16 Days Best Of Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda Wildlife Safaris

Day 1: Nairobi

Arrive in Nairobi -capital city of Kenya- and transferred to your  - Eka Hotel - where you are booked on Bed & Breakfast

Day 2: Nairobi-Kigali

After breakfast,  you will be transferred to Nairobi airport (JKIA) and take a flight to Kigali -flight departs at 10:30AM and arrive Kigali at 11:45AM  -once you arrive at  Kigali International Airport. Met by a East Africa Adventure Tours & Safaris representative, outside the Airport Arrivals section, and transferred to your Kigali hotel.  Rest of the day/evening at leisure at your hotel, with dinner on own arrangements.

Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis: -Lemigo Hotel.

Day 3: Kigali/ Volcanoes National Park

Breakfast at your hotel/guest house, followed by check-out. Thereafter, join your safari driver-guide for a morning tour of Rwanda Kigali  City (cost of city tour included).

The history of Rwanda dates back centuries, Kigali has been a part of it for 100 years. Founded in 1907 as a German settlement, Kigali did not become the capital until Rwanda’s independence in 1962 when it replaced the colonial seat of power in Butare.

Visit the Kandt museum, see old Kigali and the craft centres then visit the genocide memorial site. Learn about Rwanda’s history from pre-colonial times to the 1994 genocide; learn about other genocides in the world and how this country has dealt with that past.

Tour more and see the new developments in Rwanda; the recovery has been incredible, a testament to humankind’s resilience.

At the end of the city tour, enjoy lunch at one of Kigali’s popular restaurants (cost of lunch included).

Later, depart and drive north-west of the country to the Ruhengeri area, at the foothills of the Volcanoes Mountains. 2.5hrs

The Volcanoes National Park lies in north-western Rwanda and borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. The national park is known as a haven for the mountain gorilla. It is home to five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga Mountains (Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo), which are covered in rainforest and bamboo. The park was the base for the zoologist Dian Fossey.

Day 4: Volcanoes National Park/Gorilla Trek

Early breakfast at your lodge/hotel/guest house. 0630hrs: You driver-guide will transfer you to the Volcanoes National Park Headquarters, for registration of your gorilla trekking experience.

Registration – this is a simple process, involving verification of the trekkers booked for the day, by scrutinizing the permits presented and passport details – which also provides statistical information per nationality. The park staff also determine and allocate the trekking participants to respective gorilla family to visit - based on a certain criteria, such as participant age, fitness level, repeat visit, or overall number of participants for the day. They advise of the trekking times and conditions to the various groups based upon their location in the park the previous evening. There are currently a total of 80 gorilla permits available each day with a maximum of eight trekkers visiting any one group.

Once the trekkers are grouped, each group’s lead-guide/tracker briefs his group’s members of the Gorilla trekking procedures - as well as the “do’s” and “don’ts”, while in the presence of Gorillas. After the briefing, trekkers return to their respective vehicles for the drive up to the starting point of Gorilla trekking safari - “parking”, or road-head.

Your trek starts in the cultivated foothills of the Virunga’s offering stirring views in all directions.

When it enters the national park, trekkers will be immersed in the mysterious intimacy of the rainforest, alive with the colorful

Day 5: Volcanoes National Park/Kigali/Depart

Early breakfast at your hotel/lodge/guest house. 0630hrs: After breakfast, your driver-guide will transfer you to the park headquarters for registration of your Golden Monkey trek. Trekking to see the Golden Monkeys is another highlight of Volcanoes National Park.

The Golden Monkey is a local sub-species of the widespread Sykes Monkey, also known as the “Blue Monkey” and is endemic to the high altitude forests of the Volcanoes National Park area. The monkeys are playful and inquisitive and often spend their time leaping from bamboo branches or frolicking on the forest floor. Just as with the Mountain Gorillas, visitors are permitted to stay for only 1 hour with the Golden Monkeys.

At the end of the trek, rejoin your driver-guide for a transfer back to the lodge/hotel/guest house for freshening up and lunch. After lunch, depart and drive down the foothills of the volcanoes - on the scenic journey back to Kigali. (2.5 hrs)

Everything and everywhere, sheer green and hangings on the hills - Rwanda truly, land of a thousand fertile green hills! Arrive in Kigali in the late afternoon, with onward transfer to Kigali International Airport  -and fly to Nairobi - flight departs at 18:00Hrs and arrive in Nairobi Kenya at 19:30Hrs-you will be met at the Nairobi airport and transferred to Eka Hotel -on Bed & Breakfast.

Day 6: Nairobi-Masai Mara

After breakfast, start your safari -pickup time will be 7:00AM, Masai Mara is one of East Africa’s most famous reserves, The Mara consists of undulating hills and great rolling grasslands that sustain some of the most varied wildlife in Africa, if not the world. Arrive in time for lunch at –Masai Mara Sarova Luxury Tented Camp or Masai Mara Leisure Tented Camp-. Afternoon game viewing, where lion, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, buffalo, wildebeest, gazelle and other plains game abound, not forgetting the hundreds of species of birds. Dinner and overnight in-Masai Mara Sarova or Masai Mara Leisure Tented Camp.

Approximate Transit time -5 Hour drive

Day 7: Masai Mara

Full  day dedicated to game viewing -from 8:00AM to 5:30PM - in Masai Mara Reserver. You can watch a lion, cheetah or leopard hunting or feasting on its kill. Option of a visit to a Masai village or a hot-air balloon ride that starts at 06.00 am and ends with a Champagne breakfast on the plains. What an exhilarating experience! All meals and overnight at Masai Mara Mara Sarova or Mara Leisure Tented Camp.

Day 8: Masai Mara-Lake Nakuru

After breakfast and depart Masai Mara for Lake Nakuru national park, which is famous for its millions of seasonal pink flamingos and other aquatic birds. Game drive en route to –Flamingo Hill Camp- for lunch. Afternoon out for another game tracking session around the lake, where rhino, zebra, gazelle, buffalo, leopard, and water buck can easily and closely be spotted. Dinner and overnight at –Flamingo Hill Camp.

Approximate Transit time: 4 Hour drive

Day 9: Lake  Nakuru-Amboseli

Early morning breakfast, after which drive to Amboseli National Park. Arrive for lunch. After lunch game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at-Ol Tukai  Lodge.

Approximate Transit time: 5 Hour drive

Day 10: Amboseli-Namanga-Tanzania-Arusha-Manyara

Early morning breakfast, after which start a morning game drive enroute as you exit the park. Continue to Namanga border.  Exchange vehicles at Namanga Border  and enter Tanzania then proceed to Arusha town for lunch at Impala Hotel. After lunch proceed to Lake Manyara.  Afternoon game drive around the lake. Dinner and overnight at –Lake Manyara Wildife Camp.

Approximate Transit time: 5 Hour drive

Day 11: Lake Manyara-Ngorongoro

After breakfast another game drive until lunch time. After lunch drive to Ngorongoro C, arrive for dinner and overnight at –Ganako Luxury Lodge.

Approximate Transit time: 1- Hour drive

Day 12: Ngorongoro

After early morning breakfast,-visit the Ngorongoro crater with picnic lunches. Dinner and overnight at –Ngorongoro Sopa  Lodge

Day 13: Ngorongoro-Serengeti

After breakfast –drive to Serengeti . Arrive for lunch at Mbalageti  Lodge- Afternoon safari in the park. Dinner and overnight at –Mbalageti Lodge.

Approximate Transit time:2 - Hour drive

Day 14: Serengeti

Full day safari in Serengeti. All meals and overnight at -Mbalageti Lodge.

Day 15: Serengeti-Arusha

After breakfast, game drive in the park. up to lunch time. After lunch drive to Arusha.  Arrive for dinner and overnight at -Kibo Palace Hotel.

Approximate Transit time:2 - Hour drive

Day 16: Arusha -Nairobi

After breakfast,  you will be transferred to Namanga border-exchange vehicles and proceed to Nairobi.

Price US $ -7,999.00 -per person

What’s included on the price of the safari

•    Transport based on customized -4x4 -Land cruiser (JEEP)  -with pop roof and UHF Radio.

•    Transport in a 4x4 Land cruiser (JEEP) in Tanzania.

•    All applicable game Park Entrance fees.

•    Finest accommodation as indicated in the itinerary.

•    Flight -Nairobi-Kigali-Nairobi.

•    Three meals a day while on Safari.

•    Airport picks up on arrival in Nairobi.

•    Professional Safari Guide/Driver.

•    1 Gorilla Permit.

•    Guaranteed departures for two or more passengers booking this safari.

•    Round trip transport from Nairobi to the designated National Park.

•    Pre–tour itinerary document.

•    Extensive and unlimited Game drives.

What’s not included on the price of the safari

•    Personal expense such as communication charges like emails, faxes, and phone calls.

•    Golden Monkey Trek.

•    Gratuities to driver/guides and other conveyance attendants.

•    Hot air balloon ride.

•    Masai village visit.

•    Drinks like sodas, water, beer and wines.

•    Gratuity for the driver guide and waiter.

•    Laundry.

•    The cost of obtaining visa.

•    Pre- tour accommodation which can be arranged on request.

We accept online payments –but all payments attract 5% surcharge bank transaction fees.