10 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari: Explore East Africa’s safari gems on this 10 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari. This combined East African Safari offers you the best of this Safari destination from mountain gorillas to wildlife including the Big Five – lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, elephants and rhinos.
Highlights of 10 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari
- Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Forest
- Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking
- Day 3: Transfer to Entebbe, Fly to JRO (Own Booking)
- Day 4: Pick up, Drive to Ngorongoro, Walking Safari
- Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
- Day 6: Drive to Serengeti, Game Drive
- Day 7: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
- Day 8: Transfer to Masai Mara
- Day 9: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara game reserve
- Day 10: Maasai Cultural Experience, and departure
Detailed itinerary of 10 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Forest
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide and transfer to the incredible Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – home to the endangered mountain gorillas, along the way you will have en-route stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe for a polar water experience and another in Mbarara for lunch.
Arrive in the park in the evening, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay. Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge for Mid-range, Buhoma Community Rest Camp for Budget.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking
Breakfast will be served early, then depart with your packed lunch and report to the park headquarters for briefing about dos and don’ts while in the forest and in presence of mountain gorillas. Head into the forest looking for a gorilla family assigned to you and trek until you find the mountain gorillas, the trek can last between 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas.
After find the gorillas, you will be allowed 1 hour to view the gorillas, photograph and record small videos as you please. Later return to the starting point for your gorilla certificate, your guide will be waiting for you. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Transfer to Entebbe, Fly to JRO (Own Booking)
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours; Flight option available. Book a late flight.
Enjoy breakfast at the lodge and thereafter proceed to Entebbe International Airport for your flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Once at the airport, you shall be picked up by your Tanzania Safari guide and welcomed for your safari. Transfer to the hotel, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa for Mid-range, Burka Coffee Lodge for Budget
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Pick up, Drive to Ngorongoro, Walking Safari
After breakfast, you shall be picked up at the hotel by our company driver guide and proceed to drive Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will engage in a walking safari. During your walking safari you will be accompanied by a ranger and you will get a close encounter with the natural surroundings in Ngorongoro and also get to know how to track animals. After this experience, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge for Mid-range, Karatu Safari Camp Lodge for Budget.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Have breakfast as you prepare for a drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend 600 meters into the crater and engage in a game drive looking out for elephants, lions, buffaloes, leopards, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, dik-dik, antelopes and warthogs among others.
Also, you will enjoy amazing views around the Ngorongoro Crater during your game drive and also see flamingoes along the shores of the alkaline lake found in the crater – Lake Magadi. After your game drive, you will return to your lodge, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Drive to Serengeti, Game Drive
After breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive to Serengeti National Park and you will have lunch at your lodge in the national park. Later you will engage in late afternoon game drive around Serengeti National Park.
You will search for different wildlife species during the game drive such as the big 5 and many other animals during your safari. After your game drive, you will be driven to your lodge for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range, Robin’s Safari Camp for Budget
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Full Day Game Drive. Have early breakfast at the lodge and drive out for a full day game drive with our lunch boxes along the Seronera area. Enjoy seeing the big game around Seronera River, some of the wildlife to lookout for in this region of Serengeti include the lions, Thomson gazelles, topis, ostriches and cheetahs.
After your game drive, you will proceed to the Visitor Center where you will have lunch, the Tourist Information Centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The shop also has a refreshment area.
In the evening, go for a game drive to the Kopjes the weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains most of which are miniature ecosystems providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. The Kopjes are good hunting grounds for lions especially in dry seasons when wildlife come to have a dip and drink up. Look out for other animals which we might have missed during the morning game drive. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Masai Mara
After an early breakfast, proceed to transfer to Isebania border with a packed lunch. You will meet with your Kenya safari guide and after clearing with the authorities, you will proceed with drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. With en-route game drive you will proceed to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge for Mid-range, Sentrim Mara Camp for Budget
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara game reserve
Extensive Game Drives. Wake up early for African breakfast and get ready for the long awaited day in the endless plains of Masai Mara with your lunch boxes. Look out for large prides of lions, zebras, leopards, elephants, giraffes and many more.
After lunch and short rest, we will go for an evening game drive in search for more animals especially pointing at what we might have missed during the previous day. On this game drive, we follow different tracks giving you an opportunity to see even more animals, chance to witness the Great Wildebeest migration if in season. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Maasai Cultural Experience, and departure
After breakfast and checking out of the lodge in Masai Mara National Reserve, you will have en-route game drive as you leave the park and head to the Masai Village for a Masai Cultural Experience for a chance to learn and interact with the locals.
After, you will be driven to Nairobi to the airport for your flight or hotel of stay in Nairobi which brings your safari to an end.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Price Includes:
- Airport Pick up and drop off as per itinerary
- Gorilla Permits
- 4X4 Safari vehicle and fuel, Van in Uganda, Land Cruiser in Kenya Tanzania
- English speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals during the safari
- Bottled drinking water while on safari.
- All national park fees
- All game viewing activities specified
Price excludes
- flights
- Visa fees
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, email, laundry,
- beverages or meals not indicated in the itinerary,
- tips and gratuity
- Anything else not included in the itinerary