5 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
5 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari is a fast paced Kenya safari tour and Uganda safari that takes you to the most popular and sought after safari destinations in both Kenya and Uganda. Masai Mara national reserve Kenya is the most sought after Kenya safari destination for her vast savannah plains inhabiting a wide diversity of wildlife including the big 5 animals and the great wildebeest migration; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a renowned for hosting more than half the population of endangered mountain gorillas. On this 5 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari, you shall enjoy game drives in Masai Mara National Reserve, and gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Summary Itinerary of 5 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Pick up from hotel in Nairobi/airport, Transfer to Masai Mara
Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 3: Fly to Entebbe International Airport, Connecting Flight to Bwindi
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 5: Transfer to back to Entebbe and departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up from hotel in Nairobi/airport, Transfer to Masai Mara
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will meet your Kenya safari driver guide and after a short briefing about the safari, you will transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve the most popular and rewarding wildlife safari destination in Kenya.
Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve is a drive of about 4-5 hours through the Great Rift Valley region and stopover in Narok Town (The largest Maasai Town) for shopping and interaction with the local people and purchasing of craft items if you are up for it.
Once in the Masai Mara, you will have en-route game drive as you drive to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you go for a game drive in search for wildlife in the wilderness of the reserve, some of the animals you should lookout for include lions, cheetahs, leopards, African wild dogs, elephants, cape buffaloes, gazelles, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, wildebeests, jackals among others. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara National Reserve
Enjoy a healthy African breakfast, meet your safari guide and embark on an exploration of the endless savannah plains of Masai Mara National Reserve for a morning game drive, during the game drive you will spot various species of wildlife including elephants, giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, jackals, cheetahs, lions leopards and many birds among others.
You will drive back to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon you will return to the reserve for another encounter in the wilderness looking for the African Big Five and other animals. You can opt for a local community visit for an experience with the Maasai people getting a deeper insight in the local lifestyle of the Masai people. Dinner and overnight stay as above.
Day 3: Fly to Entebbe International Airport, Connecting Flight to Bwindi
Wake up early for breakfast, checkout of the lodge and be transferred to the airstrip for your flight to Entebbe, upon landing at Entebbe International airport you will board your flight to Bwindi impenetrable national park.
Upon landing at Kisoro airstrip or Kihihi airstrip, you will be picked up by our safari driver guide and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will be welcomed to the park by amazing views of the verdant jungle and expect the temperatures to change with much cold fresh breeze of the rainforests. You will have an evening of relaxing, have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Wake up early for breakfast and transfer to the park’s headquarters where you will meet other trekkers for a briefing session starting at 7:00 am. After briefing you will be placed into groups of 8, and assigned a gorilla group to trek and then be trek into the forests looking for mountain gorillas.
Once you locate the gorillas that is with the help of a ranger guide, you will spend up to 1 hour with them observing their behaviors. Take as many pictures as possible.
On this most memorable safari experience in the world, you will also be able to see numerous bird species such as kingfisher, blue breasted kingfisher among others. After gorilla tracking, you will return to the lodge for a relaxed evening. You can opt to go for an evening community walk visiting some community projects such as schools, orphanages and others if you are up for it. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight as above.
Day 5: Transfer to back to Entebbe and departure
Wake up very early for breakfast and then transfer to Entebbe for your departure flight, along the way you will have a brief stopover in Mbarara for lunch and at the equator for pictures and a polar water experiment. Thereafter, proceed to Entebbe International airport where you will catch your flight back home.
End of 5 Days Masai Mara and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Trip inclusions
- Accommodation for only the lodges mentioned
- All meals as mentioned.
- Park entrances
- Gorilla trekking permit
- And other activities mentioned in the itinerary
Trip exclusions
- Visa
- Air ticket (domestic and international flights)
- Personal drinks
- Loss of personal belongings
- Other things not included in the itinerary
