Africa Explorer: Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania

Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrival - Entebbe - Kibale Forest National Park

  Welcomed by your tour guide upon arrival at Entebbe, a city located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria and hosting the only international airport in Uganda.

  After a brief introduction, a private transfer for about 6 hours will take you to your lodge in Kibale Forest National Park.

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  • Kibale Forest National Park

• Day 2: Kibale Forest National Park

  The Kibale Forest offers abundant chances of encountering chimpanzees due to the highest diversity and density of primates in all of Africa. It is said that about 1,500 chimpanzees are living in this area.

  This morning, you will get on a chimpanzee tracking to observe them, humans' closest living relative, watching them going on daily grooming, playing, and foraging. The morning tour is mainly focused on tracking and you may not have enough chances to identify other inhabitants in the forest.

  In the afternoon, a leisurely walk through the Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary will provide a great opportunity to spot colorful birds and other mammals.

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  • Kibale Forest National Park

• Day 3: Kibale Forest National Park - Queen Elizabeth National Park

  Adjoining Kibale in the south, Queen Elizabeth National Park with the widest variety of wildlife in Uganda is especially famous for the world's large population of tree-climbing lions.

  Depart from Kibale after breakfast and drive south for about two hours, you will then arrive at the Queen Elizabeth National Park. After settling down and a short break at your lodge, you will have a game drive along with a 200km network of well-maintained game viewing tracks to glance at its rich array of wildlife and stunning landscape.

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  • Queen Elizabeth National Park

• Day 4: Queen Elizabeth National Park - Bwindi

  It is often to see lions hanging themselves on huge fig trees in the Ishasha sector located in the southwestern rim of the park. This morning, you will first have a game drive in search of the tree-climbing lions and then move on the south again to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

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  • Bwindi

• Day 5: Bwindi

  Home to half of the world's population of gorillas, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the best place in the world for gorilla tracking. Today, you will hike in the mysterious forest in search of these gentle giants.

  The tour may take most of the day and entail some thorough climbing and hiking, however, when you locate a family of the gorilla, watching them only a few meters away, you will feel that all the hard work you have done is not worth mentioning.

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  • Bwindi

• Day 6: Bwindi - Kihihi - Entebbe

  Say goodbye to Bwindi early in the morning and head to Kihihi airstrip for a domestic flight to Entebbe. On arrival, be picked up and transferred to your hotel. Have a leisure afternoon to explore Entebbe on your own.

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  • Entebbe

• Day 7: Entebbe - Nairobi - Lake Nakuru National Park

  After breakfast, be transferred to the airport for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival, the local guide will pick you up and transfer you to Lake Nakuru National Park. The journey from Nairobi airport to Lake Nakuru will take about 4.5 hours.

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  • Lake Nakuru National Park

• Day 8: Lake Nakuru National Park - Maasai Mara National Reserve

  Located in the Great Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru National Reserve is best known for flamingos that print the lake pink and is served as an important stop on the African-Eurasian migratory flyway.

  Have a morning safari to spot flamingos as well as other birds and mammals in the park and then drive about five hours to Maasai Mara.

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  • Maasai Mara National Park

• Day 9: Maasai Mara National Reserve

  Maasai Mara is one of the top choices for any wildlife lover. Here, all members of the Big Five and myriads of vegetarian animals can be founded.

  Today, you will spend a full day in the Masai Mara National Reserve in the morning and late afternoon, driving to explore the flourishing wildlife species that abound in this reserve.

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  • Maasai Mara National Park

• Day 10: Maasai Mara National Reserve

  Another day for you to enjoy the wildness of Maasai Mara and spot more animals, such as lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, African buffalos, giraffes, zebras, etc.

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  • Maasai Mara National Park

• Day 11: Maasai Mara National Park - Nairobi - Zanzibar

  Take the last chance to enjoy another game drive in the endless Massai Mara.

  In the afternoon, take a light aircraft to Nairobi and catch the onward flight to Zanzibar that is also known as Spice Island. On arrival, be picked up and transferred to your hotel.

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  • Zanzibar Island

• Day 12: Zanzibar Island

  Idyllic beaches, dense forests, and historical buildings - your vacation in Zanzibar just begins. It is a leisure day on your arrangement. You can walk around the stone town, take a spice tour, or have an excursion to Prison Island, etc. So many choices!

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  • Zanzibar Island

• Day 13: Zanzibar Island

  The underwater world around Zanzibar harbors many fascinating corals and huge reefs; the shipwrecks near the Stone Town attract a rich variety of fish and other marine life; the temperature of the Indian Ocean is relatively high, so the seaweed is scarce and the water is clearer - all of these make Zanzibar an ideal destination for divers of all levels to explore the fantastic underwater world.

  Have another leisure day to do what you like.

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  • Zanzibar Island

• Day 14: Zanzibar Island - Exit

  Picked from the hotel to Zanzibar Airport to catch the flight to Dar es Salaam or Kilimanjaro airport to connect the flight back home.

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  • Zanzibar Island