6 Days Serengeti and Rwanda Gorilla tracking
6 Days Serengeti and Rwanda Gorilla: This tour will give you an opportunity to trek the endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s volcanoes national park, enjoy game drive in two parks for example Ngorongoro and Serengeti national parks. Combining the love of gorillas and that wildlife is regarded as memorable moment one should not love to miss.
Trip highlight
Pick up from hotel in Arusha/airport and transfer to Serengeti national park
Morning and afternoon game drives
Serengeti to Arusha
Arusha to Kigali to Volcanoes
Gorilla tracking
Departure
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up from hotel in Arusha/airport and transfer to Serengeti national park
Our safari guide/driver will pick you up from your Arusha hotel after breakfast, gets you briefed about the all trip 6 Days Serengeti and Rwanda Gorilla tracking. You drive through the Great Rift Valley area on this scenic trip to the wildlife mecca. Then across Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater, with a stop at the Crater View Point. Passing through the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area which is home to a large population of migratory animals.
After we proceed inside the park with our en-route game drive. We have a chance to view a wide range of animal species not forgetting the African big five (Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Buffaloes, and Rhinos) other visible games for instance Giraffes, Hyenas, Cheetahs, topis, gazelles, wildebeests, zebras mention but a few. Later check in our lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: morning and afternoon game drives
After a hearty breakfast embark on a morning game drive in the central part of the Serengeti National Park Area (seronera) area. This place is known as the best place for sighting lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, Elephants, wildebeests, zebras, Cheetahs, Gazelles, and many others. After this wonderful experience, retire back to the lodge to the lodge for lunch, or if far we get to the Information center and open our lunch boxes. In the afternoon go for the new encounter for the missed animals. This time we head in a different direction for the new experience. We choose to visit hippo pools or extend to the North to look for the Rhinos and other games. Dinner and overnight at
Location: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Options
Luxury: Four Seasons Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Asilia Dunia Camp
Budget: Usanja Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water Throughout
Day 3: Serengeti to Ngorongoro to Arusha
On this day we drive to Ngorongoro crater after an early breakfast at the lodge. Expect to have a good view of more animals and birds en route as we exit Serengeti national park and enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will get surprised to see humans and wildlife living peacefully in this conservation areas. Continue to the entry point of the crater where we stop for the aerial views of the crater. After descending down to the 600 meters deep crater for the game drive. You will stand a chance get close to the big game like Rhinos, Elephants, Leopards, Lions, hyenas, buffaloes, Jackals, gazelles, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, and many others. Ascend and exit the crater and we drive to Arusha, check-in our hotel for dinner and overnight.6 Days Serengeti and Rwanda Gorilla
Day 4: Arusha to Kigali to Volcanoes
Wake up early for breakfast and say goodbye to Tanzania our safari guide will transfer you to Arusha airport to catch-up a flight to Kigali Rwanda. Our driver-guide will be waiting for you at Kigali International Airport. Upon arrival, you will meet up with our company safari guide/ driver who will brief you bout the Rwanda safari, the safari will start with a city tour before proceeding for lunch. After lunch, you will head to Volcanoes national park, check in to your pre-booked accommodation for dinner, and overnight at the lodge.
Location: volcanoes National Park
Accommodation option:
Luxury: Mountain gorilla View Lodge, Bisate Lodge / Five Volcanoes
Midrange: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge, Lembou Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Muhabura Hote, Garden Palace Hotel or Kinigi Guest House
Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch as well as dinner.
Drinking Water throughout
Day 5: Gorilla tracking in volcanoes national park
After an early breakfast, you will proceed to the park headquarters at 8.00am for a short briefing about gorilla trekking. Later, embark on the astonishing journey of Mountain gorilla trekking, which is known as the most done safari activity in the park the activity involves some physical training on the part of the hikers. The time taken to meet the gorilla is unpredictable, however, the trek may go from between 1 and 6 hours on most occasions, and meeting them depends on where they were last spent their night from. Ounce they are met, you are strictly allowed to spend 1 hour with the gorillas.
It’s a joy to watch them dance, guard each other, learn their behaviors as you take photos and videos with them. Not only gorilla, but Hikers would have the opportunity to see other wildlife that exists in the park including the golden monkeys, buffaloes, and birds while trekking. After this wonderful experience, you will drive back to the lodge for relaxation as we open our lunch boxes at the park headquarters. Later drive back to our lodge. If the evening is free, go for a cultural walk to the cultural centers around. Finally Dinner and overnight at our lodge.6 Days Serengeti and Rwanda Gorilla
Location: volcanoes National Park
Accommodation option:
Luxury: Mountain gorilla View Lodge, Bisate Lodge / Five Volcanoes
Midrange: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge, Lembou Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Muhabura Hote, Garden Palace Hotel or Kinigi Guest House
Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch as well as dinner.
Drinking Water throughout
Day 6: Departure
Before signing out, you will wake up leisurely for a hearty breakfast and get up early and enjoy a morning breakfast. Following that, your driver guide will move you to Kigali city, where you will have a brief opportunity to shop at local markets for souvenirs or visit Kigali Genocide memorial. If time is still there, you can also stop by the pottery project and the Franco-Rwandan cultural center. Later you will be driven to the park headquarters to meet your departure flight back home.
Thus the End of your 6 Days Serengeti and Rwanda Gorilla tracking
Tour costs include the following
- Park fees (non-residents)
- All activities that are shown in the itinerary
- Professional driver/ tour guide
- All transfers (airport pick up and drops)
- All Taxes
- All transportation
- Meals (as specified in a day by day section)
- Drinking water all days
Tour costs Excludes
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and after the trip
- Tips
- Government imposed increased of taxes and park fees
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visas etc)
- Laundry
- Optional activities (not detailed in the above itinerary)