15-Days Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania & Zanzibar Luxury Safari – 1 night Kigali | 2 nights Volcanoes National Park | 1 night Nairobi | 3 nights Masai Mara National Reserve | 2 nights Serengeti National Park | 2 nights Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 3 nights Zanzibar.
Day1: Arrival in Kigali
Upon arrival at the airport you will be welcomed and transferred to your overnight accommodation in the city. (Transfer Time: approx. 25mins) Kigali was founded in 1907 as a small colonial outpost by Dr. Richard Kant, the first German colonial resident of Rwanda. The city has made tremendous progress since 1994 genocide. Considered one of the safest and friendliest of African capitals, Kigali is blessed with a moderate high altitude climate.
Main Destination: Kigali
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Day2: Kigali to Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at the hotel for a morning city tour of Kigali. After the tour, you will be transferred by road to the Volcanoes National Park in the north western part of the country; the area commonly known for the home of the Mountain Gorillas. The drive is through beautiful rolling hills, awesome landscape, bypassing coffee and banana plantations on a comfortable paved road and is approximately 3 hours from Kigali to your lodge.
Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day2-4: Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park is situated along the border with neighboring D.R. Congo and Uganda. The international border stretches across the whole Virunga range, the park’s boundary in Rwanda extends over some 65km from the Congo border near Gisenyi all the way near Uganda border near Kisoro. The Volcanoes National Park covers an area of 16,000 hectares and is the home for the famous habituated Mountain Gorillas where 10 gorilla families are available for the trekking and 3 families are for Research.
Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day4: Volcanoes National Park to Nairobi
After early morning breakfast at around 7:00am, you will go on a morning tour to see the Golden Monkeys. It is normally an easy trek which might take between 1-2 hours. After the golden Monkey Trek you will return to your lodge, refresh a bit, have lunch and later transfer to the airport in Kigali for your flight to Nairobi, Kenya.
Transfer Time: Volcanoes National Park to Kigali (approx. 3hrs)
Flight Time: Kigali Airport to Jomo Kenyatta Airport (approx. 1hr 20mins)
On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi, you will be met and assisted through customs and immigration before being transferred by road to your overnight accommodation in the City.
Main Destination: Nairobi
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day5: Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve
Today after breakfast, you will transverse the Rift Valley and ascend its western rim into the Masai land. Red-clad, with spear Masai warriors tend their herds of cattle among the wildlife, admirably unmoved by the presence of large predators. The Maasai Mara, is the northernmost extension of the Serengeti and a gem in itself. You will enjoy lunch at the camp and thereafter set off on your first game viewing drive.
Transfer Time: Nairobi to Masai Mara (approx. 5hrs)
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day5-8: Masai Mara National Reserve
Possibly the most famous of the reserves and arguably the greatest wildlife destination in Africa the Masai Mara has become synonymous with the safari and is currently being featured in the BBC’s new series Planet Earth Live.
Nature doesn’t recognize borders and the 700sq miles of the Masai Mara Reserve effectively continue the northern sweep of neighboring Tanzania’s Serengeti plains, thus forming one huge ecosystem. The Mara lands are famous for the annual Wildebeest migration which occurs from June to October when the Mara becomes host to an almost unimaginable half a million wildebeest seeking the grasses raised by the spring rains of April and May. The Wildebeest are not the only tenants of the land. The Mara is also the home to among others, zebra, elephants, and to the big cats; cheetahs, lions and leopards. Hyena, jackal, buffalo, eland, topi, impala, gazelle, warthog add to this huge diversity of wildlife.
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day8: Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
This morning after an early morning breakfast you will be transferred to Mara Ol Kiombo Airstrip for your flight to Serengeti via Tarime. At Tarime you will go through customs and immigration. Your onward flight departs Tarime for Kogatende in Serengeti National Park.
On arrival at Kogatende, you will be met by your driver-guide at the Airstrip and taken on a short game drive en-route to the camp for lunch. The vast grasslands of the renowned Serengeti National Park provide what many consider to be quintessential African game viewing experience.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day8-10: Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti is renowned for having the largest concentration of migratory animals in the world, and is also famous for its large lion population. The Serengeti National Park forms part of a huge conservation area, encompassing the adjacent Ngorongoro Conservation Area, as well as the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. With no fences or man-made barriers, huge numbers of wildlife move freely throughout this area. After your afternoon game drive, you will arrive back at camp at sunset to enjoy your dinner and retire for the night.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
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Day10: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, depart with a picnic lunch meal and drive through Ngorongoro Highlands to your lodge situated on the rim of the Ngorongoro crater. The crater covers over 102sq miles (250sq Km) of land and is the home of the rare black rhino, prides of lion, elephant, cheetah and great herds of buffalo, antelope and wildebeest. Lunch at the lodge and afternoon at leisure to enjoy the sunset. Transfer Time: (approx. 5hrs)
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day10-12: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Spanning roughly 8,300sq km, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a perfect microcosm of East Africa: it combines spectacular scenery and valuable archaeological sites with mountains, forests, grassland plains, extinct volcanoes and a staggering profusion of wildlife.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day12: Ngorongoro Crater to Zanzibar
Today you will enjoy your final breakfast on safari. You will be picked up from your lodge and transferred by road to Arusha Airport for your flight to Zanzibar. Upon arrival at Zanzibar Airport you will be met and transferred to your resort.
Transfer Time: Lodge to Arusha (approx. 4hrs) Flight Time: Arusha to Zanzibar (approx. 1hr 30mins).
Main Destination: Zanzibar
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day12-15: Zanzibar
Your days on Zanzibar will be leisurely –you can enjoy snorkeling, swim with dolphins, try your hand at windsurfing, indulge in a luxurious spa treatment or two, walk through a forest filled with monkeys, or simply relax on the beautiful white-sand beaches. Enjoy the many amenities of your beautiful Indian Ocean beach resort.
Optional activities include snorkeling, scuba diving, windsurfing, and enjoying the full-service spa (some activities are at additional expense). Embark on and exciting excursion to Kizimkazi where it is sometimes possible to swim with the dolphins.
Main Destination: Zanzibar
Accommodation: Luxury
Meals: All meals included
Day15: Departure
Your morning is at leisure before you are transferred by road to Zanzibar Airport for your flight home. Transfer Time: Resort to Airport (approx. 1hr)
Main Destination: Zanzibar Airport
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
