Masai Mara Gorillas & chimpanzee safari for 10 Days
Masai Mara, Gorillas & chimpanzee safari for 10 Days – Masai mara wildlife reserve, Bwindi impenetrable National park and Kibale forest National park
Masai Mara, gorillas & chimpanzee safari for 10 days – This adventure awaits you to combine a safari tour through Kenya and Uganda. In the Masai Mara, you will embark on incredible wildlife safari drives to spot big cats such as Cheetahs, Leopards, and Lions, with opportunities to visit a Masai community and learn about this nomadic culture.
During this Kenya and Uganda safari, you experience the best of East African wildlife Uganda and Kenya has to offer. The safari can start in either Uganda-Entebbe or Nairobi-Kenya and on the way towards Uganda you will experience the Masai Mara among other fascinating things. In Uganda the highlight is Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Our Masai-Mara, gorillas & chimpanzee safari itinerary:
Day one: Arrival at the International Airport in Nairobi
You will be picked up by our professional driver guide at the airport. Heading to Nairobi to spend the night at a hotel to relax after your flight and be ready for the adventure starting the next day in the morning. Depending on arrival time there can be traffic from the airport.
Overnight in Nairobi
Day Two: After breakfast depart for Masai Mara
Masai Mara is one of East Africa’s most famous wildlife reserves in Kenya. The Masai Mara consists of undulating hills and great rolling grasslands that sustain some of the most varied wildlife in Africa, if not the world. Arrive in time for lunch and after enjoy the afternoon game viewing, where you will see wildlife like the Lions, Elephants, Cheetah, Giraffe, Buffalo, Wildebeest, Gazelle and other plains game abound, not forgetting the hundreds of different bird species.
Overnight in Masai Mara
Day Three: Explore the Masai Mara
The whole day is dedicated to game spotting and viewing in this sprawling reserve. If we wake up with luck, we can watch a Lion, Cheetah or Leopard hunting or feasting on its kill. Option of a visit to the Masai village in the afternoon and enjoy the exhilarating experience.
Overnight in Masai Mara
Day Four: Another full day in Masai Mara game reserve
Early morning wake up call. Tea, coffee and cookies will be served in the lodge, and then set out for a full day game drive in the reserve. This early morning time is usually the most popular game viewing time. During the early hours when temperatures are low, thus providing a favourable atmosphere both for the game and the viewers. Lion, Cheetah and Leopard roam the vast grasslands in search for their next meal, it may be an unsuspecting impala or even a small one like the warthog whatever the players, the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awesome and inspiring. Hopefully this last day in Masai Mara is a great one of your Masai Mara and Uganda Gorilla safari.
Overnight in Masai Mara
Day Five: Transfer to the Airport for your flight to Uganda
After your breakfast you will transfer to the Airport in Nairobi for your flight to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda. Depending on your arrival time you can choose to drive around the Entebbe peninsular of a city tour to Kampala the capital of Uganda.
Overnight in Entebbe/Kampala
Day Six: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
We leave Entebbe or Kampala in the morning to drive on the adventurous road leading to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, through different towns and cities with stopovers at the Equator line and a lunch stop. Drive through the green rolling hills of Kigezi region with bananas, tea and potatoes plantations as you transfer to Bwindi Mountains the home of the Mountain Gorillas. It is a beautiful drive taking us from savannah, on to villages and cultivated hills and finally up to the forest covered mountains of Bwindi forest where you will experience one of the highlights on your Masai Mara and Uganda Gorilla safari next day.
Overnight at the Lodge in Bwindi
Day Seven: Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Early breakfast, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is the home to the forest giants that are cousins to human beings, the Mountain Gorillas. You head into the jungle in a group with a specialized ranger guide and trek to the point where the Gorillas are. An unforgettable hour is then spent with the Mountain Gorillas. This Impenetrable Forest is full of bird species, butterflies and plant species plus forest hog, forest Elephants and many more.
Overnight at the Lodge in Bwindi
Day Eight Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast, you will transfer to kibale Forest National Park. This journey will take through Queen Elizabeth National Park with chances of spotting some wildlife as you drive within the National Park. You will have another chance to cross the Equator line as you proceed for lunch in Fort Portal town and later to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day Nine: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest National Park
After an early breakfast you will drive to Kibale Forest National Park for a briefing and then start your Chimpanzee tracking experience in the forest. This National Park is popular for primates and different bird species including the endemic bird species here the Green breasted pitta. This National Park hosts 12 registered primate species. Chimpanzees live in communities of about 50-150 individuals but break into small groups during the day to reduce on the competition while browsing. You will be allowed one hour with the Chimpanzees before returning to the lodge in the afternoon and maybe take a wetland or a community walk in Bigidi community village.
Day Ten: Transfer to Entebbe for your flight out
After breakfast we start the journey back to Entebbe for your flight out or Kampala if you still have some few days within the country. Along the way we have a lunch stop at the Equator line and you can pose on the spot where the northern and southern hemispheres meet. Continue on to reach Entebbe during the afternoon where your driver guide drops you at the Airport as we have reached the end of your Masai Ma,Gorillas & chimpanzee safari.