12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari
12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari – Ultimate Great Wildlife Migration, and Gorilla Trekking Experience in Uganda and Rwanda. The 13 Days Kenya Uganda and Rwanda safari is the best safari in East Africa which will lead you to visit the 3 beautiful countries and these are Uganda which is the Pearl of Africa, Rwanda a land of a thousand hills and Kenya’s magical view. The 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari will start from Kenya in the Masai Mara with endless plains filled with hundreds of wildlife, you cross to Uganda and visit Queen Elizabeth for game drive and boat cruise, proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for gorilla trekking.
12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara National Park
- Day 2: Game drives in Masai Mara
- Day 3: Check-out and fly to Uganda
- Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 5: Game drive and Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
- Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park via Ishasha sector
- Day 7: Gorilla trekking and Batwa cultural tour
- Day 8: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and Canoeing
- Day 9: Transfer to Kigali and visit Genocide memorial
- Day 10: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
- Day 11: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk
- Day 12: Check-out and departure
Detailed 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara National Park
Our 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari driver guide will pick you from the Airport in Nairobi and transfer you to Masai Mara one of the most visited parks in East and central Africa and it boasts in the thrilling wildlife and not forgetting the annual wildebeest migration. You arrive in the afternoon hours, check-in the lodge accommodation, have lunch and thereafter, embark on the evening game drive. You will spot some of the animals in the endless plains till sunset, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation: Lenchada Tourist Camp – Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Game drives in Masai Mara
Masai Mara National Park being a big reserve, you can only maximize animal viewing by taking 2 days excursion. You will be waking up early in the morning, have a delicious breakfast and then get lost in the wilderness of Mara, you can decide to be packing lunch and have a picnic lunch or you be going back to the lodge for lunch and then come back for the evening phase.
You will spot huge numbers of animals for example lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, rhinos which are the Big 5 of Africa’s jungle. You will be in position to spot Masai giraffes, cheetahs, zebras, famous wildebeests and you will see how they migrate traversing River Mara hence attracting predators especially lions, cheetahs and leopards and you will catch them in the killing action. You will be retiring to the lodge for dinner and overnight as you prepare to cross to Uganda the Pearl of Africa.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation: Lenchada Tourist Camp – Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Check-out and fly to Uganda
You will wake up in the morning, have a scrumptious breakfast, and meet your 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari driver guide who will drop you at the Airport in Nairobi for a flight to Uganda the Pearl of Africa.
You will be welcomed by a 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari guide in Uganda who will warmly welcome you and brief you about your stay in Uganda. He will drive you to the hotel as you prepare for the next activities in Uganda.
- Main Destination: Entebbe (City, Uganda)
- Accommodation: Elementis Entebbe Guesthouse – Budget guest house located in or near Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
On this beautiful day, you will check-out of the lodge in Kampala/Entebbe and hit the road to Queen Elizabeth National Park, the distance takes about 6-7 hours. You will have a stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe for photographs and here you will have a chance to stand in the hemispheres of the Earth (Southern and Northern Hemisphere), you will continue with the journey, have lunch en-route in Mbarara town and then proceed. You will arrive in the evening hours, check-in the lodge, have dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation: Pumba Safari Cottages – Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5: Game drive and Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
Arise in the morning on the 6th day of the 12 days, have breakfast, meet your 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari driver guide and go for morning game drive to catch the animals when they are still very active.
You will drive to Kasenyi plains normally known as the mating ground, you will spot lions, buffaloes, antelopes, birds and so many others. Return to the lodge for lunch and then head to Kazinga channel for the boat cruise to encounter huge numbers of elephants, buffaloes, hippopotamus, crocodiles, birds and other aquatic life. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation: Pumba Safari Cottages – Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park via Ishasha sector
You will wake up in the morning, greet your intestines with breakfast and check-out of the lodge and transfer to Bwindi. You will have a drive to Ishasha sector to search for tree climbing lions, spot other wildlife and from here you will have a picnic lunch at the animal view point thereafter, say a farewell to Queen Elizabeth and set off for Bwindi arriving in the evening, check-in the lodge, have dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation: Travellers Rest Hotel – Mid-range hotel located in or near Kisoro
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7: Gorilla trekking and Batwa cultural tour
You will wake up in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing, you will be taught about the trekking behaviors and then be allocated the gorilla family to trek. You will go with the 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari ranger guide who will lead you to gorilla family, you will spend an hour in the presence of gorillas.
You will take pictures and videos and then return to the lodge for lunch and then go to visit the Batwa/Pygmies. You will meet the shortest people in the world who have lived in the forests since the time memorial, they will dance for you, sing for you and then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation: Travellers Rest Hotel – Mid-range hotel located in or near Kisoro
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and Canoeing
You will rise in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi where you will arrive in the afternoon hours, check-in the lodge have lunch and then go for canoeing. You will visit different Islands including the Akempene Island also known as the Punishment Island.
This is where the Bakiga ladies who would conceive before marriage would be taken and abandoned till death. You will spot so many birds, return to the lodge after the sunset for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination: Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)
- Accommodation: Rock Resort – Budget lodge located in or near Lake Bunyonyi
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 9: Transfer to Kigali and visit Genocide memorial
Arise in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to Kigali the capital city of Rwanda, you will have lunch en-route, arrive in the afternoon hours, check-in the lodge and go for a city tour. You will visit different markets, have a spectacular view of the a thousand hills and then visit the genocide memorial. You will return back to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Kigali
- Accommodation: Kigali Serena Hotel – Luxury hotel located in or near Kigali
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
On the 11th day of 13 Days Kenya Uganda and Rwanda Safari, you will wake up in the morning, have breakfast and check-out of the hotel and transfer to Nyungwe National Park. You will drive for about 6-7hours, arrive at the lodge, check-in and have lunch and dinner then overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation: One&Only Nyungwe House – Luxury+ lodge bordering Nyungwe NP without fences
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 11: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk
You will rise in the morning, have breakfast and transfer to the briefing ground, you will join other trekkers and you will be allocated the chimpanzee family to track and then set off with a 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari ranger guide.
You will meet these beautiful primates and spend an hour with them as you are taking pictures and videos, you will later return to the lodge for lunch and then in the evening you will go for the canopy walk which will take 2-3 hours as you spot different wildlife, birds and primates. Return to lodge after the sunset for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination: Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation: One&Only Nyungwe House – Luxury+ lodge bordering Nyungwe NP without fences
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 12: Check-out and departure
You will wake up for a lazy breakfast and then transfer to Kigali, you take about 6 hours, have lunch en-route when you reach in Kigali, you will visit different markets in case you have time to buy some souvenirs. The 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari driver will either drop you at the Airport or at the Hotel depending on the time of flight.
- Main Destination: Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari).
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
You’ll be dropped off at the airport.
12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari Inclusions and Exclusions
Included
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All flights during the 12 Day Kenya Uganda Rwanda Safari
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water (On all days)
Excluded
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees