17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari

17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari takes you for Wildebeest safari adventure in Maasai Mara, Kenya and Serengeti National Reserve, Tanzania, Wildlife safari tour in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, and Mountain Gorilla tracking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

 

Safari Details of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari

Day 1 of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Arrival and transfer to the hotel

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, you will meet our tour guides who will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel in Nairobi for dinner and overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi

 

 Day 2: Transfer to the Masai Mara Game Reserve.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by our representative and will be transferred to the Masai Mara Game with a stopover at the Great Rift Valley for viewing. The Masai Mara is one of East Africa’s most famous reserves. It consists of undulating hills and great rolling grasslands that sustain some of the most varied wildlife in Africa.

You will arrive in time for lunch. In the afternoon, you will embark on game viewing where you will spot lions, elephants, cheetahs, giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeest, gazelle and other plains game abound, not forgetting the hundreds of species of birds.

Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Springs tented camp

 

Day 3: Full Day at Masai Mara

After breakfast, you will set out for game drives through the unique park, which really forms the northern part of the famous Serengeti National Park.

Masai Mara supports the biggest population of cats besides other predators. You will spot elephants, lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, zebras, and wildebeest. You will return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

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Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Springs tented camp

 

Day 4 of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Another Full day at Masai Mara

Wake up at 6:00 AM for an early morning breakfast, and will set out for a full-day game drive in the reserve. You will have another chance to spot the lion, cheetah, and Leopard roam the vast grasslands in search of their next meal. Also spot other animals, including the impalas, warthogs and many more.

You will return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Springs tented camp

 

Day 5: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for Nakuru National Park with lunch in Narok town en route. You will have a stopover at Lake Naivasha, where you will enjoy an optional one-hour boat ride through the lake. You will proceed to Lake National Park, arriving in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at  Maili Saba Camp

 

Day 5: Transfer to Lake Naivasha

Early morning breakfast. After breakfast, game drive en route. Leave Nakuru for Lake Naivasha with a game en route, arriving in time for lunch, check in at the hotel and have lunch. You will arrive in the afternoon and have an optional boat ride. Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Safari Lodge

 

Day 6 of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Transfer to Amboseli National Park

After breakfast, you will have a short morning game drive through the park and will be transferred to Amboseli National Park. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Great Rift Valley en route.  Have lunch at a restaurant along the way and proceed arriving late afternoon. Relax by the lodge and then enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at Amboseli Sopa Lodge

 

Day 7: Full Day at Amboseli

You will wake at around 06:30 am, enjoy breakfast and then proceed for the full day game drive at the backdrop of Kilimanjaro. You will be in the park, and a picnic lunch will be served at the viewpoint. Amboseli Park is one of the most visited parks in Kenya for its serenity and the view of the peak of Kilimanjaro during sunrise and sunset in the evening.  You will spot the big five and other animals like the hyena, zebra, giraffe, impala, jackals, and topis, among others. You will then return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at Amboseli Sopa Lodge

 

Day 8: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Arusha

After an early breakfast, you will have your final en-route game drive in Kenya on your way out of the national park. Your Kenyan driver/guide will take you to the Namanga border, where you will meet with your Tanzanian driver/guide, who will assist you with the border formalities.

Your Tanzanian driver/guide will transfer you to Ilboru Safari Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at Ilboru Safari Lodge

 

Day 9 of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Transfer to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will proceed to Tarangire National Park for game viewing and a picnic lunch. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that crosses through the park, which is the only source of water for the wild animals here during the dry season. The park is famous for its large numbers of elephants, baobab trees and tree-climbing African pythons.

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Dinner and overnight stay at Tarangire Roika tented lodge

 

Day 10:  Transfer to Ngorongoro National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Crater for game viewing and a picnic lunch. This park is one of the most densely crowded wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals. The crater is often called “Africa’s Eden” and is also considered one of the eight Natural Wonders of the World. A visit to this amazing place is a main draw for tourists coming to Tanzania and undoubtedly a world-class attraction!

Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze, and lions sleep and laze in the sun nearby. At dawn, the endangered black rhino will return to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on the dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Maasai herd their cattle and goats over green pasture and through highland slopes. They live alongside the wildlife here as they have done for centuries.

Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

 

Day 11: Transfer to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti National Park, enjoying game viewing and a packed lunch en route. The Serengeti covers over 6,000 square miles of sprawling, unspoiled landscape.

Add to that an extraordinary population of resident and migratory animals in a constant bid for survival, and you will begin to understand why this place is often called “the world as it was in the beginning”. As soon as you enter the park, the wildlife viewing will begin! Search for leopards and lions and watch in awe as zebra and wildebeest appear from amidst the woodlands and plains.

Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati tented camp

 

Day 12 of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Great Migration Mara River

Early morning game drive in Central Serengeti looking for hunting predators, then return to the camp for breakfast. After breakfast, depart with a picnic lunch and drive towards the North Serengeti for a game drive. The great migration is supposed to be in this area from late July to mid-October, crossing the famous Mara River to the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya and back to the Serengeti.

You will have a high opportunity to see them crossing while the crocodiles in the river attack them. The North Serengeti has also lots of big cats, elephants, giraffes, impalas, hippos, and it is another good place to see the endangered black rhino. In the late afternoon, you will continue to Serengeti Mbugani camp (located in the North Serengeti) for dinner and

Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati tented camp

 

Day 13: Another Full day in Serengeti National Park

Morning and afternoon game drive along the Mara River, with early departure. The great migration is supposed to be in this area from late July to mid-October, crossing the famous Mara River to the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya and back to the Serengeti. You will have a high opportunity to see them crossing while the crocodiles in the river attack them. The North Serengeti has also lots of big cats, elephants, giraffes, impalas, hippos, and it is another good place to see the endangered black rhino. All meals and overnight will be at Mbugani migration camp.

After an early breakfast, you will drive to the Lobo area for a game drive. Lobo is the area in the North-East of Serengeti National Park with a unique landscape, and you will have a high opportunity to see leopards, cheetahs, big prides of lions, the rare clip-springer antelopes and others. In the late afternoon, you will continue to Central Serengeti.

Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati tented camp

 

Day 14 of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Transfer to Kilimanjaro – Departure for Kigali International Airport

After breakfast, you can go shopping in town or relax at the lodge (time permitting). You will then be transferred to Kilimanjaro for your departure to Kigali International Airport. On arrival, you will be picked up by our guide and taken to an overnight stay at the hotel

Dinner and overnight stay at Onomo Hotel Kigali

 

Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi National Park

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel by our representative and will be transferred to Bwindi National Park in Uganda by road, the home of mountain gorillas. You will also receive instructions for the trip from our guides. You will relax at the lodge on arrival.

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Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Mist lodge

 

Day 16: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Park Headquarters, where you will be briefed about gorilla trekking. Bwindi National Park is renowned for its impressive mountain gorillas. Trekking may last 1 to 4 hours, depending on the location of the gorillas.

You will be provided with walking sticks by the park rangers. After locating the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend only one hour with them for the purpose of conservation. The ranger guide will brief you on how to conduct yourself while in the presence of the gorillas. You will return to the lodge for lunch.

Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Mist Lodge

 

Day 17: Transfer to Kigali Airport – Departure

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Kigali Airport for departure.

End of the 17 Days Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Wildlife Safari

 

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