14 Days Kenya Uganda Wildlife & Primates Safari
14 Days Kenya Uganda Wildlife & Primates Safari
14 Days Kenya Uganda Wildlife & Primates Safari is the best highlight from both Kenya and Uganda, a combination of two-weeks safari tour that takes you to experience the African wilderness in Maasai Mara among other magnificent safari destination in Kenya, In Uganda this safari takes you to highlight in trekking great apes which are said to be 98% of human genes, trekking the mountain gorillas and Chimpanzees ‘’primates’’. The safari begins in Nairobi Kenya and ends in Uganda’s Primative safari destination.
Highlight of 14 Days Kenya Adventurous Safari
- Day 1: Welcome to Nairobi
- Day 2: Transfer to Maasai Mara National Par
- Day3: Experience Masai Mara
- Day 4: Full Day in Maasai Mara
- Day 5: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park
- Day 6: Morning Game drive in Lake Nakuru and Transfer to Uganda
- Day 7: Transfer to Jinja –Visit Source of the Nile
- Day 8: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
- Day9: Chimpanzee tracking or Habituation
- Day 10: Birding and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP
- Day 11: Morning Game drive and Boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth
- Day 12: Morning game drive &Transfer to Bwindi Forest Via Ishasha’s Sector
- Day 13: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi
- Day 14: Transfer to Entebbe for A Flight
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to Nairobi
Welcome to Nairobi: On day 1 of the 14 days combined safari tour to Kenya and Uganda, you will arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport and be welcomed by our tour driver or guide for the Kenya and Uganda safari at the Airport. Then you will be driven to one of the hotel in Nairobi city to spend the night there and be ready for the safari adventure starting the next day. Check in at the hotel for a lunch, relax and dinner depending on arrival time there can be traffic jam heading from the Airport and makes you to delay on the way.
Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Maasai Mara National Park
Transfer to Maasai Mara National Park: You will wake up from the hotel, have breakfast served with delicious snacks, then check out of the hotel and be transferred to the most renowned park in the world Maasai Mara National Park, we shall go winding with lots of excitement of the great views of the great rift valley as well as being rewarded with Kenya’s Country side. Arrive in time, check in at the lodge and have lunch.
Afternoon game viewing: After having lunch, drive to the park to get more excitement of game viewing in Mara plains, some of wildlife you will be able see include lions, buffaloes, wildebeest, elephants, cheetah, giraffes, gazelles not only that but also getting sightseeing of numerous unique species of birds. Return back for freshen up, dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Day 3: Experience Maasai Mara
Experience Masai Mara: Wake up early, enjoy your breakfast, meet your driver to drive you to Masai Mara reserve to experience its beauty and if you’re luck in early morning, we can watch a lion, leopard or cheetahs hunting on its kill. If you visit this park in period in between August to October it can go beyond you expected than ever before in life time, as you can be lucky enough to encounter in great migration of wildebeest crossing from Mara River to Serengeti national park a nearby national park from Tanzania.
Another option, you can go visit to Masai village and experience the life of Maasai people and be amazed with life style and traditional wear. What an exhilarating experience. Return for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Full Day Game Drive
Full Day Game Drive: Wake up, have breakfast with snacks served in the lodge, after set out for Full day game drive in the reserve. This early time is the best popular game viewing time to see the big cats and the temperature can be on low degrees thus providing atmosphere both for the game and the viewer. You can see lions, cheetahs and Leopards on their hunt in the vast savannah grassland, you can also see antelopes around, the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awe experience. Hopefully this last day in Maasai Mara national park is a great exposure one of your Kenya & Uganda Safari. Back to the lodge for dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park
Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park: You will wake up, have breakfast. After check out of the Maasai Mara and head towards Lake Nakuru national park, the second visited park on our Kenya & Uganda safari. The drive will take you through attractive nature to see the salt lakes passing via Naivasha area. Arrive in afternoon, check in to the lodge, have lunch.
Nature walk: After having late lunch, you can go for an evening nature walk around the lake and be able to spot millions of flamingos plus other water species. Return for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Morning Game drive and transfer to Uganda
Morning game drive: Wake up have breakfast served at the lodge, drive for game drive in the park near the lake where you will be able to see millions of seasonal pink flamingos, spot rhinos, zebras, gazelles, buffalos, leopard, waterbuck. Having a chance to spot rhinos is an excellent here. Enjoy the rewarding view from the top of the hills above the lake and you can be able see the Rock hyrax, a close creature relative to elephants. Return for early lunch and check out.
Transfer to Uganda with a first stop in Nakuru town, then drive towards Eldoret, Kenya’s fourth largest city, we shall continue to the Uganda border for an overnight across. The border crossing can be become slow by spending a lot of time here, but it can be a time of experience. Continue drive to the town Tororo to spend your first night in Uganda during your Kenya & Uganda Safari Tour. Dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Transfer to Jinja –Visit the Source of the Nile
Transfer to Jinja: You will wake up, enjoy your breakfast and we drive further into Uganda the second country of the 14 Days Kenya Uganda Wildlife & Primates Safari. On our Uganda tour you will first visit Jinja at the source of the Nile along Lake Victoria, where you can engage in different incredible activities such as water rafting, Bungee Jumping, Kayaking, swimming, Horse Riding, Squad Biking among others, all these activities can be done here at the source of the Nile on a visit. Dinner and overnight stay in Jinja
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Transfer to Kibale forest national park: After your morning coffee tea with cookies served at the hotel ,check out and depart to Kibale national park with our target to have lunch in Fort portal .After lunch ,continue the journey with a stopover at the far country side an offer that give us a chance of viewing the tea plantation along the drive way as we check in late afternoon .A night spend in this park gives you calls from the nocturnal life with famous frog that make sounds in this forest area thus revealing a true pristine Africa .Dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
Chimpanzee Tracking: You will wake up early ,enjoy your breakfast served at the lodge ,our driver will pick you up from the lodge with a packed picnic lunch along ,drives you at the briefing point ,After you will meet the range to lead you to Kibale forest a home to over 1500 chimpanzees ,you will track through forest trail heads and once the chimpanzees are found you will have a chance to learn about their life style ,capture close shots of them while in their natural habitat .Probably you will have a chance to see other primates like red colobus monkeys ,red tailed monkey and busy babies .This is an activity which can take a full day or half-day enjoying your close relatives .Option activity Chimpanzee habituation experience where you spend a full day with the chimpanzees which is absolutely amazing experience in life time .Back for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Birding and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Birding Experience :Wake up early ,have breakfast and then go for birding experience along Bigondi swamp areas which are best place for spotting a bucket list of birds around the park .You will be able to spot variety of bird species such as Brown backed Scrub robin ,Yellow billed barbet ,Brown-throated wattle eye ,White-tailed Ant thrush ,white-winged warbler ,white-collared Oliver back ,great blue turaco ,papyrus among others .Still it is very possible to opt for various primates along the wetland such species include Red headed colobus ,L’Hoest monkey ,black and white colobus monkeys ,blue monkey grey cheeked ,velvet monkeys and many more .Back for early lunch ,check out of the lodge .Depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park ,with a stopover at the equator just close to main park gate ,after drive to the park check in ,relaxation ,dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Game drive and Boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Game drive: Wake up, have breakfast served with cookies. After go for game drive within the park’s savannah grassland in Kasenyi plans where you will be able to watch a wide range of animals including kobs, impalas, buffalos, elephants, warthogs among others. Drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Boat cruise: After having lunch, go for afternoon boat cruise at 2pm along the famous Kazinga channel that connects to Lake George and Lake Edward, where you will be able to watch millions of hippos yawning and some slashing canines to each other, number of Nile crocodiles can also be seen gaping along the water banks. You still have a chance to see African elephants playing in the water, have magnificent view of birds with your binoculars. Back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12: Morning game drive and Transfer to Bwindi Forest National Park
Morning game drive: You will wake up, have breakfast, check out from the lodge, go for morning game drive through ishasha wilderness sector. When reaching Ishasha in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth national park, you will adventure into a vast savannah area with Topis and seeing of herds of elephants. Have a chance to view the tree climbing lions high in the fig tree branches.
Transfer to Bwindi: After game drive, drive out of Queen Elizabeth and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park a home to the remaining half mountain gorillas in the world. Which can be trekked in four gorilla sectors on your visit .The journey will take you through cultivated hills and finally up to the forest covered with green vegetation ‘’montane rain forest’’ where you will experience one of the major highlights of Kenya & Uganda safari next morning .Probably if we can reach early the park ,we can visit the Batwa people who are ancient people of this area ,learn about their amazing lifestyle ,enjoy their story telling on how they used to leave with mountain gorillas in the forest before being gazette into a national park .Dinner and overnight stay
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 13: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forest
Gorilla trekking :You wake up early in the morning ,have breakfast served with snacks as you prepare for this incredible activity of gorilla trekking .Your driver will pick you up from the lodge with a lunch box ,drives you to the park’s headquarter for a short briefing about gorilla rules .After meet the ranger who will lead you to forest trail head to their natural habitats ,this activity can take 30 to 8 hours depending on their location in the forest .But once you meet one of a gorilla family ,you will be given one hour to watch them face to face ,as you learn from their lifestyle ,while swinging on tree branches ,grooming their younger ones and many more .After trekking ,back to the lodge for refreshment ,dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 14: Transfer to Entebbe Airport
Transfer to Entebbe Airport: On our last day of 14 Days Kenya Uganda Wildlife & Primates Safari, wake up on lazy morning, enjoy your breakfast served with cookies, check out. Drive back to Entebbe Airport but as you head on your way, you will have a stopover at the Equator have an experience of viewing when the temperature is at O degrees. Have picnic lunch at the equator. Then proceed the journey driving direct to Entebbe International Airport to catch up your flight back home.
End of the14 Days Kenya Uganda Wildlife & Primates Safari
