Day 1: Arrival at Kigali Airport and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
You will arrive Kigali International Airport and your safari guide will be there waiting to pick you and transfer you to Volcanoes national park, a journey approximately 2 hours north of Kigali city. Depending on the time of arrival, you can explore the Kigali attractions before your transfer Volcanoes; attractions here include the genocide memorial, craft markets, and many more. Your safari guide will then drop you at your already booked safari accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay after briefing you on your upcoming safari.
Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda.
Following an early morning breakfast at your lodge, your driver-guide will pick you and take you to the park headquarters for your gorilla trekking adventure. Spending one hour with these massive primates is a lifetime experience for everyone. In the afternoon, you will have an opportunity to visit Iby’iwacu’s local village to learn about Rwanda cultures, customs, and traditions. This adventure usually ends with interesting traditional dance performances from the locals. Your driver-guide will then transfer you back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Transfer to Kigali, Fly to Tanzania and Transfer to Ngorongoro
Following an early morning breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up and transfer you to Kigali airport for your scheduled flight to Tanzania – Arusha. Upon your arrival at Arusha, your driver will transfer you to Ngorongoro, a journey of approximately 3 hours where you will spend your overnight stay at an already booked safari accommodation.
Day 4: Ngorongoro Conservation Area safari
Today, you will explore the Ngorongoro crater starting at 6:00 am with a ranger. This is good elephant country, so keep your eyes peeled. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once their teeth have failed them.
The crater has a population of around 120 lions, with well-defined territories; 15,000 gnus, 9,000 zebra, 400 hyenas, and around 50 black rhino. Many gnu and other herd animals are resident, benefiting from the many sources of year-round waters and are boosted by some migrators in season. Buffalo, Serval, Jackal, Thomson’s gazelle, and eland are also present in numbers. Hippos can be found in pools and swampland and highland birdlife is colorful and plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the crater floor. After your evening game drive, you will head to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Serengeti National Park
After early morning breakfast, leave Ngorongoro crater driving to Seregereti National Park, home to approximately 3 million animals, one of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife conservation areas. Depending upon the time of year, you have the chance to witness the great migration with hundreds of thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and Thompson gazelles. During the small rainy season in October and November, you will typically see these herds moving from the Kenyan Masai Mara through the northwest of the Serengeti to the plains in the south. After the great rainy season in April, May, and June, the herds slowly travel back through the western and north-western parts of the Serengeti. With fluctuations in rainfall, this timetable can of course change, resulting in the animals migrating during different times and routes. Your guide will try his utmost to find the animals and will make sure that you can see them from the best spot in the national park. Naturally, the migration also attracts predators and with luck, you might see a kill in action. Dinner and overnight at your stated accommodation
Day 7: Transfer to Tarangire National Park
Following an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will leave Serengeti National Park for Park a journey of approximately 2 hours. The beautiful Tarangire National Park is one of Tanzania’s treasures, with the national park habituating large numbers of elephants recorded as the largest concentration with over 3000 individuals living here.
Day 8: Departure at Kilimanjaro International Airport
Day 8 of your safari is the last day of your trip and before you depart the country, you will enjoy an early morning game drive in Tarangire National Park. At exactly 10:00 am, your driver-guide will transfer you to Kilimanjaro for your scheduled flight.