Our 16 Days Rwanda Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari takes you on a remarkable discovery as you experience top safari destinations in the East African Region. Start your 16 Days East Africa Safari in Rwanda where you will be tracking golden monkeys and visit the famous Ibyi’wacu village in Volcanoes National Park.
You will then proceed to the world famous Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking, game drive, lion tracking experience and a boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will also track habituated chimpanzees in Kibale forest National Park.
You will then fly to Masai Mara for uninterrupted game drives and also spend quality time at the Masai Bomas where you will get to interact with the famous and friendly Maasai community before heading to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Tarangire National Park for unbeatable wildlife encounters.
Highlights for 16 Days Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali and Transfer to Volcanoes NP
Day 2: Golden Monkey Trek and Ibyi’wacu Village Tour
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi and Optional Batwa Cultural Tour
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Optional Evening Game Drive.
Day 6: Lion Tracking Experience and Afternoon Boat Cruise
Day 7: Transfer to Kibale National Park and Optional Bigodi Swamp Walk
Day 8: Chimpanzee Trek and Drive to Entebbe
Day 9: Fly to Masai Mara-Kenya
Day 10 &11: Full Day Game Drive Safari in Mara
Day 12: Visit Masai Bomas and Transfer to Serengeti NP via Isebania.
Day 13: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park.
Day 14: Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Crater Game Drive
Day 15: Transfer to Tarangire National Park and Evening Game Drive.
Day 16: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Arusha-Departure.
Detailed Itinerary for 16 Days Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali and Transfer to Volcanoes NP (Approximately 3 hour’s drive)
Our representative will meet you at Kigali International airport or pick you up from your hotel in Kigali and enjoy a brief tour of Kigali city including a visit to the local market and the Kigali Genocide memorial Centre, Nyamirambo Women’s Centre, Kimironko Market and Caplaki Craft Village. Later transfer you to Volcanoes national park for an optional visit to the Musanze Caves which are one of the oldest cave networks in Rwanda. Later drive to lodge for dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Day 2: Golden Monkey Trek and Ibyiwacu Village Tour
Breakfast will be served early and lunch will be packed. The briefing is at 7 am. Your guide will give you highlights of specific details about the way of life of the golden monkeys you will be tracking. The hike can take anything from one to seven hours.
Trekking through the steep, bamboo slopes and then finally coming across the golden monkeys camouflaged in the vegetation is an inspiring and privileged moment. Once you reach the golden monkeys, you are allowed to spend one hour with them as you stand 6 meters away. Upon completion of this magical encounter, you will connect again with your driver / guide and drive to your lodge for lunch and rest for a while.
After lunch, you will head out for a cultural experience at Ibyiwacu village which is also known as the “Gorilla Guardians Village.” Get an opportunity to learn more about Rwanda’s rich cultural history as you visit the former King’s Palace and watch traditional Rwandan folk dance and singing performances from the local intore dance troupe. Later return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at same lodge as above.
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi and Optional Batwa Cultural Tour (Approximately 4-5 hour’s drive)
Have your breakfast in the morning and linkup with your driver guide and embark on a 4-5 hours’ drive transfer to Bwindi National Park in Uganda. Enjoy the scenic drive to the park with a few stopovers on the way so as to allow you ample time to take pictures. Arrive in time for lunch at your lodge and spend the rest of your evening at leisure with an optional visit to the neighboring Batwa (Pygmies) Community where you will get to interact with the friendly Batwa people and learn more about their rich history as well as be entertained to traditional dance and singing performance from the locals. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi
Have breakfast and transfer you to park offices for briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by the park warden then connect to the forest to search for the gorillas. 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 ranger guide will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting to transfer you back to the lodge for a restful evening. Have dinner overnight stay at lodge as above.
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Optional Evening Game Drive.
Wake up in the morning and have breakfast at your lodge. You will then connect with your driver guide and embark on a 5-6 hours’ drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a stopover for lunch enroute to the park. Arrive in the late afternoon and check into your lodge. If you wish to explore the park, you can do an optional evening game drive in the park where you can search for animals such as elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, waterbucks, topi, hippos, hyenas and so many more. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 6: Lion Tracking Experience and Afternoon Boat Cruise
After breakfast, you will set off for an early morning breakfast and head out for a Lion tracking experience/morning game drive in Kisenyi sector where you will have the chance to view a variety of wildlife including buffalos, topi, waterbucks, reedbucks, elephants, hyenas, kobs and lions if you are lucky. You also can do an optional lion tracking experience. You will be accompanied by a team of expert as you track a pride of lions in the park. The activity starts at 5am in the morning and takes approximately 4 hours or more depending on the location of the lions in the park. This activity will later be followed by a short game drive in Kasenyi area of the park. Expect lots of animals including; elephants, Lions, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs, Uganda kobs among others.
In the afternoon, you will go for a boat cruise down the Kazinga Channel for some more incredible game viewing. You will see countless hippos, buffalos and a vast array of birds, perhaps including the African Fish Eagle and shoebill stork. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Day 7: Transfer to Kibale National Park and Optional Bigodi Swamp Walk (Approximately 4 hours’ drive)
Have a relaxed breakfast meal at the lodge before checking out. Once you have met your driver guide, you will drive to Kibale National Park arriving in time to have lunch at your lodge. Once you have had lunch, you can head out for an optional guided nature walk in Bigodi Swamp where you will get an opportunity to view a number of bird species including the prehistoric Shoebill Stork. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 8: Chimpanzee Trek and Drive to Entebbe (Approximately 5-6 hours’ drive)
Take early morning breakfast and go for briefing and start chimpanzee trekking. Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee tracking. Kibale’s 795km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and with the most varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is place to a number of forest wildlife, most especially 13 species of primate coupled with chimpanzees.
After trekking you will have lunch and embark on a 5-6 hours’ drive to Entebbe arriving in the evening. Check into your hotel for dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 9: Fly to Masai Mara-Kenya
Have breakfast; connect to Entebbe airport for your onward flight to Masai Mara. Aero-link Uganda operates daily flights from Entebbe to Masai Mara. Flight to Masai Mara depart Entebbe airport at 12:15 and arrive in Masai Mara at 14:30 hours. Upon arrival at one of the allocated airstrips in Masai Mara, you will be met by your Kenya safari guide to drive you to your booked lodge for late lunch.
Later evening connects for an evening game drive which is a rewarding game viewing experience on which you will spot predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs as they try to hunt in the dark times of the night with a help of a spotlight. In the evening you will head back to your lodge, check-in and stay overnight at transfer to your reserved lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 10 &11: Full Day Game Drive Safari in Mara
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 savannah 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 till the sun goes down. In the evening you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at lodge as above.
Day 12: Visit Masai Bomas and Transfer to Serengeti NP via Isebania.
Have a relaxed breakfast meal at your lodge and later check out. You will reconnect with your driver guide and head out on a community cultural tour to the Masai Bomas on your way out of Masai Mara. Get an opportunity to interact with the friendly locals and learn more about the interesting Masai culture through their traditional dance and singing performances. You will then have lunch and then proceed to Serengeti National Park via the Isebania border. Our Tanzania representative will on the Tanzania side once you have cleared with immigrations at the border.
Embark on about a 2 hour’s drive to Serengeti national park, arriving in the evening. Check-in at your lodge and later have dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 13: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park.
You will have breakfast at your lodge as you prepare for morning game drive in the savannah plains of Serengeti national park to see various wildlife species which are very active in the morning and can easily be spotted as you also enjoy the sunrise.
Your lunch will be served at your lodge after your morning game drive. Later in the evening, you will engage in another game drive to see wildlife species such as the big five like lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants. You will also see other wildlife and bird species which include wildebeest, waterbucks, antelopes, zebras, kudus, hippos, buffalos among others. You will return to your lodge after your evening game drive for dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Day 14: Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Crater Game Drive
After breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti national park, you will check out of your lodge and proceed for an en route game drive on your way to Ngorongoro conservation area. Your lunch will be served before you descend to the Ngorongoro crater to see different attractions such as Lake Magadi which is found at the center of the crater.
As you explore Ngorongoro crater, you will also see flamingos along the shores of Lake Magadi in big numbers as well as other bird species. You will also look out for wildlife species in the crater area such as elephants, buffalos, rhinos, zebras, waterbucks, antelopes, hyenas, gazelles, kudus, predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs. You will also enjoy beautiful views of the scenery around you as you explore the Ngorongoro conservation area. You will then proceed to your lodge for dinner and overnight at your designated lodge.
Day 15: Transfer to Tarangire National Park and Evening Game Drive. (About 4 hour’s drive)
Have breakfast in the morning from your hotel. You will then meet up with your drive guide and embark on approximately a 4 hour’s drive to Tarangire National Park. Upon your arrival at the park, you will have an evening game drive in the park where you will search for a variety of wildlife animals including the African Savannah Elephants, buffaloes, lions, rhinos, zebra, and giraffes among others. Later check into your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 16: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Arusha-Departure. (Approximately 3 hours’ drive)
Wake up in the morning and have your breakfast. Today you will be having a morning game drive in the park where you will view a variety of wildlife animals like cheetahs, lions, buffaloes, common elands, waterbucks, elephants, zebras, rhinos and so many more. Later Have lunch enroute to Arusha city where your driver guide will drop you off at any hotel of your choice or at the airport in case you have an evening flight to board.
End of 16 Days Rwanda Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari
