The 25-day East African safari will take you through the East African destinations that are Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. During the grand safari, you will encounter several destinations of the East African region. Several activities at each destination will be encountered.
Summary of the safari.
Day 1: Pickup From Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park.
Day 2: Full-day adventure in the Lake Manyara.
Day 3: transfer to the Ngorongoro conservation area.
Day 4: Game drive and transfer to the Serengeti National Park.
Day 5: full-day adventure in the Serengeti National Park.
Day 6: full-day adventure in the Serengeti National Park.
Day 7: Transfer by flight to Zanzibar.
Day 8: Full-day adventure in Zanzibar.
Day 9: Transfer to Dar El Salam International Airport for a flight to Kenya.
Day 10: Pick up and transfer to the Lake Nakuru National Park.
Day 11: Adventure in the park and transfer to Masai Mara National Park.
Day 12: full-day adventure in Masai Mara National Reserve.
Day 13: Full day in the Masa Mara National Reserve.
Day 14: Transfer to Nairobi International Airport for a flight to Uganda.
Day 15: Pick up and transfer to the Murchison Falls National Park
Day 16: Full day in Murchison Falls National Park.
Day 17: Transfer to the Kibale National Park.
Day 18: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 19: Full-day adventure in the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 20: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Day 21: Gorilla trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.
Day 22: Transfer to Rwanda and visit the gorilla guardian village.
Day 23: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Lake Kivu.
Day 24: Beach life and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day 25: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Kigali.
Details of the safari.
Day 1: Pickup From Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park.
On arrival in Arusha, you will start over with the transfer to the Lake Manyara National Park. The transfer to the park will take about 2 hours of the day.
Then on arrival in the park, you will be transferred to the lodge for relaxation and lunch. In the evening, you will start over with the evening game drive.
Wildlife like lions, baboons, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, and many others will be sited in the park.
Meal plan: Lunch, dinner.
Day 2: Full-day adventure in the Lake Manyara.
You will start over with the morning breakfast and then go ahead with the morning game drive in the park and several wildlife will be sited like lions, leopards, buffaloes, baboons, elephants, giraffes, and many others.
In the afternoon, you will go ahead with the boat cruise in the Lake Manyara National Park. During the boat cruise, you will interact with the local fishermen on the lake.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 3: Transfer to the Ngorongoro conservation area.
During day 3, you will proceed with the morning breakfast and then continue with the transfer to the Ngorongoro conservation area. Upon arrival in the park, you will start over with the game drive around the park.
During the game drive, several wildlife like lions,rhinos, leopards,cheetahs,buffaloes,warthogs, and many others will be sited.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch,dinner..
Day 4: Game drive and transfer to the Serengeti National Park.
You will engage in the game drive into the crater rim of the park. While in the crater rim, several wildlife will be sited grazing and hunting around the park. The wildlife sites include lions, buffaloes, impalas, wildebeests, and many others.
Then you will continue with the transfer to the Serengeti National Park which will take about 2 hours of the day.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 5: full-day adventure in the Serengeti National Park.
While in the Serengeti National Park on day 5, You will continue with morning breakfast and go ahead with a game drive where several wildlife like lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, wildebeests, and many others.
You will go ahead with the transfer to the Guremeti region. While in this region, you will transfer to your tented camp for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 6: full-day adventure in the Serengeti National Park.
While in the Guremeti region, you will engage in a game drive which will take you to the Gurumeti River and Lake Victoria where several wildlife will be sited. Wildlife like elephants, hippos, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, rhinos, buffaloes, cheetahs, warthogs, and many others.
Then You will go ahead with the transfer to the Seronera area in the park for dinner and overnight to your tented camp.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 7: Transfer by flight to Zanzibar.
While in the Serengeti National Park, you will be transferred to the nearest airstrip in the park for your domestic chartered flights to Zanzibar. The flight will take about 2 to 3 hours of the day.
On arrival in Zanzibar, you will transfer to the hotel for relaxation. While at the hotel in Zanzibar, you will go ahead with lunch and then continue with the beach life.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 8: Full-day adventure in Zanzibar.
You start over with the day with a visit to the spice gardens where you will learn about how several species are grown in the area. You will continue to the Spice market where you will have different flavors of spices.
In the afternoon, you will visit Stone Town where you will have a look at the arab architecture that was constructed during the slavery time. In the evening, you will return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 9: Transfer to Dar El Salam International Airport for a flight to Kenya.
While in Zanzibar, you will start over with the morning breakfast and then continue with the transfer to the Dar el Salam International Airport. The transfer to the ferry will start with then on arrival at the mainland, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Kenya.
On arrival in Kenya, you will be transferred to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 10: Pick up and transfer to the Lake Nakuru National Park.
As you are in Nairobi,you will be picked up and then transferred to the Lake Nakuru National Park.The transfer will take about 2 to 3 hours of the day.
On arrival in the park, you will proceed with lunch and then continue with a game drive around the park. Wildlife will be sited like elephants, flamingos, buffaloes, lions,leopards,and many others.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 11: Adventure in the park and transfer to Masai Mara National Park.
While in the Lake Nakuru National Park, you will go ahead with canoeing on the lake where several wildlife will like flamingos, hippos, waterfowl, buffaloes, elephants, and many others.
Then later on you will be transferred to the Masai Mara National Reserve. It will take about 6 hours of the day to reach the reserve.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 12: full-day adventure in Masai Mara National Reserve.
On day 12 of 25 days East Africa safari, you will start over with breakfast and then go ahead with a game drive in the park. In the game drive, several wildlife like lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, rhinos, warthogs, and many others.
In the afternoon, you will continue to the Masai Triangle for another animal viewing and in this area, wildlife that will be seen include elephants, rhinos, wildebeests, and many others.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 13: Full day in the Masa Mara National Reserve.
During the full-day adventure in the Masai Mara National Reserve, you will start with a transfer to the Mara North Conservancy sector for the wildlife viewing which will take about 30 to 40 minutes.
While in this area, you will engage in the Masai community and then go ahead with the community engagement through cultural dances, storytelling, milking, bead making, and many others.
Later on, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 14: Transfer to Nairobi International Airport for a flight to Uganda.
On day 14,you will start over with the transfer to Nairobi city. On arrival in Nairobi, you will be transferred to the airport for your outbound flight to Uganda.
As you arrive in Uganda, you will be picked up by your guide who will transfer to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 15: Pick up and transfer to the Murchison Falls National Park.
During day 15 of the 25-day East Africa safari, you will be picked up from the hotel and then transferred to Murchison Falls in northwestern Uganda. In the transfer, you will make a stopover at the Ziwa rhino sanctuary for rhino tracking.
Then you will go ahead with the transfer to Murchison Falls National Park and on arrival you will start over with the hike to the top of the falls.
Meal plan: breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 16: Full day in Murchison Falls National Park.
You will start the day with the game drive in the Parkon the different trails around the park and the wildlife that will be sited include the lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, warthogs,and many others.
In the afternoon, you go ahead to Paara for a boat cruise, and during the boat cruise several wildlife like hippos, buffaloes,crocodiles,and many others.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 17: Transfer to the Kibale National Park.
The day 17 of the 25-dayEast Africa safari, you will go ahead with the transfer to Kibale National Park. The transfer will take about 4 to 5 hours. On arrival in the park, you will start over with lunch and then continue Bigodi community.
While in the Bidogi wetland, you will engage in the wetland walk tour, coffee roasting, banana brewing, and many others.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 18: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen elizabeth National Park.
You will start over the chimpanzee trekking where you will be transferred to the park headquarters for the briefing about the trekking. Then you will continue with the activity which will take about 2 to 7 hours of the day.
Then after the activity, you will transfer to the Queen Elizabeth National Park. On arrival, you will make a stopover at the equator monument in the park.
You will be transferred to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 19: Full-day adventure in the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
While in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will start with a morning game drive in the kasenyi plains and during this game drive several wildlife will be seen like lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and many others.
Then in the afternoon, you will be transferred to the kazinga channel for a boat cruise. During the boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel several wildlife like hippos, buffaloes, African fishing eagles, monitor lizards, and many others.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 20: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
On day 20 of the 25-dayEast Africa safari, you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda. During the transfer, you will make a stopover in the Ishasha sector to track the tree-climbing lions, and other wildlife like lions, leopards,elephants,and many others will be seen.
Later on, you will continue with the transfer to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Meal plan: breakfast,lunch,dinner
Day 21: Gorilla trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.
Gorilla trekking is the activity of day 21 which will start with the gorilla trekking in the park. The activity will start with the briefing and then you will continue with the activity.
The activity will take about 2 to 7 hours. Then you will go ahead with the transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and on arrival at the lake, you be transferred to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 22: Transfer to Rwanda and visit the gorilla guardian village.
After your early morning breakfast, you will start over with the transfer to Rwanda via the Cyanika border. Then you will continue to the Gorilla Guardian village in the Volcanoes National Park.
On arrival in the village, you will start over with lunch and then go ahead with the encounter with the community. While in the village, you will engage in activities like cultural dances, local cuisine preparations, banana brewing, and many others.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day 23: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Lake Kivu.
While in the Volcanoes National Park, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for the briefing about the golden monkey trekking. Then you will go ahead with the activity which will take about 4to5 hours of the day.
Then you will transfer to Lake Kivu and you will make a stopover at the Musanze caves. You will continue to the lake Kivu and as you arrive, you will be transferred to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 24: Beach life and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
On your second last day, you will start over with breakfast and then continue to the lake kivu for beach life. Then you will continue to the Nyungwe Forest National Park and on arrival in the park, you will start over with a canopy walk.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch,dinner.
Day 25: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Kigali.
During the final day of the 25-day east African safari, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for the briefing about the chimpanzee trekking. Then you will go ahead with the trekking which will last about 2 to 7 hours of the day upon where you will meet the chimpanzee.
Later on, you will be transferred to Kigali. Upon arrival in Kigali, you will either be transferred to the hotel or the airport for your outbound flights.
Meal plan: Breakfast,lunch.