11 Day Tour – Gorillas & The Great Migration

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Duration

11 Days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

50 people

Languages

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About this tour

Highlights

  • Meet your guide and transfer to Arusha Hotel
  • Experience the Great Migration in Serengeti
  • Cross into Masai Mara with an en-route game drive
  • Enjoy a balloon safari over Masai Mara
  • Track chimpanzees in the Kibale forest

Included/Excluded

  • Accommodation
  • •Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
  • Flights
  • •One-way ticket from Nairobi to Entebbe Airport
  • *** All other flights are not included.
  • Guide
  • English Speaking Guide.
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  • Meals
  • •All meals as specified in the itinerary (hotels in Kampala or Entebbe are B&B)
  • This tour offers Vegetarian, Vegan and Halal food options on request. Simply let GoExplore Safaris know the food option that you prefer.
  • Additional Services
  • •Park, conservation and community bed night fees
  • •All applicable taxes, administration and banking fees
  • •Amref Flying evacuation
  • •Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits per person as specified in the itinerary.
  • oGorilla & Chimpanzee tracking is subject to availability of permits, which are limited to 8 per gorilla group per day and 6 per chimpanzee track per ½ day.
  • oAny Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits required need to be paid for upfront when booking. As soon as funds clear in our account, we will go ahead and purchase.
  • oGorilla and Chimpanzee permits cannot be held with the Uganda Wildlife Authority in advance of payment – they are only secured once physically paid for.
  • oGorilla and Chimpanzee permits are always 100% non-transferable and non-refundable.
  • oIf at the time of booking, the Nkuringo permits are not available, we shall secure permits from the Rushaga Group (Nshongi, Mishaya, Busingye, Kahungye or Bweza Families) which are a 45 – 60-minute drive from Nkuringo. There is an additional cost of approximately $188 (per vehicle) which transfers guests to the tracking start point, waits and returns them to the Lodge.
  • oThere is a minimum age limit for gorilla tracking which is strictly 15 years.
  • Transport
  • •All ground transportation and transfers as indicated, which are inclusive of fuel (Private Land cruiser)
  • •Activities as indicated in the itinerary
  • •Amref Flying Doctors emergency evacuation cover
  • •Game drives in a shared 4-wheel drive vehicle where indicated
  • Free eSIM
  • Stay connected on your adventure with a free eSIM, making it easier than ever to keep your friends, family and social media up to date without the hassle of roaming fees.
  • Insurance
  • Insurance is not included.
  • Optional
  • Other activities and services are not included.
  • Additional Services
  • Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits per person as specified both Gorilla Permits in Uganda and Rwanda.
  • Gorilla Permit is USD $750 in Uganda and USD $1500 in Rwanda
  • Gorilla & Chimpanzee tracking is subject to availability of permits, which are limited to 8 per gorilla group per day and 6 per chimpanzee track per ½ day.
  • Any Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits required need to be paid for upfront when booking. As soon as funds clear in our account, we will go ahead and purchase.
  • Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits cannot be held with the Uganda Wildlife Authority and Rwanda Development Board in advance of payment – they are only secured once physically paid for.
  • Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits are always 100% non-transferable and non-refundable.
  • There is a minimum age limit for gorilla tracking which is strictly 15 years.

Itinerary

You will be met and greeted by GoExplore Safaris guide with a placard with your names on it, he will transfer you to Arusha Hotel for the night and dinner and then prepare for your journey of the following day.

Accommodation
Zawadi House
Hotel

Transfer to Serengeti National Park with Picnic lunch. Arrive in time for your afternoon/evening game drive at Serengeti. The park is famous for the Great Migration, the annual journey of two million wildebeest and zebra from the plains of the Serengeti to the grasslands of the Masai Mara in Kenya

Instinct drives the herds from their birthing grounds to find fertile lands in the Mara to feed. The migration can be seen every month of the year, starting with the calving season in the southern Serengeti from January to March. After they’ve given birth, the herds move north through the Serengeti, eventually arriving at the banks of the Mara River, swollen by the floods of the rains and teeming with the crocodile. The herds must cross to find fresh grazing, and they plunge into the river by the thousands. Those that survive the crossing must stay alert enough to avoid the big cats lurking on the far side. At some point, the grasses will be exhausted and as birth time once again approaches, the herds will wander back south. If you would like to see the migration, you need to plan your safari to be in the right places at the right times.

Accommodation
Tukaone Serengeti Camp

You transfer from Serengeti with another game drive while checking out and on arrival at Isebania Border for -/+ 2 hours go through the immigration process for -/+30 minutes then enter Masai Mara for -/+ 4 hrs. Arrive Masai Mara late in the evening have an evening en-route game drive.

Accommodation
Enkorok Mara Camp

Early morning balloon safari This is a unique experience that takes you over the diverse habitats of the Masai Mara Reserve, fly over the great Mara River, swamps, forests, wildlife & the African Savannah therefore followed by bush breakfast Continue with your full day of game viewing at Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Accommodation
Enkorok Mara Camp

Wake up very early in the morning and transfer from Masai Mara to Nairobi for -/+5 hours passing through the great plains and upcountry of this amazing plains arriving in Nairobi in the afternoon time for lunch and your guide will drop you at the airport for your domestic flight to Entebbe and your guide in Uganda will pick you up then transfer you to your lodge for -/+15 minutes.

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Accommodation
Boma Hotel

This morning you will embark on your Journey to the world primate capital for -/+4 hours where you will arrive in time for lunch and indulge in the short crater lakes tour of the countryside with a special experience in Kibale forest which is home to the most primates of the world.

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Accommodation
Kibale Tourist Lodge

­Early morning your guide will transfer you for a chimpanzee tracking experience in Kibale forest which will be -/+4hours and then return back to the lodge, the afternoon have lunch and then evening at leisure while exploring the crater lakes around this whole area.

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Overnight at Kibale Tourist Lodge

Accommodation
Turaco Treetops

Early morning transfers to Bwindi forest, which is a home to the gorilla mountain of which this is home for half of the only remaining gorillas in the world your will arrive in the later afternoon with evening at leisure and dinner served in the stars.

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Accommodation
Four Gorillas Lodge

This is everyone’s dream day, after breakfast your guide will transfer you to the briefing point where you will go through the instructions while to do gorilla tracking then be allocated with a gorilla family and a guide ranger depending and later after your tracking have lunch in the evening have an evening walk to the Batwa Community culture.

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Accommodation
Birdnest Resort @ Bunyonyi

Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi with a stop at the Equator Entebbe arriving in the late afternoon, have a day’s room at Boma Hotel and later your guide will transfer you from your hotel in Entebbe to the airport for your flight back home.

End of Your Safari

Durations

11 Days

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