Main Info
This 14 days’ tour will begin by giving you some highlights of Eastern Uganda starting with Jinja Town where you will visit the source of the Nile River; then later you will visit some parts of Mt. Elgon area including Sipi Falls. Your journey will take you to Murchison Falls National Park for a game drive before you return to Kampala where you will be treated to a city tour. You will head southwestwards to Lake Bunyonyi; do an excursion of the lake and its incredibly beautiful surrounding countryside, and later proceed to Kisoro Town for gorilla tracking in nearby Mgahinga National Park before crossing into Rwanda. Not only will you do a Kigali City tour there but you will also visit Musanze caves and later also take a trip to the Akagera National Park for big game viewing before returning to catch your flight back home at Kigali International Airport.
| Arrival | Entebbe | Kampala |
| Departure | Kigali International Airport |
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Itinerary
Day 1: In the morning you will be picked from your hotel in Entebbe and taken Jinja Town to visit the source of the Nile River. Spend the night at Kingfisher Hotel.
After breakfast travel to the magnificent Sipi Falls in Eastern Uganda. Stay at Sipi Lodge for the night.
Visit the incredibly beautiful Kapchorwa region in Mt. Elgon and return to Sipi Falls Lodge for the night.
Travel from Sipi Falls to Murchison Falls National Park via top-of-the-falls. Spend the night at Bwana Tembo Safari Camp.
Early in the morning do a morning game drive in Murchison Falls National Park, and in the afternoon, do a boat cruise on the Nile River.
Travel from Murchison Falls National Park to Kampala City and spend the night at Hotel Africana.
After breakfast do a Kampala City tour that will take you to the Buganda Kingdom Parliament, to Kasubi Tombs (a UNESCO Heritage Site), to Makerere University, Gadaffi Mosque, as well as to the Uganda Museum and to Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo. Then proceed to Lake Mburo National Park via the Equator for the water experiment.
Day 8: Do a morning game drive and proceed to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale District. Spend the night at Birdsnest Hotel.
Spend most of day exploring Lake Bunyonyi including a visit to Punishment Island. Enjoy canoe trekking and sightseeing the incredibly beautiful terraced countryside. Again, spend another night at Birdsnest Hotel.
From L. Bunyonyi travel to Kisoro Town via Echuya Forest for a visit of the Batwa (Pygmies) community. Stay the night at Sawasawa Guest House in Kisoro Town.
Spend the morning tracking gorillas in Mgahinga National Park. Afterwards do a coffee tour in Kisoro Town and then cross the border into Rwanda, visit Musanze caves, Diana Fossey Memorial place and spend the night at Muhavura Guest House.
After breakfast travel from Musanze to Kigali City. In Kigali City do a tour of Kandi House, the Museum, the Genocide Memorial and have lunch in the city. Stay at Marriot Hotel for the night.
Do an afternoon game drive and spend the night at Karenge Bush Camp.
Early in the morning do a morning game drive and afterwards proceed to Kigali International Airport for your flight back home. Please make sure that you are booked on the evening flight. END OF TOUR.
