8 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorillas Safari

This 8 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorillas Safari is a combined Uganda – Kenya Safari tailored for visitors interested in exploring the endless plains of Masai Mara National Reserve and also trek the endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Highlights of 8 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorillas Safari

  • Day 1: Arrival to Nairobi
  • Day 2: Transfer to Masaai Mara
  • Day 3 & 4: Full Day Game drives
  • Day 5: Transfer to Entebbe
  • Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • Day 7: Gorilla trekking in Uganda
  • Day 8: Transfer to Entebbe

Detailed itinerary of 8 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorillas Safari

Day 1: Arrival to Nairobi

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative and your driver guide. Then be transferred to your hotel for overnight.

Overnight at Fairmont the Norfolk

Day 2: Transfer to Masaai Mara

After breakfast you will meet your guide and then start you on your journey to Masai Mara National Reserve, the journey is by road and will take you through the vast landscape and nature of Kenya. On arrival at your lodge you will be warmly welcomed at your lodge with a fresh glass of juice and have lunch. After lunch, you will head for an evening game drive before your dinner.

Overnight at Mara Plains Camp

Day 3 & 4: Full Day Game drives

Spend these two days exploring Masai Mara National Park, the most popular reserve in Africa and most visited wildlife safari destination in Kenya. You will have a morning and afternoon game drive or full day game drive depending on your preference, look out for wildlife including lions, leopards, elephants, elusive cheetahs, Thomson’s gazelles, impalas, topis, spitted hyenas, zebras, baboons and giraffes. Your day will end in the evening as you will be transferred back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Optional Activity – Hot Air balloon Safari

Overnight at Mara Plains Camp

Day 5: Transfer to Entebbe

After breakfast, you will meet your guide and embark on a journey to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you will catch a domestic flight to Entebbe International Airport, Uganda. On arrival, you will meet with your driver guide and be transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Protea Hotel

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

On this day you will wake up early for breakfast and then embark on a journey of your gorilla safari southwards to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the journey offers you highway sights of rural and semi-urban Uganda with several fruit and vegetation markets along the way, craft and drum makers and a stop at Uganda’s Equator. Have lunch in Mbarara and continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with short bathroom stopovers and picture sessions of landscape and other attractions.

Overnight at Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp

Day 7: Gorilla trekking in Uganda

Wake up early for breakfast, meet your guide and transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing before you start your gorilla trek at 8 am. You will be welcomed and given seats as your driver guide registers you with the head ranger on duty to be allocated a gorilla family to trek. In groups of 8 people, meet your ranger guide and start your gorilla trek in the jungles of Bwindi looking for mountain gorillas. The trek takes approximately 2 to 6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night, you will be allowed only one hour of being in the presence of the gorillas, watch them feed, play, groom and take amazing videos and pictures.

Afterwards, meet your guide and return to your lodge for rest.

Overnight at Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp

8 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorillas Safari
Gorilla

Day 8: Transfer to Entebbe

After breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala with lunch at the equator and enjoy a picture session in both the northern and southern hemispheres. A drop off at Entebbe International Airport will mark the end of your Uganda Safari Holiday.

End of 8 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorillas Safari

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