


Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Guided

Budget, Luxury, Mid Range
Kubwa Five Safari invites you to a breathtaking African safari in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. You will visit Africa’s top tourist destinations including Akagera National Park, Volcanoes National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the Masai Mara National Reserve and the Ngorongoro Crater. Each destination you visit has something unique to offer from wide open plains and stunning vistas to Africa's Big Five and numerous other wildlife species. This is an affordable and fun journey through a truly magnificent region of the world!
From USD 13,000 per person
On your arrival at the Kigali International airport, you will be picked up and transferred for a covid-19 test (USD 60 pp) followed by a city tour, visiting the Genocide memorial site which gives a brief history of the country you are visiting.
Dinner and overnight options: Kigali Holiday Hotel (budget), Ubumwe Grande Hotel (upper mid-range), Great Seasons Hotel Kigali (mid-range), Hotel des Mille Collines (upper mid-range), Kigali Marriott Hotel (Luxury)
After breakfast, you will be driven to Akagera National Park and check in for lunch. After lunch, you will have a short game drive on your way to a boat cruise on Lake Ihema to watch hippo and crocodile in the water or by the shores.
The park has in the recent past made great strides in conservation by engaging the community through community tours. With the re-introduction of lion, you have numbers of the Big Five increasing by the day. The park hosts a number of big mammals with the most sought after being lion, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, elephant, and hippo, which will provide great photographic moments.
Dinner and overnight options: Dereva Hotel (budget), Akagera Rhino Lodge (mid-range), Akagera Game Lodge (upper mid-range), Mantis Epic Hotel & Suites (upper mid-range), Ruzizi Tented Lodge (luxury)
Today you will head out for morning and evening game drives in the park. You will start your game drive early morning at 6am driving around the thick and hilly southern part of the park. The hilly part will give great views of the lakes, hills and valleys of this park and with the guidance of your site guide you will be searching for big mammals like elephant, giraffe, buffalo, several antelope species, and recently the re-introduced lion and rhino. This game drive will end, depending on the weather, by midday, when it’s hot and the animals start to hide under the trees. You will drive back to the lodge for lunch and after lunch you will rest getting ready for a short evening game drive between 4 and 6pm. Afterwards head back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight options: Dereva Hotel (budget), Akagera Rhino Lodge (mid-range), Akagera Game Lodge (upper mid-range), Mantis Epic Hotel & Suites (upper mid-range), Ruzizi Tented Lodge (luxury)
After early breakfast head out for a game drive in Akagera National Park to continue your search for beautiful wildlife. The park is a varied habitat for wildlife and a birder’s haven with over 500 bird species in the park. At around midday, we drive back to Kigali. You will have lunch on your way to Kigali.
Dinner and overnight options: Kigali Holiday Hotel (budget), Ubumwe Grande Hotel (upper mid-range), Great Seasons Hotel Kigali (mid-range), Kigali Marriott Hotel (luxury)
After breakfast, drive northwards to Volcanoes National Park. On your arrival in Musanze, you will visit the Dian Fossey Centre. In the evening you will visit the Iby’iwacu Cultural Village for community interaction to enjoy the Rwandan culture including traditional dance.
Dinner and overnight stay options: Garden Palace Hotel (budget), Davinci Gorilla Lodge (mid-range), Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (upper mid-range), Bisate Lodge (luxury).
Today you are required to have PCR tests as you will be need Covid-19 results on your arrival at the Uganda and Rwanda border. It will be valid for 72 hours and cost USD 50 per person.
After breakfast, you will assemble at the park headquarters for a briefing and to receive your trekking gear. You will then begin your ascent in the forest to track the golden monkeys. While on this fascinating tour you will get to find out amazing facts about these incredible creatures. After lunch, you will be driven to Uganda and then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home of the famous mountain gorilla. You will either have lunch on the way or at your hotel. Check in at your lodge and prepare for yet another highlight of this amazing trip – tracking mountain gorilla!
Accommodation options: Agandi Uganda Lodge (luxury), Gorilla Friends Resort Lodge (mid-range), Gorilla Mist Camp (upper mid-range), Rushaga Gorilla Havens (upper mid-range), Rushaga Gorilla Camp (luxury)
Did know that Uganda has the highest percentage of Mountain Gorillas in the world? There are currently less than 1,200 mountain gorillas left in the world and almost half of the population resides in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the Pearl of Africa. Gorilla trekking is one of the top activities while on a safari.
After a cup of tea, transfer to the park head offices with your guide, have a briefing about the do’s and don’ts while in the park with gorillas then head out for gorilla trekking through the mist rain forest. Trekking can take 2 hours or up to 6 hours and this is based on the location of the gentle giants. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to over 346 bird species, 120 mammal species, 400 plant species, 27 frog species among others and covers an area of 331 sq km. Make sure you carry enough water, sturdy shoes, non-flash cameras, and rain jackets. At the end of this long and exciting adventure, return to your lodge for a well-deserved shower and lunch.
In the evening, you will head out for a community walk where you will visit the Batwa, which is an indigenous group of people that has lived in the forest for 500,000 years, enjoy traditional dances and drama from them.
Accommodation options: Agandi Uganda Lodge (luxury), Gorilla Friends Resort Lodge (mid-range), Gorilla Mist Camp (upper mid-range), Rushaga Gorilla Havens (upper mid-range), Rushaga Gorilla Camp (luxury)
Have breakfast, relax and in the evening check out and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi, whose twisting water body dotted with 29 islands with various shapes and sized scattered across the water will amaze you.
Dinner and overnight options: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort (mid-range), Hawk Eye Lodge (mid-range), Arcadia Lodge (luxury)
After breakfast, you will relax at your hotel until lunch time. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of (2,200 – 2,478 m). It is probably the second deepest lake in Africa. It is one of the few African lakes completely safe for swimming – there is no bilharzia. After lunch, you will head out for zip lining over the lake and then continue to stretch your muscles with the Ninja warrior.
Dinner and overnight options: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort (mid-range), Hawk Eye Lodge (mid-range), Arcadia lodge (luxury)
After breakfast, it will be time to move to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The park is also Uganda’s most popular tourist destination. You will have an evening game drive aiming to catch lion hunting in the evening although lion usually hunt as the day dawns since the temperatures are cooler.
Accommodation options: Engiri Game Lodge (mid-range), Enshama Game Lodge (mid-range), Kyangabi Crater Resort (upper mid-range), Bush Lodge (upper mid-range), Elephants Plains Lodge (luxury), Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury)
Depart at 6am for a morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park aiming to catch the lion hunting in the morning. We also expect to see the Uganda kob, elephant, buffalo, warthog, leopard and waterbuck. After lunch head out for a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel which connects Lake Edward and Lake George. Expect to see large numbers of buffalo, elephant and hippo.
Accommodation options: Engiri Game Lodge (mid-range) , Enshama Game Lodge (mid-range) Kyangabi Crater Resort (upper mid-range), Bush Lodge (upper mid-range), Elephants Plains Lodge (luxury), Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury)
After your breakfast at your hotel, you will be driven to Fort Portal, the capital of the Tooro Kingdom, situated in the shadow of the fabled “Mountains of the Moon,” the Rwenzori. Depart from Kampala at 6:30 am. The route is incredibly scenic, passing through tea plantations and the lush green countryside which characterises so much of Uganda. The last hour of the journey will take you through dense forest with sounds of the wild.
You will have a walk at the edge of a rare twinned-volcanic crater lake; Kyaninga offers spectacular walks right on your doorstep. Take a guided walk around the rim of the Crater Lake and see it in all of its majesty. You can also walk down to the lake through the ‘land that time forgot’ forest at Kyaninga. Out of Kyaninga, you can tour the local villages and gain a fascinating insight into rural Ugandan life. A little further and you can take a walk up to the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley itself and stare in wonder as East Africa opens out beneath you.
You will visit the Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru Caves and the three surrounding Explosion Crater Lakes. This makes it a most interesting day adventure and can be done while staying in Fort Portal. A side-trip to the Amabere Caves and the three nearby Crater Lakes will hiking, learning about the local culture and legends, plus a hike around three crater lakes. They are not so much caves, more large overhangs.
The name Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru translates as “Breasts of Nyinamwiru” with Nyinamwiru being the daughter of a local usurper king who reportedly had her breasts cut off to make her less attractive to men. This rather drastic plan failed and the king, Bukuku of Toro, then hid her in the cave. However with her allure still strong she became pregnant to the Batembuzi King Isaza and later gave birth to their son, Ndahura. Unable to breastfeed the infant herself she used what looked like milk dripping from the stalactites, which appeared milky because of its calcium content. Ndahura went onto fulfil a prophecy that he would become king and take over Bukuku’s throne, a throne that was rightfully Isaza’s. Ndahura went on to form one of the great empires of the Great Lakes area of Africa. Or so legend has it!
This rock is actually a result of the formation of stalagmites and stalactites, information which we leave for the geographers and enjoy the cultural stories attached to these caves! It is nestled between several trees and a beautiful water falls. For the cultural enthusiasts, there is a rich cultural history attached to these rocks which form scenic caves with streams of water above them causing refreshing waterfalls. After the Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru Caves, you will then head to the lodge.
Accommodation options: Kyaninga Lodge (luxury), Mountain Of The Moon Hotel, Primate Lodge (luxury), Ndali Lodge (upper mid-range), Kibale Forest Camp (luxury), Isunga Lodge (mid-range), Rwengoma Courts and Apartments (budget), Stanford Hotel Fort Portal (budget)
Kyaninga Lodge (luxury) is nestled on the edge of an extinct volcanic crater lake at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains.
The tracking will start early and takes about two to three hours, depending on the location of the chimpanzees. After the trek you will go back to the resort for lunch and then visit Bigodi Swamp. This is a beautiful area in the rain forest with an abundance of animals: monkeys, birds and maybe forest elephant.
Accommodation options: Kyaninga Lodge (luxury), Mountain Of The Moon Hotel, Primate Lodge (luxury), Ndali Lodge (upper mid-range), Kibale Forest Camp (luxury), Isunga Lodge (mid-range), Rwengoma Courts and Apartments (budget), Stanford Hotel Fort Portal (budget)
After an early breakfast, you will depart to Murchison Falls National Park through Kibale, then Hoima. The park is Uganda’s largest protected area, home to more than 73 animal species, including buffalo, leopard, lion, and elephant, 3/4 of the world’s population of Rothschild giraffe plus a healthy population of herbivore. In addition to 451 bird species, including 23 Albertine rift endemics. Murchison Falls are the most powerful waterfalls in the whole world and you will get an opportunity to witness them. You will arrive late in the evening.
Accommodation options: Pakuba Safari Lodge, (luxury), Bar Leyc Safari Lodge (luxury), Parkside Safari Lodge (mid-range), Fort Murchison (luxury), Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury)
You will set off at 6am, with packed breakfast, for a morning game drive on the Northern Delta Nile. Other activities in this game drive include bird watching, and sightseeing across the open savannah, dotted woodland and riverine vegetation along the Nile and Albert delta. After the game drive, you will head back to your hotel for lunch. In the afternoon, (between 2 and 4pm) you embark on a three hour boat cruise on the Nile. This cruise offers an amazing view of the falls from the bottom angle. Hippo, crocodile, antelope, and aquatic birds can be seen along the shores of the river. Later in the evening, you will head back to the lodge for an evening game drive.
Accommodation options: Leosim Hotel (budget), Kalalo Cottage Inn (budget), Parkside Safari Lodge (mid-range), Pakuba Safari Lodge, (upper mid-range), Bar Leyc Safari Lodge (upper mid-range), Fort Murchison (upper mid-range), Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury)
Today you will be transferred to the top of the falls. It is an exciting experience that brings you very close to the rushing whitewater as it squeezes itself through the narrow crevice below. The resulting mist from the turbulence often produces rainbows. If time allows, you will hike from the top to the bottom of the falls. On your way to Kampala, you will branch to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking; this is one of the breathtaking activities in Uganda, the pearl of the Africa. After rhino tracking, you will be driven to Kampala.
Accommodation options: Humura Hotel (mid-range), Bush Pig (budget), Serena Hotel (luxury), Fairway Hotel (upper mid-range), Sheraton Hotel (luxury)
The day begins with a delightful breakfast after which you will take a PCR Covid-19 test, and then drive to Entebbe airport for your scheduled flight to Kenya. You will have lunch in one of the restaurants in town. Later in the evening, you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport for your flight to Kenya. Upon arrival at 9pm from Entebbe, you will be met by our Kubwa Five Safaris representative and transferred to your hotel in Nairobi.
Dinner and overnight options: Sarova Stanley (luxury), Ibis Styles Nairobi Westlands (budget), Fairview Hotel (upper mid-range), Golden Tulip Westlands Nairobi (mid-range)
After early breakfast, check out and leave for Lake Naivasha. On arrival in Lake Naivasha National Park, you will check in at your hotel, then get out for an evening boat ride.
Dinner and overnight options: Lake Naivasha Resort (luxury), Enashipai Resort & Spa (luxury), Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp (upper mid-range), Burch Resort Naivasha (mid-range), Kiboko Luxury Camp (luxury), Lake Naivasha Country Club (luxury)
After breakfast, you will do bike riding at Hell’s Gate National Park which will take about 2 hours. You will then be driven to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving at your hotel in the afternoon. After lunch, you will head out for an evening game drive.
Lake Nakuru National Park’s claim to fame is its flamingos and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The park has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species, particularly the Rothschild giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lion, waterbuck, buffalo and baboon are all residents here.
Dinner and overnight options: Hotel Citymax (budget), Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge (luxury), Lake Nakuru Lodge (luxury), Buraha Zenoni Hotel & Resort (mid-range)
After breakfast, depart for an early morning game drive to see the flamingos again. Feeding on the abundant algae that grows in the warm and shallow waters, witnessing these legions of fuchsia-pink flamingos is a sight to behold. After the morning drive, head out to the Masai Mara. You will pass through the floor of the rift valley arriving in the evening. The Masai Mara Game Reserve offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe over 450 species of animals has been recorded here.
Dinner and overnight options: Jambo Safari lodge Mara (luxury), Simba Orxy Nature Camp (mid-range), Sarova Mara Game Lodge (luxury) or Keekorok Lodge (luxury)| Miti Mingi eco camp (budget), Mara Serena Safari Lodge (luxury), AA lodge (upper mid-range)
After breakfast and you will have the Covid-19 test head out for a half day spent in the park with packed lunch and in search of its well-known predators and their opponents like the zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo and other animal species. The Masai Mara game reserve offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe over 450 species of animals has been recorded here. You will easily see lion, rhino, hippo, crocodile, giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, warthog, hyena, jackal, wild dog, buffalo, leopard, elephant and many kinds of antelope.
It is in the Masai Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. In the afternoon, visit the local Masai village for a cultural tour. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people. An overnight at the Masai village can be organised upon request.
Dinner and overnight options: Jambo Safari lodge Mara (luxury), Simba Orxy Nature Camp (mid-range), Sarova Mara Game Lodge (luxury) or Keekorok Lodge (luxury)| Miti Mingi eco camp (budget), Mara Serena Safari Lodge (luxury), AA lodge (upper mid-range)
Optional activity at a fee: A balloon safari at USD 485 per person can be organised early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program.
After an early breakfast drive to Isebania Kenya/Tanzania border with packed lunches. Meet your Tanzania driver/guide, change safari car and go through immigration formalities. Then drive to Serengeti National Park with your packed lunches.
Dinner and overnight options: Kati Kati Tented Camp (budget), Ikoma Tented Camp (mid-range), Seronera Wildlife Lodge (upper mid-range), Osero Serengeti Tented Camp (luxury), Serengeti Serena Lodge (luxury), Mbalageti Serengeti (luxury), Kirawira Serena Camp (luxury)
You will have a full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of your time. In case you prefer you can go on a hot air balloon safari is Serengeti National Park. This is an optional activity and costs USD 600 per person.
The Serengeti National Park, meaning “endless plains” in the Masai language, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most celebrated wilderness areas and is an ongoing source of inspiration to writers, filmmakers and photographers. It is Tanzania’s oldest game reserve, renowned for the part it plays in the annual Great Migration, when an estimated three million antelope – mostly wildebeest – migrate to Kenya’s Maasai Mara Game Reserve. This epic, seasonal journey is a deeply moving experience and a wonderful photographic subject. Here visitors to the park can roam its sprawling plains on exhilarating game drives or hop into a hot-air balloon ride for an once-in-a-lifetime wilderness adventure. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year; we can spend time at the hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, and watch a big pride of lion, and many more.
Dinner and overnight options: Kati Kati Tented Camp (budget), Ikoma Tented Camp (mid-range), Seronera Wildlife Lodge (upper mid-range), Osero Serengeti Tented Camp (luxury), Serengeti Serena Lodge, (luxury), Mbalageti Serengeti (luxury), Kirawira Serena Camp (luxury)
After an early breakfast drive to the Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive with packed lunches. The journey takes about 1 hour 50 minutes. You will go through the Ngorongoro Crater highlands to the base of the Rift Valley escarpment; a dramatic bluff nearly 2,000 ft high. You will have an evening game drive.
Here lies a narrow belt of acacia woodland and a floodplain that is filled seasonally by Lake Manyara. Encompassing this area is Lake Manyara Park which is often overlooked, but game-rich and best known for its tree-climbing lion. The park is inhabited by over 380 types of birds and many animal species including elephant, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, leopard, lion, baboon, hippo, antelope, warthog and many others.
Dinner and overnight options:
Tented accommodation: Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp (luxury)
Lodges: Twiga Camp Site (mid-range), Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp (upper mid-range), Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp (upper/mid range), Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge (luxury), Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge (luxury), Escarpment Luxury Lodge (luxury)
If you are not fully vaccinated, you will have covid-19 test on this day in the morning.
After breakfast, you will be driven to Arusha town for shopping, have lunch in town, then drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your scheduled flight back home.
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