Countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda
Destinations: Nairobi, Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Naivasha National Park, Masai Mara National Reserve, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Reserve, Tarangire National Park, Arusha, Kigali, Volcanoes National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale National Park, Kampala, Lake Victoria and Entebbe.
Itinerary at Glance
Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi
Day 2: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park for game drive
Day 3: Transfer to Lake Naivasha National Park for game drive
Day 4: Transfer to Masai Mara for afternoon game drive
Day 5: Game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 6: Game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 7: Transfer to Northern Serengeti National Park
Day 8: Game drive in Northern Serengeti National Park
Day 9: Transfer to Central Serengeti National Park
Day 10: Game drive in Ngorongoro crater
Day 11: Game drive in Tarangire National Park, and transfer to Arusha
Day 12: Fly to Kigali
Day 13: Kigali city tour and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Day 14: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 15: Gorilla trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 16: Batwa cultural experience and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 17: Game drives and boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 18: Game drive and transfer to Kibale National Park
Day 19: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi nature walk at Kibale National Park
Day 20: Transfer to Entebbe
Day 21: Shoebill stork Bird watching at Mabamba and UWEC Zoo Tour
Day 22: Visit Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and departure.
Trip Overview
This 22 days best of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda adventure safari, will reward you with one of the best lifetime safari experience, with the highlights, of the best East Africa safari experience in each country. Unleash your adventurous spirit with this exclusive 12 day itinerary that takes you on an exhilarating journey through the untamed beauty of East Africa. This tour is curated for those who are very interested in an authentic cultural, landscape, wildlife experience, the wildebeest migration and primate trekking experience blended with some part of nature touch. You will do game drives, community tours, hike and trek the primates, including a face to face encounter with the mountain gorillas, with numerous scenic boat cruises, as mentioned. The trip highlights the famous safari parks, in Eat Africa, starting with arrival in Nairobi – Kenya, crosses over to Tanzania by land, before flying into Kigali, and over to Uganda, ending its course in Entebbe – Uganda. This is just incredible adventure safari.
Days are as action-packed or as gentle as you prefer.
Trip Highlights
- Gorilla trekking experience in Uganda
- Golden monkey trekking experience at Volcanoes National Park
- Chimpanzee trekking experience at Kibale National Park
- Canopy walk experience at Nyungwe National Park
- Wildlife safari in Masai Mara Reserve
- Wildlife safari in Lake Nakuru National Park
- Wildlife safari in Serengeti National Park
- Wildlife safari in Lake Naivasha National Park
- Wildlife safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Wildlife safari in Ngorongoro crater
- Wildlife safari in Tarangire National Park
- Cultural experience
- Game drives experience
- Boat cruise at Kazinga Channel
- Shoebill bird watching at Mabamba bay
- Batwa Cultural tour
- Kigali city tour
- Visit to Kigali genocide memorial
- Bigodi swamp walk
- Visit to Ngamba Island chimpanzee sanctuary
- Entebbe tour
Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi
Day Itinerary
Welcome to Nairobi – Kenya!
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport aboard an evening flight, and after clearance with immigration, you will proceed to the arrivals area where your One More Adventure Safaris representative will meet you and assist you into your vehicle, later introduce you to your safari guide. Transfer to your city hotel for check in with the rest of the evening at leisure.
Overnight stay at: Azure Hotel Nairobi /similar.
Meal Plan: Bed and breakfast basis.
Day 2: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park (Approx 4 hrs driving time)
Day Itinerary
After breakfast, meet your safari guide, jump into your jeep and drive past the Aberdare ranges and the Great Rift Valley floor on your way to Lake Nakuru. Lunch at your lodge followed by game drives from 1600 hrs. Some of the rare sightings found here are the endangered White Rhinos and Rothschild’s Giraffes. The popular pink necked lesser Flamingos may be spotted here seasonally. Other wildlife found here include Lions, Buffalos, Spotted Hyenas, Elands, Water Bucks, Zebras and birds like Herons, Pelicans, Grebes, Egyptian Geese, Cormorants, Egrets, and Ibis among several others.
Overnight stay at: Lake Nakuru Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 3: Transfer to Lake Naivasha
Day Itinerary
Breakfast followed by a morning game drive at Lake Nakuru National. Check out by 1000 hrs and drive to the nearby Lake Naivasha, to your booked lodge, where you will check in and have lunch. After lunch, you will enjoy a scenic boat ride on the fresh water Lake. This gives you an opportunity to get up close with wildlife found here.
Overnight stay at: Naivasha Kongoni Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4: Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve (Approx 5 hrs driving time)
Day Itinerary
A sumptuous breakfast will be served at the lodge’s main restaurant from 0630 hrs. Check out of rooms by the latest 0800 hrs and meet your safari driver guide at the lobby.
You will board your customized safari vehicle and depart for the world famous Masai Mara National Reserve, where you will spend a great time, doing endless game drives for two great nights.
You will arrive at your Mara lodge in time for lunch. This evening, you will enjoy your first game drive. The Masai Mara whose Eco system is a southern extension to Serengeti National Park offers the discerning traveler a lifetime opportunity to experience wild nature at its best. Your magical Mara experience begins here with a possibility of spotting some if not all of THE BIG 5 among several other wildlife and bird species.
Overnight stay at: La Maison Royale Masai Mara / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 5: Explore Masai Mara National Reserve
Day Itinerary
You will enjoy early morning and late afternoon game drives at dawn and dusk respectively when the wildlife is more active. You may also opt for a near full day game drive, departing the lodge with packed lunch with the day spent in the vast park in search of wildlife sightings. This culminates with a picnic lunch served on the banks of the Mara River before driving back to your lodge.
This reserve’s open savannahs abound with game density, prolific birdlife as well as the annual instinct led wildebeest migration involving over 1.2 million Wildebeests, Zebras and Gazelles which takes place every year between July and October.
This reserve is home to the BIG 5, which are Lions, Leopards, Buffalo’s, Rhinos and Elephants amongst several other animal species. Bird-life is also prolific in the reserve with over 450 bird species having been recorded as residents of this reserve.
Overnight stay at: La Maison Royale Masai Mara / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 6: Masai Mara Game drives
Day Itinerary
You will spend another full day game drive exploring and discovering the vast Masai Mara reserve. You will head out with your guide, and spend another day exploring the park, trying to find what you missed on the previous game drives, of course, a new day, and another strange encounter.
Overnight stay at: La Maison Royale Masai Mara / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 7: Transfer to Northern Serengeti- Travel time + 8.5 hrs
Day Itinerary
After breakfast, collect your picnic lunch and depart for the seemingly endless plains; The Serengeti. You enjoy a three-hour drive to the Isebania border crossing point, clear with immigration’s and proceed to northern Serengeti. You will enjoy en route game viewing in search of the BIG CATS that reside here.
Overnight stay at: Ang`ata Tented Camp North/ similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Northern Serengeti game drive
Day Itinerary
You will spend the full day exploring the northern part of the Serengeti as you search for major wildlife sightings.
This is where you can witness the great migration between June and October as they graze in the savannah woodlands and along the shores of the crocodile infested Mara River with frequent River crossings between the south and north being witnessed regularly. After the calving season in southern Serengeti between February and March, the migration moves to Seronera in Central Serengeti between April and May, before arriving north from June. Big predators like Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, and scavenging opportunists like jackals, hyenas, vultures, Marabou Storks are always trailing the migration so you also have a chance of catching them in action.
Overnight stay at: Ang`ata Tented Camp North/ similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 9: North to Central Serengeti
Day Itinerary
You will enjoy your breakfast, morning game drives in northern Serengeti and then depart for Central Serengeti with en route game viewing. This afternoon, you will explore the most popular part of the Siringet- the Seronera area. The abundance of both predator and prey here will amaze you as you cover different habitat and geographical areas during your game drives.
Overnight stay at: Ang`ata Tented Camp Central/ similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 10: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater – Karatu
Day Itinerary
After breakfast, you depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation area. En route, you may visit the Ol Dupai Gorge, the museum where archaeological collections by Louis and Mary Leakey are displayed insitu. This is an optional opportunity to learn about human evolution and the early man. This afternoon, you descend down the steep walls of the caldera for game drives along the crater floor. Lions, Elephants (including huge bulls), Cheetah, Spotted Hyena, Black Rhino, Gnus, Jackals, Baboons, Buffalos, Flamingos (on the crater lakes), Hippos and even the rare Caracal are some of the animals you might spot here. You will then proceed to Karatu along the Ngorongoro highlands where you enjoy your dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight stay at: Farm of Dreams Lodge/ similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 11: Drive to Tarangire for game drives, later, drive to Arusha.
Day Itinerary
After breakfast at your lodge, you will embark to Tarangire National Park for game drives and game viewings.
Tarangire is Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are also an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Your game drives may reveal lions, giraffes, wildebeest, elephants, Zebras, wildebeests and much more. Lunchboxes shall be served to you by your driver guide at the picnic site inside the park with some rest before proceeding with game drives. Later after amazing hours of exploration, you will exit the park and drive to Arusha for dinner, and overnight.
Overnight stay at: Kibo Palace Hotel/ similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 12: Arusha – Kilimanjaro Airport – Rwanda
Day Itinerary
Following breakfast at your lodge, you will check out by 0830 hrs. Drive to Arusha city and immediately transfer to the Kilimanjaro International Airport where you board your afternoon flight to Kigali at 1400 hrs and transfer to Kigali.
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will go through customs and immigration, and you will be met by our hotel representative who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is known for, and later drive to your booked hotel accommodation.
Overnight stay at: Hotel des Mille Collins/ similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 13: Transfer from Kigali to Volcanoes NP. Travel time +2hrs
Day Itinerary
Upon getting done with your hotel breakfast in Kigali, you will be met by our company representative, who will introduce you to your safari driver guide, who will brief you shortly and later transfer you to the booked accommodation in Musanze which is roughly a 2 hours’ drive. If time allows, you can have a short brief Kigali city tour, with a visit to Kigali genocide memorial, learn more about the Rwanda 1994, genocide incidence, and later have lunch, before you hit up on the road, to find your way to you booked in Musanze. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in Rwanda, the Volcanoes National Park is best known as a sanctuary for the region’s rare mountain gorillas. Visitors flock here to experience a face to face encounter with these intriguing creatures, making it the most famous park in Rwanda. The park is set high on the jungle-covered slopes of the volcanic Virunga Mountains. Highly regulated treks through the reserve allow visitors to spend an hour at a time with these incredible primates in their natural habitat. While the gorillas are without a doubt the main drawcard, visitors can also look forward to exploring a network of scenic hiking trails, visiting the tomb of the world-famous Dian Fossey and the Karisoke Research Centre, and enjoying a beautiful day hike to the Crater Lake on Mount Bisoke. You can as well as opt for trekking the shy golden monkeys or head for a canoe ride on the twin lakes. The beautiful Buhanga Eco Park, still remains virgin and open to visitors, where you get more cultural insight in regards to leadership and kingship of Rwanda.
Overnight stay at: Ingagi Parkview Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 14: Golden Monkey trekking and transfer to Bwindi. Travel time +3hrs
Day Itinerary
This morning, head for a Golden monkeys trekking experience that takes place in Volcanoes national park at 7:00 am. The golden monkey trekking, takes the same procedure as the gorilla trekking, however less, strenuous compared to gorilla trekking. These rare species are also listed as endangered – and Volcanoes national park currently has two habituated golden monkeys’ troops that are available for visiting by tourists in the park, both of which make about 50 members.
Golden monkeys in Rwanda live in the bamboo vegetation towards the base of the volcanoes and habituation has helped them to overcome their initial shyness to accept their daily visit by researchers and tourists.
Trekking golden monkeys and gorillas is a similar experience – in a small group of no more than eight people, and you can spend one hour with the monkeys once you find them. The endangered species are very active creatures, and jump from tree to tree which is really interesting and a little difficult to photograph!
Afterwards, we will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before driving to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, via Cyanika border post, which is roughly a 3 hour’s drive to your booked accommodation, for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight stay at: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge/ similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 15: Gorilla Trekking Experience at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day Itinerary
Today is the big day… Prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare Mountain Gorilla. For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda. You will be required to wake up early in the morning then be led to the visitor’s reception center for a briefing about the park. You are allocated guides before heading into the forest in search of Mountain Gorillas.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest boasts of both Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees – the only forest in Africa which can make this claim. It also hosts five other species of primate, 113 species of mammals, over 200 butterflies and 360 birds.
The Gorillas you will track belong to one of nine habituated family groups who can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day. Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo before you eventually reach the Gorillas’ habitat. En-route, your guide will point out signs of previous Gorilla activity, including dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots. The time taken to track the Gorillas can take as little as 4 hours or more.
Once the Gorillas have been located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a Mountain Gorilla is a truly humbling and emotional experience. This is a fantastic and privileged opportunity to get up close and personal with Uganda’s very own ‘Gorillas in the Mist’. You will enjoy an informative moment, with the ranger guide, who will share with you more information about the gorilla conservation and the entire park. Later return back to your lodge for hot lunch, retire in the afternoon at leisure at the lodge.
Overnight stay at: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 16: Batwa Pygmies and Transfer to Ishasha – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day Itinerary
After breakfast, you will get to do the ‘Batwa’ (pygmies) Cultural Trail. Doing this trail will enable you to interact and learn about the interesting lifestyle of Uganda’s unique pygmies. The Batwa pygmies were originally the traditional inhabitants of Bwindi forest that’s currently occupied by the National park. The trail exposes you to the in depth hidden history of the Batwa pygmies before the year 1990 when they evacuated the forest area that had become protected and conserved as a National park.
The Batwa Trail is unique in a way that it show-cases authentic culture of the original inhabitants of Bwindi forest who’s lives mainly depended on the natural habitat. While exploring the trail, you experience the naturally endowed forest through a rare view point of the local people. The experience comes along with different unique demonstrations on how the pygmies used to extract local herbs that were used for healing different diseases, traditional ways of fetching water using locally made bamboo mugs and construction of grass huts.
After your cultural adventure with the pygmies, you transfer to the beautiful Ishasha plains which are part of Queen Elizabeth National Park – the oldest & second largest National Park in Uganda, located at the base of the massive Rwenzori Mountains, adjacent to lakes Edward& George. The park is covered by Savannah plains that provide an abundance of Game viewing like; Elephants that trumpet when you get too close, lazy Leopards laying in the sun, abundant Gazelle and buck, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippos and others.
In the late afternoon, transfer to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Overnight stay at: Enjojo Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 17: Tree Climbing and transfer to Queen Elizabeth for Kazinga Channel
Day Itinerary
After breakfast, you’ll indulge in a morning and evening game drive in time to see the sun rise and see the sun set over the horizon respectively.
If you’re lucky, a game drive through the open savannah of Acacia on the edge of the Albertine Rift valley will enable you to view ‘Tree climbing Lions’ and other wild animals. You will search for all the wildlife in the park including; Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Uganda Kob, Warthog, etc. After head for a transfer to Queen Elisabeth National Park for Kazinga Channel for a boat cruise to view the water dwelling birds and animals such as the pied kingfisher, African fish eagle, herons, darters to mention but a few and see animals such as buffalos, crocodiles, monitor lizards, elephants wallowing at the mad and much more. After a boat cruise, you will proceed for a short game drive as you find your way back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Overnight stay at: Enganzi Safari Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 18: Game drive and transfer to Kibale National Park.
Day Itinerary
After early morning breakfast, you will head off for a game drive in search of the early raisers where you have a great chance to spot more wildlife before you depart Queen Elizabeth N.P heading to Kibale Forest National Park; you will drive through a scenic lush green countryside. On arrival at Kibale forest; you will enter a completely different world with some serious monkey business. The forest is home to at least 12 Primate Species including: The Red-Tailed Monkey, Olive Baboon, Black and White Colobus plus Blue Monkeys. The bird life in the forest is also prolific and includes the beautiful Great Blue Turaco. If you are very lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of the meandering herd of Forest Elephants.
In the late afternoon, transfer to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Overnight stay at: Turaco Treetop Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 19: Chimpanzee Trekking and Bigodi Swamp Walk at Kibale National Park
Day Itinerary
This morning at 08:00am, your Chimpanzee tracking excursion will commence. Kibale Forest boasts of the highest number of primate species in the world, including our delightful cousins- the Chimpanzees. At this moment, in Uganda, there are approximately 4,950 Chimps left in the wild, which makes this forest a perfect and best place to spot chimpanzees in Africa! During the excursion, your ranger will point out the other species living in the forest, including birds, flora and fauna.
In the afternoon you embark on a nature excursion. Your swamp walk (1- 2 hours) will take you through grassland and some beautiful scenery. It is usual to spot 3 or 4 different primate species during this walk. The highlight is catching a glimpse of the Great Blue Turaco bird!
In the late afternoon, return to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Overnight stay at: Turaco Treetop Lodge / similar.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 20: Transfer to Entebbe
This morning at have a relaxed breakfast, before you jump into your jeeps to find your way to Entebbe via Kampala, for an en route lunch. You will spend the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at your lodge in Entebbe as you relive your safari highlights
Overnight stay at: Karibu Guest House / similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 21: Shoebill Watching at Mabamba and tour Entebbe
Day Itinerary
Your guide will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning after breakfast, and transfer to Mabamba Swamp for shoebill stork bird watching. This is the best place to spot the rare shoebill. You will head for a half day, private boat excursion, with picnic lunch; the wetlands are home to a variety of different bird species. A canoe ride through papyrus swamp will take you at the best spot of spotting the Shoebill bird among other rare Africa birds like the Malachite Kingfisher, Swamp Flycatchers, African Purple Swamphen, African Water Rail, Common Moorhen, Lesser Jacana, African Jacana, African Pygmy Goose, White faced whistling duck,, Squacco heron, Blue breasted Bee eater, African Jacana, and Saddle – billed Stork, among others. You will spend the day bird watching and searching for the shoebills, on a lucky day, you will finally land on them, watch them as they hunt, for food. Later return to your hotel for late lunch. After lunch, you will explore Entebbe Zoo, and as well time permitting, visit the local market.
Overnight stay at: Entebbe Forest Lodge (luxury) or Karibu Guest House (Mid – range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 22: Visit Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and departure.
Our wonderful 22days Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, East Africa combined safari comes to an End, with a great day at Ngamba Island Sanctuary, with the chimpanzee!
Enjoy an early morning breakfast, meet your guide and transfer to Lake Victoria shores, to catch up with your boat transfer to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, an Island that has become a home to chimpanzees. The sanctuary is dedicated to the care of orphaned eastern chimpanzees that have been rescued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Many of the chimpanzees were rescued from poachers and are unlikely to survive reintroduction to the wild. You will enjoy an education tour, as you watch the chimpanzee being fed. You will later return to Entebbe, and have lunch.
Depending on the time of your departure flight, you can simply relax or explore the town of Entebbe before departing to the airport from where you’ll catch your departure flight home. Upon arrival at the airport, gather your luggage and proceed to your departure lounge to board your flight for your journey onward.
Thank you for choosing One More Adventure Safaris for your Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, for your wildlife and primate trekking safari experience. It is always sad to say goodbye, but we know that you will have made some great new friends and some very special memories in this beautiful region of East Africa. We hope to see you back again someday! End of Safari.
Meal Plan: Breakfast & lunch.
The safari package includes.
- Transportation in a 4 x 4 safari vehicle with Pop up roof
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit ($ 800), per person
- 1 Chimpanzee permit, per person
- Golden monkey permit
- En-route lunches
- Batwa trail experience
- Game drives as mentioned
- Kigali city tour
- Bigodi swamp walk
- Boat cruise on Kazinga channel
- Art Museum visits
- Park fees
- Visit to the crater
- Visit to the genocide memorial
- Park entrance fee
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- Bottle of mineral water
- Much fun on African soil
- Shoebill bird watching at Mabamba swamp
- Visit to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
- Activities as mentioned
- Office support services
The package excludes expenses of personal nature like:
- Visa Fees & flights
- Optional activities
- Photography equipment
- Tips for guides
- Laundry
- Alcoholic drinks
- International vaccinations
- Porters while trekking
- Health test requirements
- Personal travel Insurance
- Personal shopping bills
- Phone call bills
- Extras while at the hotel
- Items of personal nature
Please contact us for a free detailed quote on the option of your choice. We can tailor a request that suits your interests, and budget, as well as we can change or upgrade the lodge options. Inquire with us with more details about your safari and we curate it together.