7 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
This 7 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari is a comprehensive big 5 and mountain gorilla safari that takes you to the vast endless plains of Serengeti National Park also known as Serengeti Park Tanzania, as well as Ngorongoro Conservation Area famous for the big 5 animals in the Caldera. This 7 7 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari also takes you through the impenetrable jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Uganda for gorilla trekking.
7 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Drive Time: Approx. 4 hours
Your guide will meet you at your hotel of stay in Arusha, brief you about the safari and with a packed lunch you will start your safari to the Ngorongoro conservation area where you will enjoy wildlife viewing experiences. You will descend 600 meters into the Ngorongoro crater where you will search for wildlife species like lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, rhinos, hyenas, jackals, hippos, zebras, herds of wildebeests.
You will also see attractions such as Lake Magadi where you will see a variety of birds such as flamingos as well as other birds in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and animals grazing in the nearby plains. You will proceed to your lodge for check in, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive in Serengeti Park Tanzania
Drive Time: Approx. 4 hours
After breakfast at your accommodation in Ngorongoro, check out with your packed lunch in hand, and with your guide you will drive to Serengeti national park. You will have lunch in the national park and later you will engage in an 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.
During your afternoon game drive in Serengeti national park, you will look out for a variety of wildlife and bird species such as elephants, giraffes, wildebeests, antelopes, zebras, rhinos, buffalos, hippos, cheetahs, elands, waterbucks, kudus, lions, leopards, impalas, gazelles among others. You will have dinner and overnight stay at your camp in Serengeti National Park.
Accommodation: Tukaone Serengeti Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
After breakfast at your lodge, you will head out with your packed lunch for a full day Serengeti National Park safari experience. Engage in a morning game drive around Serengeti national park and look out for the wildebeest herds in the savannah plains as well as other wildlife species. You will have lunch ahead of another wildlife experience in the national park.
Later in the evening, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Optional Activity: Hot air balloon @550$ per person
Day 4: Drive to JRO, Fly to Entebbe (Own Flight Booking)
Drive Time: Approx. 7 hours. Book a late afternoon flight.
After an early sumptuous breakfast at the camp, you shall check out and get to drive back to Arusha via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area punctuated with a picnic lunch, arriving in time for your flight to Entebbe Uganda.
Upon arrival at the airport, you shall be picked up and transferred to your hotel of stay in Entebbe. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Cycad Guest House
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight Option Available
Your Uganda safari guide shall pick you from your hotel at 7am, proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park through communities and scenic parts of the Ugandan country-side. Enjoy stops at the Equator and lunch, then proceed to the park. Once in the park, check in at the lodge, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Gorilla trek in Bwindi National Park
Early in the morning after breakfast and a briefing from the UWA officials, set off for the gorilla tracking. This is a once lifetime experience and unforgettable adventure. The ranger guides will lead you into the thick forest and start your search for the endangered Mountain Gorillas. You will move up and down the rugged terrain until you finally meet these harmonious creatures that will entertain you with performances for about1hour.
The activity can take 2 -7 hours since the gorillas move up and down. This is an awesome and exciting moment where you will be able to see other types of the primates such as monkeys, birds, and more. Return for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Departure
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast and thereafter check out and proceed to transfer back to Entebbe or Kampala, through the Ugandan countryside punctuated with a lunch stop en-route. You shall be dropped off at your preferred location in Kampala/Entebbe, bringing your safari to an end.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Price includes
- Uganda Gorilla permit
- All day game drives as per itinerary
- Private 4×4 safari vehicle; Land Cruiser in Tanzania, Van in Uganda
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- Accommodation and meals
- All national park fees
- Crater and concession fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government Taxes
Price excludes
- Flights and visas
- Items of personal nature( laundry, beverages, etc)
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Any items not included in the itinerary
