7-Day Uganda and Rwanda Fly-in Safari

7-Day Uganda and Rwanda Fly-in Safari: a 7-day private safari with Afrisites, starting from Entebbe. The route is Entebbe / Kampala, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Volcanoes National Park. Built around mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi, a Kinigi gorilla morning in Volcanoes National Park and chimpanzee tracking in Kibale. Fly-in days cut the road. Lodge class is mid-range unless you ask us to go simpler or higher. Gorilla and chimpanzee permits are collected in your name before you fly.

From US$3,550 per person sharing

7 days · Rwanda · private safari

Indicative for two people sharing, mid-range lodges (or the luxury tier if this trip is sold as luxury), current gorilla and chimpanzee permit rates. Your invoice names the lodges, the permit numbers and the season. Permit tariffs are set by the parks and can change.

At a glance

Uganda gorilla permit held in your name; sector matched to the lodge, not a two-hour transfer
Rwanda gorilla trekking from Kinigi — permit booked before you fly
Kibale chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi wetland
Light aircraft on the long legs
7 days private from Entebbe

Day by day

Day 1 — Entebbe / Kampala

Meet at Entebbe International Airport. Depending on your landing time we transfer to a lakeside lodge in Entebbe or continue toward the first park. Briefing on permits, packing and the next morning’s start. A light-aircraft hop replaces the long road day whenever the next park has a strip. Overnight: Protea or Lake Victoria View in Entebbe.

Day 2 — Kibale National Park

Chimpanzee tracking in Uganda’s primate capital. Afternoon Bigodi wetland walk for colobus, turacos and village birding, or crater-lake views around Fort Portal. Overnight: Primate Lodge Kibale or a Fort Portal crater-lake lodge.

Day 3 — Kibale National Park

Stay on in Kibale National Park. We change the track and the vehicle loop rather than pad the day with a souvenir stop. Afternoon Bigodi wetland walk for colobus, turacos and village birding, or crater-lake views around Fort Portal. Overnight: Primate Lodge Kibale or a Fort Portal crater-lake lodge.

Day 4 — Queen Elizabeth National Park

Game drives on the Kasenyi plains and a Kazinga Channel boat safari: hippo, buffalo, elephant and one of East Africa’s densest water-bird lists. Overnight: Mweya or Kasenyi savannah lodge; Ishasha Wilderness Camp when we use the south.

Day 5 — Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Mountain gorilla trekking. Briefing at the sector headquarters (Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga or Nkuringo — whichever permit we hold). Up to a several-hour hike, then one hour with the family. Porter recommended. Overnight: Buhoma Lodge, Rushaga Gorilla Camp or similar (we match the sector of your permit).

Day 6 — Volcanoes National Park

Rwanda gorilla trekking from Kinigi. Briefing, allocation of a habituated family, then the hike on the Virunga slopes. One hour with the gorillas. Golden monkeys can be added on a second morning. Overnight: Kinigi / Musanze lodge: Five Volcanoes, Ingagi Manor or similar.

Day 7 — Return to Entebbe

Drive or fly back to Entebbe. Airport drop timed to your outgoing flight. If you fly after 8 p.m. we keep a day-room option so you are not sitting at the terminal all afternoon.

Included

Private 4×4 safari vehicle and English-speaking driver-guide (or light aircraft plus transfers on fly-in days)
Lodge or camp as named in the day-by-day, full board except on arrival/departure city nights (bed and breakfast)
Park fees for the reserves in this itinerary
Bottled water in the vehicle
Airport meet-and-greet

Not included

International flights
Uganda or Rwanda visa
Drinks, laundry and tips
Travel insurance (mandatory — you buy this yourself)
Optional activities not named in the day-by-day (second gorilla permit, golden monkeys, extra boat)

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