6 Days Rwanda and Tanzania Safari
This 6 Days Rwanda and Tanzania Safari , East Africa Safari takes you on a safari journey to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda for gorilla trekking and Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area for excellent sightings of wildlife including the Big Five and Great Migration.
Highlights of 6 Days Rwanda and Tanzania Safari
- Day 1: Arusha to Serengeti National Park
- Day 2: Full day Game drive at the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
- Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater Tour
- Day 4: Fly to Kigali and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
- Day 5: Gorilla Tracking – Iby’iwacu Cultural Village
- Day 6: Golden Monkey Tracking—Transfer to Kigali for departure
Detailed itinerary of 6 Days Rwanda and Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arusha to Serengeti National Park
To start your safari, our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha after breakfast or at Kilimanjaro International Airport on arrival. He will brief you about the safari and embark on a journey to Serengeti National Park. It is a journey of 4 hours and along the way you will have a stop at the Ngorongoro View Point for views of the Ngorongoro Crater from above and pass by the Olduvai Gorge were the first remains of the earliest humans were discovered by the Leakey Family.
Once you arrive in the Serengeti, you will head to your lodge with en-route game drive. Enjoy lunch and refreshments then head to the park for an afternoon game drive in the Seronera Valley, lookout for wildlife like elephants, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests and several antelope among others.
Dinner and overnight at Shuhudia Adventure Camp
Meals: Full Board
Day 2: Full day Game drive at the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
Wake up early for breakfast and head to the park for a full day game drive in Seronera Region before continuing to Ngorongoro Crater.
The Seronera River Valley is known for hosting a large collection of hyenas and big cats such as lions and leopards, other animals to lookout for include bushbucks, dik-dik, wildebeests, elands, gazelles and several bird species such as secretary birds, ostriches, guinea fowl, hornbills and so much more.
Enjoy lunch at the hippo pool which is home to about 200 individuals, then continue exploring the Serengeti Plains. Later drive to Ngorongoro Crater, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater Tour
After a delicious breakfast, you will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater – referred to as the “Eden of Africa” – the largest unbroken caldera in the world is a great wildlife destination with unparalleled wildlife concentration.
During the game drive you will explore the different regions of the crater floor and incredible sightings of lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, rhinos, giraffes, gazelles, elands, hartebeests and wildebeests among others.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 4: Fly to Kigali and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, check out of the lodge and drive to Arusha City heading to Kigali International Airport for your flight to Kigali International Airport in Rwanda’s Kigali City. On arrival you will be welcomed by our guide and transfer to Volcanoes National Park which is a drive of approximately 3 hours, arrive in the late afternoon, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and overnight -Volcanoes Hotel
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking – Iby’iwacu Cultural Village
Wake up early for breakfast and head to the park headquarters in Kinigi for briefing at 07:30 am. The ranger guides will brief you about the gorilla trekking experience and the right way to behave while in the presence of the gorillas.
In groups of 8 people, you will be assigned a gorilla family to trek then head into misty forests looking for mountain gorillas. The trek takes approximately 2 to 4 hours or more depending on movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night. On locating these primates, you will spend one hour in their presence watching them play, feed and groom each other.
Later trek back to the starting point, meet your drive guide and return to your lodge for lunch, have a short rest in the afternoon, go for a visit to the Ib’Iwacu Cultural Village for an encounter with the local people, here you will be entertained by local dances and drama. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Dinner and overnight at Five Volcanoes Hotel
Meal plan – Full Board
Day 6: Golden Monkey Trekking – Transfer to Kigali for departure
Enjoy an early breakfast and head to the park headquarters in Kinigi for briefing, you will join other visitors at the park headquarters for briefing about golden monkey trekking. Head into the misty forests looking for golden monkeys found in the bamboo forests, you will spend one hour in their presence as you watch them play, feed and groom each other.
After this amazing experience, you will head to the lodge for lunch, check out and journey back to Kigali where you will be dropped off at the airport for your flight back home.
The tour includes
- Park Entry fees
- Gorilla permits
- Golden Monkey Permits
- Games drives in the Serengeti plains and the Ngorongoro Crater
- Kigali city tour
- Visiting the twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo
- Visiting the Iby’iwacu Cultural Centre
- Transport in a standard Tour Van
- Full board accommodation for 5 nights
- All meals and drinks during the tour
- Flights during the tour
- All Airport transfers
The Tour Excludes
- International Flight before and after the trip
- Visas
- Gratuities and tips to Guides, Rangers, hotel staff and porters
- Things and expenses that are clearly of a personal nature like alcohol and souvenirs
- Medical and travel insurance
