20 Days Rwanda-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari : 20 Days East Africa safari including Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zanzibar will take an amazing East African countries and with this safari, you get to purchase an East African Tourist Visa. This safari will take you through the beautiful country with chances of seeing the endangered primates in Volcanoes national park, Bwindi forest national park and Kibale forest national park. On our 20 Days Rwanda-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari, expect to also meet the big 5 animals (Lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, Rhinos and Elephants) in the Masai plains of Masai Mara national reserve and Serengeti national park, Lake Nakuru national park, Ngorongoro conservation and Tarangire national park. This safari will be blended with cultural tours in the 4 countries and a refreshing holidays in Zanzibar. continue reading this article to get an insight about our 20 Days Rwanda-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari
Safari Highlights of the 20 Days Rwanda-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari
Day 1: Pick up Kigali – City tour and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Day 2: Golden Monkey tracking experience and community tour
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park – Batwa community tour
Day 4: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 5: Transfer to Kibale national park via Queen Elizabeth national park (7-8 hours’ drive)
Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking – Bigodi swamp nature walk
Day 7: Kasese airstrip – Fly to Kisumu airport (Domestic Flight) – Nakuru national park
Day 8: Full day game viewing – Nakuru national park
Day 9: Visit Crescent island visit – transfer Masai Mara national reserve
Day 10: Full day game drive – Masai Mara plains
Day 11: Game drive – community tour
Day 12: Transfer to Serengeti national park via Isabenia border
Day 13: Full day in Serengeti national park
Day 14: Another day in the Serengeti national park
Day 15: Transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area – Game drive in Crater
Day 16: Morning game drive in Tarangire national park
Day 17: Transfer to Arusha – Fly to Zanzibar (Own booked flight)
Day 18: Zanzibar city tour – Prison Island and spice tour and Stone town
Day 19: Safari Blue Experience and Zanzibar beach experience
Day 20: Departure
Detailed Itinerary of the 20 Days Rwanda-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari
Day 1: Pick up Kigali – City tour and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Depending on your location in Kigali, meet your safari driver, do a brief Kigali city tour visiting the genocide memorial site, Kandt museum and Kimoronko market before you proceed to Volcanoes national park in Musanze. It’s about 3 hours’ drive arriving late afternoon. Check-in your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Da Vinci Gorilla lodge for mid-range/Hotel Muhabura for budget option
Day 2: Golden Monkey tracking experience and community tour
After early morning breakfast, transfer to the park headquarters for briefing from the park warden about the endangered golden monkeys. After connect to the tracking starting point and enter the forest to search for the rare golden monkey. This activity can take about 1-5 hours and is done at closer view of the other primates in the park like the red-tailed monkeys, Vervet monkeys among other. After viewing the rare golden monkeys for an hour while taking pictures and studying their behaviours. After trekking, visit the Ibya wacu village for a cultural experience. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park – Batwa community tour
After breakfast, check-out of the lodge and transfer to cross to Uganda – Bwindi impenetrable national park. It’s about 3-4 hours’ drive with en-route lunch and Batwa community tour. Later evening, check-in at your booked lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Mist Camp for mid-range/ Broadbill Safari Camp for budget
Day 4: Gorilla trekking experience
Have breakfast and transfer you to park offices for briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by a local guide. The time taken is usually between 2-8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. Meeting the gorillas unexpectedly is one of the most captivating lifetime experiences. You will have a chance to observe and take pictures at very close range. You will observe adults feeding and groaning among themselves. After an hour with the long-awaited gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting for you to return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at lodge as above
Day 5: Transfer to Kibale national park via Queen Elizabeth national park (7-8 hours’ drive)
After breakfast, check-out of the lodge and transfer to Kibale national park via Queen Elizabeth national park for an en-route game drive in Ishasha sector for chances od spotting the tree climbing lions and any other available animals, with en-route lunch, proceed to Kibale national park in Fort portal. Connect to your lodge with en-route crater lakes visits. Check-in for dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge for Mid-range/ Kibale Forest Lodge for budget
Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking – Bigodi swamp nature walk
Wake up early and drive to Kibale Forest to the briefing point before you head in the forest in search of the exuberant chimpanzee groups in the Kibale forest. Tracking chimpanzees in their natural habitat as they swing from the branches in the canopy high above the forest floor, is a thrilling experience. Though they can be difficult to spot, you will be in no doubt of their presence as the forest is alive with their noisy calls. Spend an hour in their presence.
After trekking, return for lunch at the lodge and spend your afternoon to go for a swamp walk in Bigodi swamp – one of the richest swamps with birds and primates like Baboons, red-tailed monkey, Black and white monkey among others. Diner and overnight at lodge as above
Day 7: Kasese airstrip – Fly to Kisumu airport (Domestic Flight) – Nakuru national park
After breakfast, depart the lodge to Kasese airstrip to check-in for your flight to Entebbe. Flight departs at 10:20 am, arrives at Entebbe airport at 11:25 am. Thereafter, you will connect for your onward direct flight to Masai Mara national reserve. Flight departs Entebbe airport at 11:45 am and arrives in Kisumu airport at 12:30 hours. Meet your safari driver, have en-route lunch. Proceed to enter the park in the afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru national park is known for its large numbers of flamingo birds. In addition, home to the famous black and white rhinos. On a lucky afternoon, you will also enjoy views of animals like the lions, leopards, hyenas and different antelope species. Dinner and overnight stay at Punda Milia Tented camp for budget/Lake Nakuru Safari Lodge for mid-range
Day 8: Full day game viewing – Nakuru national park
Wake up early, enjoy breakfast and connect for an early morning game drive to explore more of the park’s beauty. During the game, drive spot animals like the lions, leopards, hyenas and different antelope species. Later afternoon drive to Lake Nakuru and enjoy the views of huge numbers of flamingo birds on the lake shores and other bird species. In addition to the birdlife of the park, explore the park’s wildlife spotting animals like the black and white rhinos, buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, and zebras. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 9: Visit Crescent island visit – transfer Masai Mara national reserve
After breakfast, drive to Lake Naivasha. Visit Crescent Island Game Sanctuary – a peninsula or island on the eastern side of Lake Naivasha. A short boat trip from the mainland out into Lake Naivasha gives you access to the unique Crescent Island Wildlife Sanctuary, which hosts giraffes, waterbucks, elands, wildebeests, zebras, and impalas. It is also a haven for more than 200 species of birds. The lake has a lot of hippos which you can easily spot from the island. Among the resident birds are fish eagles, ospreys, lily-trotters, black crakes, and a variety of herons.
Thereafter, connect to Masai Mara Game Reserve the unspoiled Savannah. It’s a 3 hours’ drive, Masai Mara is actually the northern portion of the Great Plains ecosystem in neighbouring Tanzania bordering Serengeti national park. Upon arrival, check-in at your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sentrim Lodge for budget/ Julia’s River Camp for mid-range
Day 10: Full day game drive – Masai Mara plains
Wake up early in the morning, have breakfast and grab your packed lunch and meet your safari driver to head to the plains of Maasai Mara for a full day adventure in this stunning savanna vegetation of Masai Mara as you watch many animals in large numbers such as lions, elephants, cheetahs, leopards, wildebeests, zebras and many more. You will enjoy your picnic lunch and proceed for a game drive until the sun goes down. In the evening you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at lodge as above
Day 11: Game drive – community tour
Optional activity – Wake early and be picked up by the air balloon team for your hot air balloon safari which starts in the early morning, just in time for sunrise. For about one hour, you will be floating peacefully above the ground, with a bird’s eye view of the African bush below. The capacity for this activity is limited making this a very special and exclusive experience.
Breakfast will be provided and thereafter connect back to the lodge with en-route game drive.
After your lunch, later afternoon, head out for a Maasai village/Masai Loita Hills tour for a cultural experience. On this experience, you will enjoy getting a deeper insight into the Maasai culture by interacting with the local Maasai people, be entertained by local dancers, drama and Maasai warriors; buy local Maasai items such as local Maasai Shukas, beautifully made accessories such as necklaces and earrings and taste local cuisines. After the experience, you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at lodge as above
Day 12: Transfer to Serengeti national park via Isabenia border
You will have a very early breakfast and checkout from the lodge to embark on your journey to Serengeti national park in Tanzania. You will have an en-route game drive on your way to Isebania border where you will be crossing the border. This day will take you to other side of Masai Mara as you exit the park via Olololo gate in Mara west.
Upon arrival at the border the customs office will do clearance after which, meet your Tanzanian driver guide to proceed to Central Serengeti. Dinner and overnight at Osinon Camps and Lodge for budget/ Serengeti Heritage Camp for mid-range
Day 13: Full day in Serengeti national park
After your delicious breakfast, connect for your full day game drive. The Northern sector is known for its masculine lions and you will encounter a great number of other wildlife especially the wildebeest migration experience that happens in the July, August and September months of the year. Serengeti national park is one national park that is rich in wildlife so expect to see every kind of animals. Dinner and overnight at lodge as above
Day 14: Another day in the Serengeti national park
After your delicious breakfast, meet your driver and enjoy yet another game drive. The central sector is known for its masculine lions and you will encounter a great number of other wildlife. In this area of the park, you will have the opportunity to see big prides of lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Hyenas, Giraffes, Elephants, different Antelopes, and other wildlife. Later in the evening, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at either lodge as above
Day 15: Transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area – Game drive in Crater
After your cup of tea, have our lunch boxes and embark on your journey to Ngorongoro conservation area with en-route stop at the remarkable stop at the gorge Olduvia Gorge. This is one of the historical sites in the world where Dr Leaky discovered the remains of the earlyman, the museum is worth a visit and get to know much about our ancestral life style in Ngorongoro conservation area.
Upon arrival, descend into the crater 600m down for a game drive. The crater is one of the most famous feature in Tanzania. It is one of the biggest volcanic calderas in the world; it occupies over 1 million animals with all the big five including the rare black rhino present. Other animals include Lions, leopards, cheetahs, Elephants, Buffalos, Giraffes, zebras and others. Later afternoon/evening, drive back to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Hhando Coffee Lodge for mid-range/ Elileen’s Tree Lodge for budget
Day 16: Morning game drive in Tarangire national park
After your breakfast, drive to Tarangire national park for yet another wildlife viewing experiences in Tanzania with your packed lunch. During your game drive, you will see different wildlife species grazing and roaming in the national park such as lions, giraffes, antelopes, giraffes, lions, leopards, buffalos, wildebeests, elands, elephants, cheetahs, impalas and a variety of bird species can also be seen especially around the Tarangire national park.
After the game drive, transfer to Arusha. It’s about 3 hours and upon arrival, check-in at booked lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Burka Coffee Lodge for budget/Tulia Boutique Hotel for mid-range
Day 17: Transfer to Arusha – Fly to Zanzibar (Own booked flight)
After breakfast, check-out of the lodge to embark on your journey to Arusha. It’s a 3-4 hours’ drive. You will be dropped off at Arusha airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar departing at 13:00 hours and arriving 14:15 hours. Upon arrival in Zanzibar, you will be picked from the airport and transfer to your booked Hotel for check in. Accommodation: Golden Tulip Zanzibar Resort
Day 18: Zanzibar city tour – Prison Island and spice tour and Stone town
You will have breakfast at your hotel and after this, you will start your day’s activities. You will take a private boat from Stone town to Changuu Island or Prison Island where you will enjoy seeing the Giant tortoises and during your tour of the island you will also enjoy snorkeling. You will take a boat back from Changuu Island back to Stone town. On this day you will also engage in a spice tour as you explore the plantations where you will see different exotic spices and also get to know the uses of the spices like cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg among others. After the spice tour, you will return to your hotel, relax and spend the night. Accommodation: Golden Tulip Zanzibar Resort
Day 19: Safari Blue Experience and Zanzibar beach experience
You will enjoy the best boat tour on the island is which is a truly amazing experience sailing in the beautiful traditional Dhows. You will enjoy a boat ride, enjoy delicious buffet and drinks, fresh tropical fruits and snacks. You will have a day to relax at the white sand beaches of Zanzibar Island and enjoy views of the Indian Ocean. Dinner and overnight stay as above
Day 20: Departure
You will have breakfast at your hotel as you prepare for your transfer to the airport, which will bring you to the end of the 20 Days Rwanda-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari.
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