10 Days Kenya Tanzania Uganda Gorilla Safari: Experience the wilderness of East Africa and incredible encounters with some of the regions’ remarkable wildlife and primates on this 10 Days Kenya Tanzania Uganda Gorilla Safari
Highlights of 10 Days Kenya, Tanzania Uganda Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara
Day 2: Full Day in Masai Mara
Day 3: Masai Mara – Serengeti National Park
Day 4: Full Day in Serengeti
Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day 6: Full Day in Ngorongoro Crater
Day 7: Fly to Entebbe – Uganda
Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Forest
Day 9: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Day 10: Departure
Detailed itinerary of 10 Days Kenya, Tanzania Uganda Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara
You will be met by our company representative either at your hotel in Nairobi or at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport upon arrival. After a short briefing about the safari, you will embark on a journey to Masai Mara National Reserve with brief stop in Narok town where you will purchase several hand-made pieces. Continue to the reserve arriving in time for lunch, have en-route game drive as you proceed to your lodge, in the afternoon you will be taken for a game drive.
Overnight: Sekenani Camp
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Full Day in Masai Mara
After breakfast, you will head out for a full day Masai Mara Safari Experience, you will have an option of morning and afternoon game drives or a full day game drive with packed lunch. After viewing wildlife calling the Masai Mara Plains home, you will have an option of visiting a cultural Masai Village as you drive back to your camp.
Overnight: Sekenani Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Masai Mara – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast at the lodge, you will embark on a journey to Serengeti National Park with a drive through Isebania Border/Sirari. You will be assisted by your driver-guide to clear customs, have picnic lunch along the way. On arrival at Serengeti National Park, you will have an en-route game drive as you head to the camp.
Overnight: Serengeti Katikati Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Full Day in Serengeti
After breakfast, you will enjoy full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park. Serengeti together with Masai Mara host the annual wildebeest migration, the largest migration of land animals. Serengeti is a UNESO World Heritage offering great wildlife viewing opportunities, some of the animals to lookout for include lions, leopards, buffaloes, gazelles, wildebeests, elephants, zebras, giraffes among others and extensive birdlife.
Overnight: Serengeti Katikati Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Have an early morning game drive at Serengeti National Park before returning for breakfast. Then you will have an en-route game drive through Serengeti as you proceed to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Ngorongoro Crater is a world Heritage Site and the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera often referred to as a wonder of the world. Along the way you will enjoy breath-taking views of scenery and game from both the crater rims and within the crater.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Full Day in Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will depart for Ngorongoro Crater, the 8th Wonder of the World. Descend into the crater for a full day game drive, this 165 km square paradise was formed by the collapse of an ancient volcano more than 25 million years ago. The crater is home to more than 30,000 resident mammals and a delicate balance of predator and prey.
There is a good chance of seeing the Big Five during your full day game driving on the crater floor. Enjoy your picnic lunch on the crater floor, served near a hippo pool. In the evening, you return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Fly to Entebbe – Uganda
After an early morning breakfast, embark on a drive to Arusha where you will catch a flight to Entebbe International Airport, Uganda. Upon landing you will meet your guide and drive you to your hotel and spend the rest of the day at relaxation.
Overnight: Best Western Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Forest
Have early breakfast, check out of your lodge and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a stopover at the Equator Monument in Kayabwe for pictures. Continue to Bwindi with lunch in Mbarara, arrive in the park in the evening and spend the rest of day at relaxation.
Overnight: Buhoma Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Wake up early for breakfast, meet your guide and head to the briefing point at the park headquarters where you will receive information about gorilla trekking. In groups of 8 people you will head to the starting point, trek into the misty forest looking for mountain gorillas. The trek is challenging because of the steep slopes and high altitude but it is worth every effort. When you locate the gorilla family you are trekking, you will be allowed to spend only one hour in the presence of the gorillas taking pictures, and videos, watch them play, feed and groom each other.
Once time is over, you will reluctantly leave and head back to your vehicles and drive back to the lodge. In the evening, you will go for a Batwa Village Visit where you will enjoy interacting the forest people.
Overnight: Buhoma Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Departure
After breakfast, you will embark on a journey back to Uganda. You will be dropped off at the airport to catch your flight back home.