14 Days Tanzania Wildlife Viewing & Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari : With this 14-day safari trip, discover Tanzania for wildlife viewing and Uganda for spectacular mountain gorilla trekking. This vacation is unforgettable because it gives you the chance to visit all of Tanzania’s northern safari parks, including Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, and the Serengeti. You will participate in a game drive during this tour, giving you the opportunity to see a variety of wildlife, including the big five in Ngorongoro crater, the great wildebeest migration in the Serengeti, tree climbing lions in Lake Manyara, and the largest herds of elephants in Tarangire National Park without forgetting Mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
This 14-day tour will begin with a spectacular wildlife viewing adventure in Tanzania, followed by a flight to Uganda for a safari gorilla trekking experience. Since it combines two safari experiences—wildlife viewing on a game drive and a mountain gorilla hiking safari—that are more well-known in east Africa at a lower price, it should definitely be on your list of must-do things when traveling in Africa. Please carefully read everything, and if you have any questions about this memorable Tanzania safari holiday, don’t hesitate to contact us. Note that the included accommodations are merely suggestions; you are free to change them however you like, whether you choose luxury, mid-range, or inexpensive lodging, or simply whether you prefer to stay inside or outside the park.
A SUMMARY OF AN ITINERARY
DAY 01: ARRIVAL
DAY 02: ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
DAY 3: DRIVE TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
DAY 04: FULL-DAY TARANGIRE
DAY 5: DRIVE TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
DAY 06-007 FULL-DAY SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
DAY 08: NGORONGORO CRATER
DAY 09: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARKDAY
10: FLY TO UGANDA, AND DRIVE TO BWINDI NATIONAL PARK FOR MOUNTAIN GORILLA TREKKING
DAY 11: BWINDI GORILLA TREKKING EXPERIENCE
DAY 12: OPTIONAL GORILLA TREKKING
DAY 13: TRANSFER BACK TO ENTEBBE
DAY 14: DEPARTURE
A DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 01: ARRIVAL AT KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT—ARUSHA
Welcome to Tanzania! Our safari driving guide will be there to pick you up at the Kilimanjaro international airport and take you to your hotel in the city of Arusha. When you get to your hotel, you can rest to get over your travel fatigue and prepare for the start of your safari the next day.
You can fully enjoy your trip because this is an exclusive private safari! When to go in the morning and when to return in the evening is entirely up to you. On the safari, you are free to spend as much time as you like observing a particular animal or herd. You’re not required to show consideration for others. Throughout the safari, your personal guide will give you recommendations to make your experience one to remember. Your adventure will start the next morning!
- Accommodation: Masailand Lodge
- Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
DAY 02: ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
Your guide will pick you up from your accommodation after breakfast and take you to Arusha National Park, where your safari will begin. This lovely park is home to a wide variety of fauna and scenery. From wetlands, lakes, and waterfalls to mountains, volcanoes, and tropical rainforests they draw a variety of lovely birds, such as thousands of pink-hued flamingos and hornbills with silvery cheeks. The black-and-white colobus monkey can only be seen in this park, which is the only location in northern Tanzania where you may do so.
You will have a full day game drive in the park with your packed lunch which will be taken in the middle of the game drive. You will proceed with the game drive after your lunch up to evening where you will be driven back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
- Accommodation: Masailand Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 3: DRIVE TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Following breakfast, you will check out of your lodging and be prepared to drive towards Tanzania’s northern Tarangire National Park with your packed lunch. About a three-hour drive from Arusha, Tarangire National Park is renowned for having the greatest elephant herds and the oldest baobab trees. Upon arrival, you will go on a game drive up until lunchtime, at which point you will stop for lunch at a picnic area. You will then continue your game drive up until the evening, when you will be taken to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
You will witness wildlife species such as gazelles, impalas, zebras, and waterbucks on your game drive in the national park, in addition to the numerous bird species for which this area is renowned.
- Accommodation: Twiga Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 04: FULL-DAY TARANGIRE
On the 4th day of your 14 Days Tanzania Wildlife Viewing & Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari ,After breakfast at your accommodation, we will proceed to a walking safari escorted by a professional armed ranger with our packed lunch which will be taken in a bush at a picnic site. Following a walking safari, we continue with a game drive until dusk. The amazing baobab trees, sometimes known as the Tree of Life because of the almost legendary abilities some cultures ascribe to it, can be seen in this park along with vast herds of elephants, lions that can scale trees, and other wildlife. The Tarangire River, which runs through this park year-round and serves as the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons, is its most notable feature.
- Accommodation: Twiga Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Walking safari and game drive
DAY 5: DRIVE TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
You will start your approximately five-hour trip to the Serengeti, one of Africa’s most well-known wildlife parks, after breakfast at your lodge. After settling into your accommodation in the national park, you will eat lunch. A nighttime game drive will also be included, so you may see animals including zebras, lions, buffalo, elephants, giraffes, elands, impalas, and antelopes, among others. The Central Serengeti Bush Camp will be where we have dinner and spend the night.
- Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 06-07 FULL-DAY SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Your safari in the Serengeti National Park continues today. The most outstanding nature films feature its gorgeous landscape. Unmatched in terms of wildlife abundance and boundless grasslands. The Serengeti’s most notable event is undoubtedly the yearly wildebeest migration, which includes over a million animals. Millions of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles thunder across the unending Serengeti plains, creating a truly amazing spectacle. You will be searching the plains for the herds with your personal guide. You will also witness many other creatures, like lions, cheetahs, leopards, and many others, in addition to the migratory ones. The natural splendor of Africa’s most well-known park is sure to impress.
- Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 08: NGORONGORO CRATER
On the 8th day of your 14 Days Tanzania Wildlife Viewing & Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari ,After breakfast, you will drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. There is a good probability that you may spot a lot of wildlife along this route. You’ll drop to the Ngorongoro Crater floor after reaching the crater rim. The views are magnificent! This extinct volcano has produced a distinctive environment with a vast range of flora. Enjoy the many animal species and the stunning landscape hues. The crater is home to the greatest number of animals in Africa, including rare black rhinos, hippos, buffaloes, lions, and elephants. One of the greatest sites to see all five of the Big Five is here. Incredible views of the crater bottom may be seen from the rim of the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater was selected as one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders due to its outstanding natural beauty.
- Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 09: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, you’ll check out of your lodging and depart for Lake Manyara National Park with your packed lunch so you can go on a wildlife drive and experience a primate safari. A stunning tiny park called Lake Manyara is well known for its vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, and baboons, as well as lions that can scale trees and elephants.
In the forest during your wildlife drive, you may spot elephants, enormous groups of baboons, and, if you’re lucky, tree-climbing lions. The vast soda lake is surrounded by a variety of species, including flamingos, buffalo, warthogs, giraffes, wildebeests, and zebras. In addition to having a breathtaking perspective of the Rift Valley Escarpment, the small Hippo Pool provides exceptional prospects for hippo sightings.
As you prepare to board a flight the next day from Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport to Entebbe international airport in Uganda for a mountain gorilla trekking experience, you will be taken to Arusha after the game drive for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Accommodation: Masailand Lodge, Arusha
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Primate Safari and game drive
DAY 10: FLY TO UGANDA, AND DRIVE TO BWINDI NATIONAL PARK FOR MOUNTAIN GORILLA TREKKING
On the 10th day of your 14 Days Tanzania Wildlife Viewing & Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari , Your tour guide will pick you up from your lodging after breakfast and drive you to the Kilimanjaro International Airport, where you will board a flight to Uganda for a safari that includes mountain gorilla trekking.
You will be picked up to travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, which is located in the western region of Uganda and around 540 kilometers from Kampala by road, after arriving at Entebbe Airport in Uganda in the morning or depending on where you are staying in Kampala or Entebbe. You will make two stops: one in Mbarara town for lunch and another at the equator for pictures and the experiment. Continue to Bwindi and arrive there in the evening.
- Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
DAY 11: BWINDI GORILLA TREKKING EXPERIENCE
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast in the morning, then head to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for a briefing from the ranger guides before beginning your hike through the forest. Depending on the gorillas’ movements, Bwindi gorilla trekking can last anywhere from two to eight hours. There is no way to predict where these primates will be on any given day, as they are allowed to freely explore the park. Once you locate them, you will have an hour to observe and photograph these friendly monkeys, eat your lunch, and then meet your driver and guide for the trip back to your lodge.
After your gorilla walk in Bwindi, you can relax at the lodge or take a village tour as you appreciate the experience and get ready for the next day. At the same lodge, have dinner and spend the night.
- Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Activities: mountain gorilla trekking
DAY 12: OPTIONAL GORILLA TREKKING
You can go on a second gorilla hike and try your luck at a different sighting if the gorillas were too wary the first day. You can always go out again, even if you didn’t see any mountain gorillas on your initial trip. Since seeing gorilla families in the wild is so uncommon and amazing, the rule of diminishing returns does not apply in this case. Take lots of pictures, of course. Those who don’t want to go on a second hike can stay at the lodge and take advantage of its services while unwinding in the natural setting.
- Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Activities: mountain gorilla trekking
DAY 13: TRANSFER BACK TO ENTEBBE
After breakfast, you’ll travel back to Kampala, stopping in Mbarara town for lunch. Continue on and arrive in Kampala or Entebbe in the late afternoon. If you’re not exhausted from the safari, you can take a tour of Kampala’s city center to learn more about local African culture and shop for gifts for friends back home. If you’re exhausted from the safari, you’ll be taken straight to your accommodation to rest and recover from your previous safari activities before your departure the following day.
- Accommodation: Best Western Premier Hotel
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Activities: an evening city tour and relaxation; unwinding in accommodation
DAY 14: DEPARTURE
This will be the last day of your 14-day safari tour, which included viewing wildlife in Tanzania and trekking gorillas and primates in Uganda. Depending on the time of your flight, a driver will pick you up from your lodging and take you to Entebbe International Airport, where you will board your flight home. Welcome Back Once More!
- Meal plan: breakfast and/or lunch
PRICE INCLUDES:
- All park fees
- Pick up and drop off
- Accommodations as per itinerary
- All meals during the transfers and at the lodge
- Gorilla trekking permit @$700pp
- Transit fee
- Concession fees
- Activities
- Private 4×4 safari land cruiser
- Private English-speaking driver guide
- Government taxes
PRICE EXCLUDES:
- Tipping for guide/hotel staff/rangers
- Visa fees and international airline tickets
- Items of a personal nature (laundry, beverages, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodations before or after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel Insurance
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
- COVID-19-related cost
