11-Day Queen Elizabeth Park, Chip Trek , Mgahinga Gorilla, Maasai Mara, River Nile

Today you will be picked up from the airport or from your hotel and you will be given pre-departure meeting at your hotel or at the Airport in your car ready for safaris. This always depend on your preference choice of pick up. Then followed by drive through the view point of the Great Rift Valley escarpment to the Narok county the land of Maa people. Maasai Mara national reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest’s migration and is home of the Big Five: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo and Rhino. The boarder intercounty boarders are what has spilt the two great National Park. Arrive for lunch at the Lodge/camp and relax before departing for the afternoon game drive. Accommodation: Aa Mara lodge

On the second day, you will wake up. You have an optional balloon ride or continue with your full day game drive. Have your morning breakfast ready to be served. Today, you will enjoy a full-day game drive in the reserve, with your picnic lunch. Maasai Mara National Reserve is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Mara Triangle bordering the Mara River with lush grassland and acacia woodlands, this is always good for game drive. The Mara is perhaps best known for the Great Migration, which takes place every year July to September. During these months the yellow savannah is dotted black by more than 1.5 million wildebeest, zebra and antelopes that migrate from the Serengeti to the Mara in search of food and water. Accommodation: Aa Mara Lodge

After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Nakuru via Nairobi. You will ascend the eastern wall of the Rift Valley where lush coffee and tea plantations reveal themselves and your driver-guide will give you a brief talk about coffee farming in Kenya. You will have a short stop-over at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint for photographs and then proceed with your drive to arrive at Lake Nakuru in time for lunch. After lunch, you will set for a game drive in the park in searches of the big five animals like a lion, rhino, leopard and cheetah, and more other animals. Lake Nakuru is famous for its millions of flamingoes and migrant birds from over the world; in Nakuru, we have up to 425 different bird species. Accommodation: Wagon Wheel hotel

Today we head to Jinja. After breakfast in your hotel, you will depart Nakuru for Jinja, driving across the Malaba border. You will pass by the source of the Nile River, the world’s longest. It begins its journey here before crossing through ten African countries and plunging into the Mediterranean Sea. Jinja town is regarded as the adventure capital of East Africa. It is a place brimming with adventure sports and activities, including white water rafting, bungee jumping, and kayaking. We do encourage our client to have their boat ride for an extra. It is always a dream boat ride in the longest river across Africa. Overnight will be at Paradise Jinja Hotel.

Today wake up, free away from long drive. Have your morning breakfast. After tea, it’s time to explore. The hotel is close so, it’s a walking distance to Nile River Explorers where all the adventure starts and also walking distance to the main streets of Jinja with the help of your guide. You may opt to visit Kalagala Falls. Jinja is located near the source of the White Nile, where the river flows out of Lake Victoria. We enjoy a full day here so you have time to participate in any of a number of adventure activities - options include: whitewater rafting, bungee jumping over the source of the Nile, boat cruises, horse riding, visiting local community projects. Accommodation: Paradise Jinja Hotel.

Wake up into a different climate zone, have your breakfast. Then be drive down to Kabale, Uganda’s highest town (2000m), witnessing beautiful, lush scenery along the way. We will camp at Lake Bunyonyi, Africa’s deepest crater lake (900m). Bunyonyi means “place of the little birds”, so you can expect to view interesting and unique birdlife while staying here. Enjoy a beautiful drive over the mountains as we transfer to our base in Kisoro, which sits on the southwestern tip of Uganda. You will have a relaxing evening as we prepare for the trek ahead. This is an excellent place to rest before your gorilla trek. Accommodation: Overnight at Bunyonyi Overland Resort.

Today we embark on the experience of a lifetime. Trek through the early morning mist in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, which is home to roughly half of the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas. The trekking can be demanding and take as long as a full day - a water bottle and good walking shoes or boots are highly recommended. Experienced local guides will lead you through the thick mountain jungle. Once we locate the gorillas, we will stay and observe them for about an hour (this time is strictly regulated by the Uganda Wildlife Authority). Photography is permitted, although not with the use of flash (there are also restrictions on the use of video cameras). With or without a camera, however, this is one of the most breathtaking and emotional experiences Africa can offer and is certainly one that will remain with you long after your journey. Overnight will be at the Bunyonyi Overland Resort.

In the morning leaving behind Mgahinga National Park behind, we descend to the open savannahs and head to the Queen Elizabeth National Park. We spend the next two nights of our safaris in the park. On the firsta day we will have a game drive. While here, we explore the Ishasha section of the national park, an area well-known for its tree-climbing lions, its massive hippo population, as well as an abundance of mammal, reptile and bird species. On our game drives in Queen Elizabeth Park, we scan the tall fig trees for lions and search the grasslands for other big five animals. Overnight will be at Queen Elisabeth Bush Lodge

Wake up, with the morning breakfast ready. Today you have optional boat a whole day a whole day in the park, with morning and afternoon game drives. This park is termed as the community animal's paradise. Observation during game drive with the trees around offers panoramas of the peak and the park’s plains and swamps. Varied wildlife and hundreds of bird species. Accommodation: Queen Elisabeth Bush Lodge

Transfer to Kibale Forest for chimpanzee’s trek. Chimpanzee tracking starts in the morning and is led by a guide and armed ranger. The rangers and Guides are familiar to the chimps because were involved in their habituation process. There is a morning and afternoon shift. The morning shift starts at 8:00am while the afternoon shift begins at 3:00pm. We encourage our client for the afternoon. As you hike to locate the chimps, you also encounter other forest creatures, birds and primates like baboons, blue monkeys, L’hoest monkeys and red-tailed monkeys. The head trackers communicate with the Guide by phone and lets him/her know about the chimp movements and their location. Chimps are very mobile and spend a lot of their time on top of trees. Spotting them and taking photos requires some skill and effort. Accommodation at Rweteera Safari Park

In the morning, wake up and have your morning breakfast. Get back to the lodge to pack for your transfer to Entebbe Airport. The transfer is around 5hrs, so make sure if booking a flight ticket, it be in the evening our last day. End your time in Uganda at which point the tour will come to its conclusion.