Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Meeting at the Kigali international airport and transfer at the Hotel - briefing dinner and overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast drive to Gisenyi or Goma via Ruhengeri with a short stop in Musanze for lunch, and for a short visit to Diana Fossey burial site.
Day 3: Trekking in the forests on the edge of the chain of Virunga mountains to found one of the last mountain gorilla families in the world. Back late in the evening at your Hotel in Goma.
Day 4: Wake up around 8:00 and prepare for climbing the live and active volcano of Nyiragongo which erupted in 2003 destroying the 13% of the central of Goma, a town of the Democratic republic of Congo located at the border with Rwanda near Gisenyi town. At 10:00 we start our climbing and we reach the top around 4:00 in the afternoon then we start setting our tents before approaching the crater of the volcano to admire the lake of hot red lava inside the huge crater of Nyiragongo Volcano.
Day 5: Back to Goma from the Volcano — visit of the green lake in Mugunga – Lunch and relax at the Hotel.
Day 6: Early Morning drive to Butembo a business town based in the north east of Goma, on our way we shall have a chance to see the Good landscape and beautiful scenery of Rwindi plain.
Day 7: After breakfast Drive to Mutsora the base of Rwenzori mountain known as "the mountain of the moon" here will climb up to the first station for a short view of the magnificent Semliki plain and the River. In the afternoon we will drive to Ishango site of Virunga National park for wildlife viewing, bird watching and spend a night at Ishango base.
Day 8: Early morning go for a game drive in Ishango. Return for lunch, then we drive to Mount Hoyo to visit volcanic tubes, caves and pygmies.
Day 9: After lunch we leave mount Hoyo for Epulu station to visit pygmies and Okapi the rare animal which can be found in Congo only in the whole world.
Day 10: Early morning trekking in the Epulu forest with pygmies to found the Okapi.
Day 11: Drive to Kisangani.
Day 12: City tour of Kisangani, visit of the River Congo and Buyoma falls formerly called Stanley falls.
Day 13: Short tour in the boat on the Congo river.
Day 14: Back to Beni and overnight at Epulu Station.
Day 15: Proceed to Queen Elizabeth National park in Uganda for a game Drive.
Day 16: Game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park to see Lions, big herd of buffaloes, Elephants, Kobs, Antiloppes, Hippos and Birds.
Day 17: Trekking in Kibale Forest National park to see Chimpanzees.
Day 18: Proceed to Njinja town to visit the source of Nile, the major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. However, recent findings suggest that the Amazon River may be longer.
Day 19: Visit of The source of Nile river in Jinja - boat tours on the Nile river.
Day 20: Back To kapala - city tour of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda and overnight.
Day 21: Personal goodbye and as far as possible, more optional short excursions to nearby attractions shopping and Transfer to the air port for departure flight.
What to bring: Warm Coat, rain coat, hiking boots, knapsack, and hat.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
Africa
Rwanda
Congo
Uganda
Wildlife Viewing
Volcano Tours
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