26 Days Africa Safari to Uganda, Tanzania & Zanzibar

Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe and Transfer to Your Hotel

Welcome to Uganda the pearl of Africa. On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will meet and greet with your driver who will welcome you to Uganda and transfer you to your hotel in Kampala. He will brief you about your upcoming trip.
Accommodation Option: Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa / Latitude 0 Degrees / Sheraton Hotel Kampala
Meal Plan: All Inclusive

Day 2: Stay at Leisure at the Hotel

This day is to help you adapt to your current altitude and weather before the start of your trip activities. You will stay at leisure at the hotel with options playing a round of golf or doing a Kampala City tour
Accommodation Option: Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa / Latitude 0 Degrees / Sheraton Hotel Kampala
Meal Plan: All Inclusive

Day 3: Transfer by road to Murchison falls National Park with Rhino Tracking on the Way

Today you will depart Kampala city after breakfast with your guide taking you to Murchison falls national park the largest conservation is in Uganda. Along the 5 hours journey there will be regular stops and you will visit Ziwa rhino sanctuary, home to 20 white rhinos on the way in Masindi. You will then take a guided Rhino tracking on foot with a ranger and later have lunch. After lunch you will proceed into the park and before you check in your lodge you will visit the top of Murchison waterfalls for beautiful scenic views of the Nile. Dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Option: Nile Safari Lodge 
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive
Drive Time: 6 Hours with stops

Day 4: Full Day in Murchison Falls National Park (Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise)

At 06:30am after a cup of coffee, you will start the game drive with your guide to explore wildlife of Murchison falls including herds of elephants, buffalo, Uganda kob, lion, giraffes, hyena, topi. You will then return to the lodge on time for full breakfast and later lunch. After lunch you will head to Paara to enjoy a 3 hours boat cruise on the River Nile, the world’s longest river which boasts of high concentration of hippos, Nile crocodiles and a variety of water birds such as giant kingfishers and fish eagles.
Accommodation Option: Nile Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 5: Stay at Leisure at the Lodge

Today you will stay at leisure either spending a quiet day lounging on a sun bed by the hotel’s swimming pool watching elephants gather for a drink on the River Nile or in the spa and other in-house activities and experiences.
Accommodation Option: Nile Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 6: Flight to Kasese and Road Transfer to Kibale forest National Park

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Pakuba Airstrip to catch your flight Kasese Airstrip from where you will be transferred to your lodge in Kibale forest national park the primate capital of the world and home to 13 species of primates including chimpanzees.
Accommodation Option: Chimpundu Lodge / Tabebuia Spa & Safari Resort
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 7: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk

After your morning breakfast, your tour driver will lead you to Kanyanchu park headquarters for briefing from the senior park ranger. At 8:00 am you will join the rest of other trackers and transfer to the starting point which is 2 Km away from the park headquarters. Most often chimpanzee tracking goes for 3 to 4 hours.
While in the forest you may interface with primates including, Chimpanzees, the red-tailed monkey, L’Hoest monkey, baboons, white and black Colobus monkeys, grey checked mangabey, red Colobus, blue monkeys and pottos. Other animals include forest elephants unique from the common type, giant forest hogs and a striking tree species. Later you will embark on a nature walk in Bigodi wetland sanctuary, an eco-tourism destination managed by local people.
Accommodation Option: Chimpundu Lodge / Tabebuia Spa & Safari Resort
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 8: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After Breakfast, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park arriving in time for check in and lunch at the lodge. Later in the afternoon, you will head out for a game drive in search of the big 5 including lions, buffalo, elephant and many more including hippos and leopard.
Accommodation Option: Kyambura Gorge Lodge / Mweya Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 9: Full Day in Queen Elizabeth national park (Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise.

Today you will go for an early morning game drive where you will be able spot different animals including elephants, buffaloes and lions among others. You will return for lunch in the afternoon and thereafter head out for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel which boasts over 5000 hippos. The boat cruise provides a sight of Nile crocodiles, elephants, and water birds. After the boat cruise you will head to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Option: Kyambura Gorge Lodge / Mweya Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 10: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park

After breakfast you will be transferred to Bwindi forest National park arriving in time for check in at your Lodge. Renowned as home to half of world’s mountains gorillas, Bwindi is famous gorilla tracking destination. derived from the Rukiga word, “Bwindi” means a dark place, Bwindi rainforest has remained untouched since the last ice age 250, 000 million years ago.
Accommodation Option: Kiho Gorilla Safari Lodge / Four Gorillas Lodge / Bwindi Lodge / Buhoma Lodge 
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 11: Gorilla trekking and in the Community

You will get up so early in the morning for breakfast and thereafter your driver will drive you to the Park head offices with your packed lunch. On reaching there by 7:30am you will be briefed about what to do and not to do while trekking after which you will be led by the ranger guides through the mist jungle. Trekking usually takes between to 8 hours or even a full day due to the location of gorillas. When you see them, it will be a great and fun time as you watch them and only 1 hour is permitted to watch them. Also ensure you carry enough water with you, hats, sun glasses, rain coats, and non-flash cameras.
Later return to the lodge and in the afternoon, you may go for a walk in the communities or visit the pigmies or the Women’s crafts centre.
Accommodation Option: Kiho Gorilla Safari Lodge / Four Gorillas Lodge / Bwindi Lodge / Buhoma Lodge 
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 12: Stay at Leisure at the Lodge

Today you will stay at leisure either spending a quiet day lounging in your room or in the spa and other in-house activities and experiences. You may choose to ride a bicycle or take a walk in the nearby communities.
Accommodation Option: Kiho Gorilla Safari Lodge / Four Gorillas Lodge / Bwindi Lodge / Buhoma Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 13: Flight from Kihihi Airstrip to Entebbe.

After Breakfast, you will be transferred to Kihihi Airstrip to catch your flight to Entebbe arriving in time for check-in to your lodge.
Accommodation Option: Hotel No.5 / Best Western Premium Hotel 
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 14: Flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport

Depending on the schedule of your flight, you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport to catch your flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania. On arrival at Kilimanjaro, you will meet and greet with a representative of Luxury Gorilla Trekking safaris who will transfer you to your hotel in Arusha.
Accommodation Option: Arusha Coffee Lodge
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 15: Flight from Arusha To Kogatende Airstrip and Afternoon Game Drive

After breakfast, you will transfer to Arusha airstrip for your flight to Kogatende Airstrip in Serengeti North which will depart around 7am and arrive at 10am for a game drive in Northern Serengeti. Serengeti among other incredible wildlife and stunning views is famed for the annual migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundred thousand of zebras, a frenzied bout of territorial conquests and mating happening from July-October. Witness an actual survival of the fittest as these animals plunge through crocodile-infested waters. The wildebeest produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again. Lunch Dinner and Overnight at your lodge.
Accommodation Option: Lemala Kuria Hills Tented Lodge / Mara River Camp / Ole Serai Luxury Camp / Nasikia Migration Camp
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 16: Full Day Game Drive in the Kogatende Area of Serengeti (North)

Today is without question one of the highlights of your safari. After a rich breakfast you will start your adventure a little earlier than usual and head to the Mara River to witness the great migration Mara River Crossing. Today’s full day game drive will help you experience the Serengeti in its full glory! You will be waiting for crossing along the river but you will also do game drive the rest of the Kogatende Area. The Mara River is the last major obstacle standing between the Wildebeest Migration and the relative safety of the Masai Mara. If you’re patient and a little lucky, you will get to witness the death-defying crossing itself where wildebeest and zebras brave the river’s currents and crocodiles in an attempt to reach safety on the opposite bank. After witnessing the crossing, you will continue with the game drive in the rest of the area and retire to your camp for Dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Option: Lemala Kuria Hills Tented Lodge / Mara River Camp / Ole Serai Luxury Camp / Nasikia Migration Camp
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 17: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park in North and Central

After breakfast at the Camp, you will drive to Serengeti central arriving in time for game drive and later check in to your camp for dinner and overnight. Central Serengeti in the Seronera area offers an amazing game-viewing in Africa with great herds of buffalo, predators, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
Accommodation Option: Four Seasons Safari Lodge / Lemala Ewanjan Tented Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 18: Morning Balloon Safari and Stay at the lodge for the rest of the day

Serengeti Balloon Safari is probably the most beautiful balloon flight in Africa and the ultimate Safari Experience which makes you enjoy the most beautiful migration of wildebeests through the endless plain of Serengeti. At 5:00 am, you will be collected from your lodge and transferred to the launch site near Masai Kopjes. Here you will meet your pilot, receive a briefing and watch the inflation of your balloon. At dawn you take off, rising as the sun rises and float in whichever direction the winds of the morning take us.
Your pilot can precisely control the altitude of your balloon: sometimes flying at treetop height, sometimes lower, offering a unique perspective and great photographic opportunities of the wildlife below. (Those of you not going for balloon safari will be with driver to catch up with those on balloon safari). After breakfast, you are taken to the rendezvous point to meet with your driver guide and continue with a short game drives as you transfer back to the lodge for relaxation and indulging in the lodge spa and activities.
Accommodation Option: Four Seasons Safari Lodge / Lemala Ewanjan Tented Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 19: Morning Game Drive in Serengeti and Afternoon Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Today after breakfast, you will head out for a morning game drive from where you will transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area arriving in time for lunch and later dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Option: Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp / Ngorongoro Lodge Melia / Lions Paws Lodge / Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 20: Game Drive in the Crater

After a very quick breakfast, you will make an early descent at around 6:30 AM into the crater floor for a game drive. This area is compared to Garden of Eden on earth. The big numbers of wildlife can be spotted in a day including all big five, the elephant, black rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetahs, and lots of hyenas, hippos, zebra and wildebeest being the most abundant. You will take a break for lunch and in the afternoon, you will continue game viewing in the south corner of the park where you visit Lake Magadi a place you can see flamingos, hippos and other water birds. Return for dinner and overnight
Accommodation Option: Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp / Ngorongoro Lodge Melia / Lions Paws Lodge / Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 21: Transfer to Tarangire National Park and full day Game Drive

Today, you will proceed to Tarangire for a full day game drive in the park located slightly off the main safari route. Tarangire National Park is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania most famous for its elephant migration, and birding safari with a quiet atmosphere.
Accommodation Option: Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge / Elephant Springs by Karibu / Mwamba Lodge
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 22: Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport and Flight to Zanzibar

After breakfast, you will transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport arriving in time to catch your flight to Zanzibar
Accommodation Option: Toa Hotel and Spa -Royal Suite with infinity pool
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 23-Day 25: Full days in Zanzibar

Enjoy your Zanzibar holiday at leisure. Relax on the white sand beach and engage yourself in activities go snorkelling, diving or sailing, swimming with Dolphins, tour of stone town and spice farms, nature walks and market experiences among other activities. (Extra fees required for all activities.)
Accommodation Option: Toa Hotel and Spa -Royal Suite with infinity pool
Meal Plan: All-Inclusive

Day 26: Transfer to Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

After your extensive East Africa tour, bid farewell to the sun and sand as you transfer to Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport for your departure flight marking the end of your trip.
Meal Plan: Breakfast