Day 1: Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport and meet our representative for the transfer to your hotel.

 

Arusha

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

 Meet your safari guide after breakfast and drive through villages and typical African scenery.

Enjoy a picnic lunch along the way to Tarangire National Park where you will safari in the afternoon.

  

Day 3: Tarangire National Park

Activities and Services

Optional

Night Game Drive

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

Morning safari in Tarangire National Park. Then cross the Great Rift Valley and enter Ngorongoro Conservation area where you will spend the night on the crater rim for early access into the crater next morning.

 

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater

Get an early start and descend into Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the location of the Big-5. Return to the crater rim for overnight.

Your lodge is located on the rim of the crater which allows you to be amongst the very first people entering the crater in the morning. Most tourists are in lodges 1.5 hour away. Being first in the crater means less people in the morning and better lighting for picture taking.

Activities and Services

Day 6: Northern Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater

Head for the endless plains of the Serengeti by bush plane. Take in a birds-eye view of the Serengeti, an experience you will never forget. Search to spot elephants, giraffe or herds of wildebeest.

   

Day 7: Northern Serengeti

Explore the Serengeti in search of the famous Wildebeest Migration.

 

Activities and Services

Game Drives in the Serengeti

Day 8: Northern Serengeti

Another full day in the famous Serengeti!

Activities and Services

Game Drives in the Serengeti

Day 9: Northern Serengeti

Bush Dinner Sundowners in the Bush Sundowners

Activities and Services

Game Drives in the Serengeti

Day 10: Entebbe

Take a morning flight directly from the Serengeti to Entebbe, Uganda.

Our representative will be awaiting you for your transfer to your hotel. Depending on your arrival you may take  optional  half day tour to the Mbamba Swamp to search for the elusive shoebill stork or rent a bike to visit the nearby Botanical Gardens.

Optional

Market Visit

Botanical Garden

Day 11: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Take the morning flight to Bwindi Impenetrabel Forest National Park. Afternoon options include a guided Forest Walk (US$75 includes National Park fee) or visit the Ride4Woman project.

Optional

Day 12: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Get up early at 6:00 and report to the Park headquarters with your  packed lunch for briefing by the senior park ranger guide. You will  then set out to track the gentle giants through thick vegetation as you hike up and down slippery slopes. Be vigilant to listen to their vocal communications and follow them until you finally come eye-eye with them. An hour with them is possible as you observe and learn their habits while taking photos. It is an extraordinary feeling, sitting in the dense rainforest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining and critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Activities and Services

Gorilla Tracking

Day 13: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Today you may choose to track the gorillas a second time (US$770.-), visit the local community (guided at US$38) or meet the Batwa Pygmies (US$85).

Buhoma Lodge - Aerial View Buhoma Lodge - Curio Shop Buhoma Lodge - Twin Room

Day 14: End of Itinerary

Morning transfer to the airstrip and flight to Entebbe.

 

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