This is a 9 Days Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda Combined Safari where you will be enjoying game drives in Amboseli National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. During this safari, you will also get the opportunity to track golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. This tour begins in Nairobi, Kenya, and ends in Kigali City in Rwanda.
Highlights for 9 Days Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda Combined Safari
Day 1. Transfer to Amboseli National Park, Game Drive, and Walking Safari
Day 2. Transfer to Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Evening Game Drive in Maasai Mara Kenya
Day 3. Full-Day Game Drives in Maasai Mara
Day 4. Transfer to Nairobi, Flight to Kigali (Own Booking)
Day 5. Transfer to Volcanoes National Park- Ibyi’wacu Cultural Tour
Day 6. Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park- Batwa Cultural Tour.
Day 8: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Day 9: Transfer Back to Kigali- Departure.
Detailed Itinerary for 9 Days Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda Combined Safari
Day 1. Transfer to Amboseli National Park, Game Drive, and Walking Safari
On day 1 of the 9 Days Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda Combined Safari, your Kenya safari guide shall pick you up at 7 am from your hotel in Nairobi. After a short brief about your safari, proceed on a transfer to Amboseli National Park, with your packed lunch boxes. Arrive in Amboseli National Park and make a game drive with a chance to view lions, elephants, buffalos, monkeys, and other kinds of animals. Marvel at the views of Kilimanjaro Mountain on a clear day, with a guided walking safari in the park. Later proceed to the camp, check in, and relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2. Transfer to Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Evening Game Drive in Maasai Mara Kenya
On day 2 of the 9 Days Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda Combined Safari, after breakfast, drive to Maasai Mara National Reserve enjoying amazing views of communities and scenic views. Have an en-route lunch, and arrive in the park in the late afternoon hours.
Enjoy a sunset game drive, which will introduce you to the wild game of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Proceed to the lodge, relax as you wait for dinner wait for at the camp, and an overnight stay.
Day 3. Full Day Game Drives in Maasai Mara
On day 3 of the 9 Days Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda Combined Safari, you will have an early breakfast at your lodge ahead of your game-viewing activity in the open savannah plains of the reserve with your picnic lunch. You will search for a variety of wildlife species since they are more active at this time of day such as the big five which include lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, and rhinos as well as other wildlife species such as giraffes, elephants, wildebeest, elands, zebras, topis among others.
You will enjoy your lunch after your morning game drive as you enjoy the beautiful scenery around the reserve and watch wildlife species grazing in the plains. After lunch, you will have another game drive in the reserve and then proceed to your lodge for dinner and overnight as above.
Day 4. Transfer to Nairobi, Flight to Kigali (Own Booking)
You will have an early breakfast at your camp and thereafter proceed to transfer to Nairobi, arriving in time for your booked flight to Kigali.
Upon your arrival, you shall be transferred by your guide to your hotel of stay for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 5. Transfer to Volcanoes National Park- Ibyi’wacu Cultural Tour
Drive Time: Approx. 3 hours
After breakfast, proceed to transfer to Volcanoes National Park with a lunch stop en route. Once at the lodge, check in, and relax as you look forward to your gorilla trek the next day. Enjoy a cultural experience as well. Dinner and overnight at your designated lodge.
Day 6. Golden Monkey Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
You will enjoy an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters with your packed lunch and bottled drinking water for a briefing by the park ranger guides at 7:00 am. After the briefing, you will start your golden monkey trekking journey accompanied by the ranger guides in search of the golden monkeys; this takes 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas.
However, the guides will try to find them from where they were last seen the previous day! After the one-hour encounter with the gentle primates, you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi- Batwa Cultural Tour
After breakfast, you will drive to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park; arriving in time to check into your lodge and have lunch. After you have had your lunch and relaxed for a while, you will head out to visit the neighboring Batwa communities that live near the park. Get a chance to mingle with the friendly locals and learn more about their cultural heritage.
Later retire back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 8: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Early in the morning after your tasty breakfast, you will meet your driver who will transfer you to the park headquarters for a briefing from the UWA officials about the do’s and don’ts of gorilla trekking. After this, you will set off for the gorilla trek. This is a once-lifetime experience and unforgettable adventure. The ranger guides will lead you into the thick forest and start your search for the endangered Mountain Gorillas. You will move up and down the rugged terrain until you finally meet these harmonious creatures that will entertain you with performances for about an hour.
The activity can take 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the Gorillas. This is an awesome and exciting moment. En route, there are other types of the primates such as monkeys, birds, and more. After the trek, you will receive your Gorilla trekking certificate meet up with your driver/guide, and return to the lodge where you will spend the evening at leisure.
Day 9: Drive Back to Kigali- Departure
Wake up in time to have breakfast at your lodge. You will then check out and meet up with your driver guide. You will then embark on about a 5 hours drive back to Kigali city, with a stopover for lunch en route. Upon your arrival in Kigali, you will be dropped off at a place of your convenience as you will advise at the time of your booking.
