Masai Mara, Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari
7 Days Masai Mara, Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari
Safari Overview
The 7-day Masai Mara, Gorilla & Chimpanzee safari packs a lot into a short period. It gives the best of each world and mostly suits those on short holidays. It also suits those who have an interest in primate trekking and game i.e. The Big 5. While on this safari, one will be able to visit Masai Mara National Park in Kenya. Also, you’ll be able to visit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in South Western Uganda. You will thus be able to do game drives, bird watching, cultural encounters, and gorilla trekking.
Summary of 7-day Masai Mara, Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari
- Day 1: Pick up from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and drive to Masai Mara National Park
- Day 2: Game drive in Masai Mara National Park
- Day 3: Transfer from Masai Mara National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via Kisumu and Entebbe International Airport using Airkenya/Aerolink.
- Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 5: Transfer from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 7: Depart Kibale Forest National Park for Entebbe for your flight back home.
Safari Highlights of the 7-day Masai Mara, Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari
You will visit the East African countries of Kenya and Uganda.
Also, You will visit Masai Mara National Park, Kibale National Park, and Mgahinga or Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
You will do game drives and boat cruises, gorilla tracking, and birding. There will be cultural encounters and other optional activities around the park like guided nature walks.
Detailed Itinerary of the 7-day Masai Mara, Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve
On arrival at Jomo Kenya Airport, your driver from Safari Vacations and Travel Services will meet you. You will then drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve.
This is home to the greatest concentration of large mammals. Hence, Many largely recognize it as Africa’s ultimate wildlife reserve. The park is in the northern extension of the vast Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, famous for its annual migration of wildebeest. Arrive for lunch at the camp and later depart for an evening game-viewing drive until sunset. Moreover, it’ll take place in this spectacular place of breathtaking sceneries, never-ending plains, and the most abundant variety of wildlife not remaining anywhere in the world.
The landscape is made up of rolling savannahs dotted with patchy shrubs and bush thickets.
Dinner and overnight: Mara Serena Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 2: Masai Mara full-day game drives
Spend a further day of game-watching with morning and afternoon game drives. Wildlife is abundant in the Reserve with the gentle grasslands ensuring that animals are never out of sight.
Birds are prolific including immigrants, 450 bird species have been recorded among them 57 birds of prey. Every year the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle; The Great Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti. The big cats – lion, leopard, and cheetah – follow the wildebeest, essentially their main source of food, into the Mara. The Mara at this time is full of wildlife, providing lucky visitors on safari with superb sightings of game.
Accommodation: Mara Serena Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: Transfer from Masai Mara to Bwindi via Kisumu/Entebbe
Today, you will have breakfast, and later drive to the airstrip for a flight to Kisumu. Then onward, you’ll fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via Entebbe for clearing immigration. You’ll finally arrive in Bwindi late in the evening.
Accommodation: Mahogany Springs/Gorilla Heights Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 4: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi National Park
After breakfast with your packed lunch, you will drive to the park headquarters for a briefing about gorilla tracking. Then, Gorilla family allocation will follow depending on your fitness, interest, and age. Please endeavor to communicate to your guide your interests. He will undoubtedly try and request a suitable group before you begin the trek into the forest.
Proceed to the park to headquarters to join other clients for briefing. Then, head to the forest to trek the gorillas. Once you find them, you are allowed one hour of photography and observation before returning to the lodge. Also, remember that Gorilla tracking is/can be a tedious exercise. Therefore, it requires some level of fitness but is an amazing experience of a lifetime.
Accommodation: Mahogany Springs/Gorilla Heights Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6: Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Kibale National Park for an overnight. This journey will take you through Queen Elizabeth National Park with chances of spotting some wild game as we drive through. You will have a chance to cross the equator and proceed for lunch in Fort Portal town. Then, later drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6: Chimpanzee Tracking In Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Kibale National Park for briefing and then chimpanzee tracking in the forest. This park is popular for primates and birds. There have been 13 registered primate species so far in this park. Chimpanzees live in communities of 50-250 individuals. however, they break up into small parties during the day to reduce competition for food. You will have one hour with the chimpanzees before returning to the lodge. Then In the afternoon, take a wetland walk in Bigodi village. This community walk is a clear manifestation of how local communities are a stepping stone in conservation.
Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 7: Depart for Entebbe for your flight out.
After breakfast, you will drive to Entebbe International Airport in time to catch the departure flight home. this will thus mark the end of your 7-day Masai mara, Gorilla, and Chimpanzee safari.
