29-Day Authentic Kenya and Uganda Safari Experience

Accommodation:

Sentrim Elementaita

Mid-range lodge located at Lake Elementaita (Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Optional Cultural Experience At 30 USD Per Person | Full Day Game Drive

After breakfast, you will spend a full day with nature. Depart from your lodge with a packed lunch in hand and then make your way to the interior of the park. You’ll eat lunch within the park at midday and spot thousands of animals in their natural habitat. Return late to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Optional activities include: a visit to Samburu National Reserve for a cultural experience with a native tribe. This cultural experience costs US $30 per person.

Dinner and overnight at Sentrim Elementaita.

Main Destination:

Samburu National Reserve (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Sentrim Elementaita

Mid-range lodge located at Lake Elementaita (Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Transfer To Shaba National Reserve | Evening Game Drive

After having breakfast, you will be transferred to Shaba National Reserve. You will enjoy a game drive en route to your lodge. After check-in, lunch, and relaxing, you may opt to go on another game drive. Be ready to see lions, elephants, giraffes, grevy zebras, and so many other animals.

Dinner and overnight at Lions Court Lodge.

Main Destination:

Shaba National Reserve (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to September and January to February

High Season December to March and July to October (Busy)

Best Weather June and December (Cool and fresh after rain)

Wildlife in Shaba NR

HippoCommon

ElephantOccasional

GiraffeOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

ZebraOccasional

LionRare

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

HyenaRare

Wild DogRare to None

Accommodation:

Lions Court Lodge

Budget hotelin Nanyuki (Town, Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Transfer To Mount Kenya National Park | Nature Walks | Forest Adventures

Enjoy breakfast and then depart for your journey to Mount Kenya National Park. Here you will enjoy authentic forest adventures and nature walks.

Rising to 5,199 meters, Mount Kenya is the second tallest mountain in Africa. The scenery surrounding this World Heritage Site is breath-taking. You’ll see pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, glaciers, dense forest, mineral springs, a selection of rare and endangered species of animals, high altitude adapted plains game, and unique montane and alpine vegetation.

Visitors can enjoy mountain climbing, camping, and caving with the mountain’s rugged glacier-clad peaks providing the perfect backdrop.

Dinner and overnight at Castle Royal Mombasa.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Castle Royal Mombasa

Mid-range hotelin Mombasa (City, Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Climbing Mount Kenya | Relaxing

After breakfast, you will embark on day 2 adventures in Mount Kenya National Park. The park includes Mount Kenya itself, which is basically a forest reserve where animals reside, including elephants, tree hyrax, mongoose, mole rats, bushbucks, waterbucks, duikers, buffaloes, black rhinos, leopards, and many other others.

Mount Kenya has montane avifauna, which attracts a variety of birds. You may see mountain buzzard, violet-backed starling, olive pigeon, eastern bronze-napped pigeon and oriole finch, Meyer’s parrots, African green pigeon, black-and-white mannikin, spot-flanked barbet, red-fronted parrot, Jackson’s francolin, moorland chat, Abyssinian ground thrush, Hartlaub’s turaco.

You will choose either to climb Mount Kenya or relax at your lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Castle Royal Mombasa.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Castle Royal Mombasa

Mid-range hotelin Mombasa (City, Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Transfer To Aberdare National Park | Evening Game Drive

Enjoy your breakfast and then depart for Aberdares National Park. On arrival, you will check in at your lodge, have lunch and relax a bit. Later, you will head out for an evening game drive in the lovely park.

Aberdare National Park provides a habitat for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs, and bushbucks (among others). Rare sightings include the giant forest hog, bongo, golden cat, serval cat, African wild cat, African civet cat, and the blue duiker. Visitors can indulge in picnics, trout fishing in the rivers, and camping in the moorlands. Bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds found in the park. These include Jackson's francolin, sparrow hawks, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds, and plovers.

Dinner and overnight at The Ark.

Main Destination:

Aberdare National Park (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to September and December to February (Driest months)

High Season June to October and December to March

Best Weather June to September and December to February (Less rain)

Wildlife in Aberdare NP

ElephantCommon

BuffaloCommon

HyenaCommon

Black RhinoRare

LionVery Rare

LeopardRare

GiraffeNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

HippoNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

The Ark

Mid-range lodge located inside Aberdare NP (Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Transfer To Lake Baringo | Bird Watching | Relaxing

After breakfast you will depart for Lake Baringo, where you will arrive in time for lunch at the camp. Afterwards you will be able to enjoy some bird watching activities.

The afternoon will be spent at your leisure.

Dinner and overnight at Island Camp Baringo.

Main Destination:

Lake Baringo (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Island Camp Baringo

Mid-range tented bush camp located at Lake Baringo (Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Transfer To Lake Naivasha National Park | Optional Boat Cruise At 40 USD Per Person

Enjoy breakfast and then depart for Lake Naivasha, where you will arrive in time for lunch. The afternoon will be spent at your leisure, after which you may partake in optional activities like boat riding on the lake (US $40 per person, cost not included).

Dinner and overnight at Lokanga Boutique Hotel.

Main Destination:

Lake Naivasha (Naivasha, Kenya)

Accommodation:

Lokanga Boutique Hotel

Mid-range hotelin Antananarivo (City, Madagascar)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Transfer To Amboseli National Park | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Amboseli National Park.. On arrival, you will check into your camp and have some lunch and a short rest before going on a game drive in the park until 6:00pm.

Dinner and overnight at Zebra Plain Mara Camp.

Main Destination:

Amboseli National Park (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to October and January to February

High Season December to March and July to October (Busy)

Best Weather June to September and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Amboseli NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LionOccasional

CheetahOccasional

LeopardRare to None

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Zebra Plains Mara Camp

Mid-range tented camp located inside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12

Transfer To Tsavo West National Park | Evening Game Drive

Enjoy an early morning breakfast and then depart for Tsavo West National Park.

This park is famous for the Mzima springs—a natural water source. You’ll experience a game drive as you make your way to the lodge for a hot lunch. Later in the afternoon you will go on an additional game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Ngulia Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Tsavo West National Park (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to October and January to February (Best for general wildlife viewing; little rainfall)

High Season December to March and July to October (Busy)

Best Weather June to September and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tsavo West NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoCommon

LionOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

HyenaOccasional

Black RhinoRare

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Ngulia Safari Lodge

Mid-range lodge located inside Tsavo West NP (Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 13

Morning Game Drive | Visiting The Rhino Sanctuary | Relaxing

Eat breakfast and then depart on a game drive. You will visit the rhino sanctuary and then return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. Be sure to keep an eye out for the various bird species that live here!

Dinner and overnight at Ngulia Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Tsavo West National Park (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Ngulia Safari Lodge

Mid-range lodge located inside Tsavo West NP (Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 14

Transfer To Tsavo East National Park | Morning And Evening Game Drives

Enjoy a hot breakfast and then depart for Tsavo East National Park. You will enjoy a game drive en route to your lodge, where you will have a hot lunch after check-in.

Later in the afternoon you will go on another game drive before being transferred to your lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Zomba Forest Lodge.

Main Destination:

Tsavo East National Park (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to October and January to February (Best for general wildlife viewing; little rainfall)

High Season December to March and July to October (Not busy)

Best Weather June to September and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tsavo East NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

LionOccasional

CheetahOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

WildebeestRare

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Zomba Forest Lodge

Mid-range lodge located inside Zomba Plateau (Malawi)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 15

Transfer To Nairobi | Visit The Museum

After breakfast you will be transferred to Nairobi and pay a visit to the Nairobi National Museum, where there's a permanent collection that combines history, culture, and art. It is a must visit for travelers interested in Kenya’s rich heritage.

Artifacts are displayed across two floors, and a nature trail winds through the surrounding grounds, a botanical garden, and outdoor sculpture collections

Dinner and overnight at Eka Hotel Nairobi.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City, Kenya)

Accommodation:

Eka Hotel Nairobi

Mid-range hotelin Nairobi (City, Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 16

Last Day In Kenya | City Tour | Visit The Giraffe Center | Fly To Uganda | Hotel Transfer

After breakfast we will go on a city tour. We will visit the Kicc towers, and the village market. After lunch you will visit the Giraffe Center to interact and feed giraffes.

Later in the evening, we will drop you off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your scheduled flight to Uganda.

Upon your arrival in Uganda, you will be welcomed and picked by our Kubwa Five Safaris guide who will be holding an A4 paper with your name printed on it at Entebbe International Airport and be transferred to your hotel.

Dinner and overnight at Blue Monkey Guest House.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City, Uganda)

Accommodation:

Blue Monkey Guest House

Budget guest housein Entebbe (City, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 17

Transfer To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | Batwa Cultural Interaction

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will have lunch on the way and arrive at Bwindi between 2:00-3:00pm, at which point you will check in at your lodge.

In the evening, you will head out for a community walk to visit the Batwa, which is an indigenous group of people that has lived in the forest for 500,000 years. You’ll enjoy their traditional dances and other performances.

Dinner and overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Friends Resort Campsite.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

LionNone

GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Ruhija Gorilla Friends Resort

Budget tented campjust outside Ruhija (Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 18

Gorilla Trekking | Relaxing

After breakfast, we will prepare for our gorilla tracking adventure, which begins at 8:00am with a briefing by the Uganda Wildlife Authority staff at the information center. We will then be guided into the jungle to track these shy primates.

Gorilla tracking may take 2-7 hours but is well worth the effort. Once you get sight of the gorillas, you will have an hour to admire, observe, and take photos of them. It’s advisable to bring along a rain jacket and hiking boots.

At the end of this long and exciting adventure, you will return to the lodge to freshen up and relax for the rest of the day.

Dinner and overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Friends Resort Campsite.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Ruhija Gorilla Friends Resort

Budget tented campjust outside Ruhija (Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 19

Travel To Ishasha Sector | Track Tree Climbing Lions | Transfer To Queen Elizabeth NP | Game Drive

After an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park to see the tree climbing lions on the Kasenyi Plains.

When you arrive in Ishasha, you will first try to spot the lions in one of the huge trees before going on a game drive. You’ll then make your way to the main sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This is a huge place where wildlife and people coexist in harmony.

Dinner and overnight at Engiri Game Lodge.

Main Destination:

Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Engiri Game Lodge

Budget lodge bordering Queen Elizabeth NP (Uganda) without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 20

Early Morning Game Drive | Boat Cruise | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, you will go for an early morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will aim to catch the lions hunting in the early morning as the day dawns (since the temperatures are cooler). We may also see Uganda kob, elephants, buffalo, warthog, leopard, and waterbuck.

In the afternoon, you’ll enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel that connects Lake Edward and Lake George. Some of the best wildlife viewing is done on a boat cruise along the channel passing squacco herons, pied kingfishers, large numbers of buffalo and hippo, basking crocodiles, and very many different bird species, and large mammals. This is one of the most memorable experiences in this park. Later in the evening, you will go for an evening game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Engiri Game Lodge.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)

Accommodation:

Engiri Game Lodge

Budget lodge bordering Queen Elizabeth NP (Uganda) without fences

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 21

Transfer To Kampala | Equator Stopover | Transfer To Hotel

Today begins with a delightful breakfast, after which we will return to the mainland and drive back to Kampala. We will have a stopover at the equator point in Masaka, where we will see the imaginary line that divides our planet into two equal hemispheres. Lunch, snacks, souvenirs, and photographs may be taken here.

We will arrive in Kampala in the evening.

Dinner and overnight at Humura Resorts.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City, Uganda)

Accommodation:

Humura Resorts

Mid-range hotelin Kampala (City, Uganda)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 22

Transfer To Mount Elgon | Tour The Sipi Falls

After breakfast, you will leave for Mount Elgon with your driver-guide. On your way you will see the Nile, the longest river in the world.

Mount Elgon is situated in Eastern Uganda on the Uganda-Kenya border. The mountain covers the biggest surface areas of all the extinct volcanoes in the whole world. The area features some of the most magnificent waterfalls, eye-catching caves, cliffs, and gorges in the entire country.

You will have a stopover in Mbale for lunch.

Upon arrival at Mount Elgon, you will take a walk to and around Sipi falls, which are regarded as Uganda’s most romantic.

Dinner and overnight at Sipi Falls Resort.

Main Destination:

Mount Elgon (Uganda)

Accommodation:

Sipi Falls Resort

Budget hotelat Sipi Falls (Highlight, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 23

Forest Tour | Kapkwai Exploration Center | Trekking The Bamboo Trail

After an early morning wake-up call and breakfast, you will leave the lodge with a packed lunch in hand for a tour of the forest.

You will visit the Kapkwai Exploration Center, where you will have the option to go on the 7km long mountain bamboo trail.

Dinner and overnight at Sipi Falls Resort.

Main Destination:

Mount Elgon (Uganda)

Accommodation:

Sipi Falls Resort

Budget hotelat Sipi Falls (Highlight, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 24

Hiking The Sasa Trail On Mount Elgon | Relaxing

After breakfast we will spend the whole day hiking the Sasa trail, where you will be able to see the moorland and a variety of other amazing landscapes from a higher altitude. You will eat a packed lunch along the way.

After the hike, you will head back to your lodge to relax for the rest of the day.

Dinner and overnight at Sipi Falls Resort.

Main Destination:

Mount Elgon (Uganda)

Accommodation:

Sipi Falls Resort

Budget hotelat Sipi Falls (Highlight, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 25

Morning Forest | Transfer To Kampala

After a tasty breakfast, you will go on a brief forest walk to see some of the many bird species here. Remember to carry your non-flash camera so that you can capture as many pictures and videos as you want.

After the forest walk, you will be transferred back to Kampala. You will eat lunch along the way.

Dinner and overnight at Bushpig.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City, Uganda)

Accommodation:

Bushpig

Budget hotelin Kampala (City, Uganda)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 26

Travel To Murchison Falls National Park | Rhino Tracking | Top Of The Falls | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast you will be transferred to Murchison Falls National Park. On your way to Murchison Falls National Park, you will branch off to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. After the rhino tracking, you will be driven to Murchison Falls National Park.

Your first tourist attraction in the park is the top of the falls which you will enjoy checking out. It is an exciting experience that brings you very close to the rushing whitewater as it squeezes itself through the narrow crevice below. The resulting mist from the turbulence often produces rainbows.

After, you will have a short evening game drive in Murchison Falls National Park. It is Uganda's largest and oldest national park. Here you might encounter four of the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo), along with the world's largest
population of the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe and several types of antelope and monkeys.

Dinner and overnight at Parkside Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)

Best Time To Visit December to February (Easier to spot animals)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LeopardOccasional

CheetahNone

ZebraNone