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Day 1: Head to the magical Giraffe Manor in Nairobi
Your driver and representative will meet you at the airport on arrival and transfer you to Giraffe Manor for your first-night stay. Check-in and rest. Enjoy this haven where you
get to hand-feed the giraffes from your room.
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Day 2: Exploring the City of Nairobi
Enjoy breakfast with the giraffes at Giraffe Manor and a morning of other activities included in your stay. Afterwards, check out and meet our driver for your Nairobi excursion. You will shed to Elephant Orphanage, have lunch visit a beads factory some souvenir shopping as you learn the beautiful stories of the women putting together this craft. Transfer to the hotel in the evening for check-in.
Overnight: Nairobi Serena Hotel/ Hemingways Nairobi
Meals: Breakfast, and Lunch
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Day 3: Transfer to Samburu by flight
Our driver will pick from the hotel and transfer you to Wilson Airport for your scheduled flight to Sasaab Samburu. Please note that this flight makes a few stops before your final destination in Sasaab. Arrive in Sasaab and be met by the lodge’s guide and enjoy a scenic drive to the lodge.
Samburu hosts unique animals like the Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy’s Zebra, Beisa Oryx, the Blue-legged Somali Ostrich, and long-necked gerenuk.
Overnight: Sasaab Samburu
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 4: Discover untouched wilderness and the Samburu Special Five
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in search of unique northern Kenya species. Much of the reserve consists of a desert landscape; dusty red plains broken by thorny scrub, featuring dramatic views of tabletop Mt Ol Olokwe on the horizon. All meals are taken at the camp.
Optional Activities – Quad Bike Ride, & A visit to Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
Activities included: bush meals and sundowners; guided walks, local village, community projects, school and market day visits
Overnight: Sasaab Samburu
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Day 5: A haven for black rhinos at Ol Pejeta
Have breakfast, and meet our driver. Drive to Sweetwaters - Ol Pejeta to arrive before lunchtime. After lunch, enjoy a game drive in the conservancy up to 6 p.m.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a beautiful private game reserve and home to rare species such as Beisa oryx, Rothschild's giraffe, and black rhino. Game drives here reveal the full range of African wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, and hippos.
Overnight: Sanctuary Tambare Camp/ River Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 6: Visit the Rhino Sanctuary & the chimpanzee of Ol Pejeta
Have morning and afternoon game drives with meals at the camp.
Enjoy a private visit with the tame animals at the wildlife orphanage. Observe chimps from the Jane Goodall Institute at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and a visit to Rhino Sanctuary.
Overnight: Sanctuary Tambare Camp/ River Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 7: Guided walks and boat ride at Lake Naivasha
Have breakfast then depart for Lake Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch. The afternoon will be spent with a boat ride to Crescent Island for a guided walk. The boat ride will give one an opportunity to see hippos and a good number of birds.
Overnight: Chui Lodge
Other activities include: sundowners, guided bush walks, night game drives, and flower farm visits.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 8: Transfer to the finest wildlife reserve in Kenya, the Masai Mara
Have an early breakfast then depart for Maasai Mara to arrive for lunch at the camp. Have lunch then relax before an afternoon game drive from 4 pm to 6 pm.
Overnight: Ilkeliani Mara Camp/ Entim Mara
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 9 & 10: After the African Big Five and Wildebeest Migration
These 2 days will be spent with full-day game drives that lead one to some of Africa's largest lion pride, herds of zebra, antelopes, buffaloes, wildebeest, giraffes, cheetahs,
and hyenas. In between game drives, there will be a picnic lunch along the banks of Mara River or a picnic spot picked by your driver.
Alternatively, have morning and afternoon game drives with the rest of the day spent at the camp.
Optional Activities: a visit to Maasai Village ($30 per person) & Balloon ride ($450 per person)
Overnight: Ilkeliani Mara Camp/ Entim Mara
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 11: Flight Transfer to Entebbe, Uganda
After breakfast, our driver/guide will transfer you to the airstrip for your scheduled flight to Entebbe- Uganda. The flight passes through Kisumu for Customs check. Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our company guide who will warmly welcome you to Uganda, and later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Overnight: Entebbe Forest Lodge / Hotel No5 Entebbe
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
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Day 12: Fly to Kasese and transfer to Kibale
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your morning flight to Kasese Airstrip. On arrival, our driver/guide will welcome you and after a short briefing with you, drive to your lodge in Kibale National Park, which is roughly a 2 hours’ drive.
Arrive at the lodge/camp in time for lunch. But if time doesn't allow, a warm delicious lunch can always be got at the restaurant along the route. Relax at the lodge in the
afternoon. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.
Overnight: Kyaninga Lodge / Crater Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Day 13: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Nature walk
In the morning, you will set off to the park headquarters for the briefing before going for
Chimpanzee tracking, where you may encounter other primates like Vervet Monkeys, Blue Hoest Monkeys, and Black and white colobus Monkeys among others. The park is known as the home of primates with 13 primate species including the famous chimpanzees. The trek takes roughly 2 – 4 hours, depending on the chimpanzee movement. One hour will be allocated to you, to have a wonderful interaction with the chimpanzees, as you take pictures and short videos, as your local guide explains to you all the biological background of the chimpanzee as you interact. In the afternoon visit the Bigodi wetland sanctuary for primate and bird viewing, the walk can take
roughly 2 hours, to explore the hidden treasure of this swamp, with a great chance to see several bird species and monkeys. Later drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
On a tracking activity, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sunscreen, and a hat.
Overnight: Kyaninga Lodge / Crater Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Day 14: Savannah experience at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Have breakfast, and drive to Queen Elizabeth with the beautiful view of the crater lakes, you will do a brief crater lakes tour around and later drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, with a stopover at the Equator for photography, before arriving for check-in and lunch. After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. Watch out for water-dwelling birds and animals such as the pied kingfisher,
African fish eagles, herons, darters, buffalos, crocodiles, monitor lizards, elephants wallowing at the mad and much more. After a boat cruise, have a short game drive en route to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Day 15: Explore the landscape and wildlife at Queen Elizabeth
After an early breakfast, head out for a morning game drive in search of the morning hunters and grazers such as the buffalos, elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, lions, and a variety of bird species that you will encounter on your game ride and later return to relax at the lodge and have lunch. Have another game drive in the afternoon in search of the tree-climbing lions that this park is known for. You will end the game drive with a sundowner experience, having a great time.
Overnight: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Day 16: Discover home to the endangered mountain gorillas at Bwindi
After breakfast, check out of your lodge and visit the fishing village, around the Kazinga channel. After, proceed to Ishasha, for a tree climbing lion search, with a short game drive and later drive to Bwindi with an en route lunch. Arrive and check-in, rest and enjoy the lodge facilities for the remaining part of the day.
Overnight: Gorilla Forest Camp / Buhoma Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Day 17: Gorilla Trekking Experience and Batwa Cultural Experience
Early morning, with a packed breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for a briefing before embarking on the gorilla trekking adventure. The gorilla trekking is always referred to as a lifetime moment, as it leaves with a great experience of meeting the gorillas face to face in the jungle. You will be given an hour to find the gorillas and interact with them as you watch the babies swing from one tree branch to another. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will head for the Batwa Cultural experience to get the traditional and social life of the Batwa community. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Overnight: Gorilla Forest Camp / Buhoma Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
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Day 18: End of your Ultimate Kenya and Uganda Wildlife Safari
Today marks the end of your amazing adventure. After breakfast, you will have time to pack up your bags and check out. Transfer to the Airstrip for a morning flight at 0945 hrs arriving in Entebbe at 1125 hrs to connect with your afternoon flight to Nairobi.
Depending on your flight back home, you may connect from JKIA, or spend the night in Nairobi (at extra cost)
Meal: Breakfast & lunch.