9 Day Fly-in Sambaru-Masai mara & Gorilla Trekking Safari
This 9 Day Fly-in Sambaru-Masai mara & Gorilla Trekking Safari is best for those interested in Game. On this safari, you will visit Kenya for safari and then Uganda Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for gorilla trekking, one will be able to Visit Samburu Reserve, Masai Mara Conservation Area and Mgahinga National Park. You will be able to do Game drives and Bird watching, Cultural Encounters.
Day 01: Pick up from the hotel, drive to Wilson Airport for a flight to Samburu National Park.
Day 02: Full-day game drive in Samburu National Park.
Day 03: Flight from Samburu to Masai-mara.
Day 04: Game drives Safari walk and Cultural encounters in Masai-mara.
Day 05: Flight from Mara to Entebbe overnight with optional activities around Entebbe.
Day 06: Domestic flight with Aerolink to Kisoro and optional activities around the lodge.
Day: 07: Gorilla Tracking in Mgahinga National Park or Bwindi.
Day: 08: Golden Monkey in Mgahinga National Park.
Day 09: Domestic flight back to Entebbe for onward flight back home to end the trip.
Tour summary
You will visit Kenya and Uganda
This 9 Day Fly-in Sambaru-Masai mara & Gorilla Trekking Safari starts Kenya and ends in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.
You will visit Lake Samburu Game reserve, Masai Mara National Park and Mgahinga National Park.
You will do game drives and boat cruises, Cultural encounters, other optional activities around the park and Mountain gorillas.
Pre and post accommodation can be arranged at an extra cost.
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Travel Days
DAY 01: Pick up from Airport/Hotel in Nairobi and transfer to Samburu National park
You will meet your guide at the Hotel/Airport in Nairobi, drive to Wilson Airport for a flight to
Samburu National Park, check in, have lunch and later continue for an evening game drive. You will later chill at the lodge for Dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Saruni Samburu
Meals: Full board
DAY 02: Morning game drive and Visit of the Samburu Community
Today, you will have a morning game drive and later have lunch and then visit the community of the Samburu for a cultural experience. The highlights of Samburu game reserve is the spectacular scenic beauty, rivers and forests. It is an area where the local people have a rich and colorful heritage. The reserves have numerous permanent springs and a wealth of wildlife which includes leopard, hippo, elephant, lion, reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra and crocodile in the Ewaso Nyiro River. Over 365 species of birds have been identified in the sanctuaries.
Accommodation: Saruni Samburu
Meals: Full board
DAY 03: Flight to Masai Mara National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Kalama airstrip for your flight to Masai Mara Game Reserve. Travel through the Masai country occasionally coming across Masai herdsmen with their livestock living harmoniously with the wildlife.
The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place.
Accommodation: Saruni Mara
Meal plan: Full board.
DAY 04: Game drives in Masai Mara National Park
Today, you will do Morning and afternoon game drives in this magnificent Park. Masai Mara is famous for the Annual Wildebeest Migration that takes place between the months of July and October.
During this time over a million wildebeests accompanied by thousands of other herbivores, migrate from Serengeti National Park to the Mara in search for greener pastures. Hundreds of lions and hyenas follow them picking on the old and weaker ones. The legendary black mane lion is only found in Masai Mara. The cheetah hunts best in these open grasslands.
Accommodation: Saruni Mara
Meal Plan: Full board
DAY 05: Flight from Masai Mara to Entebbe, overnight in Entebbe and UWEC behind scene
After early breakfast, take a flight from Masai-mara to Entebbe international Airport and overnight in Entebbe with optional activities around Entebbe.
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Entebbe
Meal Plan: Full board
DAY 06: Domestic flight to Kisoro and optional activities around the lodge.
After early breakfast, drive to Entebbe International Airport for domestic flight to Kisoro, check in at 0600hrs & departure at 0700hrs. Optional activities like Batwa trail or boat/canoe ride around the lodge/park.
Accommodation: Gahinga Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board
DAY 07: Gorilla Trekking in Mgahinga National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Gahinga Lodge
Gorilla Trekking on this can as well be done in Bwindi and you will stay at Four Gorillas Lodge or Gorilla Heights Lodge or Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge
After breakfast with you packed lunch, you will be driven to the park headquarters for briefing about gorilla tracking. Gorilla family allocation depends on your fitness, interest and age. Please endeavor to communicate to your guide your interests so he can try and request for you a suitable group before you begin the trek into the forest.
Proceed to the park to headquarters to join other clients for briefing and then to the forest to trek the gorillas. Once you find them, you are allowed one hour of photography and observation before returning back to the lodge. Gorilla tracking is/can be a tedious exercise and therefore requires a level of fitness but is an amazing experience of a life time.
Accommodation: Gahinga Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board
DAY 08: Golden Monkey in Mgahinga National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Gahinga Lodge
Accommodation: Gahinga Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board
DAY 09: Domestic Flight back to Entebbe for onward International flight back home to end the trip.
Meals: Breakfast
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