning breakfast, transfer to Kanyanchu visitors centre. At Kanyanchu, you will meet with a senior ranger guide who will lead the hike in the forest with searching for a family of Chimpanzees. When you find them, you're permitted to be with them for an hour. Afterwards return back to the starting point for issuance of Trekking certificate. After this amazing adventure transfer to rwenzori Mountains National Park a head of your Rwenzori Mountain  hiking & trekking adventure. Overnight at Trekkers hostel.

Start at Trekkers at 1,450 meters and sleep at Sine Hut at 2,596 meters being a height gain of 1,146 meters, or those who are fit and want to proceed to Kalalama Camp at 3,134 metres may do so and apart from the fantastic views of both the cliffs above and views across the lowlands and across Lake Edward in Queen Elisabeth National Park.

Start by walking up the valley floor through tall forest trees of the Afro Montane Forest Zone. This is a steady climb for the first six kilometres then after crossing a river it is a steep climb up to Sine Camp. The forest trees are tall with multitudes of birds and a chance of seeing blue monkeys scampering off through the forest. Enock’s Falls are just 200 meters from Sine Hut and offer a splendid opportunity to capture a great screensaver for your memories as brightly clouded green lichen grow on the many lives hanging from the trees with the waterfall as a background.

At Sine Camp 2,596 metres there’s wooden huts set between tall forest trees on a narrow ridge where you may sit and enjoy the beauty forest while you look down at a long set of rapids and waterfall crashing over the rocks. Some clients prefer to sit outside enjoying the warmth of the campfire and chat to the guides about the mountains and life in their community. Sine is just below the bamboo zone and the area around has many different bird species. 150 meters from the camp is Enock falls which is set in livid green vegetation and hanging vine. Truly beautiful.

You can sleep at Sine Camp, or those who are fit and want to proceed to Kalalama Camp at 3,134 metres may do so and apart from the fantastic views.

After a good breakfast and depending on which camp you slept in depends of todays activities. If you slept in Kalalama Camp you will hear the calls of the Rwenzori Turaco which loves living and nesting in the Giant Heathers which are abundant here. You may choose to search out the Turaco to get good photos or you may decide to climb up at little farther to see the mosses growing on the ground, logs and trees before returning down to just above Sine Camp where you take the trail on the left slope down to Enock Falls which is truly beautiful and walk down through some incredibly beautiful forest.

The forest walk is a steady descent through pristine forest with a multitude of birds. There are several patches of bamboo while other areas the trees are laced with hundreds of vines hanging between trees which have bright green lichen on them. This section of forest is spectacular and just before you get to Sine Camp you walk across a stream immediately below a beautiful waterfall. At Sine Camp you sit on the verandah and look down to a stunning set of rapids cascading down the valley.

Or if you had decided to sleep in Sine Camp you may decide to walk straight down the forest walk or you may climb up to Kalalama Camp to experience the views before passing back down to the park entrance and onwards to Queen Elizabeth National Park ending the 2 Days of Rwenzori Mountain Hiking, climbing & Trekking. Overnight at Bush Lodge or similar.

An early morning breakfast will be followed by a transfer to Kasenyi for a game drive. Kasenyi plains with highest concentration of prey attracts predators and which creates chances to encounter some of the big cats present in Queen Elizabeth National park while on this game drive adventure. In the afternoon participate on the boat cruise at Kazinga Channel that connects lake Edward and Lake George. During the two hours boat cruise safari, a lot of aquatic, semiaquatic, terrestrial & birdlife will be encountered marking the greatest day in Queen Elizabeth National park. Overnight at Bush Lodge or similar.

After a leisurely morning breakfast transfer to Bwindi Mgahinga Gorilla National Park a head of uganda gorilla trekking adventure. Overnight at Travelers Rest Hotel or similar.

After an early morning breakfast, transfer to the ranger station for Gorilla Trekking Briefing on dos and don’ts while you will be interacting with gorillas, afterwards you will be accompanied by a senior ranger guide & hike into the forest in search of gorillas. Once you find them, you will be allowed to stay with them for an hour & After the experience return back to the lodge. Overnight at Travelers Rest Hotel or similar

After an early morning breakfast, transfer to Ntebeko Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for golden monkey trekking. After the golden monkey trekking experience, transfer to Kigali, Rwanda. Overnight at Hotel Des Melli Collines or similar.

A leisurely morning breakfast, visit the kigali genocide museum to pay your last respect to the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against Tutsi and depending on your outbound flight, this will be followed by a transfer to the airport targeting for your outbound flight marking the end 9 Day Gorillas, Wildlife & Rwenzori Mountain Climbing, Hiking & Trekking

Package Includes

Keep in Mind

Price excludes all other things of personal nature like the bar bills, visas, gratitudes, personal insurance, porter hire among others

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