Summary
A wonderful journey that explores the Nile all the way from Cairo through to Khartoum and then the Blue Nile up to its source at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It then heads down to the source of the White Nile, the town of Jinja in Uganda, where this great river flows out of Lake Victoria.
Along the way we have the opportunity to discover the historic cultures of ancient Egypt at the numerous sites such as Luxor or Abu Simbel and those of the Kushite Kingdom in Sudan and of course the long and colourful history of Ethiopia's Christian Kingdom.
We traverse the immensity of two great deserts, the Sahara and the Northern Kenyan and climb to the 'Roof Of Africa', to trek in the Simien Mountains, before travelling along the Rift Valley from Addis Ababa and down to Nairobi. We witness some of Africa's finest wildlife and national parks in Kenya and Uganda, including Samburu, Nakuru, Masai Mara and the highlight of the whole journey, seeing the Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Uganda.
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Nairobi
- Day 2
- Kericho
- Day 3
- Jinja
- Day 4
- Jinja
- Day 5
- Nakitoma
- Day 6
- Kaniyo Pabidi
- Day 7
- Murchison Falls Np
- Day 8
- Murchison Falls Np
- Day 9
- Mpanga Forest
- Day 10
- Queen Elizabeth Np
- Day 11
- Queen Elizabeth Np
- Day 12
- Bwindi Impenetrable Np
- Day 13
- Bwindi Impenetrable Np
- Day 14
- Lake Mburo
- Day 15
- Jinja
- ...
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- Day 77
- Aswan
- Day 78
- Nile Felucca
- Day 79
- Luxor
- Day 80
- Luxor
- Day 81
- Luxor
- Day 82
- Marsa Alam
- Day 83
- Marsa Alam
- Day 84
- Marsa Alam
- Day 85
- El Quseir
- Day 86
- Zafarana
- Day 87
- Port Said
- Day 88
- Alexandria
- Day 89
- Alexandria
- Day 90
- Cairo
- Day 91
- Cairo
- Day 92
- Cairo
Travel Countries (5): Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda
Travel Cities (18): Abu Simbel, Addis Abeba, Alexandria, Arba Minch, Aswan, Axum, Bahir Dar, Bwindi Forest, Cairo, Gondar, Harar, Jinja, Khartoum, Lake Nakuru, Lalibela, Luxor, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Nairobi
Details
YES, as long as you have an open mind and are prepared to accept the lack of a few home comforts as a price for some real discovery. This is a long journey, through some areas with minimal tourist infrastructure and you need to be prepared. However, it has a well balanced pace and a good mixture of camping with hotels, home stays and hostels.