This 10 Days Uganda Kenya Trip is a combined safari taking you on a safari to Uganda and Kenya. Some of the best safari destinations on the African continent. This safari package is tailored to offer you a visit to Uganda’s top safari destinations; Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi. Queen Elizabeth is the most visited destination in Uganda with a variety of wildlife species including lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, and many others. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is home almost half of the World’s population of mountain gorillas. This makes it the best destination for mountain gorilla trekking in the World.
In Kenya on this 10 Days Uganda Kenya Trip, you will visit Lake Nakuru national park and Masai Mara National Reserve the most popular Kenya safari destinations. Lake Nakuru national park is famous for it’s rhinos and pink flamingoes on the shores of Lake Nakuru. Masai Mara national reserve another destination to visit on this safari, is famed for hosting a huge population of wildlife including the Big Five and the Great annual wildebeest migration.
Day 1: Pick up from Entebbe International Airport – Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park with evening game drive
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be picked up by our Professional driver guide from Vibrant Holiday Safaris. He will brief you and thereafter, you will start the drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This will be a 7 hours’ drive journey which will include an en route stopover at the equator for photography. And also Igongo Cultural Center or Ajip Motel for lunch. Later, you will continue to the park and arrive with an enroute evening game drive to your lodge.
Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Twin Lake Safari Lodge
Budget: Pumba Safari Cottages
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Trekking Chimpanzees in Kalinzu Forest – Afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
After breakfast, you will head out for Chimpanzee trekking experience. Queen Elizabeth national park is one of the top Uganda safaris destinations that is visited by a large number of travelers that come to Africa due the unique facts about the park that gives travelers a lot of incredible unforgettable safari memories about the pearl of Africa. The true facts about the park is that it is known and famous for the unbelievable tree climbing lions that found in the Ishasha sector of the park, there is a wide range of unique wildlife animal populations that is found in the park, it is home to the beautiful kazinga channel as well as the wonderful crater lakes.
Wildlife animals found in the park include the large populations of the African elephants, huge herds of the African caped buffaloes, the huge populations of the hippos, the nocturnal leopards, the zebras, antelopes, massive populations of the Uganda kobs which is the best and great prey to the tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector, the sitatunga giraffes, waterbucks, crocodiles, the bushbucks, warthogs, Oribis, giant forest hogs among others.
More about Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth national park is not only a home to the wildlife mammals but it is as well a habitat to the great primates. For example chimpanzees, the white and black colobus monkeys, the grey checked mangabey, the red tailed monkeys, the L’Hoest’s monkeys among others. Chimpanzee trekking in Queen Elizabeth national park is one of the great adventure experiences that a number of travelers prefer to enjoy when they visit the park.
In the afternoon, you will go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. This channel is famously known for having the highest concentration of hippos and elephants. Later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Twin Lake Safari Lodge
Budget: Pumba Safari Cottages
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park via Ishasha sector for Tree climbing Lions
Wake up at leisure and enjoy breakfast before checking out of your room. You will drive to Ishasha sector for an enroute game drive as you search for the Tree Climbing lions and other wildlife like buffaloes, elephants, Uganda Kobs, leopards and many others. Proceed with the drive to Bwindi with an enroute lunch stopover. On arrival at Bwindi, check into your lodge for dinner and relaxation as you prepare for the next day’s activities.
Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Gorilla Leisure Lodge
Mid-Range: Gorilla Mist Camp
Budget: Ride4awoman
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Community Experience
Wake up early for breakfast and transfer to the park’s headquarters by 07:00 am for a briefing session about gorilla trekking experience, a senior ranger will take you through the rules and regulations to follow during the experience. You will be grouped into 8 people and then trek into the forests of Bwindi looking for mountain gorillas, the trek takes approximately 2-6 hours depending on the movement of gorillas and where they spent the previous night. When you find the gorillas, you will be allowed to stay in their presence for 1 hour while observing their behavior, watch the young ones play on tree branches, watch the silverback play on tree branches and take amazing pictures.
After one hour, you will head back to the park’s headquarters and then head to the Batwa community for a cultural visit, while in the Batwa community you will get a deeper insight into the life of the Batwa people, take part in preparation of local meals, take part making of fire, demonstration of hunting skills and be entertained by local dances and drama. In the evening, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Gorilla Leisure Lodge
Mid-Range: Gorilla Mist Camp
Budget: Ride4awoman
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Drive to Entebbe for Relaxation
After breakfast, you will checkout of your lodge and transfer back to Kampala with enroute lunch at Igongo cultural center in Mbarara Town and at the Equator for picture moments. And then continue to Entebbe from where you will have enough rest and relaxation.
Location: Entebbe
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Hotel No.5
Mid-Range: K Hotel
Budget: ViaVia Entebbe
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Fly to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport – Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park for Afternoon game drive
Having had your breakfast, you will checkout and transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your flight to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. On arrival, you will be picked by our guide for a transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park a birder’s haven. This will take about 2 hours drive, arrive in the park in time for lunch. In the afternoon you will go for a game drive along the shores of the lake, you will be able to spot several animals such as white rhinos, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, spotted hyenas, elands, waterbucks, zebras and pink lesser and greater flamingoes and other animals. In the evening you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Location: Lake Nakuru National Park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge
Mid-Range: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Budget: Merica Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Exploration of Lake Nakuru – Transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve for Evening game drive
Upon having your breakfast, and then you will depart for Masai Mara national reserve the most popular and rewarding wildlife destination in Kenya, along way you will have a stopover over at rift valley for scenic views of the rift valley escarpments and in Narok for an interaction with the local people. After lunch at your lodge, you will head to the park for an afternoon game drive searching for abundant wildlife such as lions, leopards, lions, cape buffaloes among others. In the evening you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Zebra Plains Mara Camp
Budget: Greenwood Safari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Morning Game drive – Afternoon Maasai Community Experience
On day 8 of the 10 Days Uganda Kenya Trip, you will head the park for a full day game drive on morning and afternoon game drive with picnic lunch, on this day you will have enough to explore the reserve and spot abundant wildlife such as lions, wildebeests, Maasai giraffes, gazelles, elands, leopards, rhinos, cheetahs, cape buffaloes among others. Alternatively, you can have an evening visit to the Masai Village where you will interact with the locals, learn how women prepare local meals, be entertained by local dances and drama and take part in herding the cattle in the field.
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Zebra Plains Mara Camp
Budget: Greenwood Safari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Hot Air Balloon Experience and Full Day Game drive
On the 9th day of your 10 days Uganda and Kenya safari, wake up as early as 04:00 am and head to the reserve for a hot air balloon experience, this experience offer visitors an opportunity to enjoy aerial views of the endless plains of Maasai Mara and animals. You will conclude the experience with champagne breakfast, and then return to your lodge for a delicious lunch. You will then spend the rest of the day on a game drive.
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Zebra Plains Mara Camp
Budget: Greenwood Safari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Head to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your Departure Flight
Today, on the final day of your 10 Days Uganda Kenya Trip, you will have breakfast and then checkout. Thereafter, transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for departure flight.
End of 10 days Uganda Kenya Trip