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6 Day Gorilla Trekking & Maasai Mara Experience (Mid-Range)

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  • 6 Days 5 Nights
  • Max People : 6
  • Wifi Available
  • English
  • Min Age : 15+
  • Pickup: Airport
Highlights
  • Gorillla Trekking Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable or Mgahinga National Park
  • Wildebeest Migration in the Masai Mara Migration
  • Game drives in the Masai Mara National Reserve
  • Beautiful lodges and camps with stunning views over the rich African wilderness

Optional Experiences

  • Batwa Pygmies culture experience in Mgahinga
  • Hot Air Balloon Safari Experience in the Mara
  • Horse ride safari in the Mara
  • Masai Warrior village and culture visit (Possible if an extra day is added to the itinerary)
  • Nairobi City Visit – Giraffe Center, Karen Blixen Museum and David Sheldrick Elephant Sanctuary, Masai Crafts Market (Possible if an extra day is added to the itinerary)
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Itinerary

Day 1Welcome to Uganda (Tukusanyukide, Jambo)

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met our representative who will transfer you to your accommodation (20 minutes away) in Entebbe Town.

If you arrive with time to spare, spend some time visiting and getting to know the local town. You can visit town’s old colonial gardens or visit a nearby beach.

Meal Plan: Dinner will be a Private Arrangement

Accommodation: The Boma

Day 2Travel to Kisoro

After your early morning breakfast, you will travel to Kisoro. This is an 8hr Journey + 1hr for lunch.

Upon arrival at your accommodation your dinner will be ready after which you will go to bed and prepare for the trek the following day.

Today you will sleep at Mutanda Lake Resort perched on Mutanda peninsula in the shadow of the Virunga Mountains, in the Congo. The resort offers comfortable accommodation combined with the most beautiful views on planet earth.

A variety of activities are available for you to experience such as Batwa trail, Hiking Mountains Muhavura, Sabinyo and Muhavura etc.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Mutanda Lake Resort

Day 3Gorilla Trekking

Today is the big day. Get up early morning to a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge after which shortly you will be transferred to the Magnificent Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Here at the park gate where you will be briefed on the Gorilla trek by the Uganda Wildlife Authorities. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest was declared a World Heritage site in 1994 because of its incredible biodiversity. This forest protects about half of the remaining 1050 Mountain Gorillas.

Once a trekking group encounter one of the gorilla families, only one hour is granted in the presence of the great apes before trekkers must leave, however reluctantly.

Be aware that the trek can be strenuous and may reach altitudes of almost 2,000 meters above sea level. Depending on weather conditions, some of the paths can be slippery and these paths themselves can change depending on the location of the gorillas. Therefore, it is extremely hard to predict how long you will need to walk for, but a proficient level of fitness is recommended for this trek. You can usually get remarkably close to the mountain gorillas, and seeing their movements is like seeing a mirror image of yourself. Trekking can take less than 2hours to 7hours.

From a safe distance, watch them eat, sleep, groom, and play – the giant silverback surveying and guarding the scene. Enjoy a packed lunch in the wilderness.

The lodge will park for you lunch which you will enjoy later in the day as you trek Mountain Gorillas

This is the highlight experience for your safari in Uganda.

Optional Activities:

Cultural Experience by the Batwa Pygmies and Garama Cave

Depending on the time you finish trekking gorillas you can visit the Batwa and experience pure culture and ancient ways of life of the Batwa, a forest tribe of pygmies. They lived in Mgahinga National Park for over three centuries, a time during which they became a part of the forest, and it became a part of them. This came to an end in 1991 when Government evicted them from the park to conserve its critically endangered mountain gorillas. During this tour, they will treat you to various survival adaptions they embraced while still residents in the forest to outlive extinction.

You will be amazed by their energetic dances, fire making and hunting skills as complimented using handmade weapons like spears. They will teach you how they used to build traditional tree houses using eco-friendly materials. This was usually done with the intent of avoiding beastly mammals that roamed the floor of the forest. Such include like forest buffaloes, mountain leopards and forest elephants.

Costing: $60 Per Person Per Group of more than 4 People

Difficulty; Moderate

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Mutanda Lake Resort

Day 4Travel to Entebbe

Shortly after your breakfast you will transfer to Entebbe.

Stop midway in Mbarara to have a quick meal before we proceed.

You will spend a night before your flight to Nairobi the following morning.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 5 - Day 6Fly To Nairobi – Masai Mara National Reserve, Mara Eden Safari Camp

Today early in the morning, 3am prepare for your flight at 6am to Nairobi. Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport we shall be transferred to Wilson Airport along Langata Road in Nairobi for the domestic flight to Masai Mara National Reserve.

Upon arrival we shall be received by the Mara Eden Safari Camp Driver who will be our guide at the reserve.

Masai Mara National Reserve

The Serengeti–Maasai Mara ecosystem is, amongst much else, famed for the dramatic migration of its 1,000,000-plus wildebeest and 750,000-or-so zebras with hooves pounding the plains and the intense attention that migration gets from predators, both mammalian and reptilian.

Up here in the system’s north, the landscapes are grandly varied but tend to be greener (which is why the migration heads up here, in search of water), with less savannah than in the south.

Mara Eden Safari Camp

We will be staying in a characteristically attractive tented Mara Eden Safari Camp with tents set right on the banks of the great Mara River.

This intimate camp blends the finest wildlife viewing with outstanding hospitality and guiding. The well-appointed large spacious En-suite facilities plus the extensive private veranda complete what is genuinely a stunning concept.

With our sturdy 4×4 vehicles, experienced guides, and drivers, we take you on an adventure of a lifetime, get up close to Africa’s big 5 and along the way see a myriad of birds and small mammals from the elusive leopard to the even more elusive and shy civet cat, allow nature to unfold in front of you with predators on the prowl and prey on the run.

From our dinning adjoining kitchen, we serve a full English breakfast, a 3-course lunch and a 4-course dinner with tea and coffee available throughout the day.

Hot air ballooning is available, should be booked in advance, is subject to availability, and additional cost.

Meal Plan:

Day 5 – Lunch and Dinner at Mara Eden Safari Camp

Day 6 – Breakfast and Lunch at Mara Eden Safari Camp

Accommodation: Mara Eden Safari Camp

Optional Activities

Hot Air Balloon Safari

Hot Air Balloon Safaris are always a great way to explore the Mara Reserve from the skies in the early morning golden sunrise.

  • The Balloon ride (takes approximately 1hr)
  • Full bush breakfast with champagne/wine
  • Brief game drive en-route back to the camp/lodge
  • Balloon certificate duly signed by the Pilot.

Cost: $450 per person

Horse Ride Safari

Experience a unique way to explore the Mara conservation area on the back of a horse on a 5000-acre private conservancy. You will listen to the beat of the bush and its silence surrounded by maras fauna and flora

  • The ride takes 2hrs

Morning schedule
0700hrs – Arrival time at the stables
0730hrs – 0930hrs Horse Riding Expedition
0930 – 1030hrs – Bush Breakfast

Afternoon schedule
1500hrs – Arrival at the stables
1530hrs – 1730hrs – Horse Riding Expedition
1730 – 1800hrs – Sundowner

Cost: $200 per person

Transfer to Nairobi

On the 6th Day after a range of activities and experiences you shall kiss our camp goodbye after lunch and head to the airstrip for your flight back to Nairobi where you will connect to your onward flight (or transfer to the Wildebeest Eco Camp for the rest of the day till flight time).

End of Safari

Price Includes

Price Excludes

  • Transport in a 4WD Van Toyota Vehicle
  • All fuel for the tour
  • Accommodation as listed in the itinerary
  • Meals listed according to the meal plan
  • All activities described in the itinerary
  • Masai Mara Reserve Entrance Fees
  • Regional flight Uganda – Kenya and Domestic flights to Masai Mara National Reserve (return)
  • 1 gorilla permit per person (US$ 700)
  • International air fares
  • Entry visa Uganda
  • Meals that are not part of your accommodation
  • A porter for during the gorilla tracking (someone who carries your daypack)
  • Personal (medical/travel) insurance
  • Government tax or park fees increase
  • Tips and gratuities to rangers, driver/guide, porter, hotel staff, etc.
  • All expenses of personal nature (e.g., drinks, laundry, optional activities, souvenirs etc.)
  • All optional activities

Please Note

In case the mentioned lodges are not available during the requested period, we will do our best to book a lodge in the same class for you (of course we will only do this after consulting you). It is not possible to ‘reserve’ gorilla and chimpanzee permits so we will buy them only after your booking and down payment. Permits also depend on availability.

Disclaimer

Since Gorillas are wild animals Gorilla trekking doesn’t 100% guarantee you will see the gorillas although chances of seeing them are about 98%

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Mike Marthal

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Amazing Safari to Kenya, Jumanji Africa Safaris, did a great job.

March 17, 2021
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