24 Days Gorillas Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Explorer

Day 1 Pick up and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Upon arrival at the airport or from your hotel, our professional English-speaking driver-guide will pick you up. We'll transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You'll stop for lunch en route and arrive at the park in the late afternoon. After checking into your accommodation, you can relax or, optionally, go on a late afternoon game drive if time allows.
Main Destination: 
Queen Elizabeth National Park 

Accommodation: 
Enshama Game Lodge 
⦁    Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth 

Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
⦁    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
 
Day 2 Game Drive and a Boat Cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
You'll rise early for breakfast, then embark on a morning game drive in Kasenyi plains, spotting Cape buffaloes, elephants, lions, and more. You'll return to the lodge for rest and lunch. Next, you will enjoy a 2-hour Kazinga Channel boat cruise, marveling at hippos, elephants, crocodiles, and waterbirds. Afterwards, you can choose between relaxing at the lodge or a late afternoon game drive.
Main Destination: 
Queen Elizabeth National Park 
Accommodation: 
Enshama Game Lodge 
⦁    Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3 Tree-climbing Lions of Ishasha, Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
You'll savor a leisurely breakfast, then head to Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth NP, renowned for its tree-climbing lions. With a 60-70% chance of spotting them, the experience is unforgettable if you catch them lounging in trees. Next, you'll drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park's edge, check into your accommodation, and relax for the gorilla trekking adventure ahead. Optionally, consider chimp tracking in Kyambura Gorge of Queen Elizabeth NP before the transfer to Bwindi for an extra $100, but note that permits must be secured in advance.
Main Destination: 
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas) 
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge or Equivalent 

Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4
Bwindi Gorilla Trekking, Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi to Relax
After breakfast, you will head to the rangers' post for a briefing on gorilla trekking rules, then venture into Bwindi Forest. You'll marvel at the dramatic landscape and dense foliage as you track the great primates. Once you find a gorilla group, you'll be allowed to spend an hour observing these gentle giants. Afterwards, you will transfer to Lake Bunyonyi, where you'll be captivated by the lush green hills and 29 scattered islands, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.
Main Destination: 
Lake Bunyonyi 
Accommodation: 
Sharp Island Lodge 
⦁    Mid-range lodge located at Lake Bunyonyi

Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5 Drive Back to Entebbe Airport for Nairobi.
You'll enjoy a leisurely breakfast with stunning views of Lake Bunyonyi's islands, then depart for Entebbe Airport. You'll stop for lunch and take memorable photos at the Equator line in Kayabwe, with opportunities to shop for local art pieces. You'll arrive at the airport late afternoon, with a recommended departure flight time of 6:00 PM. Flight to Nairobi. 
Arrival and transfer to your Hotel.
Hotel: Best Western Meridian Plus 
Main Destination: 
Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe) to Nairobi 
Accommodation: 
No accommodation (End of tour) 
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    Breakfast & lunch

Day 6 Nairobi City Tour 
  10am pick up time
Enjoy breakfast, and proceed for Nairobi city tour. Visit Nairobi national museum, KiCC Tower, Railway Museum, Giraffe center and Maasai market collections karen.
Later return to your hotel around 4pm.
Dinner and overnight stay. 
Hotel=BestWestern Meridian Plus 
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, Dinner 

DAY 7 SAMBURU GAME RESERVE
After an early breakfast from your hotel, leave Nairobi for Samburu national reserve. Driving with few breaks you will arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. After lunch and short rest proceed for a late afternoon game drive.
⦁    Accommodation at simba lodge 
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
⦁    Distance Approximate 323 km
           
DAY 8: SAMBURU GAME RESERVE
On this days you will have full day game drives in this wild and rugged piece of heaven. Samburu is fiercely beautiful with its arid savannahs watered by the lovely Ewaso Nyiro River. It is also one of Kenya’s most protected parks and is home to species only native to the north of the equator. They are the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, beisa oryx, gerenuk gazelle to the greater and lesser kudu.
⦁    Accommodation at Simba lodge 
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
   
DAY 9: OL PEJETA
Depart from Samburu in the morning and drive to Ol pejeta conservancy. Check in at your hotel and enjoy your well set hot lunch. After lunch enjoy afternoon game drives in Ol pejeta. Ol pejeta is one of the prime sanctuaries in Laikipia platue. It hosts Southern white Rhino and also a refuge of the last 2 northern white rhino left in the world. The Jane Goodall Institute also operates a remarkable Chimpanzee Sanctuary where you can see the primates.
⦁    Accommodation at Sweet Waters Serena camp or Equivalent 
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
⦁    Distance Approximate 152 km
 
DAY 10: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Enjoy your hot breakfast and check out. Proceed with morning game drives and later drive out of the park. You will enjoy hot lunch on the way. You arrive late in the afternoon at your hotel for check inn and dinner.
⦁    Accommodation at Alp Hotel Nakuru 
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
⦁    Distance Approximate 192 km

DAY 11: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast drive to Lake Nakuru national park (9am) for full day adventure.  You will later proceed to Lake Nakuru lodge for check in and lunch. Later, proceed with game drives till late in the evening when you return for dinner and overnight. 
⦁    Accommodation at Lake Nakuru lodge
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
⦁    Distance Approximate 3 km
  
DAY 12: MASAI MARA
Depart Lake Nakuru in the morning (before 9am) and drive to Maasai Mara national reserve. You will enjoy your hot lunch on the way. You shall arrive late in the afternoon at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay. 
⦁    Accommodation at Mara Chui  lodge or Jambo safari Lodge
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
⦁    Distance Approximate 208 km
    
DAY 13: MASAI MARA
Enjoy your breakfast and then proceed for a full day tour, game viewing in Kenya’s finest wildlife park, the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The game drives take you in search of Africa’s Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve.  This day enjoy your packed lunch in the park. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight late in the afternoon.

 Accommodation at Mara Chui  lodge or Jambo safari Lodge
 Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
(optional visiting of Maasai village at an extra cost. A balloon safari is also another option on this day at extra cost.)

DAY 14: MASAI MARA
This day enjoy your breakfast and then proceed for a full day tour, game viewing in Kenya’s finest wildlife park, the Masai Mara National Reserve. The game drives take you in search of Africa’s Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve.  This day enjoy your packed lunch in the park. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight late in the afternoon.

 Accommodation at la Mara Chui  lodge or Jambo safari Lodge
⦁    Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
(Option of visiting a Maasai village at an extra cost. A balloon safari is also another option on this day at extra cost.)

DAY 15: Maasai Mara to Serengeti via Isebania Border .
Early breakfast at 6;00 a.m and check out and exit through the South Gate. Drive to the Isebania border of Tanzania to arrive around midday. Complete the hour-long process to cross the Tanzania border. Meet your Tanzanian driver and start the game drive in Serengeti en route to the accommodation.
Dinner and overnight at: Osero tented Camp or Equivalent 
https://www.oseroserengeti.com/
⦁     Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 16 Full day Serengeti National Reserve.
Breakfast at 7 a.m. Full-day game drive in Serengeti and picnic lunch at 1 p.m., then back to the camp/lodge for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti National Park (Serengeti) is located in Tanzania, best known for its abundance of animals and the great wildebeest migration. The Serengeti stretches 14,763 (5,700 sq miles) stretching North to Kenya and bordering Lake Victoria to the West. Serengeti has the highest concentration of large mammals on this planet and its famous known for its 2,500 Lions the largest concentration found anywhere. The park also has over 518 identified bird species where some of them are Eurasian migrants who are present in the European winter months from October to April.
Dinner and overnight at: Osero tented Camp  or Equivalent 
https://www.oseroserengeti.com/
⦁     Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 17  Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Depart Serengeti at 7 a.m. Game drive en route to Ngorongoro Park with picnic lunch.
Dinner and overnight at: Angata Tented Camp or Equivalent
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 18 Ngorongoro Crater Tour 
Full-day tour of Ngorongoro that begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. with picnic lunch.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing traditional livestock grazing, it includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest caldera. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles and other animals into the northern plains. Extensive archaeological research has also yielded a long sequence of evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years.
Depart to drive and spend the night at Octagon Lodge
Octagon Lodge  https://octagonlodge.com/
⦁     Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 19  Lake Manyara to Amboseli
Early morning half-day game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. It’s a small park so 3 hours game drive will be enough.
Thereafter drive to Namanga border where you will meet our Kenyan guide then proceed to Amboseli National park.
Arriving late in the evening for check in and Dinner at Oltukai Lodge  
https://oltukailodge.com/  or Equivalent  Lodge 
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
 
Day 20 Full Day in Amboseli.

Morning breakfast and start the game drive around the park and get to visit the observation point overlooking the whole park on a birds eye view angle. Continue with the game drives as you look for the predators i.e. the lions and cheetahs. Amboseli is rich with elephant species which are in many herds and also you can view the great mountain of Kilimanjaro slopes and the whole view. Lunch and afternoon rest in the pool. In the evening start the game drive as you look for the predators since they are more active this time. Dinner and rest.

A Dinner and Overnight stay.  
https://oltukailodge.com/  or Equivalent 
⦁    Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 21 Amboseli to Tsavo West National park 

Lodge: Kilaguni Serena lodge or Equivalent 
: Headed to Tsavo West National park 
Stops at: Mzima springs and Shetani Lava 
Depart after your breakfast and head to Tsavo west Park national park via morning game drives. You arrive in time for lunch and check in at Ngulia safari lodge. Afternoon enjoy your game drives visiting the famous park for elephants and the rhinoceros. You return late in the evening to your lodge for dinner and overnight. 
⦁    Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 22 Tsavo west National Park to Taita Conservancy 

Enjoy an early breakfast before we check out.  Upon departing from the lodge, we will have an en-route game drive as we exit Tsavo National Park and we head to Taita conservancy with arrival on time for lunch. Later afternoon game drives. Return for dinner and overnight stay. 
 Main Destination: Taita Conservancy 
Accommodation: Salt lick Lodge or Taita Hills Resort ( depends with Availability)
Mid-range lodge located inside Taita conservancy.  
⦁    Meals & Drinks: Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 23 Taita Conservancy to Tsavo East National Park

Enjoy your hot breakfast, check out, and proceed on a game drive as we head toward Tsavo East National Park. We will arrive in time for lunch and later depart for an afternoon game drive. The sight of dust-red elephants wallowing, rolling, and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of the palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300km Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, makes for an adventure unlike any other in Tsavo East National Park. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to many large mammals. Some of the resident mammals in the park include vast herds of dust–red elephants, rhinos, buffalos, lions, leopards, pods of hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, lesser kudus, gerenuks, and a prolific bird life that features 500 recorded species. Finally, we will return to Voi Safari Lodge for dinner and our overnight stay.
 
Main Destination: Tsavo East National Park
Accommodation: Sentrim Camp Aruba 
Mid-range lodge located inside Tsavo East NP
 Meal Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Drinks not included

Day 24 Tsavo East National Park to Diani
We will depart after breakfast, drive to Voi station for train to Mombasa. Later, transfer to Diani by private vehicle. 
 
Main Destination: Diani (City)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
 
 Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Cost includes:
⦁    Park fees 
⦁    All activities 
⦁    All accommodation 
⦁    A professional driver/guide
⦁    All transportation 
⦁    All Taxes/VAT
⦁    Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
 
 
Cost excludes
⦁    International flights (From/to home)
⦁    Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
⦁    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
⦁    Drinks