Tour Overview

Embarking on a 15-day bike tour through Uganda and Rwanda promises an adventure filled with diverse landscapes, rich cultures, and unforgettable experiences. From the lush forests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to the rolling hills of Rwanda’s countryside, each day brings new discoveries and challenges. This detailed itinerary outlines a journey that balances cycling, cultural immersion, and relaxation, ensuring an immersive and rewarding exploration of these East African gems.
Rwanda will reward you with the viewing of the various landscapes and vegetation covers, offering the best chance to spot the change in climatic conditions in Uganda. Book the 15 Days Cycling Africa tour with the destination experts. During the trip, you will cover a maximum of 80kms per day and do the rest of the drive in the car to enable you arrive to the destination.

Tour Highlights

15 Days Bike Cycling tour in Uganda and Rwanda: Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Cycling from Kampala to Mubende Town.

In morning after breakfast, you will be joined be met by adventure in the wild safaris tour guide and start the trip with cycling from Kampala to Mityan town and its where you will have lunch and later proceed to cycle to Mubende Town. While on this cycling adventure, you are likely to spend 10 hours cycling on the nicest road of Kampala Mubende covering a distance of approximately 160km. Dinner and overnight at Mubende Town View Hotel or Camping Site

Accommodation Options:

• Mubende View Hotel

Destination: Mubende Town

Day 2: Cycling from Mubende Town to Fort portal town and later to kibale national park.

Rise up early and have morning breakfast and thereafter, start the journey to Kibale forest National Park. The journey takes about 120km where you will arrive in fort portal town where you will have your lunch and the continue to Kibale arriving in the evening. Proceed and check in to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

• Kibale Forest Camp
• Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
• Kibale Camping Site.

Destination: Kibale Forest National Park 

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking & Nature walk in the forest or Local Community.

After breakfast at the lodge, you will go for chimpanzee tracking briefing at the park headquarter by the ranger guides and later head into the forest in search of these elusive primates. The trek may last for about 2-6 hours depending on the location of the chimpanzees. When you have found them, you are permitted one hour with them as you watch them go about their daily activities. After you will return for lunch at the lodge and in the evening, hours go for Nature walk in Bigodi Swamp where several primate species including the monkeys, baboons, several bird species, reptiles and the chimps who are also frequent visitors. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

• Primate lodge (luxury
• Chimpanzee Forest guest house (Budget)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Bike to visit the tea Plantations, Craters and Proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

After morning breakfast, you will bike to the tea plantations and later proceed to Crater lakes in the region while connecting to the Queen Elizabeth, this time you will be cycling on the dust real African roads, be prepared for the Journey through the local communities. You will stop for lunch at Papaya lodge and then continue with the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the evening hours. Check in to the lodge have Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

• Mweya safari lodge (Luxury)
• Enganzi game lodge (Mid-range)
• Pumba safari lodge/ The bush lodge (Budget).

Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park 

Day 5: Game Drive and Boat Cruise.

Early morning at 6:30am, you will head for the morning game drive, Among the top most attractions to be watched in queen Elizabeth national park game drive is the Kasenyi plains are good for lion and the Mweya peninsula for a variety of animals like Lions and other wildlife animals, after return to the lodge for breakfast, waiting lunch time to enjoy lunch and then go for Kazinga channel boat cruise famous for hosting the largest concentration of hippos among other wildlife animals that are on the water banks. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation Options:

• Mweya safari lodge (Luxury)
• Enganzi game lodge (Mid-range)
• Pumba safari lodge/ The bush lodge (Budget).

Day 6: Game drive in the Ishasha Sector and Bike from Kihihi Town to Bwindi Forest national park.

Have early morning game drive and drive to the Isha Isha sector in search for the tree climbing lions. Isha Isha sector is famous for tree climbing lions and other predators and several mammal species. After that you will go for lunch at Savannah Safari Lodge and later Start to cycling from the lodge to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park where you will be enjoying the memorable gorilla trekking. (Cycling for 72 kms for ruhija or 47kms for Buhoma sector). On arrival, you will continue to the lodge where you will check in for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest National Park.

After morning breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for the briefing about gorilla trekking rules and regulation, later proceed for gorilla trekking in the wilderness of the Bwindi jungles. This could take 2 hours to the whole day depending on the Movement of the lodges. After you will return to the start point of the trek then proceed to the lodge for dinner and overnight with relaxation in the evening. Dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

• Broadbill camp(budget)
• Gorilla Mist Camp / Ichumbi Gorilla lodge(mid-range)
• Chameleon Hill Lodge, Buhoma Lodge(luxury)
• Gorilla Leisure Lodge
• Four Gorillas Lodge

Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 

Day 8: Cycling to Lake Bunyonyi (Second deepest lake).

After morning breakfast at the lodge, you will start the cycle from ruhija or Buhoma and pass through the dust routes used by tourists when connecting to Lake Bunyonyi. The Travelers will cycle approximately 56kms to arrive at lake Bunyonyi, enjoying the view & landscape of the Bunyonyi lake Scapes in Kabale region. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation Options:

• Bird nest resort (Luxury)
• Bunyonyi Rock Resort (Mid-range)
• Crater Bay Cottages (Budget).

Destination: Lake Bunyonyi 

Day 9: Cycling From Lake Bunyonyi to Volcanoes National Park Rwanda.

After morning breakfast, check out of the lodge and start cycling heading south from Lake Bunyonyi connecting to Volcanoes national parks, the distance from Lake Bunyonyi to volcanoes is approximately 132kms and it may take a traveler around 7 hours cycling connecting through the Cyanika Border. Border crossing can take around 30-1 hour and then cross to into the Rwanda also referred as the ‘’land of a thousand hills’’. Lunch will be enroute arriving at Volcanoes national park in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

• Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
• Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge

Destination: Volcanoes National Park 

Day 10: Golden Monkey Tracking in Volcanoes Rwanda.

You will have an early breakfast and move to the park headquarters to attend a briefing on the rules and regulations for Golden Monkey tracking. After the briefing, head into the forest with the ranger guides to search for the Golden monkey in Virunga mountains. Upon finding them you will spend a maximum of one hour observing the primates in their natural habitat. You will return to your lodge for lunch and later visit the twin lakes of Ruhondo and Burera in the evening for a cultural experience after which you will return to your lodge: Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

• Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
• Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge

Day 11: Cycling to Lake Kivu (Gisenyi) passing through the Congo Nile Trail

After morning breakfast, you will start on the journey to connect to Lake Kivu near the border of Rwanda and democratic republic of Congo for your cycling experience in Rwanda including cycling in the Congo Nile trail. This day the traveler will cycle around 77kms from Volcanoes national park to Lake Kivu in the town of Gisenyi. Arriving in the afternoon hours. Enjoy lunch and relax at the shores of lake Kivu. Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

• Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
• Gisenyi.

Destination: Lake Kivu 

Day 12: Boat Cruise around Lake Kivu and Cycling near the lake.

After Breakfast, take a 2-3 hours boat cruise on lake Kivu and exploring the nearby islands, Hot springs and local fishing villages, return to the lodge for lunch and in the evening hours you will go for cycling tour near the local communities and along the great lake Kivu viewing Kibuye. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.

Accommodation Options:

• Lake Kivu Serena Hotel.

Day 13: Relax at the Lodge.

Relaxation at the lodge enjoying the swimming pool and sun bathing, Lake Kivu Serena Hotel, Gisenyi

Day 14: Cycling from Gisenyi to Kigali the capital city of Rwanda

After morning breakfast, you will start to cycle from Gisenyi to Kigali the capital city of Rwanda. it’s the longest day of cycling in East Africa and you will 152Kms. upon arrival at Kigali, you will enjoy dinner and overnight at;

Accommodation Options:

• Hotel des Mille Collines
• Kigali Serena Hotel

Destination: Kigali 

Day 15: Transfer to Kigali airport with City tour.

After breakfast, you will have a short city tour and visit the Genocide Memorial sites, the city center and the local markets plus the craft shops. Have lunch and thereafter, the driver guide will drop you off at the airport for your departure flight back home.

End Of Tour

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Getting There

The trip will start from Entebbe or Kampala to Kibale National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and End in Entebbe or Kampala Uganda.

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