16 days Ngorongoro,Serengeti, Manyara, Dar-es-Salaam, Bagamoyo, Zanzibar, Kampala,Bwindi, St Elizabeth National Park.
Day 1: Ngorongoro
Early morning departure from Nairobi for Tanzania, crossing the border at Namanga where our Tanzania guides will meet you. Drive on to Arusha for lunch and continue to the Ngorongoro Crater. Later afternoon arrival at the Wildlife Lodge, built on the rim of the crater and offering some breathtaking views. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Village Lodge.
Day 2: Ngorongoro
Breakfast at the Lodge and drive down to the Ngorongoro Crater floor for a full day's game viewing. the 100sq. miles crater is host to rhino, elephant, lion, Zebra and wildebeest. Enjoy a picnic lunch before ascending the crater wall back to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge.
Day 3: Serengeti
Breakfast and continue to the vast Serengeti National Park. Stopping at Olduvai Gorge, sight of the famous archeological finds by the Leaky family. Lunch at the Seronera Wildlife Lodge and afternoon game viewing where large herds of wildebeest, Zebra and gazelle roam the plains. dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge.
Day 4: Serengeti
Breakfast and a morning game drive taking you to a different part of the Serengeti is famous for its annual migration when millions of wildebeest and Zebra set off for the Masai Mara in search of water and better grazing grounds. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildebeest Lodge.
Day 5: Lake Manyara
An early breakfast and depart for Lake Manyara Hotel, perched o an escarpment overlooking the Rift Valley. An afternoon game viewing drive looking for the famous tree-climbing lions. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel.
Day 6: Arusha /Dar es Salaam
Breakfast at Manyara and drive to Arusha for an early lunch. Transfer to Arusha airport for a flight to Dar-es-salaam. Overnight at a budget hotel.
Day 7: Dar es salaam / Bagamoyo
Depart at 0830 hrs drive North of Dar-es-salaam and visit the kaole Ruins. Then drive for dinner and overnight at hotel, bed and breakfast.
Day 8: Bagamoyo - Zanzibar Visit the catholic museum, learn about the slave trade, early European explorers Burton,Speke and Stanley are seen. The chapel where Livingstone's body was laid before being sent to Westminster Abbey.
a) By Road: After lunch, drive to Dar-es-salaam on time to pick the 1630hrs boat to Zanzibar, overnight at the hotel, bed & breakfast.
b) By plane to Zanzibar, overnight at the hotel,
Day 9: Zanzibar
After breakfast visit the narrow streets of Zanzibar in stone town, overnight at the hotel, bed & breakfast.
Day 10: Zanzibar / Dar-es-salaam
After breakfast depart for leisure and later return to Dar-es-salaam by means of a boat.
Day 11: Dar-es-salaam / Kampala
Leave Dar-es-salaam by means of air and arrive at Kampala. The rest of the day at leisure as you prepare for a safari.
Day 12: Kampala / Bwindi
Leave Kampala after an early breakfast heading southwest. Cross the equator, stop at traditional drum maker workshops; pass through the Mburo region with its characteristic of acacia woodland. Stop in kabala, which was once known as the "Switzerland of Africa" due to its misty hills. Proceed to Buhoma at the base of Bwindi for dinner and overnight.
Day 13: Bwindi
After an early breakfast, meet your guides at the entrance of the forest for a briefing before ascending into the forest. Spend a magical and humbling time with the gorillas before returning to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 14: Bwindi / Queen Elizabeth National park
Check out of the lodge after breakfast and head for Queen Elizabeth park with a welcome from Lake Nyamunuka towards the park headquarters. Check in Mweya safari lodge and prepare for a launch trip along the Kazinga channel where you will see different animal species. For a birder, this is the best time where birds like the kingfisher and different pelican types may be seen. Dinner and overnight at Mweya safari lodge.
Day 15: Queen Elizabeth National park
After breakfast, prepare for a game drive around the park where different animal species may be seen like the kob (at the kob lek), elephant, bush buck, buffalo,and the warthog. Return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, have a short siesta before going for an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight.
Day 16: Queen Elizabeth National Park / Kampala
Check out at the hotel and have the last game drive en route as you depart for Kampala.
Gorilla permit us $360 per person

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