Uganda Gorilla trek & game

9-Day Mgahinga Gorilla,Trek Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Naivasha Park

$2650-2800 USD

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Safari summary

Our itinerary covers two of the most popular countries for game drives as well as a gorilla trekking safari. It will take you to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda via the Kenya-Uganda border and Jinja Town via the Busia border. The safari starts when you are picked up at your hotel or the airport in Kenya. Enjoy the great wildebeest migration in Masai Mara and transfer across Kenya to the border of Uganda. In Uganda, you will trek the mountain gorillas.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Primate trekking
	Activity level	Moderate activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Kenya Uganda
	Parks	Lake Nakuru Masai Mara Mgahinga

Fine details

Safari highlights

Bird watching—with professional guide
Walking safari—with armed guard
Wildlife sanctuaries

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Nairobi City - Maasai Mara Reserve

Masai Mara

Pick up from the airport or hotel and given pre-departure briefing before safaris. We drive through the view point of the Great Rift Valley escarpment to the Narok county the land of Maa people. Maasai Mara national reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest’s migration and is home of the Big Five: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo and Rhino. Arrive for lunch at the Lodge and relax before departing for the afternoon drive.

Accommodation: Aa Mara lodge

Maasai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara

On the second day,have your morning breakfast ready to be served. Today, you will enjoy a full-day game drive in the reserve, with your picnic lunch. Mara Reserve is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Mara Triangle bordering the Mara River with lush grassland and acacia woodlands, this is always good for game drive. The Mara is perhaps best known for the Great Migration. During migration savannah is dotted black by more than 1.5 M.

Accommodation: Aa Mara lodge

Maasai Mara Reserve - Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru

Have your breakfast then depart to Lake Nakuru Park is one of the best national parks in Kenya given that it has one of the Rift Valley soda Lakes. After lunch take a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, which is well known as bird lover’s hub because of the numerous birds that make home in this park. Lake Nakuru kenya Park is home to over 400 bird species including the flamingos that live on the lake and in the park’s savannah grasslands.

Accommodation: Lake Nakuru lodge.

Lake Nakuru National Park – Jinja

Today we head to Jinja. After breakfast in your hotel, you will depart Nakuru for Jinja, driving across the Malaba border. You will pass by the source of the Nile River, the world’s longest. It begins its journey here before crossing through ten African countries and plunging into the Mediterranean Sea. Jinja town is regarded as the adventure capital of East Africa. It is a place brimming with adventure sports and activities, including white water rafting, bungee jumping, and kayaking.

Overnight will be at Paradise Jinja Hotel.

Jinja Town – Kabale - L Bunyonyi

Wake up into a different climate zone, have your breakfast. Then be drive down to Kabale, Uganda’s highest town (2000m), witnessing beautiful, lush scenery along the way. We will camp at Lake Bunyonyi, Africa’s deepest crater lake (900m). Bunyonyi means “place of the little birds”, so you can expect to view interesting and unique birdlife while staying here. Enjoy a beautiful drive over the mountains as we transfer to our base in Kisoro, which sits on the southwestern tip of Uganda.

Accommodation: Overnight at Bunyonyi Overland

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Mgahinga

Today we embark on the experience of a lifetime. Trek through the early morning mist in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, which is home to roughly half of the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Experienced local guides will lead you through the thick mountain jungle. Once we locate the gorillas, we will stay and observe them for about an hour (this time is strictly regulated by the Uganda Wildlife Authority).

Overnight at the Bunyonyi Overland Resort.

Bunyonyi Uganda – Kabale – Jinja

Wake up in the morning, have your breakfast. Then be drive down to Jinja Town. Today you have all time to have your extra activities at your extra cost. In jinja town we have water Tubing at White Nile river. They are able to provides exhilarating Whitewater Tubing, Flat water Tubing, Extreme Tubing, Whitewater Rafting, Bungee Jumping, Quad Biking, kayaking, Horse Riding, Bike Riding, Boat Cruises and many more activities make for fun and memorable adventures but only if your interesting.

Overnight will be at Paradise Jinja Hotel.

Jinja Town - Lake Naivasha

After breakfast, head north, passing through Naivasha town and drive around the southern end of the lake, past the flower farms to the entrance of Hell’s Gate National Park. Soon after you enter the park the impressive landscape unfolds before you a semi-arid world with sheer rugged cliffs, open plains, and deep concealed gorges. An afternoon boat ride at extra cost among colonies of hippos will be ideal view over the Lake Naivasha.

Accommodation: Naivasha Kongoni Lodge

Lake Naivasha Park - Nairobi

Wake up in the morning and you breakfast will be at 7.30 am and you will be picked up by your driver/guide at 8:30 am. End your time in Lake Naivasha National Park with an early drive back to Nairobi, at which point the tour will come to its conclusion.

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