20 Days Uganda Kenya & Tanzania Safari
This 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari takes you for a mind blowing Adventure in the different East African Countries. With each destination offering something Unique. During your Safari, you will visit the World’s most powerful waterfall, track chimpanzees. And also go Gorilla Trekking in one of Uganda’s oldest Rainforests, visit Maasai Mara National Reserve where with luck, you might see the Great Wildebeest Migration depending on the time of the year. Game drive from dawn until dusk in the endless plains of the Serengeti as you encounter Unique Mammal species including Africa’s Big 5.
Safari destinations
Murchison falls National Park
Located in the North Western region of Uganda. It is the largest National park in Uganda covering an area of 3840sqkm. It has a variety of wildlife of about 76 mammal species like Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Uganda kobs, Bush bucks, Chimpanzees. Also Primates like black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, red colobus monkeys, L’Hoest’s monkeys, and various bird species of about 451 like the grey crowned crane, the rare shoe bill, giant kingfisher, Giant heron, marabou stork, black headed lapwing, black bellied bustard, Nightjars among other bird species.
Kibale National Park
Located in Western Uganda in Kabarole district and it was established in 1993, the park is known for being “The primate capital of the World” having various Chimpanzees with a population of over 1500 individuals including habituated ones which are about 120 making it the park with the highest primate population. Among the primates include the black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, L’Hoest’s monkey, olive baboons, Mantled guereza, Potto, Vervet monkey, White-eyelid mangabey, Galago among others. The park is also home to about 120 mammal species including African golden cats, bush pigs, warthogs, blue and red duiker, rare sitatunga, forest hogs, African elephant, forest cape buffaloes, among others and also more than 300 species of birds including olive long tailed cuckoo, western tinker bird, grey parrot, blue breasted king fisher, blue headed sunbird, red faced woodland, yellow spotted nicator, little greenbul among other bird species.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Known for having the Tree Climbing Lions at Ishasha sector of the park, these lions are not found in any other National park in Uganda thus being “The Medley of Wonders”, the park is home to 95 mammal species including the 4 members of the Big 5 which are Elephants, Buffaloes, Lions, Leopards and also Uganda kobs, bush bucks, oribis, bush pigs, forest hogs, hippos, sitatungas and over 600 Bird species like the African skimmer, rare saddle billed stork, grey headed kingfisher, African mourning dove, African crowned eagle, Nubian woodpecker, swamp flycatcher, grey capped warbler, little bee eater among other bird species.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
One of Uganda’s oldest rainforests with more than 25000 years of age. The park is home to almost half of the World’s population of Mountain Gorillas which gives a great opportunity for Gorilla Trekking and Habituation in the park’s sectors like Nkuringo, Buhoma, Ruhija and Rushaga. The park harbors 120 mammal species like Elephants, duikers, yellow-backed duiker, buffaloes, golden cats, bush pigs, giant forest hogs, black-fronted Duiker, clawless otter, side-striped jackal, civet, numerous bats, rodents and 350 bird species like handsome francolin, purple sunbird, red headed blue bill, African blue cuckoo, regal sunbird, breasted sunbird, Rwenzori turaco, Shelley’s crimson among other bird species.
Lake Mburo National Park
Located in the Southern part of Uganda in Kiruhura district. The park is known for its large herds of zebras, Impalas, Elands, Topis, and buffaloes among other species. The park is home to over 68 mammal species like zebras, elands, impalas, buffalos, Defassa waterbuck, oribis, leopard, hippo, hyena, topi and reedbuck. Lake Mburo National Park is also home to about 350 bird species like mosque swallow, black bellied bustard, bare-faced-go away bird, Ruppell’s starling, African rattled lapwing, pied kingfisher, Malachite kingfisher, Saddle-billed stork, Red-faced barbet, Yellow-breasted apalis among other bird species.
Lake Nakuru National Park
Also known as a “Beautiful bird Haven” is located in the West Central Kenya and it is one of the saline lakes of the lake system lying within the Great rift valley of Eastern Africa. The park boosts of over 400 bird species including vast numbers of pink flamingoes, Abyssinian thrush, large flocks of pelicans, Bateleur, Arrow-marked babbler, and also mammals like waterbucks, impalas, warthogs, elands, lions, leopards, hippopotamus, giraffes, black and white rhinos, African wild dog, vervet monkeys, olive baboon, colobus monkeys and many more.
Maasai Mara National Reserve
Located in the South Western region of Kenya along the Great Rift Valley area in Norok County Kenya adjacent to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. Maasai Mara National Reserve was established in 1961 as a wildlife sanctuary covering an area of 520 sqkm of the current Mara Triangle. Later it was converted into a Game Reserve and by 1984 the park had a total area of 1510sqkm. The park is dotted with acacia trees, shrubs and bushes and has 2 draining rivers which are Maasai Mara River and Talek River. A unique wildlife conservation haven famous for its Natural diversity of wildlife like the Big 5 mammals which are Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Buffaloes and Rhinos in large numbers as well as other mammals like Cheetahs, zebras, wildebeests, crocodiles, hippos, giraffes, duikers, impala hartebeests, roan antelopes, topi, wildebeest and Thomson’s gazelles.
Also boosts of over 500 bird species like Bateleur, Secretary bird, Schawlow’s turaco, Abdim’s stork, Hammerkops, Temminck’s courser, Southern ground hornbill, Usambiro barbet, Saddle-billed stork, Giant kingfisher, Woolly-necked stork, Black-headed heron, Giant kingfisher, African jacana, Crowned lapwing, Malachite kingfisher, Grey-headed kingfisher among others. . Maasai Mara National Reserve is also famous for its annual Wildebeest Beast Migration where Millions of these creatures migrate from Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park which occurs between July and October making it one of the 7 Wonders of the World.
Serengeti National Park
Located in the Northern region of Tanzania and it was established in 1952. The park covers an area of 14763sqkm making it home to over 70 mammal species like dik-dik, Oryx, greater Kudu, Hyenas, Hippos, bushbuck, Jackals, giraffes, Janet cats, Baboons, Giraffes, elands, spring hare, porcupine, warthog, Hyraxes, vervet monkeys, Colobus monkeys, patas monkeys, and mongooses and also Africa’s Big 5 mammals which are lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and Rhinos. Serengeti National park also boosts of over 500 bird species including Grey-Breasted spur fowl, Fischer’s lovebird, Rufous-tailed weaver, Usambiro barbet, Grey-crested helmet-shrike, Kori Bustard, Red-capped robin-chat, Secretary bird, Verreaux’s eagle, Yellow-throated sand grouse among others. Serengeti National Park is well known for its annual Wildebeest Migration of over 1,500,000 and 250,000 Zebras which occur between the months of July and August.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Located in the Northern part of Tanzania on the Eastern Great Rift Valley Arm which is managed by Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. The Conservation area was officially established in 1959 and was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and it is part of the Serengeti Ecosystem. Ngorongoro’s main attraction is the Ngorongoro Crater which is the World’s largest intact and unfilled Volcanic Caldera with over 25,000 mammals including wildebeests, hippos, warthogs, hyenas, zebras, elands, gazelles, and the Big 5 mammal species which are lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos as well as buffaloes and over 100 bird species co-existing with the Semi-nomadic Maasai people.
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Pick up from Entebbe International Airport – Transfer to your Hotel
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be picked up by our Professional driver guide from Paradise Adventure Vacations who will meet and greet you, he will brief you about your 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari and thereafter he will transfer you to your accommodation around Entebbe or Kampala where you will have rest and relaxation from your long flight. You will later have dinner and an overnight.
Location: Kampala
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Latitude 0o or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 2: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Upon waking up on your day 2 of the 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari, you will have a heavy delicious breakfast from your hotel and thereafter embark on a drive to Murchison falls National Park with a stopover at Ziwa rhino sanctuary located along Gulu highway for rhino trekking, Ziwa rhino sanctuary is the only place in Uganda where you will get an opportunity to watch these endangered, magnificent creatures in their natural habitat. Here you will encounter not only the white rhinos but also some antelopes like bush bucks, Uganda kobs, oribis, waterbucks and also bird species like Grey-Crowned Crane, Shoebill, African Fish Eagle, African Jacana, Marabou Stork, Red-Billed Oxpeckers, African Grey Hornbill, White Egret among other bird species and then you will return for a special lunch and later you will drive to Murchison falls National Park for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Pakuba Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park – Early Morning Game Drive – Afternoon Boat Cruise – Hike To The Top Of The Falls – Optional Night Game Drive
Wake up for an early morning breakfast, prepare yourself for another exciting encounter. Day 3 of your Safari starts with an early morning game drive through different trails of the park like Albert trail, buligi trail and the Victoria trail. Here, you will meet eye to eye with different mammal species like Bufaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, bush barks, giraffes among others, return to your lodge for relaxation and lunch.
Later in the afternoon, embark on an afternoon boat cruise upstream to the bottom of the falls, while on the cruise, you will see the Nile crocodiles resting on the shores, herds of hippos while in water, bird species like the black bee eater, grey crowned crane, marabou stork and many others. After the cruise, You will then hike to the Top of the falls where you witness the strength of the magnificent Murchison falls as it roars and pours itself out through a narrow 8m gorge. While here, you will enjoy the soft splashes as it feels like little drizzles falling on your face from heaven. You will then return back to your lodge for relaxation as you await your dinner and an overnight.
OR You can Opt for a Night Game Drive which comes at an Extra Cost of $100 per person. This drive is done with an armed ranger guide and also spotlight torches which will enable you spot the predators as they hunt like hyenas, leopards, lions, bush babies, hippos among others.
Location: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Pakuba Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 4: Drive to Kibale Forest National Park
After your heavy morning breakfast on day 4 of your Safari, you will drive to Kibale National park which is located in Western region of Uganda in Kabarole district. This drive will take about 5 hours and it will offer you magnificent scenic views of Uganda’s landscape as you drive to the park. Enroute to your destination, you will have a lunch stopover in Fort Portal Tourism City and then you will proceed to the park for your dinner and an overnight.
Location: Kibale Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 5: Kibale Forest National Park – Chimpanzee Tracking – Bigodi Wetland and Community Visit
You will wake up early morning on day 5 of the 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari and have breakfast. Wear appropriate clothing like long sleeved shirt, a pair of karky or jean trousers, a round cap, water proof boots and a heavy sweater to protect you from the falling tree branches and also in case of bad weather. Also carry in your back packs some snacks and drinking water to help keep you hydrated during the trek since it may take about 1 to 5 hours to find the Chimpanzees depending on their location.
Chimpanzee Tracking
Then you will proceed to Kanyachu Visitor center for a briefing about the Do’s and the Don’ts of the park, while here, you will be assigned a Park ranger who will take you through the forest and also a chimpanzee family to look out for. During the trek, you will spot primates like the black and white colobus monkeys, the red tailed monkeys, olive baboons, red colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, L’Hoest’s monkey, Mantled guereza, Potto, Vervet monkey, White-eyelid mangabey, Galago among others and also various bird species like olive long-tailed cuckoo, western tinker bird, blue headed sunbird, red faced woodland, grey parrot, yellow spotted nicator, little greenbul, blue breasted king fisher, among other bird species.
You will also spot mammal species like the African elephants, the bush pigs, warthogs, forest hogs, forest cape buffaloes among others. Upon finding the chimpanzees, you will have a one hour encounter with them while learning their behaviors, social life, how they feed and play, feel free to ask the park ranger as many questions as possible.
Location: Kibale Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 6: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park – Launch Cruise along the Kazinga channel
Day 6 of your 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari will start with a heavy delicious breakfast and thereafter you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park which is about 2 hour’s drive from Kibale National Park. Upon reaching, you will check into your accommodation for a hearty lunch and then later in the afternoon you will proceed for a rejuvenating boat cruise on the Kazinga channel which will give you stunning views of the park and an opportunity to view the herds of hippos in water, elephants swimming and drinking water, Nile crocodiles resting at the banks of the Kazinga channel.
And for the bird lovers, also be on the lookout for various bird species like the African fish eagle, the yellow billed stork, rare saddle billed stork, grey headed kingfisher, the African skimmer ,Nubian woodpecker, swamp flycatcher, grey capped warbler, little bee eater, Swamp Nightjar among others. Later you will return to your lodge for relaxation as you await your dinner and an overnight.
Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Twin Lake Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Early Morning Game drive OR Optional Experiential lion and leopard Tracking – Crater Lake Exploration
Early Morning Game drive
Your Day 7 of the Safari will start with an early morning heavy breakfast and then you will head out to the jungle to search for the various mammal species that inhabit Queen Elizabeth National Park like Antelopes, Hippos, bush pigs, sitatungas, topis, bushbucks, cape buffaloes, elephants among others.
Optional Experiential lion and leopard Tracking
OR You can Opt for an Experiential Lion and Leopard Tracking Experience in the Northern sector of the park “Kasenyi plains” which goes for an Extra $250 per person, while here, you will have an opportunity to drive off track while tracing a pride of lions and the leopards of the park. This Experience takes you beyond the usual game drive since you get to learn about their population, behavior, life style and also any other information concerning them. Experiential Lion and Leopard Tracking is done with Researchers who drive around the Park with Radiation trackers which help them to find lions that have radio collars around their Neck, Trackers here can drive off truck in order to find the predators whenever the signals would be directing.
Crater Lake Exploration
After a great time in the jungle, you will return back to the lodge for relaxation and lunch. You will later proceed for a Crater Lake exploration at Lake Katwe Explosion craters which is a 27km drive through the craters in Queen Elizabeth National Park, on your way you will spot some animals like the lonely male buffaloes and elephants, water bucks, Uganda kobs, sitatungas, antelopes, chimpanzees and also flamingos at Lake Munyanyange, termites, snakes among others. Upon reaching, you will see the number one salt distributor in Uganda and learn how salt is extracted, you will also see the Western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley and escarpments during the drive then you will return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Twin Lake Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 8: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park through Ishasha sector
Day 8 of your Safari will start with an early morning breakfast and then you will check out of your accommodation to proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is located south of Queen Elizabeth National Park and it will take about 5 hours to reach the Northern sector of Buhoma. During your journey out of Queen Elizabeth, you will drive through Ishasha sector to search for the tree climbing lions and other wildlife like Topis, Aardvark, lions, elephants, monkeys, Uganda kob, Hippos, leopards, water buck among others which are found in this sector of the park. You will have a lunch stopover in Kihihi and proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Engagi Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 9: Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park – Gorilla Trekking – Batwa Community Encounter
Upon waking up by the beautiful sounds of the birds singing in the sky, you will start your day 9 of the 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari with an early morning breakfast. Wear appropriate clothing for the day like a long sleeved shirt, a pair of karky or jean trousers, a round cap, water proof boots to protect you against the falling tree branches of the Impenetrable forest and also in case of bad weather, Pack some snacks and water to help in keeping you hydrated during the trek.
Gorilla Trekking
Proceed to the park’s headquarters for a briefing on the Do’s and the Don’ts while you are with the mountain gorillas, you will also be assigned a park ranger who will guide you during the trek and also a gorilla family to look out for and then start the search for the mountain gorillas which will take about 1 to 7 hours depending on their location. During your trek, you will encounter various primate species like the black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, grey mangabeys, and blue monkeys. As your gaze meets the gentle eyes of Africa’s dark-furred Great Apes, you will be allowed to spend a maximum of 1 hour with these majestic creatures as you watch and capture every moment while they go about their day to day activities.
During this time you will learn about their ways of life and also try to relate with them so they become used to human presence, your guide will be available to answer any questions you need to know. You will also stand a chance to see many forest dwellers you meet on your way during the search of gorillas including different species of birds, elephant, and antelopes. If lucky, you can as well see chimpanzees. Bwindi is one of the parks where gorillas and chimpanzees coexist in the same environment, you will then return back to your accommodation for a delicious lunch.
Batwa Community Encounter
Later you will visit the Batwa community who were the early inhabitants of the ancient Impenetrable forest before it became a National park and also a UNESCO World heritage site in 1992 and learn about their social ways of life, how they hunt for food in their ancient ways, visit a Batwa homestead to watch how they dance and also hear ancient legends and their folk songs and then you will return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Engagi Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 10: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park – Night Game Drive in the park
After waking up, you will have your heavy breakfast on your day 10 of your Safari, you will drive to Lake Mburo National park where you will have a hearty lunch. You will spend the entire afternoon relaxing at the lodge as you await an evening to night game drive with an armed park ranger and spotlight torches to help you see nocturnals in the night like hyenas, hares, porcupine, honey badgers, white tailed mongoose, jackals, serval cats, bush pigs, civets, galagos, leopards and also hippos while grazing on short grass. You will then return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Rwakobo Rock or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 11: Nature walk – Drive back to Entebbe International Airport – Fly to Nairobi
After a heavy breakfast on your day 11 of the 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari, you will have an early morning heavy breakfast and then you will proceed for a Nature walk within the park which will take about 2 to 3 hours, this experience in Lake Mburo national park will take you off the main paths and you will go deep into the bush trails to enjoy the park and see herds of zebras, giraffes, Elands, impalas, buffalos, Defassa waterbucks, oribis, leopards, hippos, hyenas, Topis and reedbuck among others. After this unique experience, you will then drive to Entebbe International Airport where you will catch your flight to Nairobi where our guide will pick you up and transfer you to your Hotel for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Nairobi
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Tamarind Tree Hotel or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 12: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park – Game drive
Day 12 will start with a delicious breakfast and thereafter you will be picked up from your Hotel in Nairobi and then transfer to Lake Nakuru located in the Northwestern region of Kenya and it is about 3 hours drive. However, upon reaching, you will check into your accommodation for a hearty lunch and have relaxation. Later you will have a short game drive which will give you sights of mammals like elephants, black and white rhinos, sported hyenas, buffalos and if lucky you will spot leopards, you will later return back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Lake Nakuru National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Lake Nakuru Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 13: Lake Nakuru National Park – Full day Game Drive
Your day 13 of your Safari will have an early morning breakfast and a full day. To explore Lake Nakuru National Park through several game drives. You will have a sunrise game drive since the park seems so beautiful at this time of the day and most animals are usually active. Meanwhile, search for wildlife like waterbucks, impalas, warthogs, elands, hippopotamus, giraffes, African wild dogs and if lucky you will as well spot lions and leopards.
Return to your lodge for a hearty lunch and then Later in the afternoon, you will have a game drive around Lake Nakuru to watch the eye-catching flocks of the Greater and the lesser flamingos which color the shores of Lake Nakuru pink, you will take various memorable pictures and then later proceed to the Rhino sanctuary which is a home to about 100 white rhinos and 50 black rhinos. Finally return back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight.
Location: Lake Nakuru National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Lake Nakuru Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 14: Drive to Maasai Mara National Reserve – Evening Game Drive
Your day 14 will begin with a hot delicious breakfast and thereafter check out of your lodge and transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve which is about 4 hours drive from Lake Nakuru. Upon reaching, you will check into your accommodation for a finger licking lunch and later you will proceed for an evening game drive passing through the dry savannah plains as you look out for species like Elephants, Buffaloes, Rhinos, Lions, impala, hartebeests, roan antelopes, topi, and wildebeest among others. You will then return back to your lodge for your dinner as well as an overnight.
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Zebra Plains Mara Camp or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 15: Maasai Mara National Reserve – Full day Game Drive
After your delicious breakfast, you will embark on a full day game drive with your packed lunch which will give you an encounter with mammal species like zebras, wildebeests, hippos, giraffes, duikers, impala hartebeests, roan antelopes, topi, wildebeest and Thomson’s gazelles, rhinos, buffaloes, elephants and if lucky you will as well spot leopards, lions, hyenas. Later in the evening hours, return back to your lodge with an amazing game drive which will give you sights of more wildlife species to spice up your day. You will then return back for your dinner and an overnight.
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Zebra Plains Mara Camp or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 16: Maasai Mara National Reserve – Morning Game Drive – Maasai Community Encounter
Your day 16 of your Safari will start with an early morning lovely breakfast and thereafter proceed to the park to have an encounter with the Big 5 mammal species including elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinos. You will as well encounter more mammals for example hippos, giraffes, duikers, impala hartebeests, roan antelopes, topi, wildebeest and Thomson’s gazelles among others. Eventually return to your accommodation for a finger licking lunch and have relaxation. Later you will head out to the Maasai Community living near the park for a rich encounter which will give you the definition of a true African Culture. You will then return back for your dinner as well as an overnight.
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Zebra Plains Mara Camp or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 17: Transfer to Northern Serengeti National Park through Isebania Boarder
Day 17 of the 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari will begin with an early morning breakfast and check out of the lodge. You will then embark on morning game drive as you exit Maasai Mara National Reserve to proceed to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It will be a long day of driving but the game drives in and out of the parks will be surprisingly rewarding. You will focus your game drive in the Lobo valley, this area stretches from the Lobo Hills southwards to Seronera and is characterized by green rolling hills which is a pleasant diversion from the much flatter southern plains. However, as the northern Serengeti is much quieter in terms of tourist traffic, it may be worth considering as you will cross this landscape of open grasslands with sprinkles of dense woodlands in complete privacy. Dinner and overnight will be at your lodge.
Location: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 18: Serengeti National Park – Full Day Game drive in Seronera
Day 18 of your safari will have an early morning delicious breakfast and thereafter drive to the Seronera area for a full day exploring this world’s most famous and wildlife sanctuary. You will view the nocturnal predators as they return from hunting and the animals waking up in early morning light. Depending on the time of the year, you can expect to see the migration of millions of Wildebeests and zebras. Other mammal species you will see for instance giraffes, antelopes, monkeys, baboons, hippos, antelopes, the Big 5 including the lions, elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, leopards and many bird species. You will have your picnic lunch as you enjoy the beauty of the park, later in the evening you will return to your accommodation for your dinner as well as an overnight.
Location: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 19: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge with Afternoon Game drive
You will start your day 19 with a lovely morning breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes. Via the Olduvai Gorge where it is believed the cradle of mankind began. While here, you will encounter and learn about the fossils. Stone tools and the skeletons of many extinct animals excavated in the gorge. Thereafter transfer with an afternoon game drive to Ngorongoro Crater. Which is not only called Africa’s Eden. But also the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World, a visit to the crater is a main draw card for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction.
Furthermore, Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor is dotted with watering holes, which shelters 25,000 animals. You will enjoy your picnic lunch as you view the wildlife. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhinos then return to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist.
Location: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation Option:
| Mid-Range | Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge or similar |
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
Day 20: Ngorongoro Crater – Morning Game drive – Transfer back to Arusha
Lastly on your final day of the Safari, you will have your breakfast and check out of your lodge. You will thereafter descend into the Crater floor which is about 260 sqkm with a depth of over 2000 feet. This 5 hours game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of wildlife action which has not to be missed. Therefore keep your Cameras ready, you will spot the African elephant, Black rhino, buffalos, Hippos, Cheetahs, Hyenas, and Lions are found in plenty. You will later begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. And then transfer to Arusha where you will catch your departure flight back home.
Thank you so much for specifically choosing Paradise Adventure Vacations on the 20 Days Uganda Kenya and Tanzania Safari and we hope to see you again!!!
Location: Arusha
Accommodation Option: No
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
The Safari Package Includes:
- Return airport transfers (pick up and drop off)
- Private transport for 20 days in a well-modified safari Extended land-cruiser (4WD,air-conditioned and pop-up roof)
- Fuel for 20 days
- English safari driver guide for 20 days
- Mid-range accommodation for 19 nights on full board (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
- All en-route meals and bottled mineral water throughout your tour
- All activities and park entrance fees and all applicable government taxes
- 1 Rhino Tracking Permit per person in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
- Boat Cruise to bottom of falls in Murchison Falls National Park
- Hike to Top of falls in Murchison Falls National Park
- Game Drives in Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Lake Nakuru, Maasai Mara National reserve, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
- Launch Cruise along the Kazinga channel
- Crater Lake Exploration
- 1 Chimpanzee Tracking Permit per person in Kibale Forest National Park
- 1 Gorilla Trekking Permit per person in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
- Batwa Community Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
- Night Game drive in Lake Mburo National Park
- Nature walk safari in Lake Mburo National Park
- Maasai Community Encounter in Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey
The Safari Package Excludes:
- International and Domestic flights
- Optional Night Game Drive in Murchison Falls at an Extra $100 per person
- Optional Experiential Lion and Leopard Tracking at an Extra $250 per person
- Country entry visa
- Personal travel insurance
- Items of personal nature/laundry/telephone charges
- Souvenirs and gifts, Tips
- Alcoholic and other soft drinks (sodas, special juice order at the lodge and wines)
