8 Days Uganda & Tanzania safari

Spend these days in the plains of Serengeti National Park exploring the beautiful sceneries that are home to diverse wildlife. Take part in game drives and hot air ballooning tours to get the real African wildlife adventure through this famous national park. Expect to meet animals like rhinos, crocodiles, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, buffalos, lions, duikers, dik-dik, cheetahs, zebras, warthogs, gazelles and more. If it’s time for the migration of wildebeest, have a chance to witness these ugly creatures of the world.

Leave Serengeti and transfer to Ngorongoro Crater area a drive that will last for about 4 hours. This experience will take you to explore the crater area for 5 good hours on your arrival with your packed lunch. There is a lot to explore such as the big five animals that is elephants, leopards, lions, buffalos, and the rhinos, antelopes, zebras, giraffes, and more. A picnic lunch will be enjoyed and later on, ascend to your lodge for dinner.

Leave the Ngorongoro crater area and transfer to Arusha. Fly to Entebbe International Airport where you meet another tour guide who will take you through the Uganda expedition. The driver guide will offer you a quick brief about the remaining days to be spent in Uganda and here you will have any optional activities such as cycling, visiting Entebbe botanical gardens, the reptile village, Entebbe beaches, and more before you transfer to the hotel booked.

After breakfast, embark on an 8 to 10-hour drive journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home to almost half of the remaining endangered mountain gorillas. The journey is amazing since it involves passing through roadside markets, an equator viewing points, and local craft shops, and then having a chance to visit the Igongo cultural center for a cultural experience of the two cultures that is the Banyankole and Bakiga. Proceed and arrive at the lodge booked for your dinner and overnight stay.

Wake up excited to meet the gorillas during the gorilla trekking experience. Be served with a heavy breakfast since the day will be long and needs a lot of energy. Following the briefing at the park headquarters, the park guide ranger will explain to you the different rules and regulations to follow while in the forest and among others include; don’t feed wild animals, always keeping a distance, don’t litter the forest, staying within the allocated group, and do not mimic.

There is a lot to spot such as primates, birds, plants, and more 9f the butterflies. On meeting the gorilla family, spend an hour with them following their movement, habits, and more. The head of the family will be practicing their leadership skills, while other members be feeding, playing, and more. Return to the lodge after the experience for lunch which will be followed by an optional activity like visiting Lake Mutanda or taking part in the Batwa community walk.

Have an early breakfast and transfer back to Entebbe with a stopover at the Uganda equator crossing point. At this point, have an en route lunch, take photos, and buy some souvenirs for remembrance of your Uganda-Tanzania safari.