SAFARI OVERVIEW
Embark on a 10-day safari that seamlessly combines the best of Kenya’s renowned wildlife reserves with the pristine, verdant landscapes of Uganda’s Bwindi Forest National Park. In Kenya, your journey begins with exhilarating game drives across iconic savannahs where you’ll witness the majesty of the Big Five and other native wildlife against a backdrop of sweeping plains and rugged terrain. Along the way, immerse yourself in local culture and enjoy the charm of traditional villages and scenic landscapes.After a few days of unforgettable experiences in Kenya, the adventure continues as you cross into Uganda. In Bwindi Forest National Park, you will have the rare opportunity to trek through ancient, lush forests in search of the endangered mountain gorillas. Guided by expert trackers, each step offers an intimate encounter with nature in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions.This itinerary masterfully blends thrilling wildlife encounters with moments of serene exploration, ensuring a safari experience that is both adventurous and deeply immersive.
CLASSIC KENYA AND UGANDA SAFARI EXPERIENCE
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Jambo! This morning you will be met by Webale Safaris driver guide at Hotel/airport who will brief you on your program ahead and introduce the Driver Guide who will be with you throughout the safari.
Depart for the Masai Mara National Game Reserve, stopping briefly at the Great Rift Valley ViewPoint for some photos then proceed with the drive to arrive in time for check in and lunch at the Loyk Mara Camp .You will then spend the afternoon at leisure before going for an evening game drive till dusk when you return to your camp.
Loyk Mara Camp has a lot of different facilities to satisfy the demand of guests who value the sense of privacy and peace to make them feel comfortable in the heart of the wild nature. Beside the standard services and facilities such as full board accommodation and game drives in Masai Mara National Reserve the camp offers a large variety of activities for those who wish to learn more about themselves, test their strength, express themselves, get new Impressions and impress their friends.
Overnight at Loyk Mara Camp
Meal Plan – Bed & Breakfast
Wake up before sunup and have some muffins and coffee, before you take a morning game drive. You'll see how still and quiet the Bush is at dawn and watch it begin to stir as the sun comes up. Keep a look out for Burchell’s Zebra and Gerenuk, a species that may make you think of ET. You'll return to camp for a late brunch; then you'll have the option to take a safari, on-foot, to a local Samburu Village, where you'll be exposed to Samburu traditions and nomadic culture. Head back to camp for lunch followed by a siesta, and finish up your day on an evening game drive, taking in another African sunset.The Samburu region is the best place to find several endemic Northern species; including the Gerenuk (twiga gazelle) due to her long neck, the beisa Oryx, the Reticulated Giraffe, the Somali ostrich and Grevy’s Zebra. Samburu is also an ornithological paradise, home to many birds including local species such as the Palm Nut Vulture and the Vivacious Dove. Leopards are often seen at dusk. The Samburu culture is a truly fascinating one, sharing a great deal of ancestral and linguistic ties to the Masai. The entire Samburu region is a place of breathtaking and magical beauty, a place where the vision of a deep red sunset silhouetting the doom palms along the river as a leopard emerges to hunt brings the perfect end to a day on safari.
Overnight at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Depart to the privately-owned 24,000-acre reserve, Ol Pejeta Conservancy s where your drive ends and another adventure begins at your luxurious tented camp with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya. Arrive for lunch followed by afternoon game viewing drive. One of only four private wildlife reserves in Kenya, your under-canvas experience includes wildlife drives in search of the ‘Big Five’. Watch a parade of elephant, giraffe, zebra and impala come to drink at the camp’s floodlit waterhole and saltlick. Optional activities abound, you may choose to go on a night drive in search of nocturnal species, go on a nature walk or join a rhino patrol with experienced armed rangers to find and monitor black rhino. During your stay here, you will also visit the 200-acre Chimpanzee sanctuary that has been set up here. Although chimps are not indigenous to Kenya, the aim of the project, initiated by Lonrho East Africa, Kenya Wildlife Services and the Jane Goodall Institute, was to set up a colony where chimps could be introduced, rehabilitated and taught to fend for themselves in an area similar to their natural living conditions. Priority is given to orphaned and abused chimps. The Sanctuary currently has 27 chimps, including two babies born in the Sanctuary. There is also a new Visitor's Information Center at Morani's Boma. While here, you will be treated to a guided walking safari. At an optional cost, you can enjoy camel safaris, and horse-back riding.
Overnight at Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Continue with your journey this morning as you drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, a shallow alkaline lake that is world-renowned for its huge concentration of flamingos; at times, hundreds of thousands of these birds give the lake a pink shimmering glow. The park boasts a huge variety of animals, including leopard which is often found snoozing on the branches of the magnificent yellow-barked acacias, lion, buffalo, hippo, waterbuck, warthog, baboon, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe only found in this park in Kenya, white rhino and the rare black rhino which is protected and guarded here.
You arrive in time for lunch at the Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge followed by an afternoon game drive till dusk when you return to your camp. Located on a range of hills that form the western limits of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, the lodge offers spectacular views over the vastness of Africa. The lodge also overlooks Lake Nakuru and its surrounding National Park, one that is a paradise for bird watchers and wildlife lovers alike.
Overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, drive to the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, backdrop to 'the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth', the annual migration of over one million wildebeest. Arrive in time for lunch at the Mara Sarova Camp, a luxury tented camp. Sarova Mara is set in the African bush but the luxurious tents all have permanent roofs, zip-up fronts, and electricity and en-suite facilities. Relaxing outside your own tent listening to the orchestra of rasping Cicadas, croaking Tree Frogs and the intermittent call of birds and monkeys is a memorable symphony.The Masai Mara is arguably Kenya’s most popular game reserve. It is the most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya. The film “Out of Africa” was made to a great extent in this sanctuary. There is a profusion of all types of wildlife including the big five. A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeests, zebras, and the gazelles from the Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara river to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields from late June. The game reserve abounds with birdlife since close to about four hundred and fifty-two odd species have been recorded.
Overnight at Mara Sarova Game Camp
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
You will have one more day of wildlife-viewing opportunities in the Masai Mara Reserve, also known as the “Jewel of Africa,” a site with one of the largest and the most spectacular animal migrations in the world. The reserve is inhabited by many of Africa's most popular wild animals, including lion, cheetah, elephant, leopard, black rhino and hippo. There are also over 500 resident species of birds in the park including ostrich, larks and sunbirds as well as the lovely Lilac-breasted Roller. The area is famous for rolling grassland and for the Mara River, which runs through the reserve from north to south. The reserve covers an area of 700 square miles and forms part of the Serengeti ecosystem, hosting the world-famous spectacle of the annual migration of up to two million wildebeest, thousands of zebra and an escort of carnivores from the Serengeti plains that follow the rains and succulent new grass. A costly trek as many of the lame, laggard and sick will fall prey to the ravening pack of predators and many more will die in the swirling flood waters of the Mara River as they try to cross it. The Mara also has one of the highest concentrations of cheetahs on the continent, as well as many magnificent black-manned lions.
Overnight at Mara Sarova Game Camp
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Wake up before sunup and have some muffins and coffee, before you take a morning game drive, followed by a bush breakfast at the Hippo Pool. You'll see how still and quiet the bush is at dawn and watch it begin to stir as the sun comes up. You'll return to camp for check out then depart for Nairobi with a brief stop in Narok for snacks/lunch at the Narok Coffee House. This is at an extra cost. Thereafter, you will proceed with a drive to arrive in Nairobi late in the afternoon for check in at the Emara Ole Sereni Hotel. After freshening up, you will be transferred to the renowned Carnivore Restaurant for a farewell dinner, and back to your hotel for an overnight stay.
The Carnivore is the ultimate 'Beast of a Feast’ . A variety of meat including ostrich, crocodile and camel, is roasted over charcoal and carved at your table. Delicious side dishes and an exceptional array of sauces complement this fixed price feast that also includes soup, a selection of desserts and Kenyan coffee. Set in attractive tropical gardens, the service and the décor are outstanding.
Overnight at Emara Ole Sereni Hotel
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After your breakfast, depending on your international departure flight schedule, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you will arrive in time for your transfer flight to Entebbe International Airport. On arrival you will be transferred by flight to Kihihi. On arrival, you will be transferred by our driver guide to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Buhoma Lodge
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After your breakfast, you will be transferred to the briefing area where you will be allocated a gorilla family and with your packed lunch, you will start to trek through the Bwindi Forest. On encountering the gorillas, You will spend a maximum of an hour with them in their natural habitats. You will then trek back to the briefing area where you will be awarded certificates of participation. You will be moved back to the lodge for dinner and relaxation.
Overnight at Buhoma Lodge
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
You will have breakfast and then get transferred from the lodge to Kihihi where you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your connecting flight back home.
Overnight at Buhoma Lodge
Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Safari inclusions
- Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary.
- Transportation in a chauffeur driven safari 4 x 4 land cruiser with a pop-up roof for easy game viewing & photography.
- Services of an English or French or Spanish speaking driver-guides, unlimited game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary.
- All Government taxes and levies.
- Complimentary 1.5 litres mineral water per person per day in the safari vehicle.
- All meet and greet services.
- All arrival and departure transfers.
- 24 hours stand-by contact number.
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary.
- Guaranteed window seat in each vehicle per passenger.
- Two-way long range high frequency radio communication in each vehicle.
- On safari accessories in each vehicle: – First-aid kit, wildlife books, a pair of binoculars, cool box and fire extinguisher.
- Flying doctors coverage which covers you within East Africa for a period of 14 days. In the eventuality of a medical emergency, you will be airlifted to Nairobi where you will be taken to a good hospital. Hospital bills are born by the patient.
Safari exclusions
- All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax/email bills etc.
- Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver- guide(s). Budget approx. $ 2.00 – $ 4.00 per person per day for lodge and hotel staff, $ 1.00 per bag for porters and $ 5.00 – $ 10.00 per person per day for driver-guides).
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
- Any local or international flight and departure taxes.
- Laundry services.
- Any other item(s) not included in our itinerary.
- Visa fees