10 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking, Masai Mara, Naivasha, Manyara & Ngorongoro Safari - Itinerary

Our guide/driver picks you at 7:30 am from your hotel or place of residence in Entebbe or Kampala. Drive to Mbarara (283km from Kampala) via Masaka. Make a first stop over at Equator crossing for snacks and photography. Proceed with a visit to Igongo Cultural village this is more rewarding and amazing as you visit the Ankole museum. Lunch break is made at Agip Motel Mbarara. After lunch, drive to Bwindi. This is the lushest highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates and exotic birds, valleys, hilltops and papyrus swamps. Dinner and overnight a lodge/Hotel

Begin the day with breakfast ready for trekking, which begins at 8:00 am with a briefing from the UWA staff. Ensure to carry along with you rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots etc The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The tracking may take between 2 and 6 hours but it’s well worth the effort. The afternoon is spent on a village walk. The Buhoma Village Walk gives you a great opportunity to see how the people surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. It also is a great way to support the local community in a direct way. The Walk begins with your guide at Buhoma Community Rest Camp and is most informative,
rewarding to the average visitor. It will amaze you how resourceful the local people are as you see and learn their ways. Dinner and overnight a lodge/Hotel

After your morning breakfast, drive back to Kampala using Kasese-Fort Portal road via Queen Elizabeth National Park for enroute game viewing if you lucky you may spot the Elephants, Antelopes and the Warthogs. A stop over at the Equator line in Kasese. Enjoy the winding scenery of the foot hills of Mt. Rwenzori arriving in Fort Portal for lunch thereafter continue to Kampala or Entebbe for your outgoing flight back home or to Nairobi. Overnight at Nairobi Hotel

You will be picked up at the hotel and after a short safari briefing, depart to masai Mara passing through the highly agricultural highlands of the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley you will have a stopover at view point. At 2,200 meters above the sea level, views of mount Longonot hundreds of meters below on the rift valley floor are spectacular, highest in altitude of the Rift Valley lakes sparkles at a distance. Descend the escarpment to Narok and proceed to masai Mara arriving in time for lunch. You will check in at the Camp, have lunch followed by a short break to refresh then later proceed for evening game drive till dark. Dinner and overnight at your camp/lodge.

Day 2 in Masai Mara will be full day of game drive, breakfast will be served very early, then our cook will pack for you fresh picnic lunch since the whole day will be exploring the Masai Mara famous 7th wonders of the World. This game reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The Mara's gentle fertile climate bounded by The Rift, offers perhaps the richest stocked reserve set within some 1672 sq km - an unlimited spectacle of wildlife. Located 268 km west of Nairobi, the emphasis here is on game. Herds of immense Elephants, browse among Lion, Buffalo, Thompson Gazelle, Zebra and Topi. You may occasionally sight black Rhino. In the Mara River(where you will enjoy your picnic lunch) Hippos play and Cross bask on the banks. The annual migration of a million Wildebeest follows the rains north. Dinner and overnight at your camp/lodge.

You will wake up for breakfast then depart for Lake Naivasha via Narok town. You will have a stop over for lunch and continue to Lake Naivasha arriving in the afternoon. You will have an option to visit hell’s gate where you may ride bikes as inside the park/ game drive or visit crescent island for a walking safari using a boat ride. Dinner & overnight at Camp/lodge .

After your breakfast you will depart to Arusha via Nairobi. Our journey will take us across the border of Kenya into Tanzania. Once on the border you will clear with the immigration procedures and then continue with your drive arriving at Arusha in time for lunch. After your lunch you will be transferred by our driver to lake Manyara known for its famous Tree climbing lions. On arrival you will head for game drive in the park till late in the evening when you will be transferred to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight

After an early breakfast you will depart for Ngorongoro crater with lunch enroute. Ngorongoro is an impressive 20 km wide volcanic crater with 600 m walls. The views from the crater rim are breathtaking, and there is an ever-present abundance of wildlife, due to the permanent water supply on the crater floor. You will descend down the crater for game drive in search of the big five as well as other wild animlas. Later you will be transferred to your lodge for dinner and overnight

After breakfast we will driven back to Nairobi/Arusha with lunch enroute depending on your departure flight.