25 Days East African Safari

overview

25 Days East African safaris is a combined safari to Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania – Zanzibar is a classic out of Africa with a rich diversity of wildlife, colorful nature, beautiful people, rich culture, and an African setting of infrastructure. East Africa is home to Africa’s most popular and fascinating safari destinations, from Kenya’s magical safaris to Maasai Mara, Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, the tropical beaches of Zanzibar, and Uganda’s mountain gorillas in the rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

 Uganda is one of Africa’s renowned wildlife destinations. It has a mixture of attractions with diverse national parks and is a strong contender for one of the world’s best bird-watching destinations. Uganda is a green, hilly, and elevated country with many lakes and mountains. Uganda’s appeal lies in its simplicity. Infrastructure is limited but growing, and there is now a good range of safari accommodation and city-based hotels. It is ideal for seasoned safari-goers, bird watchers, and wildlife enthusiasts. Some of the National parks to go to include: Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park for classic big game viewing, chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park, a top destination for primates in Africa, and river cruises. A mixture of tropical rainforest, swamp, and grasslands.

Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park

Chimpanzee tracking and a visit

Colobus monkeys – Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Golden Monkey Trekking and Cultural Tour

Transfer to Kigali – Kigali city tour

Fly to Uganda (Book your flight)

Transfer to Kibale National Park – Bigodi swamp

Chimpanzee habituation experience

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – boat cruise along the Kazinga channel and evening game drive

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla Trekking

Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

Fly to Maasai Mara National Park

Full day in Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara National Reserve

Transfer to Nairobi City

Transfer to Amboseli National Park

Full-day game drive – Amboseli National Park

Drive to Arusha, Tanzania, via the Namanga border

Transfer to Tarangire National Park

Move to Serengeti National Park – evening game drive

Full day in Serengeti National Park

Transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area

Full day at Ngorongoro Crater

Transfer to Arusha –Departure

On the first day of your 25-day East African Safari, our safari guide will pick you up in Kigali and drive you to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The journey takes about 6 to 7 hours, and you’ll have an early lunch along the way.

Upon arrival, you’ll head straight for a 2 p.m. canopy walk. This experience involves walking on a 50-meter-long swing bridge suspended 50 meters above the forest floor. The canopy walk provides a unique, bird’s-eye view of the rainforest, giving you a chance to spot wildlife from above. After the walk, you’ll check into your lodge to relax and have dinner.

After breakfast, you’ll be briefed on chimpanzee tracking before heading into the forest. Chimpanzees in Nyungwe are quite active and can be easily spotted as they move between trees, chattering and playing. The trek typically lasts 3 to 5 hours, depending on where the chimpanzees are located.

Once you find them, you’ll have an hour to take photos and videos. Afterward, you’ll visit the waterfalls and look for various birds and other primates. Later, you’ll check into your booked accommodation for dinner and relaxation.

Enjoy breakfast and go for a briefing about the primates before entering the forest in search of the active and playful fellows in Nyungwe forest. The colobus monkeys are very playful and it may not be so easy to spot as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. These primates also enable you to see other primates and takes about 3 hours. After finding them, spend an hour taking pictures and videos.

After tracking, continue on your safari to Volcanoes National Park home to the Rwanda gorillas and golden monkeys It’s a 7 hours’s drive with en-route views and lunch. Upon arrival in the afternoon, connect to your lodge for a relaxing dinner and overnight stay.

You will have breakfast and report back to the park headquarters, where you will get a ranger guide. Thereafter, start your golden monkey trek in Volcanoes National Park. This is a rather short experience that can last 1-3 hours. After spending time with the golden monkeys, you will go and have lunch, then connect to enjoy the Ibyi’wachu cultural tour.

On the 5^th day of your 25-Day East African Safari, you’ll have a leisurely breakfast before heading back to Kigali. There, you’ll take a city tour that includes a visit to Kimironko Market and the Kigali Genocide Memorial Site, with lunch along the way.

Depending on your flight time, you will be dropped off at Kigali airport for your onward flight to Uganda. Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.

After breakfast, you will head to Kibale National Park, Africa’s top spot for chimpanzee trekking. You’ll get there in the early afternoon and have lunch in Fort Portal. From there, you’ll explore the crater lakes and take a 2–3-hour nature walks in the Bigodi swamp.

The Bigodi swamp is a haven for nature lovers. You can spot a variety of birds, including the stunning Great Blue Turaco and the rare Papyrus Gonolek. It’s also home to various primates and more elusive animals, like the Red Colobus monkey and the Sitatunga antelope. You’ll also see an abundance of butterflies and unique plants.

While you’re there, you’ll also have the chance to visit local community projects before heading to your lodge to check in for the night.

Your day will start with an early morning breakfast before you transfer to the park’s main office. There, you’ll receive a briefing about the endangered chimpanzees. Following the briefing, you will enter the forest for a full-day trek. A park ranger will guide you, and you’ll want to have your tracking gear, water, and snacks with you. Once you find the primates, you will spend four hours observing their behavior and taking photos. After the tracking experience, you will return to the lodge to relax, have dinner, and stay the night.

embark on your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park; it’s a 3–4-hour drive. Arriving there at noon for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel, where you will get an opportunity to see several bird species, elephants and buffalo, hippos and crocodiles at the lake shores. Later in the afternoon, enjoy an evening game drive in the Kasenyi area, where you will encounter some of the park’s residents like lions, antelopes, buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, and waterbucks.

you will wake up early, have breakfast, and embark on your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. It’s 5-7 hours, seeing the beautiful sights along the way.

After an early breakfast, you’ll head to the park headquarters for a briefing before starting your gorilla trekking adventure. The trek itself takes you through steep, densely forested hills and winding paths. Finding the gorillas, which are often camouflaged in the vegetation, is a truly inspiring and privileged moment. Since trekking in the Bwindi Forest requires stamina and can take most of the day, you’ll spend an hour in the presence of the gorillas once you find them. You’re welcome to take pictures. After the experience, you’ll return to your starting point to receive a certificate for a successful trek, then head back to your lodge.

After breakfast, start your journey back to Kampala with an en route stop at the equator and lunch, about an 8-hour drive, and upon arrival, check into your accommodation.

On the 13th day of your 25 Days East African Safari, after an early morning breakfast, connect for your flight departing for Entebbe airport at 12:15 and arriving at 14:30 in Maasai Mara National Park. On arrival, you will be met by your safari guide and embark to connect to your lodge in Masai Mara National Park for dinner and an overnight stay.

After breakfast, spend a full day in the park with a packed lunch in search of its popular residents. The Maasai Mara plains are full of wildebeests during migration season early July to the end of September. However, they are not guaranteed to be viewed, zebra, impala, topi, giraffe, and Thomson’s gazelle are regularly seen. Leopards, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, and bat-eared foxes can also be seen. Black rhinos are a little shy and hard to spot but are often seen at a distance if you are lucky. Hippos are abundant in the Mara River as are very large Nile crocodiles, which lay in wait for a meal as the wildebeest cross on their annual quest to find new pastures. Later Meals and overnight at the lodge.

After breakfast on day 16 of your safari, you’ll travel to Nairobi. On the way, you’ll stop at a Maasai market for lunch and a cultural experience. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to buy Maasai souvenirs.

Once you arrive in Nairobi, you’ll visit the elephant orphanage and the giraffe park before checking into your accommodation for dinner and the night.

Today, after a morning meal and check-out, you will meet your guide for the 5–6-hour drive to Amboseli National Park. A stop for lunch will be made along the way. Known for its breathtaking views of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli’s open plains are home to a diverse array of animals. Your late afternoon arrival will be marked by a game drive to your lodge, where you may spot predators and their prey, such as zebras, wildebeest, giraffe, and hippo, all set against the majestic backdrop of the mountain.

After breakfast, you’ll explore Amboseli National Park. The park is renowned as the prime location in Africa to see free-ranging elephants up close. Beyond the elephants, you’ll also have the opportunity to encounter the Maasai people and enjoy breathtaking views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free-standing mountain.

After an early breakfast, you’ll head to the Namanga border to meet your Tanzanian guide. The scenic drive from the border to Arusha is a journey of approximately four to five hours.

transfer to Tarangire National Park. It’s a 4–5-hour drive from Arusha. Arrive at a good time for lunch. Later afternoon, enjoy the game drive in search of animals like Elephants, Lions, Giraffes, Zebras, Baboons, and others.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Serengeti National Park. If you didn’t see the Wildebeest migration in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, this is your chance. The herds are typically in the central Serengeti around April, May, and early June.

You’ll arrive in time for lunch, and then head out for an afternoon game drive. Later, you’ll return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, you’ll meet your driver and begin the journey to Serengeti National Park, with a packed lunch ready for you. The central part of the park is famous for its large number of lions and other diverse wildlife.

Later in the afternoon, you’ll embark on a game drive through the Central Serengeti. This area offers the chance to see a wide range of animals, including lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, elephants, and various antelope species. As the day winds down, you’ll head back to your lodge for dinner and a restful overnight stay.

After breakfast, you will travel to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with a packed lunch ready for your journey. Along the way, you’ll have the chance to visit the Ol Duvai Gorge, an important archaeological site. You will also have a unique cultural experience with the Maasai people, who live within the conservation area. Later in the afternoon, you will arrive at your lodge to relax before dinner and an overnight stay.

After an early breakfast, you will descend over 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera. This unique ecosystem is home to a wide variety of wildlife, supported by a consistent, year-round water supply.

During your safari, you’ll have the chance to see herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, and hippos. The crater also has a high concentration of predators, including lions, hyenas, and jackals. With a keen eye, you might even spot the elusive leopard or cheetahs.

The crater’s main feature is Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake. The lake attracts a great number of flamingos and other birds, making it a spectacular spot for bird watching. You will also see hippos enjoying the lake’s shores.

On the last day of your 25-day East African Safari, after your breakfast, meet your Rosamy Africa safari guide and embark on your journey to Arusha. It’s a 4-hour drive from Ngorongoro. The driver will drop you off at the airport.