10-Day Gorilla Rwanda and Tanzania Luxury Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrive Kigali

Arrive at Kigali International Airport. Upon your arrival, you will meet with our representative and drive to your accommodation for an overnight stay at Kigali Serena Hotel.

Note: Depending on your arrival time, there are some activities to consider. If your flight arrives early, you can discuss this with your consultant during the booking process.

Main Destination:

Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Kigali Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located in Kigali (Rwanda)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Kigali - Volcanoes National Park

Our representative will pick you up from the hotel where you are staying in Kigali. After only 2 hours of driving, you will reach the lodge. The lodge has been built using environmentally friendly local materials such as bamboos made fitted by local community workmanship. We value the environment so much that we have been careful in the design and construction of the Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel to ensure that the environment is not harmed.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August (It is drier and hiking is easier)

High Season June to September (Permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Volcanoes NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

ElephantRare

BuffaloRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel

• Mid-range lodgeless than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Tracking

Today you will start early! From the lodge, you'll drive to the park about 30 minutes to the Office Rwandais du Tourisme et Des Parc Nationaux. The head ranger will divide you into groups based on interest and fitness. From here, your guide will take you as close as possible to the starting point of your tracking. Today you will track one of the habituated gorilla groups who can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day. The time taken to track the gorillas can take as little as half an hour to as much as 8 hrs!
Your track will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorillas’ current location. Your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity, including dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots. Once the gorillas have been located, you will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a humbling and emotional experience.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel

• Mid-range lodgeless than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Return to Kigali - Walking Tour of Nyamirambo

After breakfast (inclusive), you'll drive back to Kigali. Our most popular offering, the walking tour begins at the Women’s Center with a traditional snack, a quick Kinyarwanda language lesson, and an introduction to the centre and its activities. It then weaves through Nyamirambo, one of Kigali’s oldest neighbourhoods. Along the way, guides lead participants into a women's hairdressing salon where the adventurous type can get a free braid. Then into a family compound to pound cassava leaves; by two mosques and a lookout view over Kigali; and into a tailor shop to feel the fabrics you'll otherwise see styled on the streets. The tour concludes with a traditional lunch made and served in the home of Aminatha, the best cook. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Kigali Serena.

Main Destination:

Kigali (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Kigali Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located in Kigali (Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Kigali - Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, drive to Kigali Airport for your flight to Kilimanjaro Airport. Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport in the afternoon, meet your guide and drive to Arusha at Amani Restaurant for lunch. You'll then proceed to Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)

High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoCommon

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LionOccasional

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the escarpment above Lake Manyara NP (Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you'll drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day of game viewing. In this small, but beautiful park with dense forest, you can spot lots of monkeys, giraffes, elephants, impalas, hippos, flamingos and if you are lucky, you may spot the rare tree climbing lions. Apart from the animals, the contrasting landscape is stunning with the biggest diversity of habitats than the Serengeti National Park. For birders, this is your day over 425 species of birds have been recorded here with the highest number of raptors. Late in the afternoon, you'll drive to Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the escarpment above Lake Manyara NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Manyara - Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, take your packed lunch with you and we will set off towards Central Serengeti. Afterwards, we'll visit the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world—Serengeti National Park. The word ‘Serengeti’ means ‘endless plains’, which describes the park’s 5,600 square mile boundary. Yet for its sprawling area, the Serengeti does not disappoint when it comes to rich game-viewing. Annually, from May to December, millions of animals embark on a migration which brings them from Central Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara and back again in an incredible spectacle. Even during the ‘down-time’, vast herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle roam here, along with groups of elephant, giraffe, and buffalo. As the lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals stalk their meals, we'll enjoy a picnic lunch in this open arena. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Ole Serai Luxury Camp.

Main Destination:

Central Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Ole Serai Luxury Camp - Moru Kopjes

• Luxury tented camp located inside Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park

The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. This park is the oldest and most famous in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes—short grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called kopjes dot the grassy landscape where predators are often seen. The Serengeti is famous for the yearly migration when hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras trek to find fresh grass and water. Game viewing is good all year round with great sightings of lions, cheetahs, leopards, hippos, and giraffes. In the evening, drive to your camp at Ole Serai Luxury Camp.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Ole Serai Luxury Camp - Moru Kopjes

• Luxury tented camp located inside Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater

After an early breakfast, you will head out for another game drive in the Serengeti. You might be able to spot the “Big Five”—lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard—before embarking on your journey to the Ngorongoro Crater. The animals roam freely through the unfenced reserves offering you an uninterrupted game viewing experience. Arriving at the edge of the crater, you will have your first glimpse of what awaits you the following day—glistening streams, open grassland and an infinite amount of animals. You will spend the night at a campsite directly on the crater’s edge with the orange glow of sunset surrounding you as you drift off to sleep. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

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ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha

After early breakfast at around 5:50 am, descend down crater at 6:00 am for 6-7 hours of game drive, with a picnic lunch. We will venture onto the crater floor for an up close at the residents of this World Heritage Site. We'll also enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. In the afternoon, drive back to Arusha. Be dropped off at your accommodation in Arusha or straight to the airport. End of Service!

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.