22 Days Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania Expedition
This is an unforgettable safari to East Africa. Explore Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. These countries are the safari hot spots in Africa.
Overview
This is an unforgettable safari to East Africa. Explore Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. These countries are the safari hot spots in Africa. For 22 Days East Africa Adventure you get to see and experience mount gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and chimp trekking in Kibale National Park in Uganda. In the beautiful country of Kenya, you have a chance for game drives in Amboseli National Park, while in Tanzania you will visit the wonder of the world ”The Serengeti National Park. This trip will start in Uganda and will end in Tanzania. We invite you to read your plan.
Full Itinerary
Arrival in Uganda
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be met by the hotel driver to transfer you to your booked hotel for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay at Via Guesthouse for budget/Best Western Garden Hotel for mid-range
Transfer to Kibale National Park – Bigodi swamp
After breakfast, you will transfer to Kibale national park– the best safari destination in Africa for chimpanzee tracking. Arrive early afternoon for lunch in Fort Portal town, visit the crater lakes, and go for a 2-3 hours nature walk in the Bigodi swamp and experience the different birds and primates.
The reserve is abundant with butterflies, plants, animals, and, in particular, birds. Spectacular birds like Great Blue Turaco and rare Papyrus Gonolek will be of great interest to birders. The swamp is also home to more elusive animals such as Red Colobus monkeys and Sitatunga antelope.
There is also the opportunity to visit local community projects that have been financed by tourism. Thereafter, drive to check in at your lodge. Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guesthouse for midrange/Isunga Lodge for budget/Crater Safari Lodge Lodge for luxury
Chimpanzee Habituation Experience
Have breakfast very early and later transfer to the park head office for a briefing about the endangered chimpanzees later enter the forest with the guidance of a park ranger along with your tracking gear, packed water, and snacks.
This Chimpanzee trekking is a whole day experience. On finding the primates, you will spend 4 hours viewing them while studying their behavior and taking pictures. After tracking, return to the lodge for relaxation. Dinner and overnight at Guesthouse for midrange/Isunga Lodge for budget/Crater Safari Lodge lodge for luxury
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – Boat Cruise Along the Kazinga Channel and Evening Game Drive
On the 4th day of your 20 Safari, after breakfast, embark on your journey to Queen Elizabeth national park, it’s a 3-4 hour drive arriving there at a good time for lunch.
Later afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel where you will get an opportunity to see a number of bird species, elephants and buffalos, hippos, and crocodiles at the lake shores.
Later afternoon enjoys an evening game drive in the Kasenyi area where you will encounter some of the park’s residents like lions, antelopes, buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, and waterbucks just to mention a few. Dinner and overnight stay at Pumba Safari Cottages for budget/Parkview Safari Lodge for mid-range/Elephant Plains Lodge (luxury)
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will wake up early, have breakfast, and embark on your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable national park. It’s a 5-7 hours’ drive depending on your gorilla trekking location. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Lodge for luxury/Buhoma Haven Lodge for mid-range/Buhoma Community Rest Camp for budget
Gorilla Trekking
After enjoying an early breakfast and transfer to park headquarters for the briefing before you set off gorilla trekking. Trekking through the steep, densely forested hills and then finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation is an inspiring and privileged moment.
Tracking Mountain Gorillas in the Bwindi forest requires stamina and can often take most of the day and spend an hour in the presence of the gorillas before you return to your meeting point with the driver guide to return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Transfer to Rwanda-Twin Lakes Experience
Breakfast and proceed to the border with Rwanda. Pass through migration and proceed with boat ride and short hike to view twin lakes. Lunch at Migano Café, dinner and overnight at La Palme Hotel
Golden Monkeys Trek at the Volcanoes National Park
Breakfast and departure from the Hotel at 6:30 AM for check in at the park offices at 7:00 AM. Afterwards, proceed with briefing and proceed to the starting point of your trek and go Golden Monkeys trek. Proceed to Kigali afterwards. Lunch and make an afternoon visit at Kigali Genocide Memorial. Dinner and overnight at Urban City Blue Hotel
Kigali City Tour and Airport transfer
Breakfast and proceed with a visit to Camp Kigali Belgian Memorial, Nyamirambo, Inshuti Arts Gallery, Kimironko Market and proceed to the Airport for transfer to Nairobi. Dinner and overnight at Central Park Nairobi Hotel
Nairobi-Masai Mara
Breakfast and get picked up by your safari guide with a short introduction on the capital of Kenya and embark to connect to your lodge in Masai Mara national park for dinner and overnight stay at AA Mara Lodge for a mid-range option/Mitimingi Eco-lodge for a budget Option/ Matira Bush Camps for luxury.
Full day at Masai Mara
After breakfast, a full day in the park with packed lunch in search of its popular residents, The Masai Mara plains are full of wildebeest during migration season early July to end September however, they are not guaranteed to view, zebra, impala, topi, giraffe, Thomson’s gazelle are regularly seen, and the leopards, lions, hyenas, cheetah, jackal, and bat-eared foxes can also be seen.
Black rhinos are a little shy and hard to spot but are often seen at a distance if you are lucky. Hippos are abundant in the Mara River as are very large Nile crocodiles, which lay in wait for a meal as the wildebeest cross on their annual quest to find new pastures. Dinner and overnight stay at AA Mara Lodge for a mid-range option/Mitimingi Eco-lodge for a budget Option
Full day at Masai Mara
Early morning breakfast and enter the gates of Masai Mara for a game drive that will get you quite close to different wildlife species in big numbers. From solitary buffaloes to copulating lions, birds, and small games of all types; you will see it all on a game drive in Masai Mara! Return to the lodge for lunch and relax from the scorching sun. In the evening, go for another game drive.
Dinner and overnight stay at AA Mara Lodge for a mid-range option/Mitimingi Eco-lodge for a budget Option
Transfer to Nairobi City
After breakfast, transfer to Nairobi with an en-route stop at the Masai market for a Masai Cultural experience where you can purchase Masai savors and also have lunch there then proceed to Nairobi city and visit the elephant orphanage and the giraffe park. Check-in for dinner and overnight stay at Central Park Nairobi Hotel for budget option/ Tamarind Tree Hotel for mid-range / The Boma
Transfer to Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, check out of the hotel; meet your guide to transfer to Amboseli national park. It’s a 5-6 hours drive with en-route lunch. The Amboseli national park is famous for its scenery with a close view of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains. Arrive in the late afternoon with more game drive as you drive to your lodge.
Animals like the well-known predators and their opponents like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, and hippo with a view of Mount Kilimanjaro may be spotted. Dinner and overnight at Sentrim Amboseli Lodge for mid-range/ Amboseli Eco-camp for budget
Transfer to Arusha – Tanzania via Namanga Border
Have breakfast and explore Amboseli. The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants among other wildlife species. Other attraction of the park includes opportunities to meet the Maasai people and also offers spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Dinner and overnight stay at AA Mara Lodge for a mid-range option/Mitimingi Eco-lodge for a budget Option
Transfer to Arusha – Tanzania via Namanga Border
Breakfast will be served early and depart for the Namanga border where your Tanzanian guide will be waiting for you. It’s a 4-5 hours drive from Namanga border to Arusha town. Dinner and overnight stay in Runaku hotel for budget/Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa for mid-range/ Mount Meru / Maasai land safari
Transfer to Tarangire National Park
On this day of your safari, after morning breakfast, transfer to Tarangire national park. It’s a 4-5 hour drive from Arusha. Arrive at a good time for lunch. Later afternoon, enjoy the game drive in search of animals like Elephants, Lions, Giraffes, Zebras, Baboons, and others. Dinner and overnight stay at Ang’ata Camps/ Tarangire Roika Lodge for mid-range
Transfer to Serengeti National Park – Evening Game Drive
After breakfast, transfer to Serengeti national park. If you missed the Wildebeest migration experience in Masai Mara Kenya, consider visiting Serengeti national park in the months of April, May, and early June as it is when they are estimated to move towards central Serengeti.
On arrival at the park a good time for lunch then in the late afternoon, enjoy an evening game drive. Return to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Tukaone Camps /Ang’ata Camp / Kirurumu Camps
Full Day in Serengeti National Park
After your delicious breakfast, meet your driver and embark on a drive to Serengeti national park with your panic lunch. The central sector is known for its masculine lions and you will also encounter a great number of other wildlife. Later afternoon, you will drive to Central Serengeti for the game drive. In this area of the park, you will have the opportunity to see big pride of lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Hyenas, Giraffes, Elephants, different Antelopes, and other wildlife. Later in the evening return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at either lodge above.
Transfer to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, connect to the Ngorongoro conservation area with your packed lunch box. You will enjoy visiting attractions such as Olduvai Gorge for an experience at an archaeological site. You will also have a cultural experience with the Maasai people who also live in the Ngorongoro conservation area. Later afternoon, connect to your lodge for a relaxed dinner and overnight stay at Eileen’s Trees Inn for a budget option/Ngorongoro Serena Lodge for a mid-range option
Full Day at Ngorongoro Crater
Wake up early, have breakfast, and connect to descent to over 600 meters in the Ngorongoro crater. Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest inactive caldera which is home to numerous wildlife species as well as bird species such as flamingos which can be seen during a safari in the crater along the shores of Lake Magadi. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest (in the months of January, February, and March), zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.
Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. You will also visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually see here. Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Trees Inn for a budget option/Ngorongoro Serena Lodge/ Farm of Dream Lodge / Enyati Lodge for a mid-range option
Transfer to Arusha – Departure
After breakfast, meet your safari guide and embark on your journey to Arusha. It’s a 4 hours’ drive from Ngorongoro. Upon arrival, The driver will drop you off at the airport for your onward flight back home. End of Safari
What's Included
Included
- Transport in a Private Vehicle
- Full board accommodation
- All park entrance and permits fees
- Service of an English-speaking professional driver/guide
- Game drives
- Airport transfers
- Bottled water whilst on safari
Not Included
- Tips
- International flights and visas
- Items of a personal nature
- Laundry services
- Insurance

