21-Days Mid Range Lodge (Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda)

At Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) on arrival in Tanzania you will meet with one of our company representative who will welcome you and transfer you from the airport to Arusha town. You will spend the night in this busy tourist town, where you will get short briefing from our representative at hotel and leave you to relax for while, in evening you will get dinner and overnight stay at Venus Premier Hotel  or another hotel of the same category.

Meal Plan: Dinner.

After your breakfast and picnic lunch you will start drive from Arusha city to Tarangire National park which takes 2 hours, then you will enjoy  morning game viewing in Tarangire National Park as Tarangire is a beautiful park filled with Baobabs and Acacias with a large variety of game such as zebras, elephants, giraffes, and water buck. After  game drive you will get dinner and overnight stay at Heart and Soul Lodge or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast in morning and your picnic lunch will drive way to Lake Manyara for game drive. Lake Manyara National park, the park has more than 400 species and  which are famous for availability of climbing lions tree and flamingos on the lake. After game drive you will drive to campsite for dinner and overnight stay at Heart and Soul Lodge or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Breakfast at morning hours and drive to Lake Eyasi, home to the Hadzabe people, a reclusive tribe of bushmen who live as they did 10, 000 years ago. The Hadzabe are among the last hunter-gatherers of Africa. You will be fascinated by their clicking language and hunting techniques. You will have a nature walking tour around the Hadzabe community and  participate in hunting with them or to watch/ dance their traditional songs. While your dinner and overnight stay   at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge  or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast, drive to Serengeti National Park Onaway pass to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, it takes 3 to 5hours by drive ride. Serengeti Tanzania’s most famous and largest national park and one of the most spectacular parks in the world. The “endless plains” cover some 14,763 square kilometers including large plains, short grass plains, kopjes, and lakes Game viewing en-route, Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Wilderness Tented Camp or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

This day after breakfast morning, we will take your packed lunch for a full day game drives in the wilderness tracking the Great migration trails. Thorough explanation about this great world event that Tanzania proud of will be provided. And in the evening as the sun goes down, drive back for dinner and overnight at Serengeti Wilderness Camp or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast in the morning you will continue with game drive in North Serengeti, just to experience great wildebeest Migration, in the afternoon hours you will drive back to Central Serengeti National park, you will get dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Wilderness Camp or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast you will continue your tour of the Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro. On the way you will pass the Olduvai Gorge which became world known due to the archeological work of the English research couple Leaky. In the sixties here they found the oldest remains of prehistoric man and in a small museum nearby their work is documented (a visit is optional). As soon as the crater’s edge is reached you will have a superb view into the crater. In the evening you will get dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Ang'ata Tented Camp or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast and your picnic lunch then you will descend into the Crater floor to do a full day game drive which is famous for spotting all the AFRICAN BIG FIVE Rhino, Lion, Leopard, Buffalo and Elephant live in this wonderful caldera, others are Zebra, Hippo,Wildebeest, Hyena and more Birds includes flamingos on the Soda lake, Geese, Storks and Vultures. In the late afternoon hours you will get drive to Karatu you will get dinner and overnight stay at Octagon Lodge or Similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast in the morning you will get drive to masai village you will learn the culture of masai people like their dressing style, cooking style, dancing style, and the whole history of masai people. After your trip you will get drive back to Arusha you will get overnight stay at at Venus Premier Hotel or another hotel of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast in the morning you will get drive to Airport to catch your flight to Kenya. Arrive in Nairobi, gateway to your thrilling safari in Kenya; transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is yours to rest, acclimate to your new time zone and prepare for the African adventure that awaits you. Rest of the day at leisure with option of taking extra activity at an extra cost. You will get overnight stay at Nairobi Serena Lodge or another hotel of the same category.

Meal Plan: Dinner.

After an early breakfast we continue our safari by heading to the world-famous Maasai Mara, arriving for lunch at Lodge where we will stay for 2 nights. You will explore the wonderful masai mara in the evening you will get overnight stay at Zebra Plains Lodge or another Lodge of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Wake before the dawn for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness a Masai Mara sunrise. After a quick cup of coffee, you'll head out into the park to watch as the sun sets fire to the savannah and the big cats take advantage of the morning cool to search for a meal.

Alternatively, you can take to the skies with a hot air balloon safari that will see you soar above all of the action before setting down on the plains for a champagne breakfast among the wildlife.

You'll then return to your lodge for a late breakfast before packing a picnic lunch and heading back out into the park for a day-long exploration of the Masai Mara.

The ecosystem hosts over 95 animal species and they include large herds of elephants and buffaloes meandering the plains, the hippo pools in the Mara brown rivers, Masai giraffes, topis, grant and Thompson’s gazelles, zebras, plenty of Nile crocodiles, blue- and red-tailed monkeys and tree hyraxes. An abundance of herbivores definitely makes it an ideal hunting ground for predators - and therefore a comfy home of Kenya's famous big cats. The lions, leopards, cheetahs, spotted hyenas and jackals can be seen easily. After a day full of excitement, you’ll return to your lodge for overnight stay at Zebra Plains Lodge or another lodge of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast in the morning you will continue will another amazing full day game drive at Masai Mara National park, in the evening hours you will get dinner and overnight stay at Zebra Plains Lodge or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast you will drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, you continue driving through the stunning scenery to explore Lake Nakuru National Park. The woodland and grassland surrounding the soda lake are home to an abundance of wildlife including black rhino, white rhino, hippo, leopard, lion and the rare Rothschild giraffe. In the evening you will get o vernight stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge or another Lodge of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After an early breakfast we continue our safari by heading to Lake Nakuru National Park, you will have an optional to do boat ride tour at the shore of Lake Naivasha for an extra cost (US$50). You will continue with drive back to Nairobi, you will check in and have overnight stay at Nairobi Serena Lodge or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast you will get drive to airport just to catch your flight to Uganda. On arrival at Entebbe International airport, you will meet with one of representative company who will usher you, you will get drive drive to your hotel in Entebbe city, you will get a short briefing from our company representative then leave you to relax in the evening you will get dinner and overnight stay at 2 Friends Beach Hotel or another hotel of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After your breakfast in the morning you will meet with your tour driver guide at your hotel, then start your journey to Kibale Forest National Park, which is famously known for its biggest population of chimpanzees, amounting to more than 1500 individual chimpanzees, and some of these are well habituated for tourism and research. The park is also referred to as Africa’s primate capital, with over 13 primate species recorded than any national park or wildlife reserve in Africa, hence making the park a primate lover’s haven. The park is also home to East Africa’s largest populations of the threatened and rare L’hoest’s monkey and red colobus monkeys. While at Kibale Forest national park, you will see several primates such as the black-and-white colobus, blue monkeys, red-tailed olive baboons, grey-cheeked mangabeys, and over 375 species of birds. Along the way to Kibale Forest national park, you will enjoy the spectacular views of tea estates, several forests, and the shadow of the legendary Rwenzori Mountain that forms a mystic backdrop to the beautiful volcanic landscape. Have a stopover in Fort Portal City to have lunch, move around the city on foot and later continue with your journey to the park to check in at your booked lodge and later drive to Bigodi Swamp for a nature walk and community experience.

Bigodi sanctuary swamp is punctuated by biodiversity and lovely scenery and is a paradise for bird lovers, with over 138 bird species and eight species of primates. These include the grey-cheeked mangabey, black-and-white colobus, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and olive baboons, plus other mammals like bushbucks and mongooses can also be found here. The swamp is managed by the surrounding local community with the purpose of preserving exclusive environmental features along with the wetland for future generations. So, during this walk, you will have an opportunity to spot several monkeys and bird species. The Bigodi community walk, will take you through the nearby community to have a chance to interact with local people to learn how they harmoniously live with wildlife species, take you through how they locally do their daily activities without applying modern technology, such as making nice gins from bananas, making delicious coffee, and making art crafts. Return to your lodge after the walk to relax, be served dinner, and an overnight. Isunga Safari Lodge or another Lodge of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast, meet your safari guide and transfer to the park information offices to join other guests for a briefing about the dos and don’ts to follow while looking for chimpanzees in the forest, and how to behave around chimpanzees. Then embark on your guided forest walk to search for the intelligent chimpanzees, the closest living relatives sharing 98.8% of human DNA. During your forest walk, you may encounter other wildlife species, both mammal and bird species, such as other primates, and bush pigs, among others, and your guide will be able to give you a lot of interesting information about everything that you will encounter, which will make your walk so adventurous. Once you meet the chimpanzees, you will spend with them a maximum of one-hour watching how they play in the tree branches, feeding and taking care of their babies, and taking as many photos as you want. After staying with chimpanzees for an hour, return to the starting point to relax, have refreshments plus lunch, and then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park a home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and one of Uganda’s oldest as well as most biologically diverse rainforests, dating back over 25,000 years, with almost 400 tree species that form the huge impenetrable forest that is evergreen. It is home to approximately 500 mountain gorillas, 120 mammal species such as numerous primate species, and over 350 bird species, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics, and is the ancient home of the Batwa bush people. Dinner and an overnight Bakiga Lodge or another Lodge of the same category .

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Uganda wildlife and primate experience safari. Rise very early in the morning (0600 am), pack your backpack with all the recommended equipment you will need during your mountain gorilla trekking experience, such as a camera, binoculars, insect repellents.

Get well-dressed in a recommended style for the best mountain gorilla trekking experience, such as long khaki or jean trousers, long sleeved shirt, water proof hiking boots, a rain jacket, heavy duty gloves, and round hats, and then meet your safari guide to drive to the park information offices to join other guests for the briefing session about how the mountain gorilla trekking experience is done, dos and don’ts, what to expect during the mountain gorilla trekking, and how to behave in the presence of mountain gorillas.

The grouping and mountain gorilla family allocation will be done during the briefing, so you have to communicate with your company guide to choose a family depending on your physical fitness, since some of the families can be far from the starting point and others nearer. We would recommend you hire a porter to help you carry your packed bag and other items you would need during the mountain gorilla trek. After a pre-mountain gorilla trekking session, start your forest walk in search of the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitats. The time taken before encountering your allocated mountain gorilla family is not known, but it may be between 45 minutes and 4 hours depending on the movements and location of the gorilla family. Therefore, you should be physically and mentally prepared to walk a long distance through the forest that is made of hills and with no clear walking trails that are only made at that particular time of tracking by your guide depending on the direction that can easily lead you to the location of the gorilla family. That is why it is recommended to carry enough water to keep you hydrated and snacks to keep you energized since you use a lot of energy when walking through the forest in search of the mountain gorillas.

Once you encounter the mountain gorilla family, the excitement of seeing the mountain gorillas in their natural habitat will outweigh the hardship you went through while searching for them. A mountain gorilla family can be made up of several members, such as the giant silverback, who is always the head and protector of the family, mothers, infants, and juveniles. The time you will spend with the mountain gorillas, you will get to know much about their behaviours, how they socialize and be excited by their actions, like the playful babies, mothers grooming their babies and Mr. Silverback, watching the situation silently as he is ready to protect the family from any kind of attack. You will spend a maximum of one hour with the mountain gorillas and you will be free to capture as many photos and record videos as you want to keep your great memories with the mountain gorilla family in the jungle. After an hour with the mountain gorilla family, return to the trekking start point to receive your mountain trekking certificate in appreciation of your contribution to the conservation of the endangered mountain gorillas in Uganda. Have refreshments, enjoy your full lunch, and then drive to Lake Bunyonyi to relax while enjoying a boat canoeing safari on Lake Bunyonyi. Dinner and an overnight  Bunyonyi Rock Resort or another Lodge of the same category.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Today, wake up at your convenient time, be served breakfast and then go for your morning boat canoeing safari on Lake Bunyonyi, which takes approximately 2 hours of exploring the lake and visiting different islands in the lake with a local canoe guide who is well experienced with the places and all the things around. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by 29 islands of varying sizes across the water, making it one of the most magical views. Each of the 29 islands on Lake Bunyonyi has its own unique and interesting story behind it, which your local guide will narrate to you during the canoeing safari, such as the Akampene island, also known as the "punishment island," which was used by the Biga community to punish girls who would get pregnant before official marriage by isolating them there to death as a way to teach a lesson to the rest not to make the same mistake. So, poor men who could not afford to pay the bride price would go to this island to get free wives from amongst those that could have been exiled to this island. In an African society, it was a disgrace for a girl to get pregnant before her official marriage, and this would cause the family to lose community respect. So, this made parents be strict with their girl children as a way of protecting them. After canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi, return to the lodge to check out, and then start your return journey back to Entebbe international airport to prepare for your return flight. On your way back to Entebbe international airport, you will have a stopover at Igongo cultural museum to visit the museum, which is a cultural heritage of south-western Uganda that will take you centuries back into Uganda’s culture and lifestyle of the western people, and later proceed with your journey to the Uganda Equator line, located in Kayabwe, which is believed to be separating the planet into two parts; the Northern and Southern hemisphere.

While at the equator landmark, you will see the water experiment, which is done to show how forces move differently on each side of the planet and to prove the difference between the two hemispheres. For example, water drains from the funnel in a clockwise motion on the northern hemisphere, whereas it drains down in an anti-clockwise motion on the southern hemisphere. Here, the sun rises and sets rapidly, and the temperatures and weather are largely constant all year through. While at the Equator landmark, take some memorial photos with one foot in the southern hemisphere and another one in the northern hemisphere, which will give you an opportunity to take a photo while standing on both sides of the world at the same time. It is also said that while standing at the equator line, your body weight is reduced by about 3 kg, so you will have a chance to prove this statement right or false. After the water experiment, have lunch, visit the craft shops which sell souvenirs that are made locally and fully in Uganda art style. Later, proceed with your tour straight to Entebbe international airport to catch your flight back home.

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch