While thinking of the best wildlife and gorilla safari in Africa, you mind should first think of Kenya and Uganda. Tour companies like Eco Tours Kenya always or every year offers suitable and amazing Kenya Uganda tours offering the great wildebeest migration in Mara and gorilla trek in Bwindi or Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks. Trek through lush jungle in search of mountain gorillas. Experience the beauty of Uganda, later visit Kenya’s Great Rift Valley Lakes and spot game on the plains of the Masai Mara
Masai Mara – search for all of Africa’s iconic Big Five and other species in one of Kenya’s finest wildlife reserves. The Equator Crossing – stop for a “one foot in each hemisphere” photo opportunity.
Gorilla Trekking – spot endangered mountain gorillas on an optional guided trek into the dense jungle of Uganda. Lake Bunyonyi – relax on the shore of the deepest crater lake in Africa and see a myriad of bird life whilst waiting for your gorilla trek.
Nairobi – Masai Mara. Heading west from Nairobi, we reach possibly Kenya’s most famous natural attraction – the Masai Mara National Reserve. The Kenyan section of the wildly beautiful Serengeti Plains teems with wildlife.
The highlight of the Mara is no doubt the annual wildebeest migration, when millions of these beasts plus zebra and Thomson’s gazelle stray north from the Serengeti in neighboring Tanzania in search of lush grass on the Savannah plains. Elephant, lion, cheetah, giraffe and a multitude of hooved herbivores also inhabit the reserve. A game drive through the Mara gives us the chance to spot the Big Five. During our stay we can also opt to visit a local Masai tribe.
Kampala – Lake Bunyonyi. After an early morning departure from Kampala we drive west into the depths of Uganda to our base at the tranquil Lake Bunyonyi, the deepest Crater Lake in Africa and home to a large and varied number of beautiful birds, which is the base from which the optional Gorilla trek takes place. Dependent on where trekking permits are available, we trek in the Mgahinga or Bwindi National Parks in Uganda
We depart from our base in Bunyonyi in small groups, depending on the group size. We wind our way through arguably some of the most picturesque scenery in Africa en-route to the National Park. Dependant on where permits are available, we may spend a night in Kisoro en route. The following morning, after packing our picnic lunch, we are transferred to a ranger’s station where the trek commences. Your rangers will lead you through the cultivated lands and then into the dense rain forest and on to a gorilla family.
Trekking can take anywhere from 45 minutes to 8 hours and it can be quite strenuous. To ensure the gorillas do not get too used to the presence of humans and because they share many of our genes (and therefore able to catch our diseases), the maximum time permitted to spend with them is 1 hour.
You will have plenty of time to watch their activity and to take photographs. The rangers will be able to provide you with a background to the family you are visiting. Once your hour is up, you trek back out of the rain forest to your meeting point where you will be transferred back to the Lake Bunyonyi campsite.
