16 Days Gorilla Trekking, Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach holiday
This 16 day gorilla trekking, Tanzania safari, and Zanzibar beach holiday package with select adventure safaris offers you an amazing opportunity to see Africa’s safari highlights: gorilla trekking in Uganda, the magnificent Big Five animals in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, and a stay by Zanzibar’s beaches in Pongwe. You will get the chance to trek with gorillas and chimpanzees in Uganda, view the big five wildlife in Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater, and then unwind on Zanzibar’s beautiful sand beaches.
The 16 day gorilla trekking, Tanzania safari, and Zanzibar beach holiday package will start from Kigali Rwanda instead of Entebbe Uganda because its takes just 4 hours to drive from Kigali to Bwindi forest national park instead of 9 hours drive from Kampala.
Detailed travel package.
Day 1: Pick up from Kigali and transfer to your hotel.
Upon arrival, you will meet with our select adventure guide, who will then brief you about the trip and later drive you to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel
Hotel option: Hotel Mille collins
Day 2: Kigali city tour and transfer to Bwindi forest national park.
In the in the morning after breakfast, your guide will pick you from the hotel and you head for Kigali city tour visiting the genocide memorial to keep you upto speed of the dark past of the Rwanda genocide. Later have lunch and exit Kigali for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Upon arrival, you will check in at your lodge where you will spend a night, dinner and overnight at lodge.
Accommodation option: four gorillas’ lodge
Day 3: Gorilla trekking and afternoon experience of the Batwa people
Get up early in the morning, have breakfasts and transfer to the park headquarters, where you will be briefed on the gorilla trekking rules, later be assigned a guide and head out to the jungles in search for gorillas. Upon meeting the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend 1 hour with them interacting and taking as many photos as you can . later exit and reunite with your guide, who will drive you back to the lodge where you will have lunch and later in the afternoon you will have an option of visiting the Batwa cultural group of people for their the cultural experience.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 4: transfer kibale forest national park for chimpanzee trekking.
Get up in the morning, have breakfast , check out and embark on another drive to Kibale forest national park also known as the primates capital of east Africa. Kibale is popular for chimpanzee tracking, upon arrival. You will check in at the lodge where you will have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation option : Kibale Canopy lodge
Day 5: chimpanzee trekking and afternoon visit to Bigodi.
In the morning after breakfast, you will be picked from your lodge and later you will embark on transfer to the park headquarters, where you will be briefed on the does and don’ts involving chimpanzee tracking, later head to the forest in search for the chimpanzees. Upon meeting them you will be allowed 1 hour to interact with the chimpanzee taking and many photos as you and interacting with them as well. Later you will head out to the lodge for lunch and brief relaxation.
In the afternoon, you will travel to bigodi for nature walk seeing birds, trees and butterflies.
Later head back to the lodge where you will have dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Transfer to Entebbe and fly to Arusha.
Depending on your flight arrangements, you will depart Kibale Forest National Park for Entebbe International Airport, where you will catch your flight to Arusha. Upon arrival in Arusha, you will check in at your hotel for an overnight stay.
Hotel option: Mount Meru Hotel
Day 7: Transfer to Tarangire National park
You will be driven from Arusha to Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive following an early breakfast. The Tarangire, Tanzania’s third-largest park, is home to a sizable elephant population as well as the old enormous Baobab trees, sometimes referred to as the “Tree of Life.”
You get there in time for a game drive and lunch, and then you settle into your lodge for dinner and the night.
Dinner and overnight at lake manyara serena lodge
Day 8: Transfer to centra Serengeti national park.
After breakfast, drive via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the Serengeti National Park, which is home to 3 million animals and is larger than any savannah protected area on Earth. After driving all the way to the Central Area of the Serengeti, you will check into your room, eat lunch, go on an afternoon wildlife drive, and return to your lodging late at night. Spend the night at your lodge after dinner.
Accommodation: Serengeti central serena lodge
Day 9: Full day at Serengeti national park
You will get the opportunity to witness predators pursuing their prey and savoring their kill during your all-day game drive in the Serengeti today. With its unparalleled natural beauty and scientific significance, the Serengeti is without a doubt the most well-known wildlife reserve in the world. You will go on a game drive over the Serengeti’s boundless grasslands, where you may spot a pride of lions relaxing in the shade or large herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles.
Day 10: Another full day at Serengeti national park with option of balloon ride.
You have the option to go on an optional balloon safari today. From there, you will have breakfast, continue your morning wildlife drive, and then head back to the lodge for lunch. As an alternative, you can choose to spend the morning unwinding at the camp before going on an afternoon game drive. For dinner and the night, head back to the camp.
Day 11: Transfer to Ngorongoro crater and do a crater game drive
After breakfast today, you will travel to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where a ranger will take you on a tour of Ngorongoro Crater. This region is likened to the earthly Garden of Eden. All five of the big five animals—elephants, black rhinos, buffalo, lions, leopards, and cheetahs—as well as a large number of hyenas, hippos, zebras, and wildebeest—can be seen in a single day. You’re going to have lunch. In the afternoon, you will visit Lake Magadi in the park’s southern part to continue seeing wildlife, including flamingos, hippos, and other aquatic birds. You will return to the lodge for dinner and the night after the wildlife drive.
Dinner and overnight at: Ngorongoro serena lodge
Day 12: Transfer to Arusha and fly to Zanzibar .
In the morning after breakfast, you will exit Ngorongoro and trandfer to Kilimanjaro airport , where you will catch a flight to Zanzibar . upon arrival , you will be picked and transfer to your Resort.
Accommodation options : toa hotel in pongwe and Nungwi dream by mantis resort if staying in nungwi .
Day 13 -15 : Zanzibar Experience.
Enjoy your leisurely vacation in Zanzibar. Unwind on the white sand beach or enjoy sailing, diving, or snorkelling. (All activities demand additional payments.)
Day 16: Fly back home
Say goodbye to the sun and sand as you head to Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport for your departing flight following your comprehensive trip of East Africa.
The price includes
Accommodation on full board meal plan
Park entry fees
Conservation fees
Service of English tour guide/ driver
Drinking water
