Day 1
You
are met at 0700hrs and proceed southwest and across the Equator. You
Drive through savannah grasslands seeing banana plantations and herds
of Ankole cattle with their incredibly long curving horns. You then
ascend into the Kigezi highlands, known as the "Switzerland of Africa",
with terraced farming and mountain scenery. Drive through to Bwindi.
Day 2
After an early
breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, enter the
gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is
spectacular. The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is
incredibly dense, but criss-crossed by numerous animal trails allowing
access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain varies with the
movements of these great primates. The thrill of spending time
observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting
experience to be long savored. Many find it to be a rare and moving
opportunity.
Day 3
Sadly
return to Kampala with great memories of and moments spent with the
fascinating Mountain Gorillas. You will have a stopover in Mbarara for
lunch. Drop-off at the airport for your flight to Nairobi. Upon
arrival, you are met and transfer to Sarova Panafric for overnight.
Dinner on own
arrangement
Day 4
Pick
up at 0800hrs and drive to Outspan hotel where you will have lunch at
1230 hrs. Later in the afternoon transfer to Treetops Lodge. Aberdares
National Park has a diverse topography that includes icy rivers,
spectacular waterfalls and rain forests. The flora and fauna is quite
unique and is not found elsewhere in the country, expect on Mount
Kenya. Leopard, elephant, serval, waterbuck, reedbuck, dikdik, rhino
and the rare bongo can all be found here. You are sure to see
elephants, buffalos and some other animals at the floodlit waterholes
of Treetops Lodge. Dinner and Overnight at Treetops Lodge.
Day 5
0800hrs,
pick up and drive to Lake Nakuru National park arriving in time for
lunch at Sarova Lion Hill lodge. 1600hrs, proceed for an afternoon game
drive.
Dinner and 0vernight
at Sarova Lion hill lodge
Day 6
0700
hrs pick up and drive via the Great Rift Valley to arrive at Maasai
Mara in time for lunch. Along the way we will have a distant view of
Mt. Longonot, Mt. Margaret and Mt. Suswa. 1600 hrs -An afternoon game
drive till dusk. The Masai Mara National Reserve is Kenya's finest
wildlife reserve. Everything about this reserve is outstanding. The
wildlife is abundant and the gentle rolling grasslands ensure that
animals are never out of sight. Birds, too, are prolific. Including
migrants, well over 450 species have been recorded, among them, 57
species of birds of prey. The climate is gentle, rarely too hot and
well-spread rainfall year round. Rain, when it falls almost always
chooses the late afternoon or night. Between July and October, when the
great wildebeest migration is in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the
sensation is unparalleled.
Dinner and overnight
at Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 7
0630
hrs -Early morning game drive in the Mara. Later, return to the lodge
for breakfast. Rest of the morning at leisure. (On this day, you also
have an optional balloon ride- at an extra cost with pick up from the
lodge at 0500hrs) 1600 hrs -After lunch at the lodge, proceed for an
afternoon game drive till dusk. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 8
Breakfast at the
lodge and at 0800hrs, return to Nairobi arriving around 1300 hrs.
