9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari – Great Migration, Chimps Tracking, & Gorilla Trekking Tour

9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari for the great wildlife migration, chimpanzee tracking adventure, and ultimate gorilla trekking experience in Bwindi forest. On this 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari, you will visit the Masai Mara National Reserve, the home of a vast number of the African Big Five (among others), then the Kibale Forest, the home to a significant number of chimpanzees as well as the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

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Detailed 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari

Day 1: Flight to Masai Mara National Reserve

The 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari driver will pick you up from your hotel in Nairobi and drive you to Wilson Airport, where you will board your flight to Masai Mara. You will then be received at the airstrip and driven to your camp while enjoying a short game drive and arrive at your destination in time for lunch.

After some rest, you will head out for an afternoon game drive on the Masai Mara plains, returning to camp in time for dinner.

  • Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
  • Accommodation: &Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp – Luxury+ tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR without fences
  • Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), all drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
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Day 2-3: Full-Day Game Drives in Masai Mara National Reserve

For the two days of 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari, after breakfast, you will head out for full-day game drives where you can expect to see a significant number of wildlife—leopards, lions, buffaloes, elephants, rhinos, wildebeest, hyenas, cheetahs, zebras as well as many bird species. You will enjoy a picnic lunch on day two, and on day three, you will return to camp for lunch before heading out to visit a Masai Village close to the park.

  • Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
  • Accommodation: &Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp – Luxury+ tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR without fences
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
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Day 4: Masai Mara to Entebbe in Uganda

After breakfast, our 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari driver will drop you off at the nearest airstrip, where you will board a plane to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, where you will connect with the flight to Entebbe, Uganda. Our company representative will pick you up and drive you to your hotel in Entebbe.

  • Main Destination: Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe, Uganda)
  • Accommodation: Hotel No.5 – Luxury hotel located in or near Entebbe
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
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Day 5: Flight to Kasese and Kibale National Park

After a morning cup of coffee, you will be dropped at the airport in Entebbe, where you will get on the plane to Kasese Airstrip, the closest to Kibale National Park. Upon arrival, the 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari driver will pick you up and drive you to your lodge in Kibale. The drive will give you a good view of the beautiful scenery of the southwestern region of Uganda.

  • Main Destination: Kibale National Park (Chimps)
  • Accommodation: Crater Safari Lodge – Mid-range lodge located just outside Kibale NP
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Non-alcoholic drinks
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Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking at Kibale National Park

You will wake up early for breakfast, and our 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari driver guide will drive you to the Kibale National Park’s headquarters. After a short briefing by one of the park staff, a guide will be allocated to you, who will lead the trek into the forest, searching for the chimpanzees. This park is the only place in East Africa where one can have the best primate tracking experience searching for man’s closest relative, the chimpanzee. After lunch, you will also walk in the nearby community to experience the local culture.

  • Main Destination: Kibale National Park (Chimps)
  • Accommodation: Crater Safari Lodge – Mid-range lodge located just outside Kibale NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
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Day 7: Flight to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast, our 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari driver guide will drive you to Kasese Airstrip, where you will take a flight to the Kihihi Airstrip. Upon arrival, another driver will pick you up and drive you to your camp at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. After lunch, you may walk around the small village neighbouring the forest or spend the afternoon/ evening leisurely.

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Day 8: Gorilla Trekking Experience

Today is regarded as the highlight of the entire safari in Uganda! So, after breakfast, you will head out to the park’s headquarters, where you have to get to by 7:30am. At the park, you will join other visitors for a briefing by one of the park’s officials. Now, it is time to go into the forest! You will accompany the lead guide to find the gorilla family you will be allocated to. The round trip may take between two to seven hours, depending on where your gorilla family is.

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Day 9: Entebbe International Airport

After breakfast, the 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari driver guide will ensure you get to the airstrip on time to catch the plane to Entebbe International Airport. And here, depending on your departure time, you may wait at the airport or check in at a hotel in Entebbe for a day room.

This will mark the end of 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari to the Masai Mara National Reserve and chimpanzee and gorilla trekking adventure.

  • Main Destination: Entebbe (City, Uganda)
  • Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You’ll be dropped off at the airport.
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Entebbe International Airport

9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All flights during the 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Excluded

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of 9 Days Kenya Uganda Safari.
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

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