ABOUT PACKAGE
The 9 days will take you to lush green hills in Uganda and into the beautiful Bwindi National Park to experience one of the world’s most exciting wildlife encounters getting close to the largest primate in the world. The gentle giants reside in their misty mountain home. It will also take you to Kibala National Park which is the most magnificent of Uganda’s tropical rain forests and one of the most rewarding areas to explore. Kibale boasts of 13 species of primates. Kibale’s major attraction is the Chimpanzee the delightful ape most closely related to humans than any other living creature.
These can be seen swinging in the tree branches as one treks through the forest trails. Kibale is one of Africa’s foremost research site. While in Kibale park you can also do chimpanzee Habituation experience. This is experience allows you to accompany Kibale researchers and habituators as they follow chimpanzees during their daily activity.
This is all day and early visitors may be able to see the spectacular scene of chimps de-nesting, feeding, copulating, hunting, breast-feeding, resting, patrolling and displaying until they build new nest and retire for the night around 7:oopm. The safari will also take you Masai Mara National Reserve which is famous for the annual great migration and for the exceptional and abundant wildlife all the round. There are high chances of seeing the big five on the same day and in the same conservation area. The visit to the local Masai village gives unbeatable insights into the culture and tradition of the legendary tribe.
Safari Highlights
Game drives Primates tracking (Gorillas and Chimpanzees)
FULL ITINERARY 9 days 8 nights
DAY - 1
ARRIVAL AT NAIROBI
You be received by the company guide at the airport who will transfer you to Hilton hotel dinner and overnight.
DAY - 2
NAIROBI TO MASAI MARA
Pick up from the hotel and drive to Masai Mara reserve via the Great Rift Valley view point for photos of serene features on the rift valley floor. Proceed to Kenya’s finest wild life haven Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving at lunch time and rest. Later proceed for the afternoon game in search for the predators and grazers that inhabit the reserve. Dinner and overnight at Mara sopa lodge.
DAY - 3
MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
After an early morning breakfast, you will have a whole day game viewing and exploring the reserve in search for the big 5 and other wild animals like: Cheetah, Hyena, Giraffe, Zebras, Impalas, Hartebeest, OrbiS Warthog and then later visit the Masai village to experience their traditional way of life dinner and overnight at Mara sopa lodge.
DAY - 4
MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE TO ENTEBBE (UGANDA)
After breakfast you will check out completely, have a game drive as you leave for Nairobi to catch up with your flight to Uganda. You will carry packed lunch en route to Nairobi. You will be received by the company guide who will transfer you to Acacia lodge in Kampala dinner and overnight.
DAY - 5
KAMPALA TO KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
Your guide will pick you at 7:30am and start your journey to Kibale National Park. On the way to Kibale you will go through villages and towns arriving at Chimpanzee guest house in Kibale at the right time for lunch. You will check in the lodge and later have lunch. The afternoon will be for relaxing but you can have a nature walk around the lodge, other optional activities include bird watching, walking along the crater lakes and village walks dinner and overnight.
DAY - 6
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, you will drive to Kanyanchu tourist Centre for a briefing and later set out for chimpanzee tracking. There are high chances of chimpanzee tracking. Chimpanzee are the most sought after primates by visitors but you should also look for the black and white colobus, red tailed monkey or the gery checked mangabey. The guide will also shows pittas and otherbird species plus different tree species. When you return, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch and later in the afternoon go Bigodi swamp walk which is community managed dinner and overnight.
DAY - 7
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK TO BWINDI NATIONAL PARK
With memories from the previous day you will have an early breakfast and then proceed to Bwindi impenetrable forest via Queen Elizabeth National Park especially the Ishasha sector which is famous for tree climbing lions, you will also spot other wild animals. You will have you parked lunch at the gate of the Ishasha sector and later proceed to Bwindi. The drive takes you through the valleys and hills arriving late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Rushaga gorilla camp.
DAY - 8
BWINDI IMPENETRABLE PARK
Your driver will transfer you to the start point for tracking after breakfast, this is a full day a ctivity . You will relatively wake up early for the heartily breakfast to give you the energy needed for your gorilla track. By 08:00, report to the park offices for registration and group allocation. The rangers will take you through thick forest, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. The tracking can take between 30 minutes to 7 hours. Always listen to instructions of the guide. Once your done you will head back to the starting point and later to the lodge for a leisure evening or village walk depending on the strength you will be having, dinner and overnight at Rushage gorilla camp.
DAY - 9
BWINDI TO ENTEBBE AIRPORT
Start the day early by having breakfast and drive back to Entebbe airport for your home flight or for an overnight stay in Kampala and fly out at leisure.
DAY - 9
NAIROBI CITY TOUR
We pick you up at your hotel morning at 7:30am and drive to Nairobi Park which is about 20minutes drive from the city center. Here you will see wild animals like: lions, hyenas, zebras, giraffes, antelopes and ostrich.
We leave Nairobi national park and drive to Sheldrick Elephant orphanage which opens to visitors for 1 hour between 11-12 noon and lunch. After lunch we visit the Giraffe Centre to take up close encounters and amazing pictures. You can also feed them with food provided at the Centre .After wards we drive you back to your lodge.
Hell’s Gate and Lake Naivasha safari
This a private tour and will be picked up anywhere in Nairobi. This is one day tour where you will be visiting Lake Naivasha for walking or biking safari in the Hells gate National Park. Some opt to drive which is allowed also and later you will be taken to the shores of Lake Naivasha for a boat ride.
Depart Nairobi around 7:00am drive towards lake Naivasha, brief stopover at the great rift valley view point. Arrive at Hells gate at around 9:00am. Start off the biking tour for 2hours, visit the gorges, caves where you can walk through and this takes 1 hour. Drive to Naivasha fisherman’s camp for lunch and later take a boat ride on the lake for bird and hippo viewing till 4:00pm and drive back to Nairobi.