Game parks & Gorillas

21 days from GBP £450 plus local payment GBP £290 (What’s this?)

Tour summary

Week 1

Kenya - Uganda, Leaving Nairobi we pass the dramatic landscape of the Rift Valley to the highlands of Kenya. Crossing the border at Malaba we drive through rain forests and tea and sugar plantations to Ugandas capital, Kampala. Crossing the equator we camp on the shores of Lake Bunyonyi. Near here we trek to the famed Mountain Gorillas.

Week 2

Uganda, From the city of Kampala we arrive at Jinja on the shores of Lake Victoria. You can spend an action-filled day white water rafting down the Nile, bungee jump, fish on Lake Victoria. Give up a day of your holiday to volunteer for the local community education project.

Week 3

Kenya. Returning to Kenya and Nakuru Town. You can take the side trip for the day to Lake Nakuru, viewing game in a park famous for its soda lake surrounded by thousands, sometimes millions of pink flamingoes. We move on to camp on the shores of Lake Naivasha where hippos often come to graze in the evenings. Close by is Hell's Gate National Park and Elsamere, once the home of Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion of 'Born Free' fame. We head west to the Masai Mara National Reserve where great game viewing is assured. From here we return to Nairobi with the chance to feast at the renowned Carnivores Game Restaurant.

Included

Transport on safari truck or van
Tents
Camping & camping fees
Sleeping mattresses
Cooking equipment
Two meals per day while travelling (breakfast & dinner)
Rift Valley
Equator crossing
Bujagali Falls on the River Nile
Kampala
Lake Victoria
Masai Mara National Reserve
Lake Naivasha

Excluded

Flights; visas; transfers; personal insurance
Lunches; meals out/in town (Nairobi, Jinja,Dar, Zanzibar, Vic Falls, Swakop., Stellenbosch,Cape Town etc.)
Optional excursions/side trips

Side trips / Optional extras

Uganda - Mountain Gorillas (Rwanda entry if visited there $60 Rwanda & Uganda $20 or DR Congo $30) US$ 500
Uganda - White water rafting on the White Nile below Bujagali Falls US$ 125
Uganda - Chimps at Sese Islands US$ 70
Uganda - Kasube Tombs US$ 5
Uganda - Bungee jumping US$ 55
Kenya - Nairobi Sunday day trip , Baby elephants entry $4 , Giraffes to be fed $7, Yaya Centre Masai Market and shopping, Day's transport $7 US$ 18
Kenya - Lake Naivasha - Hell's Gate Park; entry & bike hire to cycle through the park US$ 30
Kenya - Lake Naivasha - Elsamere Museum & afternoon tea US$ 8
Kenya - Lake Naivasha - Climb to Mount Longonot extinct volcano crater rim US$ 50
Kenya - Lake Naivasha - Green Crater Lake US$ 10
Kenya - Lake Nakuru National Park US$ 100

Departure Dates

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