8 Day Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari Tours : Eight days the famous Serengeti National Park safaris will be visited as part of the Serengeti and Bwindi Safari, which begins in Arusha and takes you on a drive across the wide savannah plains in search of various animal species.
While in Uganda, you will also take part in a gorilla trekking expedition in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
These two countries offer the best African safari tour; you will get time to explore their richness diverse of wildlife and cultural experiences.
Day 1: Welcome to Tanzania
One of our East Africa Safari Guides transfer representatives will be waiting to greet you upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK). They will then drive you to the hotel situated on the outskirts of Arusha town, where you can rest after a tiring flight.
Depending on when you arrive, either dinner or lunch will be provided. We will complete the briefing for your planned Tanzania safari tour today. Our director will meet with you in person and express gratitude for selecting East Africa Safari Tours to be your tour guide in Tanzania.
Stay the night in Arusha at the Maasai Land Safari Hotel
Day 2: Arusha to Serengeti National Park
You will begin a lengthy trip to the Serengeti National park with your own safari guide; you will see a lot of things on the way, so you shouldn’t get bored of the lengthy drive. The Maasai Village, where you will pass, provides the ultimate experience as well.
The Ngorongoro Highlands must be crossed in order to enter Serengeti National Park. You’ll observe a lot of wildlife along the route because this is a wildlife zone. Africa’s biggest ecosystem, the Serengeti National Park, boasts unparalleled natural treasures, including grassland, wetlands, tiny plateaus, and kopjes that serve as havens for lions and cheetahs. The Serengeti’s wildlife is at its peak all year round. Nevertheless, our East Africa Safari Guides staff will make recommendations based on the months you visit to make sure you take advantage of everything the Serengeti has to offer. The park has brief rains in November and December, which coincides with the wildebeest migration’s movement south to the Serengeti/Ndutu region. There’s a lot of rain from April to the beginning of June. Following the Grumeti and Mbalageti rivers, herds migrate to the Western Serengeti National Park, where they then disperse throughout the plains of Singita Game Reserve. From July through October, this circle follows the same route. Looks like all the herds are in the northern Serengeti, where people go to witness the enchanted river crossing. However, a visitor needs stay in the northern region for at least two nights in order to observe the river crossing.
For the following two nights, you will spend your time at Tanzania Bush Camps located in the center Serengeti.
Day 3: Full day game viewing in Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast at your lodge on the third day of your eight-day safari through the Serengeti and Bwindi, your guide will take you on a morning game viewing experience through the central region of the Serengeti National Park, where you will look for a variety of wildlife species, including lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, kudu, rhinos, Gazelle, Eland, Crocodiles and Hartebeest to name a few.
Following lunch, you will go on a game drive around the Serengeti National Park in the afternoon, searching for various animal species. Afterward, you will return to Tanzania Bush Camps for supper and an overnight stay.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
After breakfast in the morning, head to the Ngorongoro Crater with your guide to witness the Big Five. This is a safe refuge for wildlife enthusiasts. The remainder of the day will be spent on a wildlife drive before you head back to Arusha town. You’re going to be here in the evening.
More than 30,0000 wild creatures, including lions, cheetahs, leopards, hippos, wild dogs, hyenas, and more than 500 bird species, call the crater savannah home.
At the Oldupai Gorge historical site, this park—one of Africa’s seven wonders—contains a large portion of the history of human evolution.
Stay at: Maasai Land Safari Hotel
Day 5: Transfer to the airport for your flight to Kampala
On the 5th day of your 8 Day Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari Tours, Morning after your breakfast depending on your flight you will be taken to the airport to catch the Kampala, after arrive in Entebbe airport our Ugandan representative will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for relaxation, if time permit then you will explore the Kampala city at your own pace.
Stay at: Forest Cottages
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Following breakfast at your accommodation, you will travel to Bwindi National Park, stopping along the way to enjoy lunch in Mbarara and near the equator.
As you get ready for supper and the night, you will travel to your lodge in the national park after lunch to check in.
Stay at: Buhoma haven lodge
Day 7: Gorilla trekking tour in Bwindi National Park
On the seventh day of your 8 Day Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla safari Tours, we will rise early for breakfast at your lodge in preparation for the day’s gorilla trekking activities. You will bring your lunch for the trek through Gorilla Adventure. Before the gorilla trekking adventure, you will be briefed by park rangers upon arriving at the park headquarters. Following the briefing, you will view gorillas in the Bwindi forest.
Typically, you will spend 1 hour with gorilla, and it can take up to eight hours to get where they are depending on their last day movement. After spending time with these primates and take picture you will return to where you started trekking, transfer guide will be ready to drive you back to your lodge.
Stay at: Buhoma haven lodge
Day 8: Transfer home
After breakfast, your personal driver will be there to drive you to Entebbe to catch the flight back home.
This mark the end of your East Africa Safari adventure, we hope you had an amazing time with East Africa Safari Guides.
Inclusions:
- All three days of game drives;
- All Park admission fees;
- Transportation throughout the three days;
- Purified mineral drinking water;
- Tanzania & Uganda government taxes
- Best Safari Guide (Advice on language selection at time of booking)
- Safari hotels and Tented Camps
- Gorilla permits
Exclusions:
- Regional and international flights;
- Additional monies for your nature;
- Tips;
- Drinks other than mineral water;
- Visa fees
