10 Days Best Uganda-Kenya Safari

Activities

• Primate walk
• Chimpanzee trekking
• Gorilla trekking
• Batwa Cultural Experience
• Visit the Igongo cultural centre
• Visit the Equator
• Game drives
• Masai mara cultural experience
• Hot air balloon

Summary

Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe-Pick up

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park

Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking – Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 5: Depart Bwindi – Entebbe – Flight to Nairobi

Day 6: Nairobi – Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park

Day 7: Lake Nakuru – Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve

Day 8: Game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve

Day 9: Hot Air Balloon

 Day 10: Masai Mara – Departure Nairobi

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe-Pick up

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, Our representative from Great Nest Image Safaris will receive and welcome you to Uganda the Pearl of Africa. Thereafter, you will transfer to the booked hotel in Entebbe/Kampala for your accommodation.

 Accommodation

• Innophine Hotel (Entebbe)/Prestige Hotel (Kampala)
• (Mid-range accommodation)

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park

After breakfast, you will be picked up by one of our drivers/guide and thereafter you will drive heading west past Mityana and continue to Fort Portal where you will stop for lunch.  Catch a glimpse of the Toro Kingdom palace, then continue to Kibale, just a few kilometers ahead.  Kibale Forest National Park has the highest concentration of primates in East Africa, it has 1100 -1600 m above sea level and it contains both montane and lowland forests with 13 primate species including chimps, blue monkeys black and white Colobus monkeys and baboons. When you reach, you will check in your lodge to freshen up then in the afternoon you will go for a primate walk to Kanyanchu river camp, the most popular walk in the park. It highlights a miscellany of flora and fauna within the forest. Later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation

• Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse
• (Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale Forest National Park)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking – Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you will go for a half day search of chimpanzees and 13 other primate species including red Colobus, red tailed and grey checked mangabey among others. The forest is rich in a variety of fauna and flora and this makes your visit worthwhile. This walk is exceptional for keen birders with several bird species noticeable. After lunch, you will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park via Queen Elizabeth National Park and here you may spot many wildlife including Elephants, Buffaloes, among others. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kigezi hills and terraces and arrive in the evening hours. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.

Accommodation

• Gorilla closeup lodge
• (Mid-range lodge outside Bwindi National Park)

 Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

You will have breakfast and then move to the rangers’ post and here you will receive some briefing on the dos and don’ts during the trekking. Thereafter, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates and once you have located a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The experience of coming face to face with these peaceful giants is very overwhelming. Later you will head back to your lodge, freshen up, have lunch and in the after you can decided to visit the Batwa community, they will tell you their forest stories, learn about their culture, learn their dances as you join them in dancing and much more. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation

• Gorilla closeup lodge
• (Mid-range lodge outside Bwindi National Park)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

 Day 5: Depart Bwindi – Entebbe – Flight to Nairobi

After breakfast you will transfer to Kampala/Entebbe with lunch en route at Igongo cultural Centre in Mbarara town to explore the life style of the Ankole and Bahima. Later you will proceed to Kampala and have a stopover at the Equator for a photo moment and for refreshments, thereafter you will continue to Kampala/Entebbe for your flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will be picked by our safari driver/guide who will transfer you to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation

• Decasa Hotel
• (Mid-range Hotel in Nairobi city)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

Day 6: Nairobi – Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park

After your morning breakfast, you will transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will enjoy short photographic stop overs on your way and proceed to Lake Nakuru past Naivasha, Gilgil and Elmenteita areas arriving during lunch time hours. Later in the afternoon you will enjoy game drives in the park and along the shores of the Alkaline Lake. While here, look out for endangered white Rhinos and Rothschild’s Giraffes, popular pink necked lesser Flamingos may be spotted here seasonally. Other wildlife found here include zebras, spotted hyenas, lions, buffaloes, elands, water bucks and several bird species. Dinner and Overnight stay at lodge.

Accommodation

• Taidy’s suite – Nakuru
• (Mid-range Hotel)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

 Day 7: Lake Nakuru – Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve

After an early breakfast, you will depart for the famous Masai Mara National Reserve arriving at your lodge in time for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will go for your game drive in the search for the big 5 and several other game and bird species that whole afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge. Masai Mara reserve is situated in the Rift Valley with Tanzania’s Serengeti Plains running along its southern end.  The park showcases big families of elephants, buffaloes, lions, and hippos among many more. The areas bordering the Mara River are forested and are home to over several hundred bird species. The Masai tribesmen also offer cultural tours which really add to the experience.

Accommodation

• Rhino tourist camp
• (Budget lodge located just outside the park)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

 Day 8: Game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast, you will go for a full day game drive i.e morning and afternoon within Masai Mara reserve. Morning hours is the time when most animals are more active before it’s too hot. You may choose to carry you lunch after breakfast for a full day drive in the park whereby lunch can be enjoyed on the banks of the Mara River. Later in the evening you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation

• Rhino tourist camp
• (Budget lodge located just outside the park)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

Day 9: Hot Air Balloon

After breakfast, you will go for a Hot Air Balloon Flight where you will enjoy both the diverse landscape and wildlife of the Mara from an aerial view of the Masai Mara reserve. This balloon flight activity highly offers one an opportunity to experience the vast reserve both from the land and on air. The activity begins very early in the morning and concludes with a champagne breakfast as well as issuance of a participation certificate by your pilot. You will later return to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Lodge.

Accommodation

• Rhino tourist camp
• (Budget lodge located just outside the park)

Meals & Drinks

• Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

 Day 10: Masai Mara – Departure Nairobi

After your morning breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and enjoy en route game drive as you exit the reserve on your drive back to Nairobi which is approx. 6hours drive. You will have lunch in Nairobi city and then proceed to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your evening flight.

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