This 8-day safari takes you on an epic adventure to meet the endangered mountain gorillas of Uganda and the incredible wildlife of the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Your safari will start with a visit to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will hike through the dense rainforest looking for gorillas. You will then fly to the Masai Mara for your wildlife viewing experience.
If your trip is around the same time as the great migration, you will get to enjoy the spectacular chaos of millions of wildebeest and zebras trying to cross the Mara river and escape the hungry crocodiles.
Take a closer look at the detailed itinerary and get a better idea of how this safari would work for you. Keep in mind that our trips are fully customizable and can be personalized to meet your specific needs.
Our driver/guide will be waiting at Entebbe International Airport to pick you up and then transfer you to your accommodation for the night.
Accommodation: The Boma Hotel
Meal plan: Dinner
You will embark on a drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda. The 9-hour journey will take you through the Ugandan countryside with farms, small towns, plantations, and interesting landscapes on your way to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
There are plenty of interesting stopovers along the way including lunch in Mbarara. You will reach your lodge in the evening.
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge/ Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Today is the big day! Prepare yourself for an encounter with the gentle giants; the rare mountain gorillas.
For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour. You will go into the forest in groups of not more than 8 in search of mountain gorillas. En route, your guide will point out previous signs of gorilla activity such as dung, nests, and chewed bamboo shoots.
Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes, and bamboo. Upon finding the gorillas, you will spend a maximum of 1 hour with them after which you will be led back to the starting point.
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge/ Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After an early breakfast, your driver/guide will drive you from Bwindi to Kampala/Entebbe. This is a long drive of approximately 9 hours that will take you from the cooler mountainous altitude of the Kigezi Highlands to the lower undulating landscape of Ankole and Buganda, with large farms and plantations dotted with villages and small towns.
You will have several stopovers along the way including the equator crossing in Kayabwe for some pictures.
You should reach Kampala in the early evening hours with enough time to freshen up before your flight out of Uganda. With few stops this time, you should reach Entebbe in the evening.
Accommodation: The Boma Hotel
Meal plan: Dinner
After breakfast, depending on your flight schedule, your guide will transfer you to the airport in time for your flight to Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve with Aero link.
Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Luxury Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Depending on the Wildlife migration patterns and the weather, an early morning breakfast is followed by a full day of game drives within the reserve. The Masai Mara is famous for its black mane lions and the annual wildebeest migration.
This is probably one of Kenya’s most visited reserves with an extraordinary density of animals including the Big five and many other varieties of savannah wildlife. The Mara River cuts through the Mara and Serengeti ecosystems giving life to both reserves before finally pouring out into Lake Victoria.
Impressive and most notable is the wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle instinct-led migration from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Mara in Kenya.
This journey is coupled with numerous obstacles which makes it even more magnificent. You will have a picnic lunch and continue with the game drives arriving at the lodge in the evening for a well-deserved rest and a hot relaxing shower.
Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Luxury Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
After Breakfast, you will go for yet another game drive as you follow the Migration of the wildebeests across the Mara River.
Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Luxury Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
You will be treated to an optional final early morning game drive after which you will return to the lodge for breakfast.
Embark on your journey back to Nairobi at around mid-morning. You will have a brief stopover at Narok town and later proceed to Nairobi city and to the JKIA for your flight back home.
This will mark the end of your Gorilla Trekking and Masai Mara safari holiday.
Accommodation: None (Last day).
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch
2 PAX | 4 PAX | 6 PAX |
5090 | 4290 | 4040 |
Note: A 30% booking is due upon booking, with the balance cleared 1 month before the trip starts.
That is fine, you can send us an inquiry so that we figure it all out together. Please use this form to talk to our safari specialists and they will help you.
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |