15 Days Uganda Primates & Kenya Wildlife Safari
15 Days Uganda Primates & Kenya Wildlife Safari
15 Days Uganda Primates & Kenya Wildlife Safari is a perfect safari holiday in Uganda and Kenya taking about 2 weeks in the wild. While in Uganda, you will visit the mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. This package gives you the best opportunities to meet the endangered chimpanzees as compared to any other primate conservation area. It also features visiting Queen Elizabeth National Park the only savannah national park on the trip for a wildlife experience where you encounter the lions in the lion tracking experience and also view other animals during the game drives.
Gorilla trekking is the main highlight of this safari for Wild Mountain gorillas are the most sought primates in the world given that they can only be found in East and Central Africa in countries including Uganda, Rwanda, and Congo. Uganda has the highest population of these creatures in Bwindi Forest National Park. Kibale Forest National Park is Africa’s best chimpanzee trekking destination with guaranteed best views of the chimpanzees and other 12 existing primates in the park. It is also home to 138 species of birds, 250 tree species, and 60 species of forest wildlife including forest elephants, bushbucks, warthogs, giant forest hogs, and buffaloes.
This combined 6 days in amazing Kenya is comprised of Lake Nakuru National Park, Masai Mara National Reserve, and Amboseli National Park which is home to the savannah elephants. You will track the Big Five and the wildebeest migration on the Masai Mara and other incredible animals such as giraffes, Cheetahs, and Zebras. The Crescent Island in Lake Naivasha is one of the best wildlife adventures also known as Naivasha’s best-kept secret.
Safari Highlights
Arrival in Kampala City
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Gorilla Trekking experience.
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park and Ishasha game drive
Game Drive and Boat cruise on Kazinga channel
Transfer to Kibale National Park and nature walk experience
Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Entebbe
Fly to Kisumu and transfer to Nakuru National Park
Full day Nakuru National Park
Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve via Crescent Island tour in Lake Naivasha
Full day wildlife experience Masai Mara National Reserve
Another day in Masai Mara National Reserve
Transfer to Amboseli National Park
Full day wildlife experience
Transfer to Nairobi – Departure
Transfer to Nairobi City
Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Kampala
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be met by our company representative/ driver who will drive you to your booked hotel in Kampala.
Lodging: Serena Kampala Hotel/ Fairway Hotel/Forest Cottages
Meal plan: Half board
Day 2: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
After breakfast, you will be welcomed by our company representative/guide who will then transfer to Bwindi National Park. It’s an 8-9 hours drive with en-route lunch and a stop at the Uganda Equator. Proceed to Bwindi forest at your booked lodge.
Lodging: Mahogany Springs Hotel/Buhoma Haven Lodge/Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking experience.
Have breakfast and transfer you to park offices for a briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by a local guide. The time taken is usually between 2-8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. Meeting the gorillas unexpectedly is one of the most captivating lifetime experiences. You will have a chance to observe and take pictures at a very close range. You will observe adults feeding and groaning among themselves. After an hour with the long-awaited gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting to transfer you back to the lodge for a restful evening.
Lodging: Mahogany Springs Hotel/Buhoma Haven Lodge/Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal plan: Full board
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park and Ishasha game drive
After having breakfast early morning, connect and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park home to the tree-climbing lions. This is a 4 to 5-hour journey with a stopover lunch via the Ishasha sector. Arrive in the park in the early afternoon and have lunch in Ishasha where you will also enjoy a game drive in the area finding the tree-climbing lions and other available animals. Thereafter drive to your lodge for relaxation.
Lodging: Kyambura Gorge Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Game Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 5: Game Drive and Boat cruise on Kazinga channel
Go for an early morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will spot a lot of wildlife including African elephants, lions, buffalos, antelopes, and impala, among others, and a lot of birds, and a good day leopards. Return to the lodge for breakfast, relax a bit, and enjoy your lunch.
Connect for a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel where you will get an opportunity to see several bird species, elephants and buffaloes, hippos, and crocodiles. The Kazinga channel is known to have the highest concentration of hippos. Retreat from the boat trip in the evening and check in your lodge for relaxation.
Lodging: Kyambura Gorge Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Game Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 6: Transfer to Kibale National Park – Bigodi swamp walk and Cater Lakes tour
Wake up and enjoy your breakfast, meet your guide, and transfer to Fort Portal Town. It’s a 3-4 hour drive for a lunch break in Fort Portal town. Visit the Amabere caves and waterfalls then connect to Bigodi swamp for a nature walk experience. This is one of the best places to see the different primate species that cannot be seen when trekking chimpanzees in the Kibale forest. It takes about 2-3 hours depending on what is available to see. This is also a place for birds that bird lovers must visit. Thereafter, proceed to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight stay mid-range/Kyaninga Lodge/Isunga Lodge
Lodging: Primate Lodge/ Chimpanzee Guesthouse/Isunga Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 7: Chimpanzee trekking and drive to Entebbe
After breakfast at the lodge, meet your driver to drive to Kibale National Park. Have an early lunch then connect to the park headquarters for your afternoon chimpanzee trekking experience; the park officials will brief you and thereafter enter the forest for your chimpanzee trekking. The search takes about 2-5 hours depending on the location of the chimps. On seeing the chimpanzees, you will be granted 1 hour in their presence. Drive out of the park and connect back to Kampala. It’s a 4-5 hour drive via Mityana Road. You will connect to your hotel close to Entebbe airport.
Dinner and overnight stay at Best Western Garden Hotel
Day 8: Fly to and transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park
Depending on your flight time, you will have breakfast and be dropped off at Entebbe airport for your flight to Masai Mara, departing from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm. You will be met by your Kenyan guide and transferred to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will have en-route late lunch then proceed to a 3-4 hours drive to the park.
Lodging: Ole Ken Hotel/Lake Nakuru Lodge/Cllif Nakuru
Meal plan: Full board
Day 9: Full-day Nakuru National Park
Wake up, enjoy breakfast, and connect for an early morning game drive to explore more of the park’s beauty. During the game drive, spot animals like lions, leopards, hyenas, and different antelope species. Later afternoon drive to Lake Nakuru and enjoy the views of huge numbers of flamingo birds on the lake shores and other bird species. In addition to the birdlife of the park, explore the park’s wildlife spotting animals like the black and white rhinos, buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, and zebras. Before nightfall return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Lodging: Ole Ken Hotel/Lake Nakuru Lodge/Cllif Nakuru
Meal plan: Full board
Day 10: Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve via Crescent Island tour in Lake Naivasha
After very early, have breakfast and transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve en route for about 2-3 hours at the crescent island in Lake Naivasha to find some of the interesting animals. After lunch, proceed to Masai Mara National Reserve which is along the floor of the magnificent Rift Valley for unlimited game drive and land of the Masai people. Proceed to your lodge for check-in: dinner and overnight stay.
Lodging: Basecamp Wilderness/AA Mara Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 11: Full day Masai Mara
After breakfast, embark on a full day in the park with a packed lunch to seek out its popular residents. The Masai Mara plains teem with wildebeest during migration season, which spans from early July to the end of September. You’ll regularly spot zebra, impala, topi, giraffe, and Thomson’s gazelle. Predators like leopards, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, and bat-eared foxes roam the area. While the black rhino tends to be shy and elusive, lucky visitors often catch a glimpse of it from a distance.
Hippos are abundant in the Mara River as are very large Nile crocodiles, which lay in wait for a meal as the wildebeest cross on their annual quest to find new pastures.
Lodging: Basecamp Wilderness/AA Mara Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 12: Another day in Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, enjoy another day in Masai Mara in search of its popular residents. After the full-day game drive with a packed lunch and an evening game drive in the plains, return to the lodge in the evening with great memories of the wildlife.
Lodging: Basecamp Wilderness/AA Mara Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 13: Transfer to Amboseli National Park
You will be meant by your guide after breakfast, you will set off on your journey to Amboseli National Park located in the southern part of Kenya. It’s a 7-8 hours drive from Masai Mara to Amboseli National Park with en-route lunch.
Upon arrival, visit the observation hill that gives you an overall view of the whole park, especially the swamp and some animals. In the evening, the clouds usually give you chances to view the snow-capped dome of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in Africa. As you return to the lodge, enjoy an evening game drive.
Lodging: Tortilis/Elerai Camp/Kilima Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 14: Full-Day Amboseli National Park
Have breakfast and explore Amboseli National Park. This park is the home of the famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to the savannah elephants. Among other wildlife species include; lions, cheetahs, leopards, wildebeests, buffaloes, monkey families, and rare bird species. Spend your morning and afternoon on game drives also visiting the swamp below observation hill that hosts many elephants, hippos, and a variety of water fowls like Pelican and Egyptian goose.
Lodging: Tortilis/Elerai Camp/Kilima Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 15: Transfer to Nairobi and Departure
After breakfast, drive out of the park to return to Nairobi. It’s a 4-5 hour drive with a lunch break in Nairobi city. Depending on your departure flight back home, you wait for your flight after check-in at the airport for your onward flight back home or be dropped at your desired location in Nairobi.
End of the 15 Days Uganda Primates & Kenya Wildlife 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.
