This 7 Days Kenya and Uganda Safari takes you on a magical experience as you explore Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and track habituated mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda. This tour includes a flight from Masai Mara in Kenya to Entebbe international airport in Uganda.
Highlights for 7 Days Kenya and Uganda Safari.
Day 1: Drive to Masai Mara national reserve, Game Drive
Day 2-3: Full day in Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 4: Maasai Cultural Experience and fly to Entebbe International Airport – Uganda
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 6: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Optional Batwa Pygmy Cultural Tour
Day 7: Departure
Detailed Itinerary for 7 Days Kenya and Uganda Safari.
Day 1: Drive to Masai Mara national reserve, Game Drive
When you arrive in Nairobi, your safari guide will pick you up from your hotel or the airport, give you a briefing on the safari, and then take you to Masai Mara National Reserve, which is home to the big five: elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalos. Following lunch, you will go on an afternoon game drive throughout Masai Mara National Reserve, where you will explore the savannah plains in search of numerous animal and bird species.
After your wildlife drive, your guide will take you to your lodge for supper and overnight stay at a lodge of your choice.
Day 2-3: Full day in Masai Mara National Reserve
You will get up early at your lodge to prepare for a morning game drive across Masai Mara National Reserve, where you will seek for animal species such as elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos, gazelles, waterbucks, and impalas.
After your morning game drive, you will go on another game drive across Masai Mara National Reserve to look for other animal species. You will be taken back to your lodge for supper and sleep, as described above.
Day 4: Maasai Cultural Experience and fly to Entebbe International Airport – Uganda
Following breakfast at your lodge, check out of the lodge in Masai Mara National Reserve and proceed to the Masai Village for a Masai cultural experience, where you may learn and engage with the people. After that, you’ll be transported to Nairobi, stopping for lunch along the way.
You will be dropped off at Entebbe International Airport to catch your trip to Uganda. Our guide will greet you upon arrival and bring you to your accommodation in Entebbe.
Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will be picked up by your guide and taken to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. During this picturesque 8-hour ride, you will make many breaks to stretch and participate in an Equator water experiment.
Though the trip is long, it is fairly picturesque, with some truly breathtaking vistas of landscapes with vast plantations. Once at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, you will check in at the lodge and spend the remainder of the evening resting and getting to know your surroundings. Dinner and overnight at your selected lodge.
Day 6: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Optional Batwa Pygmy Cultural Tour
You will wake up early to have a delicious breakfast before being transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing session and then gorilla family allocation in groups of eight. After that, you’ll go gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a park ranger and guides.
When you’ve located the gorillas, you’ll spend an hour with them, watching their personalities, habits, and activities that are so humanlike. Take as many images as you want, shoot films, and take time to simply enjoy the moments without the glasses.
After that, you will walk back and return to the resort. You may spend the remainder of the day relaxing at the lodge or participate in a Batwa pygmy cultural experience to learn about the park’s past occupants. Dinner and overnight stay as described above.
Day 7: Departure
You will wake up to an early breakfast at the lodge before checking out for your return trip to Entebbe, where your driver guide will transport you to the airport for your departing flight or to your accommodation in Kampala. You will stop for lunch on your way out of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
End of 7 Days Kenya and Uganda Safari!
