10 Days Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania Safari
Explore East Africa’s most popular safari destinations on 10 Days Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania Safari. The East Africa Safari takes you on an adventure to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda where you will have a face to face encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas, then fly to Tanzania’s Arusha and head to Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater.
From there, you will transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya where you will enjoy sightings of the Big Five – lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, rhinos and buffaloes.
This 10 Days Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya Safari starts in Entebbe in Uganda and ends in Nairobi City in Kenya.
Highlights of 10 Days Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya Safari
- Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Forest
- Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking
- Day 3: Transfer to Entebbe, Fly to JRO (Own Booking)
- Day 4: Pick up, Drive to Ngorongoro, Walking Safari
- Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Detailed itinerary of 10 Days Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya Safari
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Forest.
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. It is an 8-10 hour drive with en-route stop over the Equator in Kayabwe for a polar water experiment.
Have a lunch break in Mbarara and proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park arriving in the evening, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge – Luxury, Buhoma Haven Lodge – Midrange, Buhoma Community Camp – Budget.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking
Have early breakfast and head to the park headquarters for an important briefing by the park ranger guides about dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking. Also here you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek, then head into the steep slopes of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and trek until you locate the mountain gorillas.
The trek can take between 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night
Breakfast will be served early, depart with your lunch park and report to the park headquarters for an important briefing by the park ranger guides about the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking. It is also here that you will be allocated which gorilla group to trek. You will then head into the steep slopes of Bwindi impenetrable national park and trek until you find the mountain gorillas. This can last between 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. When you locate the gorillas you are allowed to spend only 1 hour in the presence of the gorillas, then trek back to the park headquarters, meet your guide and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Transfer to Entebbe, Fly to JRO (Own Booking)
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours; Flight option available. Book a late flight.
Enjoy breakfast at the lodge and thereafter proceed to transfer to Entebbe, arrive in time for your flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Once you arrive, you shall be picked up by your Tanzania Safari Guide and welcomed for your safari. Transfer to the hotel, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Arusha Serena Hotel – Luxury, Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa – Midrange, Buruka Coffee Lodge – Budget.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Pick up, Drive to Ngorongoro, Walking Safari
You shall be picked up at the hotel in Arusha by our company driver-guide, you will proceed to drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will engage in a walking safari.
During the walking safari, you will be accompanied by a ranger and you will get a close encounter with your natural surroundings in Ngorongoro and also get to know how track animals. After this fascinating experience, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury, Hhando Coffee Lodge – Midrange, Karatu Tented Camp – Budget.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
You will have breakfast as you prepare for a drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend 600 meters into the crater and engage in a game drive as you lookout for animals like elephants, lions, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, dik-dik, antelopes and warthogs among others.
Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Drive to Serengeti, Game Drive
After breakfast, your guide will drive you to Serengeti National Park. You will have lunch at your lodge in the national park and later you will engage in a late afternoon game drive around Serengeti National Park.
You will search for different wildlife species during your game drive such as the Big 5 and many others during your safari. After your game drive, you will be driven to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury, Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp – midrange, Osinoni Tented Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Have early breakfast at the lodge, then drive out for a full day game drive with our lunch boxes along the Seronera Area. Enjoy the big game around Seronera River, some of the wildlife to look out for in this section include the lions, Thomson gazelles, topi, ostriches and cheetahs.
After your game drive, you will proceed to the Visitor Center where you will have lunch break. The Tourist Information Centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The shop also has a refreshment area and we shall have our lunch here.
In the evening, you will head to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Masai Mara
after an early breakfast, with a packed lunch you shall proceed and transfer to Isebania border from where your Kenya Safari guide shall be waiting for you. After clearing with the immigration, proceed to Maasai Mara, enjoying game viewing as you proceed to your lodge or camp. Once at the lodge, check-in, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay. Accommodation: Mara Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury, Mara Sopa Lodge for Mid-range, Sentrim Mara Camp for Budget
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara game reserve
Wake up early for breakfast and get ready for the long awaited day in Masai Mara National Reserve. With your packed lunch boxes, head out for a full day game drive in the Masai Mara Plains. Some of the animals in Masai Mara to see include large pride of lions, zebras, leopards, elephants, giraffes and many more.
After lunch, head for an evening game drive in search for more animals especially pointing at what you might have missed during the previous dates. This time round, we follow different tracks which will give you an opportunity to see even more animals, chance to witness the Great Wildebeest Migration if in season. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Maasai Cultural Experience, and departure
After breakfast and checking out of the lodge in Masai Mara National Reservve, you will enjoy game viewing as you leave the park and head to Nairobi where you will be dropped off either at the hotel or at the airport for your departure flight back home.
End of 10 Days Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania Safari.
Price Includes:
- Airport Pick up and drop off as per itinerary
- Gorilla Permits
- 4X4 Safari vehicle and fuel, Van in Uganda, Land Cruiser in Kenya Tanzania
- English speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals during the safari
- Bottled drinking water while on safari.
- All national park fees
- All game viewing activities specified
Price excludes
- flights
- Visa fees
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, email, laundry,
- beverages or meals not indicated in the itinerary,
- tips and gratuity
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
