East Africa Rugby Tour -10 Days Kenya and Uganda
Embark on an unforgettable 10-day East Africa Rugby Tour , exploring the vibrant rugby scenes of Kenya and Uganda. This itinerary combines competitive rugby matches, cultural interactions, and wildlife experiences, offering a holistic and thrilling adventure for rugby enthusiasts. From the bustling streets of Nairobi to the scenic landscapes of Uganda. This journey promises a rich blend of sports, culture, and natural wonders.
Day 1: Arrival and Pickup from Nairobi Airport
Njia African Adventure staff in our Uniforms holding your team name will Pick you up from Airport in Nairobi. And drive directly to the Hotel
Late afternoon training session followed by first team dinner and a big welcome to Africa organized. It will be graced with best of African traditions, introductions and Briefing on how the week will be moving
Accommodation: Serova Panafric/Kahama hotel/Sarova Stanley
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Fixture 1 Kenya
Breakfast in the morning and depending on team plan you can hit a modern gym this morning for strength & conditioning training and back to the hotel for relaxation and team preps.
Refuel with a healthy lunch before making your way to Fixture 1 at Kaserani stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. The facilities include a 60,000-seat stadium. With a running track and a pitch used for football and rugby union, a competition size swimming pool and an indoor arena. The fixture will be decided based on level of competition required for the visiting team and will be planned together with the Kenya Rugby Union.
After the Fixture in the early evening head back to the Hotel for refreshment. As you prepare for a team dinner and drinks with some of the players and officials from the other team. Good time for team bonding as you enjoy as a group after the fixture.
Accommodation: Serova Panafric/Kahama hotel/Sarova Stanley
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Community coaching
Chilled breakfast as you set your mind to a very important day for the tour where you will leave an impact in the community. After your breakfast head for a drive through the city Centre and depending on numbers we will split into different groups. That will visit the schools, and age grade programs around Nairobi. Among the programs to visit include a visit to Shamas Rugby foundation. A sport for development organization that uses rugby to promote the holistic development of underprivileged children and youth. Some of these programs are also pushed to schools. So the team will have an opportunity to have exchange programs. With the foundation through offering coaching education. Skill training with the children for the foundation and also coaching in schools around Nairobi.
All groups will meet for Lunch and back to the hotel for relaxation and an evening BBQ pool party
Accommodation: Serova Panafric/Kahama hotel/Sarova Stanley
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Rugby training and Nairobi National park Safari
Breakfast will be ready for the team and the Morning will be yours for team training activities. And if the team opt to choose Gym for strength and Conditioning will be accessible if need or Pitch work and training.
After Lunch we get on road for a 1 hr drive to Ololo Safari Lodge in Nairobi National Park. The lodge is a mere 45-minute drive through the park from Nairobi yet the lodge’s secluded location feels like a world away. Set on a productive 20-acre working farm. Ololo offers the joys of delicious ‘paddock to plate’ fresh ingredients. With our established and secluded gardens, guests are able to settle in and soak up a unique safari experience.
Wildlife is right on our doorstep and all can enjoy breathtaking views over the national park. To the famed Ngong Hills in the west, sundowner in hand. Or you may like to wile the hours away at the lodge by the pool, adventure on a safari into the park, take a tour of the Ololo Farm or perhaps an excursion with us into historic Karen.
In the evening the team will sit by the fire-pit in the garden or cosy up to the safari Lodge blazing fireplace for the evening
Accommodation: Ololo safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Nairobi National park
wakeup to the sonds of wildlife and the bird life at the lodge then head for a morning game drives into the only national park in the world on the edge of a capital city. Nairobi National Park is a surprise package and many of these birds and animals. From the game drive will visit the renowned Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage without having to exit the national park. Nairobi National Park has a good variety of wildlife. Apart from elephants, most big safari animals are present. There is a very good chance of seeing rhino. White rhino, are easiest to spot as they graze on the open plains, but the park is one of Kenya’s most successful sanctuaries for black rhino, which like to keep hidden in the thickets.
Afternoon head out of the park and fly to Entebbe Uganda
Accommodation: Red Chilly Rest Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Arrival and Pickup from Entebbe Airport
Njia African Adventure staff in our Uniforms holding your team name will Pick you up from Airport in Entebbe and drive directly to the Hotel
Late afternoon training session followed by first team dinner and a big welcome to Africa organized, it will be graced with best of African traditions, introductions and Briefing on how the week will be moving
Accommodation: Red chilli Hotel
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Community coaching Kampala
Chilled breakfast as you set your mind to a very important day for the tour. Where you will leave an impact in the community. After your breakfast head for a drive through the city Centre and depending on numbers. We will split into different groups that will visit the schools, and age grade programs around Kampala. Among the programs to visit, include a visit to Naguru Sports community and Acholi Quarters rugby club under the Phillip Wokorach Foundation a sport for development organization. That uses rugby to promote the holistic development of underprivileged children and youth.
Some of these programs are pushed to schools. The team will have an opportunity to have exchange programs with the foundation through offering Girl child talks and coaching education. Skill training with the children for the foundation and coaching in schools around Kampala. The rugby foundation by Phillip Wokorach, a Ugandan international rugby player based in France who bares the fruits of age grade rugby in Uganda, as a means to give back to his community he started up a foundation aimed to empower young disadvantaged girls and talented women athletes in Uganda to help them realize & achieve their dreams through rugby.
All groups will meet for Lunch and back to the hotel for relaxation and an evening BBQ pool party
Accommodation: Red chili Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Fixture 2 Uganda
Breakfast in the morning and depending on team plan you can hit a modern gym this morning for strength & conditioning training and back to the hotel for relaxation and team preps.
Refuel with a healthy lunch before making your way to Fixture 1 at Kyadondo Rugby Club. A rugby union ground in Kampala, Uganda built in 2000. Facilities include main ground, Gym, a training/match pitch and club house. The ground is home to several club teams, among them Heathens RFC, a leading rugby club in Uganda. It has also hosted home games of the Uganda national rugby union team. The fixture to be played will be decided based on level of competition required for the visiting team and will be planned together with the Uganda Rugby Union.
Day 9: Jinja Adventure
Wakeup to the great views of the Nile and head out for a full day of Adventure on the Nile River. From the many previous adventurers they consider this day as one of the best white water trips in the world. No safari to Uganda would be complete without truly experiencing the Nile from its source. With a commitment to safety, quality and value for money, Njia African Adventures through its trusted service providers focus on providing our guests with an all-inclusive experience of the Nile. We take a personal interest in every detail of your day to ensure your time with us is simply unforgettable.
The 4 – 5 hours on the river Grade 5 activity that doesn’t require Rafting or Swimming experience, as long as your water confident, get your shorts and T-shirts and Santan lotion or cream and towel to grace this wonderful day of an adventure like no other.
You will head back to the camp overnight and a big night to talk with other experts in Jinja and other rafters.
Accommodation: Nile River Explorers
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After the Fixture in the early evening head back to the Hotel for refreshment While setting up for a team Dinner and drinks with some of the players and officials from the other team. Good time for team bonding as you enjoy as a group after the fixture.
Accommodation: Red chili Hotel
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Transfer to the Airport.
Depending on the flight time, the team will have time to relax and reflect on how the tour has been as you prepare to say goodbye to Uganda. The bus will be ready to drive to the Airport to catch your flight or onward adventures.
Meal Plan: Breakfast