HAKUNA MATATA TOURS
ECO-TOURS IN THE EAST AND CENTRE AFRICA.
DISCOVER RWANDA, CONGO, UGANDA IN 21 days
Visit of Okapi, Boat tour on the river Congo, visit of the source of nile river, Rwenzori mountain, encounter with bambuti pygmies, Game drive to see wild animals, The constant mixture of ethnicities, cultures, and behaviours, The unique atmosphere of the tropical forest in Ituri, Climbing the active Volcano Nyiragongo, Tracking Gorilla, Chimpanzees and other primates, Bird watching, Visit the lake Victoria, Lake Kivu and lake Eduard and others in 21 Days .
Day 1: Meeting at the Kigali international airport and transfer at the Hotel- briefing dinner and overnight at Hotel Chez Lando.
Day 2 : Visit of the Kigali genocide memorial museum- After lunch drive to Goma via Ruhengeri with a short stop in Musanze- visit the Diana Fossey burial site. Overnight at Hotel Ihusi or Karibu.
Day 3: Trekking in the forest 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 8h00 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. 10h 00 we start our climbing and we reach the top around 4h00 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. Overnight at Hotel Ihusi
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. Overnight in Beni at Hotel Beni.
Day 7: Morning after break fast- Drive to Epulu .
Epulu is home to many okapis. Found only in the Congo, the okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is a shy and reclusive forest dweller and is the only living relative of the giraffe. Its unusual coloration and markings, including stripes resembling a zebra, provide camouflage in the dense rainforest and protect it from predators.
Day 8: After breakfast Visit of Okapi- after lunch trekking in the tropical forest- we will pass the night in Pygmies village in tents.
The Bambuti pygmies, live in villages that are categorized as bands. Each hut houses a family unit. At the start of the dry season, they leave the village to enter the forest and set up a series of camps. This way the Bambuti are able to utilize more land area for maximum foraging. These villages are solitary and separated from other groups of people. Their houses are small, circular, and very temporary. The walls of the structures are poles that are placed in the ground. At the top of the poles a vine is woven to keep them together. Large leaves are also used in the construction of the huts.
Day 9: Go hunting with Pygmees. Back late in the afternoon at Epulu station. Overnight.
The Bambuti pygmies, are primarily hunter-gatherers, foraging for food in the forest. They have a vast knowledge of the forest and the foods it yields. The Bambuti use large nets, traps, and bows and arrows to hunt game. Women and children sometimes help out by trying to drive the animals into the nets. Both sexes gather and forage. Each band has its own hunting ground, although boundaries are hard to maintain. We should be able to follow such a group into the forest where, possibly taking our tents and camp near to their bands, we spend the night around the camp fire, listening to their endless hunting stories while they smoke their cannabis water pipes
Day 10-11: Drive to Kisangani
Day 12: City tour of Kisangani, Boat tour on the River Congo, visit of the Wagenia fishermen and the Buyoma falls formerly called Stanley.
Day 13-14: Back to Beni. and overnight at Epulu Station.
Day 15: Drive To Queen Elizabith National park - After lunch, enjoy the unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of Hippos, buffaloes, elephants and many animals may be seen drinking at the water's edge. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident species - Overnight at Mweya safari lodge.
Day 16: Early morning wake up for the morning game drive to catch up with early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. During the game drive, you will be likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, water bucks, stripped jackal, leopard and of course the several warthogs. Return to the lodge for lunch and Drive to Lake Bunyonyi to relax.
Day 17: Treekking in Kibale Forest National park to see Chimpanzees- Transfer to Murchoson Park.
Day 18 Murchison falls.
After breakfast set off for a game drive cross on the ferry up to Pakuba there you may get a chance to see some animals like lions, leopards, hyenas, foxes, giraffes, and many others. Come back to the hotel for lunch and then get ready for a launch drive along the Nile up to the button of the falls. Chances of sighting the shoe bill stork are many though not a guarantee, continue up to the bottom of the falls where you will see marine animals like the crocodiles, schools of hippos and many species of birds.
Day 19: Proceede 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 Rivermay be longer
Day 20: This day can be dedicated for white water rafting in Jinja. Alternative you will be visiting the source of the Nile River and Bujagali Falls and when time allows you can visit the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine and continue to Kampala for overnight stay.
Day 21: Personal good-bye and as far as possible, more optional short excursions to nearby attractions shoping and Transfer to the air port for departure flight.
Feel the following reservation form for the prices. In addition to the above itinerary you ca request for tailor made packages. So why not tell us what you want for your trip.
Available Departure dates in 2008
May 5th, June 9, July 6, August 4, September 1st, October 6,
November 3, December 1
NOTE: If you have a minimum of 2 persons, we can organize it on another date according to your need.
Visit of Okapi, Boat tour on the river Congo, visit of the source of nile river, Rwenzori mountain, encounter with bambuti pygmies, Game drive to see wild animals, The constant mixture of ethnicities, cultures, and behaviours, The unique atmosphere of the tropical forest in Ituri, Climbing the active Volcano Nyiragongo, Tracking Gorilla, Chimpanzees and other primates, Bird watching, Visit the lake Victoria, Lake Kivu and lake Eduard and others in 21 Days .
Day 1: Meeting at the Kigali international airport and transfer at the Hotel- briefing dinner and overnight at Hotel Chez Lando.
Day 2 : Visit of the Kigali genocide memorial museum- After lunch drive to Goma via Ruhengeri with a short stop in Musanze- visit the Diana Fossey burial site. Overnight at Hotel Ihusi or Karibu.
Day 3: Trekking in the forest 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 8h00 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. 10h 00 we start our climbing and we reach the top around 4h00 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. Overnight at Hotel Ihusi
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. Overnight in Beni at Hotel Beni.
Day 7: Morning after break fast- Drive to Epulu .
Epulu is home to many okapis. Found only in the Congo, the okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is a shy and reclusive forest dweller and is the only living relative of the giraffe. Its unusual coloration and markings, including stripes resembling a zebra, provide camouflage in the dense rainforest and protect it from predators.
Day 8: After breakfast Visit of Okapi- after lunch trekking in the tropical forest- we will pass the night in Pygmies village in tents.
The Bambuti pygmies, live in villages that are categorized as bands. Each hut houses a family unit. At the start of the dry season, they leave the village to enter the forest and set up a series of camps. This way the Bambuti are able to utilize more land area for maximum foraging. These villages are solitary and separated from other groups of people. Their houses are small, circular, and very temporary. The walls of the structures are poles that are placed in the ground. At the top of the poles a vine is woven to keep them together. Large leaves are also used in the construction of the huts.
Day 9: Go hunting with Pygmees. Back late in the afternoon at Epulu station. Overnight.
The Bambuti pygmies, are primarily hunter-gatherers, foraging for food in the forest. They have a vast knowledge of the forest and the foods it yields. The Bambuti use large nets, traps, and bows and arrows to hunt game. Women and children sometimes help out by trying to drive the animals into the nets. Both sexes gather and forage. Each band has its own hunting ground, although boundaries are hard to maintain. We should be able to follow such a group into the forest where, possibly taking our tents and camp near to their bands, we spend the night around the camp fire, listening to their endless hunting stories while they smoke their cannabis water pipes
Day 10-11: Drive to Kisangani
Day 12: City tour of Kisangani, Boat tour on the River Congo, visit of the Wagenia fishermen and the Buyoma falls formerly called Stanley.
Day 13-14: Back to Beni. and overnight at Epulu Station.
Day 15: Drive To Queen Elizabith National park - After lunch, enjoy the unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of Hippos, buffaloes, elephants and many animals may be seen drinking at the water's edge. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident species - Overnight at Mweya safari lodge.
Day 16: Early morning wake up for the morning game drive to catch up with early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. During the game drive, you will be likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, water bucks, stripped jackal, leopard and of course the several warthogs. Return to the lodge for lunch and Drive to Lake Bunyonyi to relax.
Day 17: Treekking in Kibale Forest National park to see Chimpanzees- Transfer to Murchoson Park.
Day 18 Murchison falls.
After breakfast set off for a game drive cross on the ferry up to Pakuba there you may get a chance to see some animals like lions, leopards, hyenas, foxes, giraffes, and many others. Come back to the hotel for lunch and then get ready for a launch drive along the Nile up to the button of the falls. Chances of sighting the shoe bill stork are many though not a guarantee, continue up to the bottom of the falls where you will see marine animals like the crocodiles, schools of hippos and many species of birds.
Day 19: Proceede 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 Rivermay be longer
Day 20: This day can be dedicated for white water rafting in Jinja. Alternative you will be visiting the source of the Nile River and Bujagali Falls and when time allows you can visit the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine and continue to Kampala for overnight stay.
Day 21: Personal good-bye and as far as possible, more optional short excursions to nearby attractions shoping and Transfer to the air port for departure flight.
Feel the following reservation form for the prices. In addition to the above itinerary you ca request for tailor made packages. So why not tell us what you want for your trip.
Available Departure dates in 2008
May 5th, June 9, July 6, August 4, September 1st, October 6,
November 3, December 1
NOTE: If you have a minimum of 2 persons, we can organize it on another date according to your need.
DISCOVER RWANDA IN 7 DAYS
HIGHLIGHT OF THIS TOUR
Gorillas tracking, Kigali genocide memorial center, Lake kivu, Butare National museum, Trekking in Nyungwe forest, Entertainement by Intore dancers in 10 days
Day 1: Arrive at Kigali airport, Discovering Kigali and its surrounding, Visit of the Kigali genocide memorial museum, here you will know what happened in Rwanda in 1994, After we proceed in the afternoom to Kinigi the home of mountain Gorillas.
Day 2: Trekking in the forest on the edge of the Virunga mountain chain to find one of the last mountain gorilla families in the world-- back in the afternoon and transfer to your hotel. For those who like to visit the Diana fossey tomb an extra day can be organised by their need.
Day 3: After breakfast we proceed to Nyungwe Forest Via Gisenyi, will have a short stop in Kibuye for lunch and to admire the beautiful lake Kivu,
Day 4. Early morning we start the trekking in Nyungwe forest to fund the Chimpanzees, Bleu monkeys, golden monkeys among others. Back to the hotel and overnight in Butare or Uwika.
Day 5: Visit of Butare museum and be entertained by Rwandan traditional dancer called ‘’Intore’’ after we Drive to Nyanza, the historical seat of the ancient Rwandan kings – visit to the Palace and narration of some village elders – drive to Kigali and overnight.
Day 6: Personal good-bye and, as far as possible, more optional short excursions to nearby attractions such as the markets in Kigali ’s suburbs Or the Rusumo falls.
Day 7: Shoppin in Kigali – Transfer to the airport for Departure.
What to bring: Warm Coat, rain coat, hiking boots, knapsack, and hat.
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