19 DAYS UGANDA - KENYA PRIVATE SAFARI
Trip Facts: This tour will be arranged exclusively for you
Getting there: This tour starts in Uganda and ends in Kenya- Fly to Entebbe International airport - Departure through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Destinations Visited: Mabamba swamp area, Ziwa rhino sanctuary, Murchison falls National Park, Kibale National park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyambura Game reserve, Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Lake Bunyonyi, Amboseli National Park, Lake Naivasha and Masai Mara.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
DAY 1: ARRIVAL - PICK UP AT ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Upon your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, our driver will meet you and take you to your reserved accommodation in Entebbe for a chance to unwind.
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Entebbe or Boma hotel Entebbe (Bed & Breakfast)t
Drive time: 10 minutes
DAY 2: MABAMBA SWAMP VISIT
After Breakfast, our tour guide will be on ground for pick up to drive you to Nakiwogo landing site on Lake Victoria where we will take your boat to Mabamba Bay for our shoe bill / birding adventure.
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Entebbe or Boma hotel Entebbe (Bed & Breakfast)
Drive Time: 15 minutes
DAY 3: TRANSFER TO MURCHISON FALLS - ZIWA RHINO TRACKING
Have an early breakfast, meet our guide and start your adventure to Murchison falls national park. Along the way we visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary where you will track rhinos on foot. This activity will take 2 hours later drive for lunch in Masindi. After lunch we embark on our journey to the park, visit the top of the falls where you will enjoy the scenery of the heavy falls and photography. Later drive to our booked accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: Fort Murchison lodge
Midrange: Pakuba Lodge
Luxury: Para safari lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch & Dinner / Drive Time: 5 hours
DAY 4: MORNING GAME DRIVE - AFTRENOON BOAT CRUISE
Have breakfast as early as 6:00 am and drive to the park to the Nyamisika plateau where a lot of early risers will be seen such as Buffaloes, Waterbucks, Giraffes, Leopards, Lions, Warthogs among many others. Enjoy a half day game drive session in the park, later have a picnic lunch in the park. After lunch, you will have a 2 hours boat cruise to the bottom of the falls where you will spot various hippos in water, Nile crocodiles, view animals like elephants buffaloes, water-bucks drinking water along the shores, for bird watchers expect to spot different bird species including the kingfisher, fish eagle, hornbill, bee-eaters among others. Return to the lodge for relaxation dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: Fort Murchison lodge
Midrange: Pakuba Lodge
Luxury: Para safari lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
DAY 5: TRANSFER FROM MURCHISON TO KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, we check out of the lodge meet our guide and start your journey to Kibale Forest National Park also known as the primate capital. On the way you will have en-route lunch, enjoy stunning views of the beautiful scenery, landscape, tea and banana plantations, as you have stopovers to take pictures and stretch your legs. Arrive at our booked accommodation for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: Isunga lodge / Kibale forest camp
Midrange: Turracco treetops / Rubalika safari lodge
Luxury: Chimpudu Lodge Kibale
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch & Dinner / Travel Time: 6 -7 hours
DAY 6: CHIMPANZEE TRACKING IN KIBALE
After an early breakfast, meet the guide to transfer to Kanyachu visitors Centre for briefing about the rules and regulations to follow during the trek. After briefing you will be subdivided into groups where each group will be allocated a habituated chimpanzee family to trek with the help of a park guide. Trekking chimpanzees takes about 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on where the chimps are located since they move from one place to another in search for food. During this trek, you will also be able to spot other primates such as the blue monkeys, Grey cheeked manga-bey, black and white colobus monkeys, L hoest monkeys with different bird species and plant species. Have lunch and enjoy a swamp walk at Bigodi, this wetland is a home gifted with a number of birds, mammal and primates. Later return to the lodge for relaxation dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: Isunga lodge / Kibale forest camp
Midrange: Turracco treetops / Rubalika safari lodge
Luxury: Chimpudu Lodge Kibale
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch & Dinner
DAY 7: TRANSFER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast check out of the accommodation, meet the guide and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park - Game drive along the way to our booked accommodation.
Accommodation:
Budget: The Bush lodge Queen
Midrange: Buffalo safari lodge
Luxury: Mweya safari lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner / Travel time: 3 hours
DAY 8: MORNING GAME DRIVE IN QUEEN AND AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE
Morning breakfast as early as 6:00 am, meet our guide to start your game drive. You will be able to spot wild animals such as Elephants, lions, kobs, leopards, bush bucks, warthogs, different bird species among others. Have lunch and enjoy a boat trip at the Kazinga channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. This boat trip takes about 2 to 3 hours enjoying views of a large concentration of hippos, elephants, buffaloes, water bucks, bird species. Later drive back to the lodge for relaxation dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: The Bush lodge Queen
Midrange: Buffalo safari lodge
Luxury: Mweya saffari lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
DAY 9: CHIMPANZEE TRACKING KYAMBURA GORGE
Enjoy your breakfast and drive to Kyambura gorge for a chimpanzee tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth.
Accommodation:
Budget: The Bush Queen lodge
Midrange: Buffalo safari lodge
Luxury: Mweya saffari lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
DAY 10: ISHASHA SECTOR - TRANSFER TO BWINDI FOREST
Leisurely breakfast, check out of our accommodation and drive to the ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park. Have a game drive in this sector. This game drive will give you a chance of viewing more wildlife most especially the famous Tree-climbing lions of the ishasha sector. Later have your lunch and start our journey to Bwindi impenetrable national park to your booked accommodation for relaxation dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: Ride 4 a woman
Midrange: Engagi lodge
Luxury: Mahogany springs
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner / Travel Time: 3 hours
DAY 11: GORILLA TREKKING ADVENTURE & OPTIONAL BATWA CULTURAL TOUR
Have an early morning breakfast, with your packed lunches you will drive to the headquarters for briefing. After briefing you will be subdivided into groups of 8 to start your trek guided by park rangers. This trek might take between 30 minutes to 8 hours depending on where the gorillas spent the night. Once you meet face to face with these majestic creatures, you are allowed to spend 1 hour with them. Later head back to the park headquarters where you will be rewarded a certificate for completion of a gorilla trek in Bwindi. We later drive back to the lodge for refreshment and a short relaxation, then have an optional guided tour to the Batwa community for some cultural encounters with these friendly people like traditional dances, songs, you will also get to know about their back ground, ways of life, traditional practices like making fire out of wood. Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Budget: Ride 4 a woman
Midrange: Engagi lodge
Luxury: Mahogany springs
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
DAY 12: DEPARTURE BWINDI - TRANSFER TO KAMPALA
Lazy wake up, have breakfast and check out of the lodge for transfer to Kampala. There will be a stop for lunch and at the Equator in Kayabwe for photos and refreshments with an opportunity to buy some craft gifts at Equator craft shops then proceed on the drive to your accommodation in Kampala. Check in at our hotel and relaxation.
Accommodation options: Cassia lodge / Onomo hotel Kampala
Travel Time: 8 hours / Meal plan: Breakfast lunch
DAY 13: PICK UP FROM HOTEL - DROP OFF TO ENTEBBE AIRPORT FOR KENYA
Our driver will be on time to pick you up and drive to Entebbe International Airport to catch your flight to Nairobi - Kenya
Upon arrival at the airport in Kenya, meet our driver for transfer to your booked accommodation in Nairobi.
Accommodation options: Eka Hotel Nairobi or similar
DAY 14: PICK UP FROM HOTEL IN NAIROBI - TRANSFER TO AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi and drive to Amboseli National park - Have lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive.
Budget: Sentrim Amboseli lodge
Midrange: Amboseli Sopa lodge
Luxury: OI Tukai Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner / Drive time: 3hrs 45 mins
DAY 15: FULL DAY GAME DRIVE IN AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Have an early morning breakfast, meet your guide and start your game drive in the park where you will spot wildlife like lions, elephants, buffalo, hippos, hyena, leopard among many others.
Accommodation
Budget: Sentrim Amboseli lodge
Midrange: Amboseli Sopa lodge
Luxury: OI Tukai Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
DAY 16: TRANFER FROM AMBOSELI TO LAKE NAIVASHA
Leisurely breakfast, we check out of the accommodation and transfer to Lake Naivasha - enroute stopover at the Great Valley View point - Afternoon Lake Naivasha boat safari and Crescent island walking safari.
Accommodation:
Budget: Panaroma park view Hotel
Midrange: Lake Naivasha Simba Resort
Luxury: Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
Meal plan: Breadkfast lunch dinner / Drive time: 5hrs
DAY 17: TRANSFER TO MASAI MARA
After breakfast, check out and continue our journey to Masai Mara National Park - Arrive on time for lunch and enjoy and evening game drive in the park.
Accommodation
Budget: Lechanda tourist camp
Midrange: Sentrim Mara Camp
Luxury: Mara Maisha camp
Drive time: 4 hrs / Meal plan: Breakfast lunch dinner
DAY 18: FULL DAY GAME DRIVE IN MASAI MARA
Have an early morning breakfast and drive to the park entrance for our second game drive, this experience will give you chances of spotting more wildlife in the park - have our picnic lunch and more game drive. Later you may opt to visit the Masai village where you will get to learn about their culture, activities and ways of life. Return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight,
Accommodation
Budget: Lechanda tourist camp
Midrange: Sentrim Mara Camp
Luxury: Mara Maisha camp
Meal plan: Breakfast lunch dinner
DAY 19: TRANSFER FROM MASAI MARA TO NAIROBI
Have breakfast and transfer back to Nairobi to your booked hotel in Nairobi or to the Airport to catch your flight to your next destination
Drive time: 5hrs 45 mins / Meal plan: Breakfast lunch