uganda/kenya/tanzania safari combination

Uganda / Kenya / Tanzania Safari 14 days 13 nights

Where you go: The safari takes you to Kibale and Bwindi National Parks in Uganda for the best primate trekking, and to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation. Proceed to Kenya to Lake Nakuru and Maasai Mara National parks. And you finally cross to Tanzania for game viewing in Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Day 1 – ENTEBBE / KAMPALA
You are met on arrival at Entebbe International Airport and transferred to your Hotel – accommodation on bed and breakfast basis in Kampala.

Day 2 – Kibale Forest
After breakfast drive westwards to Kibale National Park. After lunch, explore the area of the crater lakes at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. Dinner and overnight in the Lodge.

Day 3 – Bwindi Impenetrable
After early breakfast, go for the chimpanzee trekking and primates viewing in Kibale Forest. After lunch proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National park for dinner and overnight in Lodge.

Day 4 – Mountain Gorillas tracking
After breakfast and briefing from the guides, set off for the gorilla tracking in the forest sanctuary. Packed lunch. After tracking, transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and overnight in Lodge.

Day 5 – Lake Bunyonyi
After breakfast you can take a boat ride along the lake, for birding activities and to experience the culture of the Bakiga people. Proceed to Kampala for dinner and overnight in the hotel.

Day 6 - NAIROBI
(Pax depart Entebbe on a morning flight)
On arrival at JKIA, you are met and driven to the Aberdares / to a Tree Hotel for an afternoon / evening of game viewing from the Hotel’s Balconies. Dinner and overnight – The Ark, Treetops or Mountain Lodge on the western shoulder of the mighty Mt. Kenya

Day 7 – The Great Rift Valley
Leave leisurely after breakfast and drive via the Nyahururu Water Falls (Thompson Falls – commonly known as the T-falls!) stopping to view, and down the escarpment into the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch at your lodge will be followed by an afternoon game drive in this small game & bird-filled Park returning at dusk for dinner and overnight

Day 8 - Maasai Mara
After breakfast, continue across the floor of the Great Rift Valley past the Maasai town of Narok to the legendary Maasai Mara National Reserve – to many, the jewel and highlight of the safari expedition, by lunch time. Enjoy an afternoon game drive returning to your lodge for dinner and overnight

Day 9 – Maasai Mara
A full day in the Mara with game drives (2 game drives – an early morning game drive and a late afternoon one, each of 3 hrs). All meals and overnight as above

Day 10 – Maasai Mara
An early morning game drive in the Mara is followed by breakfast and thereafter, return to Nairobi to arrive by mid afternoon (kindly note that; lunch on this day is NOT included in the cost but can be arranged on request)
Overnight – Bed and breakfast

Day 11 – Nbo / Arusha / Lake Manyara
Leave Nairobi early after breakfast by a tourist shuttle bus to Arusha to arrive by lunch time. After lunch, continue to Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive, heading on to your Hotel at dusk – dinner and overnight.

Day 12 – Ngorongoro
Continue to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descent into the Crater for a full day Crater Tour with Picnic lunch. Ascend to your Hotel / Lodge on the Crater rim at dusk for dinner and overnight.

Day 13 - Ngorongoro / Arusha / Nairobi
Taking an early morning view of the crater from your Hotel & breakfast, return to Arusha and connect to an afternoon shuttle bus back to Nairobi. Overnight – Bed and breakfast (if catching an evening flight from Nairobi, safari can end on this day with the shuttle bus dropping pax at the airport for their flight out).

Day 14 – Depart