13 Days Kenya Uganda and Rwanda Safari

Masai Mara National Park being a big reserve, you can only maximize animal viewing by taking 2 days excursion. You will be waking up early in the morning, have a delicious breakfast and then get lost in the wilderness of Mara, you can decide to be packing lunch and have a picnic lunch or you be going back to the lodge for lunch and then come back for the evening phase. You will spot huge numbers of animals for example lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, rhinos which are the Big 5 of Africa’s jungle. You will be in position to spot Masai giraffes, cheetahs, zebras, famous wildebeests and you will see how they migrate traversing River Mara hence attracting predators especially lions, cheetahs and leopards and you will catch them in the killing action. You will be retiring to the lodge for dinner and overnight as you prepare to cross to Uganda the Pearl of Africa.

You will wake up in the morning, have a scrumptious breakfast, meet your driver guide who will drop you at the Airport in Nairobi for a flight to Uganda the Pearl of Africa. You will be welcomed by a safari guide in Uganda who will warmly welcome you and brief you about your stay in Uganda. He will drive you to the hotel as you prepare for the next activities in Uganda.

On this beautiful day, you will check-out of the lodge in Kampala/Entebbe and hit the road to Queen Elizabeth National Park, the distance takes about 6-7 hours. You will have a stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe for photographs and here you will have a chance to stand in the hemispheres of the Earth (Southern and Northern Hemisphere), you will continue with the journey, have lunch en-route in Mbarara town and then proceed. You will arrive in the evening hours, check-in the lodge, have dinner and overnight.

Arise in the morning on the 6th day of the 13 days, have breakfast, meet your driver guide and go for morning game drive to catch the animals when they are still very active. You will drive to Kasenyi plains normally known as the mating ground, you will spot lions, buffaloes, antelopes, birds and so many others. Return to the lodge for lunch and then head to Kazinga channel for the boat cruise to encounter huge numbers of elephants, buffaloes, hippopotamus, crocodiles, birds and other aquatic life. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

You will wake up in the morning, greet your intestines with breakfast and check-out of the lodge and transfer to Bwindi. You will have a drive to Ishasha sector to search for tree climbing lions, spot other wildlife and from here you will have a picnic lunch at the animal view point thereafter, say a farewell to Queen Elizabeth and set off for Bwindi arriving in the evening, check-in the lodge, have dinner and overnight stay.

You will wake up in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing, you will be taught about the trekking behaviors and then be allocated the gorilla family to trek. You will go with the ranger guide who will lead you to gorilla family, you will spend an hour in the presence of gorillas. You will take pictures and videos and then return to the lodge for lunch and then go to visit the Batwa/Pygmies. You will meet the shortest people in the world who have lived in the forests since the time memorial, they will dance for you, sing for you and then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

You will rise in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi where you will arrive in the afternoon hours, check-in the lodge have lunch and then go for canoeing. You will visit different Islands including the Akempene Island also known as the Punishment Island. This is where the Bakiga ladies who would conceive before marriage would be taken and abandoned till death. You will spot so many birds, return to the lodge after the sunset for dinner and overnight.

Arise in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to Kigali the capital city of Rwanda, you will have lunch en-route, arrive in the afternoon hours, check-in the lodge and go for a city tour. You will visit different markets, have a spectacular view of the a thousand hills and then visit the genocide memorial. You will return back to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

On the 11th day of 13 Days Kenya Uganda and Rwanda Safari, you will wake up in the morning, have breakfast and check-out of the hotel and transfer to Nyungwe National Park. You will drive for about 6-7 hours, arrive at the lodge, check-in and have lunch and dinner then overnight stay.

You will rise in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to the briefing ground, you will join other trekkers and you will be allocated the chimpanzee family to track and then set off with a ranger guide. You will meet these beautiful primates and spend an hour with them as you are taking pictures and videos, you will later return to the lodge for lunch and then in the evening you will go for the canopy walk which will take 2-3 hours as you spot different wildlife, birds and primates. Return to lodge after the sunset for dinner and overnight.

You will wake up for a lazy breakfast and then transfer to Kigali, you take about 6 hours, have lunch en-route when you reach in Kigali, you will visit different markets in case you have time to buy some souvenirs. The driver will either drop you at the Airport or at the Hotel depending on the time of flight.