15-Day Kenya wildlife safari & gorilla trekking in Uganda

Detailed Itinerary for 15-Day Kenya wildlife safari & gorilla trekking in Uganda

Day 1: Drive to Samburu National Park

On arrival at the Airport, you are met by our driver guide who will drive you to the north of Kenya, This drive will take you through different landscapes and countryside, which will be a good introduction to your tour.  You will have a stopover for lunch and after drive to the lodge as you prepare for the evening game drive, where you may be able to spot different wildlife, including lions, buffalo, leopards, elephants, and many others. Dinner and overnight

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge: Soroi Sambura Lodge or Elephant Bedroom Camp

Day 2: Explore Samburu National Park.

After early morning breakfast go for game drive with opportunity of sporting Somali Ostrich, reticulated giraffe, Grevy Zebra, Beisa Oryx, Samburu national park is one the best place to visit while in Kenya because of its breath-taking beauty, also you will be see deep red sunset silhouetting the doom palms along the river as you enjoy lions, cheetah, leopard and other hunting animals coming to drink water along the river, you as well get to see a big pack of wild dogs, big herds of Zebra’s, elephants, elands and many other wild animals including different birds spices. Dinner and overnight

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge: Soroi Sambura Lodge or Elephant Bedroom Camp

Day 3: Transfer from Samburu Park to Naivasha

In the morning, your driver guide will transfer you to Lake Naivasha. Have a few stops along the way, as you enjoy the view of the rift valley, arrive at the lodge in time for lunch, and then go for an amazing boat ride on Lake Naivasha. Dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge: Naivasha Resort or Naivasha Konogoni Lodge

Day 4: Transfer from Naivasha to Masai Mara National Park

After a break in the morning, before you drive to Masai Mara, you will first have to go for a brief morning drive in Lake Naivasha, and after checking out, transfer to Masai Mara National Park, which is very famous for the big five and big herds of wild animals.  Dinner and overnight at Siana Spring

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge Option: Masai Mara AA Lodge or Jambo Mara Safari Lodge

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Day 5: Go for a full-day Exploration game drive in Masai Mara National Park

After earl morning Breakfast, you will set off for a full day game drive in Masai Mara up to the Mara River, in this day you will have to go with packed lunch because you have full day in the park, after lunch stopover you will continue with afternoon game drive and later return to the lodge in time for dinner and overnight. This Maasai Mara national park is well known and famous for the seasonal Wildebeest Migration, during Migration time over a million wildebeests accompanied by thousands of other herbivores, migrate from Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara looking for greener pastures and it is during this season hundreds of lions, cheetahs, hyenas and leopards keep follow them and picking on the old and weaker ones. Dinner and overnight

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge Option: Masai Mara AA Lodge or Jambo Mara Safari Lodge

Day 6: Experience of a hot air balloon flight

After a cup of coffee or tea, set off to experience the breathtaking beauty of the Serengeti National Park on a once-in-a-lifetime hot air balloon flight. The balloon floats in the direction of the winds of morning. The pilot of the balloon controls the altitude of your balloon so that you can get the best photographic opportunities of the wildlife. Dinner and overnight at

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge option: Masai Mara AA Lodge or Jambo Mara Safari Lodge

Day 7: Transfer from Masai Mara to Kisumu

Have breakfast and after, go morning game drive briefly, and then drive to the lodge to check out and transfer to Kisumu, arriving in Kisumu in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge Option: Jambo Impala Eco Lodge

Day 8: Drive or fly from Kenya to Udand- Entebbe Airport

After breakfast, you have a relaxed morning at the lodge, check out, and drive to the airport for your flight from Kisumu to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda. Dinner and overnight at Boma Hotel, Entebbe. You can choose to fly or drive, If you choose to drive, it will take you about 7 hours to drive.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge: Boma Hotel Entebbe

Day 9: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Our guide will pick you up after breakfast, then start the drive from Entebbe\Kampala by road and head south-western Uganda to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You have a stopover for some informative talk and a photographic opportunity, and some experiment at the Uganda Equator line, Kayabwe and then continue to Mbarara for Lunch, after continuing with the drive to Bwindi Forest, this jaunory taks you through the green rolling hills of different crops which includes Banana and Tea plantations among others.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge: Bakiga Lodge or Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

Day 10: Mountain gorilla trekking day in Bwindi Forest

In the morning, your driver guide will take you to Bwindi Forest Park headquarters. remember to take a packed lunch. after registration, you will join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and the don’ts to follow during your gorilla trekking. Gorilla trekking takes you through thick forest, hiking up and down, following the guidance of park rangers/guides to find the mountain gorillas. This activity can take you half a day to three-quarters of the day. Bwindi forest is a steeply forested landscape that is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, which allow access to visitors to view the great apes freely at close range.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Midrange Lodge: Bakiga Lodge or Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

Day 11: Transfer to Kibale Forest for the Chimpanzee trekking

After breakfast, embark on the drive in the company of your driver guide to Fort Portal, about a 5-hour drive from Bwindi Forest. This drive from Bwindi Forest to Kibale Forest takes you through the impressive countryside landscapes and scenic areas. Have a stopover for lunch in Fort Portal city, and then go for a brief tour of the Crater Lakes for amazing scenic views. Visit Amabere g’ Nnyinamwiru Caves, which is the ancient historical feature that locals believe to be the breasts of the daughter of a self-enthroned King of Bachwezi. This tour is rewarding after listening to the whole story being told by the local guides. Retreat from the caves and continue with a drive to Kibale Forest.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Mid-range Lodge options: Guereza Canopy Lodge or Chimpanzee Forest Lodge, or Turaco Treetop Lodge

Day 12: Chimpanzee trekking & afternoon Bigodi wetland walk

After breakfast, embark on the chimpanzee trekking encounter in Kibale National Park. You gather at Kanyanchu tourism centre for a briefing at 8 am by the Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers, after which you head to the prehistoric forest in search of your closest cousin. This forest offers great flora concentration with 351 Species of trees, some of which are 200 years old and over 55m tall. Kibale forest has 70 species of mammals and 13 primate species, which include the chimpanzee,red-tailed monkey, among others. This forest is also a home to 375 Species of birds, which include the African and green-breasted, olive long-tailed cuckoo, African grey parrot, and the endemic ground thrush (Turdus kibalensis).

When you finally find the chimps, you will be allowed to spend one full hour with them, see them as they hunt, patrol, and see young ones playing as the adults make pant hooting calls. Chimp trekking is an exciting moment that will leave you with no other option but to be active with your camera as you try to capture the best photos and videos to take back memories of this wonderful moment to your home country.

After lunch in the afternoon, go to the Bigodi wetland sanctuary for an afternoon guided walk. Bigodi swamp is an eco-tourism project managed by the local communities living around Kibale Forest, Bigodi area, This swamp is a home to more than 138 bird species that include the Great Blue Turaco.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options:

Mid-range Lodge: Guereza Canopy Lodge or Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or Turaco Treetop Lodge

Day 13: Drive to Murchison Falls 

 In the say by by to Kibale Forest and embark on another amazing scenic drive to Murchison Falls National Park. The drive from Kibale forest to Murchison Falls is approximately 5 hours. You will have a stopover in Hoima city for lunch, and after, continue with the drive to the top of the Murchison Falls.

Driving time:  5-6 hours

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Mid-range Lodge Option:  Murchison River lodge or Twiga Safari Lodge

Day 14: Morning game drive &afternoon boat ride in Murchison Falls

Your driver guide will take you for an early morning game drive. Some of the animals to see include lions, Hyenas, Leopards, giraffes, hartebeest, elephants, and cape buffalo, among many other mammals to see on this morning game drive. For the bird lovers, Murchison Falls National Park is a birdwatching paradise.

After lunch, go for an afternoon boat cruise to the foot of the magnificent Murchison Falls, where you have the opportunity to see the Nile plunge through a narrow crevice and over a 40-meter drop. On this boat trip, you will see some of the biggest Nile crocodiles, hippos, and different species of birds.

 Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (FB)

Accommodation options

Mid-range Lodge Option:  Murchison River lodge or Twiga Safari Lodge

Day 15: Transfer to Entebbe Airport via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary- for Rhino tracking

After morning breakfast, you will drive back to Entebbe airport for your flight out late in the evening. On the way to Entebbe, have a stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino trekking. This sanctuary was opened in 1998 by the Rhino Fund to reintroduce black and white Rhinos back into Uganda’s national parks and other protected areas, as well as educate the locals on endangered Rhinos, poaching, and environmental conservation. Rhino trekking takes between one and two hours. After trekking, have lunch at Rhion restaurant, then continue with the drive to Entebbe.

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• All our tours/safaris can start and end in Kigali Rwanda or Entebbe Uganda with no extra costs
• Our tour consultant is at your disposal for any information you may need 24/7
• We do all your airport transfers in Kigali or Entebbe
• We arrange accommodation for you the day before the tour starts and on the day tour ends with no extra costs.

Transportation & Guides

We use both standard 4×4 customized safari vans and 4×4 luxury customized safari Land cruisers as our road mode of transport for game viewing, taking photos wildlife filming, and photography, all our safari vehicles have a pop-up roof for proper game viewing and easy to take as many photos as you can, with also charging system for your cameras, phones and also every client is guaranteed of a window seat for easy view.

Our drive/guides are very professionally and well trained, we know every successful safari needs a great guide, majority of the comments from our clients regarding our services are centered on the professionalism of our guides, returning clients request the same guide on their second and third trip.