An optional highlight of this trip is trekking through the rainforests of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park or Virunga Mountains in search of the protected Mountain Gorilla. For a different type of adrenaline experience you can try your hand at quad biking, kayaking or whitewater rafting in Uganda.
Days 1 to 4 - Kenya
- Depart Nairobi - cross the Equator and drive down into The Great Rift Valley.
- Lake Naivasha & Elsamere - the home of Joy Adamson & Elsa the lion, of Born Free fame, as well as cream teas!
- Visit either Crater Lake Game Sanctuary or Hells Gate National Park (hire mountain bikes or walk through - the only park in Kenya where this is permitted).
- Lake Nakuru National Park - including game drives to spot lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, giraffe, zebra, gazelle & flamingo.
Days 5 to 10 - Uganda
- Jinja - the source of the Nile, whitewater rafting, quad biking or visit a local education project.
- Kampala - take a city tour of Uganda’s Capital
- Lake Bunyonyi – a chance to see a school for orphans or a pygmy village
- Mountain Gorilla trek - Optional trek to see these amazing creatures, the closest species related to man.
Days 11 to 13 - Rwanda
- Musanze, a small friendly Rwandan town
- Kigali Genocide Memorial.
