10 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Tanzania Safari : This 10 days Rwanda and Tanzania Safari combines Rwanda Gorilla Trekking and Tanzania Wildlife Safari, this safari starts in Rwanda with gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park. Then fly to Tanzania offering the best opportunities for wildlife viewing including the Big Five mammals, you will visit Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park situated in the Northern Tanzania.
Highlights of 10 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali-Rwanda
Day 2: Volcanoes National Park
Day 3: Kigali – Arusha (Tanzania)
Day 4: Arusha-Lake Manyara National Park
Day 5: Lake Manyara -Serengeti National Park
Day 6-7: Serengeti National Park
Day 8: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater
Day 10: Tarangire National Park – Arusha
Detailed itinerary of 10 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali-Rwanda
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met by our driver guide and transfer to hotel in Kigali City for overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel or Similar.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Volcanoes National Park
After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will proceed directly to the Volcanoes National Park’s headquarters for briefing about gorilla trekking, be grouped in 8 people and be assigned a gorilla group to trek then head into the misty forest in search for mountain gorillas.
The trek takes approximately 2 hours to 6 hours of a life time experience, the time taken depends on the movement of mountain gorillas and where they spent the previous night. When you locate the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend only 1 hour in their presence watching them go on with their lives in the misty forests.
Gorilla trekking in the misty forests of Volcanoes National Park – Rwanda is one of the most memorable experiences and you will be allowed an hour of close contact with them, learning about them and observing their family dynamics. After the hike, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Kigali – Arusha (Tanzania)
You will return to Kigali in time for lunch, depending on the time of your flight. You will have a Kigali City tour visiting the Genocide Memorial Center, the Presidential Palace Museum and the local craft markets. Have lunch and be transferred to the airport for your flight back home.
Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Arusha-Lake Manyara National Park
You will depart from Arusha after breakfast for the drive to Lake Manyara National Park on a journey of approximately two hours, you will pass through the market town of Mto Wa Mbu an agricultural and fresh produce market and a melting point of local cultures and a souvenir hunter’s paradise.
Lake Manyara National Park is a true photographer’s playground and offers some of the best game viewing in the world, the park is home to the rare tree climbing lions and is a bird watcher’s haven hosting large flamingo flocks and birds of prey. Retire to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: Lake Manyara -Serengeti National Park
Have an early breakfast and go for a scenic drive towards the Serengeti, along the way you will pass through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
During the game drive you will catch a glimpse of cape buffalo, baboons, elephants, leopards among others. Along the way, you will have a stopover at the Oldupai Gorge Museum sometimes known as the Cradle of Mankind. The Oldupai Gorge Museum commemorates some of the oldest evidence of human habitation ever found. Here you can see some of the oldest fossil evidence in the world of human habitation, on the visit to the Oldupai Gorge Museum you will learn more about the human journey and take in the stunning views of this stark gorge country.
Proceed to Serengeti National Park arriving in the evening, check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6-7: Serengeti National Park
Start your day with breakfast and embark on a sunrise game drive searching for leopards and lions hunting for their morning meal and spying the contrastingly calm hippos returning to their watery homes with their families.
You may also take part in the hot air balloon safari and champagne breakfast, with packed lunch you will continue exploring the park till sunset. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, you will head towards the Ngorongoro Crater (Ngorongoro Conservation Area) driving through the plains of Serengeti offering you plenty of opportunities to spot the animals such as cheetahs, shy leopards, African elephants and other predators.
Have en-route lunch then head to your lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will depart for Ngorongoro Crater – the Eighth Wonder of the World. The crater is home to over 120 species of mammals including the Big Five – lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, rhinos and elephants. Other animals to lookout for include wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, giraffes and many more. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Tarangire National Park – Arusha
Have early breakfast and drive south to Tarangire National Park where you will spend the day driving exploring the park dotted with acacia and Baobab trees, during the game drive you will be able to see various animals including the Great Kudu, Fringe-Eared Oryx, and the Ashy Starling.
Enjoy picnic lunch at one of the park’s picnic areas while enjoying an unparalleled view of Tarangire River and the local monkey population. Later return to Arusha arriving late in the evening and be dropped at the airport for your flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of 10 Days Rwanda and Tanzania Safari
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR?
- -Guarantee Price, Guarantee Departure
- -Arrival and departure KGL/JRO Airport transfers
- -Accommodation as indicated (2 people sharing a double room with 1 or 2 separate beds. Please let us know your preference at the time of booking)
- -Activities as indicated
- -Meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
- -All park fees, and government taxes.
- -Services of Professional English-speaking driver- guide.
- -Game drives in Land Cruiser with pop up roof top and guarantee window seat!
- -Bottled drinking water while on safari
- -Unlimited mileage on the safari
- -Maximum of 6 passengers in the safari vehicles, each with guarantee window seat
- -Group (average of 8 people) on gorilla tracking tour as it’s a group tour activity
- -FLIGHT: KGL/JRO one-way incl. taxes
- 1 Gorilla permit per person for Gorilla trekking in Rwanda
WHAT IS EXCLUSIONS IN THIS TOUR?
- International airfare (except for the KGL/JRO flight which is included above)
- Items of a personal nature such as passport, visa and traveler’s insurance
- Tips to driver-guide