Kenya is a famous destination for wildlife safaris in East Africa. The country hosts large numbers of wild animals in the region with all the famous African Big Five. Many travelers prefer visiting Kenya for wildlife sighting safaris that are always spiced with the Great Wildebeest Migration. However, Uganda offers a little more fantastic wilderness experience since it offers one more thing that Kenya doesn’t have, mountain gorilla trekking.
Experience the colourful culture of Nairobi, and then take a flight up to Samburu to take in the scenery and wildlife of this magnificent plateau. In the renowned Maasai Mara, head south in pursuit of Africa’s Big 5, and end your journey by coming face to face with some of the planet’s last remaining mountain gorillas.
Arrive at Nairobi home to a number of top-notch hotels, museums, restaurants, and even an urban national park. For transportation to your boutique hotel for the evening, your own guide will be waiting for you.
Take a city drive around Nairobi’s busy streets with the assistance of your personal guide. Visit the orphaned elephants and rhinos. Following their morning feeding, the new-born elephants will march along the road while you watch. Find out more about “adopting” one of these young children from Vaya, and we can set up a more private foster parent visit in its place. Visit the National Museum in the late afternoon or make friends with a giraffe at the Giraffe Centre.
Fly to Samburu amid Kenya’s breath-taking northern region. Huge herds of elephants that travel along historic routes, leopards perched on steep rocks, and endangered wild dogs also call this region home. In addition, it is one of the few locations on the planet where you can see endangered species of wildlife that can only be found north of the equator, such as Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffes, Beira Oryx, Somali ostriches, and long-necked gerenuks.
Move with a Samburu warrior who will skillfully lead you through the jungle while imparting their unique local knowledge, age-old rituals, and practices from one of the oldest still-existing tribes in Africa. During your stay, a variety of activities are available, including fantastic safari game drives, bush walks, and exploring neighbouring caves.
Take a safari flight to the Maasai Mara. The huge Mara River separates this renowned reserve from the Serengeti and is located in southwest of Kenya. This reserve is home to a tremendous amount of wildlife year-round and welcomes the millions of wildebeest, zebra, and other antelope that make up the Great Migration in the late summer and early fall.
As wildlife awakens for the day or settles down after a night of hunting, this is the finest time of day to see it. The sights and sounds of the woods will awaken your senses as the bird calls grow louder as the sun rises. Venture more in search of warthogs, topis, giraffes, elephants, zebras, impalas, buffalo, and other grazing animals. The Maasai Mara is a shelter for enormous predators including lions, cheetahs, leopards, crocodiles, and other sly, powerful hunters. It is also home to a variety of prey animals. More than 450 types of avian life can be found there as well, including 57 raptors.
Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, you’ll be greeted with vistas of a beautiful rainforest. You will be driven to your opulent lodge for the evening, where you may unwind and take in the scenery at your leisure.
Before entering the park, meet with your group of guides and trackers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority to receive a lecture on proper gorilla trekking protocol. Enter the bush with hiking sticks in hand in search of the gorillas. The hike can reach heights of 7,500 feet and last anything from 1 to 6 hours. Even while it can be physically tasking at times, the forest’s beauty and the surrounding landscape make it worthwhile.
The search for the gorillas makes all tiredness disappear. One of the most profound natural experiences in the entire globe has been said to be watching gorillas. You may expect to spend up to an hour with these incredible animals while getting a close-up look at some of their everyday activities. This makes it the end of the safari. Head to Kampala for your flight.
