20 Day East African Safari : Tanzania, Kenya And UGANDA Safari packages

Kenya Safari Leg ( East African Safari )

Day 1: Arrival and airport transfer                                            

 Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Nairobi for Dinner and overnight stay. 

Day 2: Nairobi – Nakuru ( East African Safari )

Your driver /guide will pick you up from your hotel at 8:00 am to depart for Lake Nakuru National Park via the scenic uplands road with, panoramic views of Africa’s Great Rift Valley. Check in at Sarova lion Hill Lodge the best lodge in the park set on a plateau allowing panoramic views of the shores of the Lake. You will have lunch and a late afternoon game/bird viewing. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge.

Day 3: Nakuru - Masai Mara Safari

Depart Lake Nakuru after breakfast and drive to the world's famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve arriving by lunchtime. In the afternoon, proceed for a game drive in search of wildlife. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.

Day 4: Masai Mara Safari

After breakfast, you will begin your day’s trip to explore the Mara region, packed with the elephant, zebra, rhino and all kinds of game through out the year with the spectacular wildebeest migration from Serengeti occurring mainly in July and August.

Day 5: Masai Mara Tour – Nairobi

After breakfast drive through the reserve viewing game as you proceed to the main Narok road. Stop over at Narok or any other craft display centre for souvenirs before proceeding to Nairobi where you will be dropped at your hotel for dinner and overnight. 

Day 6: Jomo Kenyatta Airport – Kilimanjaro Airport

Your driver guide will pick you up from your hotel to transfer to the Airport for your connecting flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, meet & greet with our representative before being transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Tanzania Safari Leg ( East African Safari )

Day 7: Kilimanjaro Safari – Lake Manyara Safari

Driver /guide will pick you up at 08h00 hours from your hotel from where you will depart for Lake Manyara, via Arusha. Have a picnic lunch prior to taking on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Dinner and overnight stay. 

Day 8: Lake Manyara Safari – Serengeti National Park

Have breakfast in the morning before departing Lake Manyara to Serengeti. You will have a game drive game enroute to the great Serengeti Plains via Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After lunch at leisure in the lodge/ campsite or proceed with your game drive around Seronera or trace the direction of the migration. Dinner and Overnight in the Serengeti at Serengeti Serena Lodge/ Serengeti Sopa Lodge/ Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp.

Day 9: Game Drive in Serengeti

Depending on the time of the year and the migration of the herds, you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffe, zebras, Monkey, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes as well as a multitude of birds. Evening drive to your lodge/ campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater Safari

You will start today with an early morning game drive in the Serengeti followed by lunch at the lodge. After lunch you will depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will spend the night. Along the way you will stop at Olduvai Gorge, the site of Louis and Mary Leakey’s renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of man’s earliest known ancestral remains. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater Safari (East Africa Safari)

After breakfast, you will descend to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater for your crater tour. Here you will explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see flamingos. You will also visit the open savannah where the lions hunt. Picnic lunch will be served in the crater. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater Safari – Arusha

You will take an early morning game viewing tour. Return to lodge for breakfast after which you will depart for Arusha arriving for lunch.

Day 13: Arusha – Entebbe International Airport

Transfer to the Airport for your flight to Entebbe International Airport. After arriving at Entebbe International Airport, our company representative will pick you up and transfer you to cassia Lodge or Holiday express hotel for dinner and overnight.

Uganda Safari Leg ( East African Safari )

Day 14: Kampala – Kibale National Park

You will be picked up from your hotel by your safari guide at 8:00 am and be driven to Kibale National Park. You will stop in Fort Portal town for lunch before arriving in the afternoon. After checking in, you will go for a guided walk in Bigodi swamp to look for different bird species like the Shining Blue Kingfisher, Blue Throated Roller among other bird species. Return for dinner and overnight at Primates Lodge/Chimps’ Nest.

Day 15: Chimp tracking / transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

This morning you will go for the morning Chimpanzee tracking in the forest. The Chimpanzee, a delightful ape whose evocative pant-hoot call is a definitive sound of the African rain Forest is well represented in Kibale National park. Later drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. You will drive along the Rwenzori ranges and Savanna grasslands. Queen Elizabeth National park boasts of a variety of big game like; lions, elephants, buffaloes, Hyenas, Hippos, bushbucks, the comical warthogs and rare / elusive leopards. Dine at Katara lodge/Simba safari Camp.

Day 16: Game drive / Launch cruise - East Africa Safari

Before sunrise embark on an early morning game drive to catch up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. You will most likely to meet grazing Hippos, lions, elephants, buffaloes, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, waterbucks, the elusive leopard and of course the several warthogs. 
After having your lunch, drive to the dock on the channel for an afternoon launch cruise on Kazinga channel that joins Lakes Edward and George. It is a waterway that is filled with schools of hippos and elephants, buffalos which can be seen at the banks.

Day 17: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast you will begin the day’s trip with a game drive along Kasenyi track as you continue via Maramagambo and Ishasha towards Bwindi diverse habitants, like Ishasha River, Savannah woodland, and a marshy Lake Edward, flats support a variety of wildlife including elephants, warthogs, buffaloes, mongoose, waterbucks, Topi and a variety of birds. If time allows, explore the village and native communities to taste the African setting if time permits. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Resort camp Engagi Lodge/ Buhoma community Bandas Budget.

Day 18: Gorilla tracking expedition - East Africa Safari

Take early morning breakfast and proceed to the Impenetrable forest for gorilla tracking. After the briefing from the authorities of the park, set off for the trekking into the rain tropical forest covering the hills surrounding Virunga Volcanoes. Make sure you carry with you packed lunch and water. Remember you need jungle boots since gorilla tracking involves walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the endangered gorillas camouflaged in the dense tropical vegetation. Relax in the evening as you wait for your dinner at Gorilla Resort/ Buhoma Community Bandas.

Day 19: Bwindi National Park – Kabale (Lake Bunyonyi)

After breakfast, transfer to Kabale where you will have your lunch. Take on an afternoon boat ride to some of the islands on the lake. The boat ride is most likely to yield sightings of rare bird species. Have the evening at leisure as you enjoy the scenic lake Bunyonyi. Over night stay at your lodge.

Day 20: Kabale – Kampala ( East Africa Safari )

After breakfast, return to Kampala with lunch en-route. Along the way you will be able to see banana plantations, undulating hills and the Ankole long-horned cattle. Stop over at the Equator for a photo shoot and at Mpambire local drum makers or any other crafts display centre for souvenirs before proceeding to Kampala which marks the end of your East African safari.

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