Day 1

Arrive in Uganda through Entebbe International Airport

Arrival in Uganda through Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by our drive guide who will transfer you to Kampala for an overnight at the magnificent Kampala Serena Hotel. It is an oasis of cool and green, within a peaceful neighborhood that hosts some of Uganda’s hallmark structures-like the Parliament. This five-star hotel boasts of 17 acres of beautifully manicured gardens and a sensational pond—that overlooks its Olympic size swimming pool. This and the other luxurious amenities of the hotel will reward you with the utmost comfort.  

Day 2

Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park.

After breakfast, drive to Kibale Forest National Park through Uganda’s western lush highlands decorated with tea, coffee and banana plantations. You will have unobstructed views of Mountains of the Moon, Rwenzori (Uganda’s highest Mountain-5,109meters A.S.L). You will be checked in at Primate Lodge, a splendid forest home located in the heart of Kibale rainforest National Park. It is a few minutes’ walk from the visitor information center where the forest activities begin from.  From the comfort of your Luxury Cottage, you can unwind and listen to the chattering of the red-tailed monkeys in the dense branches.

Day 3

Chimpanzee Trekking

Take an early breakfast and be transferred to the nearby briefing area where you will be welcomed by the park ranger guide. He will happily give you a detailed brief on dos and don’ts of chimpanzee tracking before leading you into the forest for a National Geographic moment with the 13 species of primates to whom the park is home: These include a mix of both old world and new world monkeys like baboons, Black-and-white Colobus Monkey, chimpanzees, Blue Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, Grey-cheeked Mangabey and Bushbaby. The dense forest hosts a population of more than 1,000 wild chimpanzees. Your guide will draw your attention to an evocative pant-hoot call that marks your proximity to the delightful apes.  Spend a full hour watching them feed, socialize and rest before trekking back to your lodge for a hot lunch.

 Later in the afternoon, drive to the nearby Bigodi Community for a signature swamp walk that has been featured on international media as the best community conservation model. The local guide will take you through a wetland sanctuary with more than 100 species of birds and primates including the red colobus, black-and-white colobus and other monkeys. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.  

Day 4

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park through the crater lakes and banana plantations. Along the way, you will see traditional architectural designs of huts and local markets. Proceed along the western Rift Valley that leads to Mweya Safari Lodge. This lavish colonial styled lodge hovers on a peninsula protruding into the Kazinga Channel. At night, interesting guests including hippos and warthogs are usually seen grazing by your windows.

After lunch, you will be transferred to the nearby docking area for boat cruise on Kazinga channel for great wildlife views including elephants, crocodiles, hippos, buffalos and hundreds of birds.

Day 5

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

 Take a relaxed breakfast, checkout of your room and embark on the last game drive for the last chance with the lions, exit Ishasha and drive to Bwindi through the village of Kigezi. The scenery gradually changes from open savanna to rolling mountain ranges covered in dense green rain forest. You will be checked in at Mahogany Springs, a luxury small lodge facing the dense Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the home to half the world’s endangered mountain gorillas.

Day 6

First Mountain Gorilla Tracking Experience

This is a big day; you will have a rare encounter with gentle giant mountain gorilla. This is no doubt the absolute highlight of a tour to Africa for most visitors. It is a humbling experience to stand meters from the gentle giants as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones. After a briefing by park authorities, you will embark on a forest trek lasting from one-five hours, depending on the location of the gorillas in the thick forest. There are 10 habituated gorilla families in the park. You will be blessed to encounter and spend time with one of the families that can be visited by a group of eight people per day! It comprises of members of different age brackets from newly born babies to Silverbacks that are over 20 years old. You will enjoy an exciting journey along forested slopes, bushes and bamboo before you ultimately reach the gorilla family. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly awesome and emotional experience. You will return to the lodge where we will offer you a complementary body massage. Overnight at Mahogany Safari Lodge

Day 7

Second Day Mountain Gorilla Tracking Experience

For two days, you will have a rare encounter with gentle giant mountain gorilla. This is no doubt the absolute highlight of a wildlife safari to Africa. Experience has shown that you can visit the same gorilla group twice on different days and get completely different experiences. Individual Mountain gorillas behave differently and same mountain gorilla can behalf differently on different days depending on moods. Some individuals are more active than others, some juveniles are more playful.

On the second day, after briefing, you will be led into the forest to track a different gorilla and you will agree with us that it is a different experience!

In the evening, we will take you on an optional community experience to visit some nearby homesteads. Some of these live with former forest people (pygmies) who were evicted from the forest to pave way for gorilla conservation. They will demonstrate to you how they used to hunt for survival. The experience is crowned with enthusiastic cultural dances. Overnight at Mahogany Safari Lodge.

Day 8

Transfer to Entebbe and Fly to Kenya

Have an early breakfast, you will checkout at take a 4-hour drive to Entebbe International Airport in time for the departing flight to Nairobi.

Upon arrival and after entry visa clearance, you will be welcomed by our experience driver guide who will transfer you to the lush, green Nairobi suburb of Karen. You will check you in at the iconic Giraffe Manor, an exclusive boutique hotel, set in 12 acres of private land within 140 acres of indigenous forest in the Langata suburb of Nairobi. Giraffe Manor has extraordinary appeal, that harks back to the 1930s when European visitors first flocked to East Africa to enjoy safaris. With its stately façade, elegant interior, verdant green gardens, sunny terraces and delightful courtyards, guests often remark that it’s like walking into the film Out of Africa: indeed, one of its twelve rooms is named after the author Karen Blixen. The most fascinating thing about Giraffe Manor is its herd of resident Rothschild’s giraffe who may visit morning and evening, sometimes poking their long necks into the windows in the hope of a treat, before retreating to their forest sanctuary.

Day 9

Breakfast with the Giraffe and Visit to the Elephant Orphanage and Fly to Masai Mara Game Reserve

This morning, you’ll enjoy breakfast alongside the Rothschild giraffe who are the signature visitors of this rustic Manor. After breakfast, take a walk through the well-manicured grounds of the hotel to the Giraffe Center where you can continue learning about Giraffe and the conservation efforts underway in Africa to protect these beautiful creatures. Visit the nearby Kazuri beads factory and see how the former less-advantaged women are making world-class beads that have found their way to international market including USA. Later, proceed to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and experience how rescued orphaned elephants are rehabilitated and cared for before they are reintroduced into the wild.

 You will have lunch at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden Hotel for lunch and transfer to Wilson airport early on time chartered flight to Masai Mara Game Reserve. Here, you will be warmly welcomed by warm staff of Sala’s Camp that will check you in your private tent with wonderful views of the Savannah. Sala’s Camp is a tented camp that combines tradition with comfort and intimate luxury. It is situated in the southern wing of the park, a wilder corner of Kenya’s mighty Masai Mara game reserve—close to the confluence of the Sand and Keekorok Rivers. This idyllic geographical feature attracts teeming wildlife. Sala’s Camp location is a big draw, close to Tanzania with wonderful views of the Serengeti National Park, it is one of the first camps in the Mara to witness the legendary annual migration of wildebeest, which thunders by from June to September each year. After checking in your room, return for guest area for lunch and relax before an evening game drive.

Days 10 & 11

Game Drives in Masai Mara Game Reserve

Spend morning and evening on game drives exploring this vast savanna, woodlands and tree-fringed rivers of the Masai Mara. From the elusive leopards retrieving kills from acacia branches, to elephants protecting their young from opportunistic lions, hunting cheetahs and rich bird-list, you will be blown off your throne by Masai Mara.  If you plan your trip between June to September, you will be treated to the famous great migration.

Day 12

Fly from Masai Mara to Nairobi

Breakfast and check out. Depart from Maasai Mara back to Nairobi, Kenya’s wonderful capital city. You can take time shopping before being taken to the airport for your departing flight