12 Days: Enchanting Gorilla & Big Cats Experience in Uganda & Tanzania.
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Uganda and Tanzania.
- Entebbe Town,
- Bwindi forest NP,
- Arusha Town,
- Tarangire NP,
- Karatu Town,
- Serengeti NP,
- Ngorongoro Crater and
- Lake Eyasi.
Duration
12 Days
Tour Type
Combo Safaris.
Group Size
6 People
Languages
English.
- Overview
The tour will take you to four pristine national parks within two countries of east Africa. Start with Uganda for unmatched gorilla experience, which will leave you with life memories cherries before visiting Tanzania, action parked national parks for incredible big cats sightings especially the queen of the chase, begin with two days in Tarangire and explore the park from the might Tarangire river, acacia woodland and Esilalei swamp for the area mob of elephants, lions, leopard and cheetah sighting before moving to Serengeti central and Namiri plains for the cats who rule the plains and the fastest land mammal. Descend to the Ngorongoro for a day of game viewing for its resident population of animals and finish in Eyasi by spending a day with the Hadzabe people for one of the best cultural experiences you can get in Africa.
- Tour Highlights.
- Come face to face with the Silverback of Bwindi
- See unmatched big cats sighting in the best northern Tanzania national parks
- See some of the biggest herds of elephants in Tarangire
- Admire the sunset in Tarangire and Serengeti with a glass of gin and tonic in the bush
- Walk in the small village of mto wa mbu and enjoy sumptuous local lunch
- Included & Excluded
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- Mineral water
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Itinerary
12Days /11 Night
Day 1: Arrival -- Hotel Transfer.
Our representative will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe. You will check on your hotel, refresh and then our guide will brief you about your safari. Retire for Dinner and Overnight at 2Friends Hotel. BB.
- Location: Entebbe Town.
- Accomodation: 2Friends Hotel.
- Meal: Dinner.
- Activity: Game-drive
Day 2: Fly Enttebe -- Bwindi Forest NP
Our representative will pick you up from your hotel and drop you off at Entebbe airport or Kajjansi Airstrip for your local scheduled flight with Aerolink to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Arrive in the morning, check in, and have lunch. Please note that most local scheduled flights depart early morning and the drive from the airstrips to the lodges is between 1 and 2 hours. Overnight at Chameleon Hill Lodge
- Location: Bwindi Forest NP.
- Accomodation: Chameleon Hill lodge.
- Meal: Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking - Bwindi Impenetrable.
After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, penetrate the impenetrable Bwindi Forest for your adventure. The beauty of this rainforest is spectacular. The area offers a dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time is taken and the terrain varies with the movements of these great primates. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savoured. Many find it to be a rare and moving opportunity. A unique and unforgettable experience! Dinner and overnight at Chameleon Hill Lodge
- Location: Bwindi Forest NP.
- Accomodation: Chameleon Hill lodge.
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 4: Bwindi Forest NP -- Entebbe
Enriched with an experience of a lifetime and unforgettable memories you will say goodbye to the Land of Mountain gorillas. Our guide will drive you to the airstrip and take your flight back to Entebbe arriving in the afternoon in time to connect your flight to Kilimanjaro. On arrival, our representative will welcome you and transfer you to the Arusha Villa for dinner and overnight.
- Location: Entebbe & Kilimanjaro airport
- Accomodation: Arusha Villa
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
- Activity: Gorilla Tracking.
Day 5: Tarangire NP.
Pick up from your hotel after safari briefing and drive to Tarangire National Park. Your first experience of safari will be the thrilling game drive through the vastness of Tarangire National Park, the park has a great landscape and scenery dotted with huge magnificent baobab trees which offers water from the bark for elephants during the dry season. The Tarangire River is the centre piece of the game drive as is the only source of water in the park and all animals come down to drink here. The sightings of the day can be elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, leopards, lions, zebras and wildebeests.
- Location: Tarangire NP.
- Accomodation: Balloon tented camp.
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 6: Full-day Tarangire NP.
Full day in the park and experience of safari will be the thrilling game drive through the vastness of Tarangire National Park, the park has great landscape and scenery dotted with huge magnificent baobab trees which offers water from the bark for elephants during the dry season. The Tarangire River is the centrepiece of the game drive as is the only source of water in the park and all animals come down to drink here. The sightings of the day can be elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, leopards, lions, zebras and wildebeests.
- Location: Tarangire NP.
- Accomodation: Tarangire Balloon Camp
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
- Activity: Game Drive.
Day 7: Tarangire NP -- Karatu Town.
After breakfast embark on a game drive on your way out of the park enjoying bird’s song and other animals and birds sighting after proceeding to a small village town of mto wa mbu where you are going to do a village walk. Tanzania has over 120 native tribes and all of these are presented here, your local guide will take you through the rice field, banana plantation, local Makonde carving factory and local beer brewing factory and if time permits a local primary school. These will give you insight into the local people life, belief, the economy and social life. You will have a local lunch under the banana plantation prepared by a local women group and after proceed to the lodge for leisure and enjoy your time at the poolside.
- Location: Karatu Town.
- Accomodation: Plantation Farm lodge
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
- Activity: Game Drive.
Day 8: Karatu Town -- Serengeti NP.
Breakfast at the lodge and proceed to Serengeti through the Ndutu plains And Explore Serengeti habitats from the plains dotted with kopjes, riverine, woodlands, valleys and swamps for the big cats, lion, leopard, and cheetah other sightings may include elephant giraffe, jackal, baboons, birds and warthog. In the months of December to May, you might encounter the great wildebeest migration around this area, although the central Serengeti offers good game-viewing throughout the year and for big cat’s lovers, it’s always the area to be.
- Location: Serengeti NP.
- Accomodation: Mawe tented camp
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
- Activity: Game-drive
Day 9: Fullday Serengeti NP.
The whole day will be dedicated to exploring the central part of Serengeti national park for its incredible sightings of lions, cheetah and leopards. Other sightings here may include elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, hyenas, jackals, and a host of antelope’s species, around the water areas you might see hippos, crocodiles and birds in the evening your guide will stop for your sundowner drinks while watching the sun set.
- Location: Serengeti NP.
- Accomodation: Mawe tented camp
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
- Activity: Game-drive
Day 10: Serengeti NP -- Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
On your outward journey to the park gate, you will enjoy some more game viewing before you leave the Serengeti National Park in the early afternoon to continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
- Location: Ngorongoro conservation area.
- Accomodation: Ngorongoro Sopa lodge.
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Activity: Game-drive.
Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater -- Lake Eyasi
After early breakfast around 05:50 am, descend down crater at 06 am for 6-7hrs game drive, with picnic lunch. We venture onto the crater floor for an up-close at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing with all year-round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons.
- Location: Lake Eyasi.
- Accomodation: Lake eyasi safari lodge.
- Meal: Breakfast & Lunch.
- Activity: Game-drive.
Day 12: Lake Eyasi -- Arusha Town.
After breakfast, a true African experience awaits. You will visit the Hadzabe, an ethnic minority and one of Tanzania’s last hunter-gatherer tribes. They have managed to maintain their traditional lifestyle until this day in this dry and mostly barren area. Thereafter you will pay a visit to the pastoral nomads and herdsmen, known as the Datoga tribe. The experience is completed with a stop at the blacksmiths where you will witness craftsmen in rather rudimentary working conditions. After this interactive cultural experience you will then drive back to Arusha and we will drop you at Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure flight, or Arusha at the Hotel of your stay
- Location: Lake Eyasi.
- Accomodation: No Accomodation
- Meal: Breakfast & Lunch.
- Activity: Local Tribe Visit.
- Accomodation.
Day 1: 2 Friends Hotel.
Day 2-3: Chameleon Hill lodge.
Day 4: Arusha Villa.
Day 5-6: Balloon tented camp.
Day 7: Plantation Farm lodge.
Day 8-9: Mawe tented camp.
Day 10: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.
Day 11: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge.
From
$ 4,140
