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Gorilla Tracking Adventure, Mt Kenya
Climb Safari
Mount Kenya Climbing & Uganda
Gorilla Safari
12
DAYS KENYA WILDLIFE SAFARI AND MOUNT
KENYA CLIMB SIRIMON ROUTE
Day 01:
NAIROBI:
On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport.
Met by Diwaka Safaris representative
at the Airport and transferred by
our driver / guide to your Nairobi
hotel. Use of room is not guaranteed
before
noon.
Remainder of the day at leisure.
Overnight at
THE
JACARANDA HOTEL (B/B)
Day 02: NAIROBI – MOUNT KENYA (SIRIMON
GATE):
Breakfast at the camp; afterwards
drive to the base hotel. Relax as
you prepare for the climb. Lunch at
the base Hotel. Then drive to
Sirimon Park gate (2600m). On
completion of park entry
formalities, begin a 3-4 hour hike
through forest. Ascend 700m
bypassing the bamboo, rosewood and
heather zones to Old Moses camp. The
forest and bamboo are home to
hundreds of buffaloes, elephants,
bushbucks and a plethora of bird
species. Dinner and overnight at
OLD
MOSES CAMP (3300m)
Day
03: OLD MOSES – SHIPTON’S HUT:
A long
day leading to the base of the high
peaks. Today's trek is largely
through the moorlands and the
Mackinder Valley, with good views of
the main peaks and a brief stopover
for picnic lunch. Total walking time
is approx. 7 hours gaining 900m in
altitude. Dinner and Overnight at
SHIPTON’S HUT (4200m)
Day 04: SHIPTON’S HUT – POINT LENANA
TO MACKINDERS CAMP:
Pre-dawn attempt of the summit
starts at 0300hrs and you hike for
about 3 hours up steep scree slopes
and across rugged rocks up to Pt.
Lenana (4985m), the hikers' summit.
Then down through Lewis Glacier up
to the Austrian hut to join to the
Naromoru track and descend for 2
hours to Mackinder's camp for
breakfast then have the rest of the
day at leisure. Dinner and overnight
at
MACKINDERS CAMP (4300m)
Day 05: MACKINDERS CAMP – BASE –
NAIROBI – KAMPALA:
Leaving early, you gradually descend
for 4-5 hours through the moorlands
and the lower vertical bog up to the
Met Station, from where you walk
down on a wide dirt road leading to
the Naromoru Park gate (2600m) where
you meet our vehicle. Depart for
Nairobi, On arrival in Nairobi
transfer to Jomo Kenyatta Intl.
Airport for your scheduled
international departure flight to
Entebbe Uganda. On Arrival at the
airport in Uganda you will be met by
the Uganda Guide who will transfer
you to your hotel in Kampala.
Overnight in
SHERATON HOTEL (B/B).
Day 06: KAMPALA – QUEEN ELIZABETH
PARK:
In the
morning right after breakfast you
will transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP.
The drive will take you 6 hours to
reach the park in the afternoon. You
will check in your lodge to have
lunch and then late r go for a boat
ride on the Kazinga channel. The
launch cruise will enable you view
animals like the buffaloes at the
shores, hippos and plenty of birds
for birders. Overnight at
MWEYA
SAFARI LODGE (F/B).
Day 07: QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK -
BWINDI:
In the morning before sunrise you
will go for a game drive in the park
searching for animals like the
elephants Lions, leopards, hyenas,
warthogs, antelopes and many more.
You will return form the game drive
f or late breakfast at your lodge
before you drive to Bwindi. Time
permitting you may go for a game
drive in the Ishasha sector to
search for tree climbing lions.
Later on you will proceed to reach
Bwindi in the afternoon. Overnight
at
GORILLA RESORT LODGE (F/B).
Day 08: BWINDI:
In the morning after breakfast you
will transfer to the park
headquarters for briefing before you
proceed to the park in search for
the giant apes. The time taken
before encountering the gorillas
varies and it ranges from 2 hours to
9 hours. Therefore you will have to
carry packed lunch. On meeting the
gorillas you will be allowed to
spend one hour with them and then
later return to your lodge.
Overnight at
GORILLA RESORT LODGE (F/B).
Day 09: BWINDI - KAMPALA:
In the morning after breakfast you
will transfer to Kampala. The drive
takes 9-12 hours depending on the
weather, to reach in the evening.
You will be transferred to your
Hotel. Overnight at Sheraton hotel
/Holiday express hotel.
Day 10: KAMPALA – NAIROBI AND
DEPART:
Depending on your flight departure
time you may go for a city tour to
go visit the National museum, the
Bahai temple and the Kasubi tombs
for an insight in the Ugandan
culture. Later on you will be
transferred to the Airport for you
flight back home.
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