13 Days Gorilla, Masai Mara and Serengeti Wilderness Safari

Embark on a 13-day safari adventure tracking gorillas and witnessing the Great Migration across Serengeti and Masai Mara. Explore East Africa’s prime destinations.

Duration: 13 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Arrival and Transfer to your Arusha

Arusha - Our friendly guide shall pick you up from the airport or hotel upon arrival, take you to the Arusha Hotel for the night and dinner, and then prepare you for the next day’s excursion.

Depending on your arrival time, you may proceed for an exciting city tour or coffee tour as you take the cool breeze of Kilimanjaro land. Retire and return to your lodge for dinner, relaxation, and overnight

Transfer to Ngorongoro crater

Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Today, you shall transfer to the famous Ngorongoro area for the greatest experiences in the mystical Ngorongoro. This vast crater is inhabited by the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet; almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. The crater contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, a forest, and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. You will enjoy lunch during this extraordinary game drive.

Descend into the Ngorongoro crater

Ngorongoro Crater - Explore Ngorongoro today. After an early morning breakfast from your hotel, our tour guide/driver will pick you up and give you a little briefing before departing for a game drive out of the city. As soon as you have reached the edge of the crater, the caldera opens up before you.

Have a remarkable view of this impressive natural wonder for a few minutes. You’ll explore an astonishingly rich, self-contained ecosystem protected by high crater walls. Here, lions and hyenas hunt wildebeest and Grant’s gazelle within.

You will sight hundreds of wildebeests, zebras, lions, and other big cats such as leopards and cheetahs. With a picnic lunch box, you will have a lunch break in the afternoon and then continue with your game drive. Our driver will take you back to your lodge for relaxation.

Transfer to Serengeti

Serengeti National Park - After breakfast you will drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a spectacular view of the Ngorongoro Crater and continuing as far as the eye can see, the vast view of the Serengeti. Serengeti means “endless plain” and is inhabited by more than 2 million wildebeest and other wildlife. From January to April the wildebeest, plains zebra, and Thomson’s gazelle give birth to their calves.

Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrates throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat-eared fox, mongoose, honey badger, jackal, monkey, baboon, and African hare also inhabit the area.

Explore the endless savanna plains of Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park - Day 5: Serengeti Full day’s Exploration

Instinct drives the herds from their birthing grounds to find fertile lands in the Mara to feed. The migration can be seen every month of the year, starting with the calving season in the southern Serengeti from January to March.

After they’ve given birth, the herds move north through the Serengeti, eventually arriving at the banks of the Mara River, swollen by the floods of the rains and teeming with the crocodile.

The herds must cross to find fresh grazing, and they plunge into the river by the thousands. Those that survive the crossing must stay alert enough to avoid the big cats lurking on the far side. At some point, the grasses will be exhausted and as birth time once again approaches, the herds will wander back south.

If you would like to see the migration, you need to plan your safari to be in the right places at the right times.

Drive to Masai Mara

Masai Mara National Reserve - You transfer from Serengeti with another game drive while checking out and on arrival at Isebania Border for -/+ 2 hours go through the immigration process for -/+30 minutes then enter Masai Mara for -/+ 4 hrs. Arrive Masai Mara late in the evening have an evening en-route game drive.

After the incredible evening cultural encounter and a later sundowner experience, you shall proceed to your accommodation for dinner, relaxation, and overnight.

Masai Mara Game viewing

Masai Mara National Reserve - Sunrise game drive are an exceptional experience that soars over the Masai Mara Reserve’s many ecosystems, including the huge Mara River, marshes, woods, animals, and the African Savannah. After this exciting adventure, continue watching animals for the remainder of the day in Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Nairobi to Entebbe

Entebbe - Masai Mara to Entebbe

Get up early and travel from Masai Mara to Nairobi for -/+5 hours, passing through the vast plains and upcountry of these incredible plains. Today, you shall do an exciting last Masai mara game viewing before proceeding to have your lunch.

After lunch, your guide will drop you off at the airport for your flight to Entebbe, where your guide in Uganda will pick you up and drive you for -/+15 minutes to your lodge.

Transfer to Kibale National Park

Kibale Forest National Park - This morning you will embark on your journey to the world primate capital for -/+4 hours where you will arrive in time for lunch and indulge in the short crater lakes tour of the countryside with a special experience in the Kibale forest which is home to the most primates of the world and have a relaxing overnight at the lodge

Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Nature walk

Kibale National Park - Early morning your guide will transfer you for a chimpanzee tracking experience in the Kibale forest which will be -/+4hours and then return back to the lodge in, the afternoon have lunch, and then have an evening at leisure while exploring the crater lakes around this whole area or you can choose to go for a Bigodi nature walk instead

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - Early morning transfers to Bwindi Forest, which is home to the gorilla mountain which this is home for half of the only remaining gorillas in the world you will arrive in the later afternoon with an evening at leisure and dinner served in the stars. In the evening, you have a chance to meet the exciting local Batwa as they showcase several of their cultural performances.

Gorilla trekking and lake Bunyonyi Relaxation

Lake Bunyonyi - This is everyone’s dream day. After breakfast, your guide will take you to the briefing area where you will receive training on how to track gorillas. You will then be paired with a gorilla family and a ranger guide before proceeding to look for the amazing gentle giants of Bwindi. This is a fascinating experience that shall get you adoring and admiring them for all the moments you have with them. You then later, after your tracking, you can have lunch and take a stroll through the Batwa Community Culture in the evening or optionally head for relaxation in Lake Bunyonyi.

Transfer Back to Kampala or Kigali

Uganda Equator - Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi or Bwindi with a stop at the Equator Entebbe arriving in the late afternoon, have a day’s room at Boma Hotel and later your guide will transfer you from your hotel in Entebbe to the airport for your flight back home
End of safari.

What's Included
  • Airport pick up & drop off
  • Accommodation 4*hotel
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Drinking water
  • Ground transportation on a 4x4 wheel drive tourist Land Cruiser
  • A licensed & professional English speaking guide
What's Not Included
  • East African Tourist Visa
  • International & Domestic flights
  • Tips, souvenirs, Laundry and personal expenses
Additional Information

This East African Wilderness trip takes you to Africa’s Great Migration which is the annual journey of over two million wildebeest from the plains of the Serengeti in Tanzania to the grasslands of the Masai Mara, Kenya. The Pure instinct and the scent of rain drive the herds from their birthing ground to the fertile Mara to feed. You will Track the Mountain Gorillas and Chimp Tracking while you Explore East Africa’s Most Prime Destinations

  • We can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, sugar-free, gluten-free, etc. If you have dietary requirements, please feel free to contact us to make for special arrangements for you during your safari.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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