9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari is a Kenya and Uganda safari tour that takes you to the most sought-after Kenya national parks of Amboseli National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve, as well as to the jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which is home to more than half the world population of mountain gorillas.
Booking this 9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari have you enjoying the 2 contrasts of expansive vast savanna lands for the big 5 animals in Kenya and the impenetrable rainforest for the endangered mountain gorilla trek. This 9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari can be customized to include other destinations like chimpanzees in Kibale National Park and golden monkeys in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park to complete the primates trek in Uganda; as well as opt to include Tanzania visiting both the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park thus completing the top sights of each of the 3 East African countries. Ending your Kenya wildlife and Uganda primate safari with a Zanzibar beach holiday is an available option!
Should you book this 9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara, and Bwindi Gorilla Safari in the months of July through September, you could get an opportunity to witness the great wildebeest migration.
Detailed Itinerary of 9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Drive to Amboseli National Park, Game Drive
Drive Time: Approx. 4 hours
On this 1st day of your 9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari, your Kenya safari guide shall pick you up from your hotel of stay in Nairobi and after a short briefing, proceed on a transfer to Amboseli National Park, with your picnic lunchbox in hand. Enjoy the amazing scenery as you drive to the park, making as many stops as you like for photography.
Once in the park, engage in a game viewing experience to look out for wildlife species while enjoying photography and views of Mt Kilimanjaro in the backdrop of Amboseli National Park, punctuated with a picnic lunch. You will later proceed to your camp. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight at the camp.
Accommodation: Little Amanya Camp
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2. Full day in Amboseli national park, Guided Walking Safari
After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will engage in a morning game viewing experience in Amboseli National Park to search wildlife species that are very active during the morning making them easy to see and they include elephant herds, leopards, cheetahs, lions, giraffes, antelopes, elands, impalas, kudus, buffalos among others. You will also see a variety of bird species during your game drive.
Lunch will be had after your morning game drive in Amboseli National Park. You will later have another game drive and walking safari in Amboseli National Park around the savannah plains as you enjoy photography and the scenery around you while looking for wildlife species. Dinner and overnight as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Drive to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight Option Available
Your guide will pick you up from your camp after breakfast and you will start your drive to Maasai Mara National Reserve.
You will have a stop in Narok where you will interact with the locals such as the Maasai people and get to know more about their way of life. You will also enjoy craft shopping and see local crafts like beaded jewelry of the Maasai and later continue to the Mara where you will check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight at Sentrim Mara Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4&5: Full day in Maasai Mara National Reserve
Today get to move in and out of your camp as per your will, for your preferred photography times, with the latest being as the sunsets. Look out for wildlife species such as the big 5 like lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos and rhinos. Your dinner and overnight will be as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Transfer to Nairobi, Fly to Uganda (Own Booking)
Your breakfast will be served at your camp as you prepare to drive to the airport for your flight to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda. Your guide in Uganda will be waiting for you at the airport and he will welcome you for your safari.
You will be driven to your hotel in Entebbe where you will check in and have dinner and overnight at Best Western Entebbe.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will have breakfast as you prepare for your early transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, through the Ugandan countryside making stops en-route for lunch and at the Equator for the water experiment. Proceed to the park, arriving in the evening. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Buhoma Haven Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Gorilla Trekking Experience
You will have breakfast early in the morning at your lodge in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park as you prepare for your gorilla trekking activity. Your guide will drive you to the park headquarters for your briefing about the gorilla trekking activity.
After being allocated ranger guides, you will trek into the impenetrable Bwindi forest in search of the gorillas which you will spend about 1 hour. During your gorilla trek, you will also see other primate species in the forest such as black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys as well as a variety of bird and butterfly species. You will spend approximately an hour taking photos, interacting with and admiring their wild nature before returning to your lodge for dinner and overnight as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Departure
You will have an early breakfast at your lodge ahead of your transfer back to Entebbe. You shall be dropped off at the airport or hotel of stay in Kampala or Entebbe as per your preference. This brings your 9 Days Amboseli, Maasai Mara, and Bwindi Gorilla Safari to an end.
Price Includes:
- Airport Pick up and drop off as per itinerary
- Gorilla Permit
- 4X4 Safari vehicle and fuel; Land Cruiser in Kenya, Van in Uganda
- Full time English speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All national park fees
- All meals during the safari
- All game viewing activities specified
- Price quoted per person sharing
Price excludes;
- Flights
- Visa fees
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, email, laundry, beverages or meals not indicated in the itinerary, Portage and wait staff gratuity
- Activities not included in the itinerary