Gorilla tracking in Rwanda
Hadde man kunne se en lang streng av innsjøer, nord fra Lake Albert og hele veien ned til Lake Kivu i Rwanda og Lake Tanganika i Tanzania. I øst hadde du sett verdens nest største vannreservoar – Lake Victoria, Nilens kilde. De fleste geologer, zoologer, historikere og botanikere mener er det mest interessante omraÌŠdet i hele Afrika: The Albertine Rift Valley.
Dag 1
Arrival Kigali
We arrive in Uganda late in the evening and are accommodated at our guesthouse just 15 minutes from the airport.
Dag 2
Nyungwe National Park
We leave Entebbe at 07:00 and travel west to Kibale Forest National Park. Kibale Forest is located in Western Uganda, between lush cultural landscapes to the southeast, the snow- and ice-capped Rwenzori Mountains to the west, and forests, lakes and savannah landscapes to the south.
Day 3
Chimpanzee, Nyungwe National Park
The chimpanzee population in this national park is among the best protected on the continent and the population is large. Here you are almost guaranteed to see them up close.
Day 4
Volcanoes National Park
Today we continue west towards the Rwenzori Mountains bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo. On the way to QENP we cross the equator. Together with the Kyambura and Kigezi Wildlife Reserves, Queen Elizabeth National Park forms one of the most species-rich ecosystems in Africa.
Day 5
Gorilla, Volcanoes nasjonalpark
On the way to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park we stop in Ishasha, which is located in the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Here we make a few attempts to find the now famous tree-climbing lions.
Dag 6
Akagera National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is a true African rainforest, and is considered one of the most biodiverse in Africa. It is over 25,000 years old and spans an area that varies between 1,160 m to 2,600 m. Over half of the world's mountain gorillas live here and the population is increasing year by year.
Day 7
Safari, Akagera National Park
Over half of the world's mountain gorillas live here and the population is increasing year by year. In addition to 10 other primate species, there are over 120 mammal species, 350 bird species, 320 tree species, 51 reptile species, 310 butterfly species and 88 moth species.
Day 8
Kigali
The national park is only 370 km2 in size and one of the youngest in the country. Due to the geographical extension of the lowlands of Tanzania, species such as zebra, giraffe and impala can be found here. Species that do not have a natural range anywhere else than in northern Uganda.
Day 9
Home
Transport stage. We arrive in Entebbe in the afternoon and are thus back at our starting point in Uganda.