6 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi gorilla Safari
6 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Tour Overview
6 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi gorilla safari includes discovering Africa’s Big 5 game and other animals and discovering the only existing mountain gorillas in Uganda given that Bwindi has half of the remaining mountain gorillas worldwide. Book a Kenya and Uganda safari and enjoy a wild and primates safari.
Highlights
Game viewing
Hot air balloon
Gorilla trekking
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up Nairobi – transfer to Masai Mara
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi, you will be meant by our company representative to start your journey to Masai Mara at your agreed time with your safari guide. It’s a 5 hours’ day drive from Nairobi on the road. The first part of the journey is a smooth tarmac road that leads you up to Narok. A short drive from Narok town and a rough road welcomes you to enter Masai Mara National Park. Connect to your lodge for relaxation for the evening.
Lodging: Mara Sopa Lodge/Mara Simba Lodge/Ol Moran Tented Camp
Meal plan: Half-board
Day 2: Hot air balloon and game drives
You will be picked up from your lodge quite early to connect for your hot air balloon safari which will take about 1 hour with great aerial views of the park and its habitats. After the balloon experience, you will receive a certificate, and enjoy a bush breakfast connected back to your lodge with an en-route game drive for some animals.
Have lunch at your lodge then explore the Masai Mara plains for a game drive that will get you quite close to different wildlife species in big numbers. From solitary buffaloes to copulating lions, birds, and small game of all types; you will see it all on a game drive in Masai Mara Be keen enough as you observe the popularly known wildebeest migration from Serengeti crossing to Masai Mara via Mara River. This migration only takes place from July to October. Animals such as the wildebeest, Zebras, Lions, Cheetahs, Elephants, Hyenas, and Thompson’s gazelle to mention but a few can be spotted. Later evening return to your lodge.
Lodging: Mara Sopa Lodge/Mara Simba Lodge/Ol Moran Tented Camp
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Fly from Masai Mara to Entebbe airport
After early morning breakfast, your guide will transfer for your 8:45 am flight to Uganda. Aero-link Uganda operates daily flights from Masai Mara to Entebbe from 8:45 am to 11:30 am. Check in for your flight and depart. Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be picked up by your safari guide to transfer to your hotel in Kampala which is about 1 hours’ drive depending on the traffic. Arrive at the hotel have your lunch and spend the afternoon at leisure.
Lodging: Kampala Sheraton Hotel/Cassia Lodge/Forest Cottages
Meal plan: Full board
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will be picked up from your hotel in Kampala and transferred to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park located in the western part of Uganda approximately 540km from Kampala by road. You will have a stopover at the equator for photography and the experiment and another stopover in Mbarara town for lunch. Proceed to Bwindi arriving in the evening.
Lodging: Silverback Safari lodge /Buhoma Haven lodge/Buhoma Community Rest camp
Meal plan: Full board
Day 5: Gorilla trekking experience – Buhoma Sector
After your delicious breakfast, drive to the park headquarters with your packed lunch, water, and trekking gear for a briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by the park officials who will provide expectations and non-expectations about trekking. After the allocation of gorilla groups, drive to the starting point where you will enter the forest to start trekking. This will take 2-8 hours depending on the location of the gorillas. You will spend 1 hour to view them and take pictures and videos. Thereafter, return to meet your guide and drive back to the lodge.
Lodging: Silverback Safari lodge /Buhoma Haven lodge/Buhoma Community Rest camp
Meal plan: Full board
Day 6: Drive to Entebbe/Kigali city
Wake up early, have breakfast, and embark on your journey to either Entebbe or Kigali. It’s an 8-9 hours drive from Bwindi forest to Entebbe with en-route lunch. On arrival at Entebbe, your driver will drop you at the airport for your evening flight back home. Alternatively, you can drive to Kigali. It’s a 4-5 hour drive passing through the Katuna border. Have en-route lunch in Kigali city. Depending on your flight details, you will dropped off at the airport for the flight. End of safari.
Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a Local tour operator based in Uganda with its head offices in Entebbe. Moreover, Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a business for a Ugandan native. We specialize in life-changing experiences and sustainable tours and holidays to all East African countries. Also, we are members of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators and with registration from the Uganda Tourism Board. We have a good and long working relationship with the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Making it easy to book your gorilla permits and gorilla trekking safari. Safari Vacations and Travel Services is also high in Trip Advisor reviews.
