24 days top East African tours & safaris from Kigali- Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania wildlife safari
East African tours & safaris overview
Embarking on a Travitude safari tours tailor made East African tours & safaris will get you some of the continents most iconic game parks and unique wild species. From the Volcanoes national park of Rwanda, Bwindi Impenetrable gorilla park, Murchison falls & source of the river Nile in Uganda, Masai Mara in Kenya, Serengeti a & soft white sand Zanzibar beaches in Tanzania. These engage you in mountain gorilla trekking package, golden monkey tracking, water rafting, bungee jumping, boat cruises, birding, Africa’s big 5 & wilderness game drives in Africa’s most densely populated game parks. Air balloon safari tours in the Masai Mara or Serengeti come along at request.
East African tours & safaris highlights
Arrival & departure: Kigali – Mombasa/ Nairobi
- Day 1- arrive, Kigali city tour
- Day 2- golden monkey tracking at volcanoes NP
- Day 3- gorilla trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable
- Day 4-5- Queen Elizabeth game drives
- Day 6-7- Murchison falls N.P excursions
- Day 8- Kampala city tour & night life
- Day 9- source of the river Nile
- Day 10- Sipi falls
- Day 11- mt. Elgon np
- Day 12- transfer to Nakuru
- Day 13- l. Nakuru & Ol Pajete
- Day 14- Nairobi np & night life
- Day 15-16 Masai mara wildebeest migration
- Day 17- transfer from mara to Serengeti
- Day 18-19 Serengeti wilderness
- Day 20- Ngorongoro crater
- Day 21- Kilimanjaro Mt. N.P
- Day 22-24- Zanzibar to departure
Detailed East African tours & safaris itinerary
Day 1 Kigali- Rwanda's capital city
On arrival at Kigali international airport, our tour guide will pick you up and lead you to your booked accommodation in the heart of the city for a brief rest and will later on take you around Kigali city; one of the cleanest cities in Africa with its malls, eco parks, resorts, golf courses, restaurants and lounges, hand-made art and craft shops, museums, archeries, horse riding, recreation parks among others (the duration of this tour will depend on time of arrival).
Accommodation: The Manor hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
This day will find you in the same volcanoes national park and will be woken up by the songs of the birds of the montane tropical rain forest. After a briefing, you will trek with expert rangers up to above 2,500 meters of sea level in the bamboo zones where the playful and chattering golden monkeys reside in groups and families of hundreds along with over 200 bird species. Thereafter you will return to the park headquarters and continue with a nature walks that will lead you the Musanze caves; 52 caves with 15.2km of cave passages developed from Cenozoic volcanic rocks dating back to 65 million years. After this amazing tour, you will head out to Uganda.
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
You will wake up to a briefing at the park headquarters about mountain gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. The trek into the tropical montane forests can last between 30 to 3 hours till meeting the gorilla family you were assigned to and you will be allowed to spend an hour around the mountain gorillas. Getting to find the mountain gorillas on a trek in Uganda is a 100% chances backed up by the high mountain gorilla population in this destination. After the trek, you will have an experience with the Batwa people who have for all their life time co-existed with the forest and its species.
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Queen Elizabeth national park has 52 crater lakes along with lake Edward, lake George and Kazinga channel that anchor the park’s grasslands and wildlife. A boat cruise on the Kazinga channel will give you a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippopotami pods which are numbered above 5,000 members, huge Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, water birds and other land wild game like lions, leopards, water bucks, giraffes, kobs, kudus among others also coming in onto the banks of the Kazinga channel to quench their thirst. After the boat cruise, you will embark on a game drive around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing, scenery views of the snow capped mountain Rwenzori and its slopes. On this day, you will also once again cross the 0° equator landmark as it crosses through queen Elizabeth national game park.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
At Murchison falls national park you’ll continue exploring this vast grassland and its remarkable wild game. Later on you will trek up to view the magnificent Murchison falls from above and watch the strongest falls on the planet, gashing 3,000 cubic liters of water per second through an eight-meter corridor cascading down a 43-meter height into the “the devil’s caldron” forming a white mist and a signature rainbow producing a loud sound from the powerful force of the water of the river Nile. The park has the highest number of Rothschild’s giraffes in the world, more than three- quarter of the total world population and numerous elephant & buffalo herds, lion prides, waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, shoebills, hippos, crocodiles, leopards, hyenas, jackals among other mammals and more than 450 bird species recorded in the park. After lunch you will then head to the banks of the river Nile for a boat cruise towards the face of the Murchison falls. You will also have a boat cruise to the Nile delta as it flows back to the Albertine peninsular, an experience that obviously unmatchable as you watch the waters of the river Nile anchor the wild and its species.
Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day, you will embark on a city tour around the hills of Kampala and its streets. This tour will get you to various historical administrative, economic and cultural sites and centers in the city have affected the development of Uganda as a country such as the Kasubi tombs where 3 ancient kings are buried, the Rubaga cathedral; headquarters of the Catholics’ faith, Namirembe cathedral; headquarters of the protestant faith, Kaddafi mosque; headquarters of the Muslim faith, Baha’i temple of the Baha’i faith, fort Laggard the first administrator of Kampala city, the parliament building of Uganda among others. Food and commodity markets around Kampala are so interesting and have a great reflection of how the county’s population survives; these will get you have some taste on fresh fruits, vegetables grown in the country and street food delicacies like the rolex (an egg omelet rolled in chapatti). Later on in the evening, you will have a nightlife experience in the bars and lounges of Kampala city till resting time as you wait for the next day.
Accommodation: Lake Victoria Serena hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
The source of the river Nile has numerous water falls that have become common water sport points to tourists and adventurers from all corners of the world. Some of the falls include Owen falls, Bujagali falls, Ripon falls, Itanda falls, Busowoko falls among others. The clean and white waters of the River Nile at this point are the most entertaining of the river course throughout Africa offering the best bungee jumping point, water rafting, horse riding at the river banks, water surfing, swimming, canoeing, river boarding, quad biking around the river banks among others. The river banks also host numerous bird species that can be experienced on nature walks thus being some of the best birders’ destinations in the region. You will also take a boat to reach the source of the nile where 30% of the water emanates from underground streams and 70% from Lake Victoria.
Accommodation: Whispers of the Nile (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 10 Sipi falls
On this day you will continue with the 3 different water falls (Sipi, Simba, Ngasire) that pour from cliffs as high as 95 meters and are separated by steep hillsides. The falls are found outside mountain Elgon national park. During the hike you get across numerous other unnamed water falls across the steep slopes, a number of bird species as you hike along, can engage in fly fishing, biking among others.
Accommodation: Rafiki safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day you will start your journey from Sipi falls to mount Elgon national park while enjoying sights of the Elgon peaks, numerous water falls flowing from the mountain caldera, montane vegetation that cascades on the slopes of the mountain, volcanic plugs, basalt cliffs and many others volcanic features and rocks. You will then go through the park and its forests enjoying its wild game such as blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, de brazza’s monkey, leopards, elephant and cape buffaloes. Later you will have a tour on cultural sites and know about the Bagisu/ Masaba people that are custodians of that place most interesting their cultural dance, tunes and embalu adulthood initiation ceremonies.
Accommodation: Mount Elgon resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 12 transfer to Nakuru
On this day you will head out of Elgon nation park and drive across the border for lake Nakuru national park.
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Continuing with East African tours & safaris at lake Nakuru which is one of the world’s highest bird concentrated areas with more than a million flamingos, storks, geese, ducks among others residing at this shallow lake. The shallowness of lake Nakuru easily exposes algae which acts as food to greater and lesser flamingos and other water birds thus making it a favorite place for them to stay. The pink colored flamingoes flying and settling in huge numbers make this lake one of the most colorful destinations in the world to visit; hottentot teal, bateleur, maccoa duck, pallid harrier, rupell’s vulture, shining sunbird, European roller, great snipe, western reef heron, red-capped lark, Abyssinian thrush, eastern imperial eagle, long crested eagle among others. Along the birds are mammals such as buffaloes, kobs, water bucks, antelopes, giraffes, baboons, monkeys, reptiles among others.
Ol Pejeta conservancy
At Ol Pejeta conservation area which has the highest number of protected black and white rhinos and also the only 2 remaining northern white rhinos in the world. The park offers both drives and walking safari experiences to its visitors as they interact with rangers sharing with them knowledge about the sanctuary and the animals therein. The conservatory is also a sanctuary to many more rescued species especially from hands of poachers and this is also the only place in Kenya where you can find chimpanzees. The expanse of the sanctuary also harbors lions, giraffes, elephants, warthogs, hyenas, kobs, waterbucks, leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, hippos, zebras, reptiles, buffaloes, baboons, vervet monkeys among others.
Accommodation: Sweet waters Serena camp (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On arrival at the airport, you will be picked up by our guide and get you to your booked hotel for a brief rest and there after head out through Nairobi city to Nairobi national park which is just 7km outside the city. You will have an exciting tour of a tour of wild game while gazing at skyscrapers of the city. The park has numerous bird species and numerous migrant species especially during the time between June and August adding to the more than 400 resident species making it a true birding haven in Africa. Along with mammal species such as lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, ostriches, rhinos, hartebeests, waterbucks, hyenas, buffaloes, kobs, reptiles among others. This park will give you a unique scenery of the existing interdependency of nature and its wild with modernity.
Accommodation: Royal Tulip (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Still on the East African tours & safaris, you will head to the masai mara game reserve, you’ll have different safari experiences such as air balloon safaris, game drives, horse riding safaris and walking safaris with the masai people. The park is a vast green grassland anchored by woodland, swamps, forest species, acacia and the mara river that have maintained an effective eco-system that is a habitat to huge number of wild game. The concentration of wild game in this park will give non-stop action packed safari drives all throughout of Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, along with rhinos, kobs, hyenas, hartebeests, wildebeest migration experience, zebras, giraffes, waterbucks, reptiles, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, crocodiles, hippos, wild dogs, ostriches and numerous bird species all over the park.
Accommodation: Mara river lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 17 transfer to Serengeti
On this day, you will head out of Kenya and cross the border to Tanzania heading to the serengeti via the shores of Lake Victoria.
Accommodation: Serengeti safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Serengeti national park, known for the genesis of the great wildebeest migration is one of the largest parks in Africa and in the world and one of those with the highest concentration of wild game per square km in the world ranging from the Africa’s big 5 to the ugly 5 and more than 500 bird species. Don’t miss watching numerous lion prides, elephant herds, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, waterbucks, gazelles, kobs, reptiles, wild dogs, foxes, vultures, eagles, turacos, secretary birds a few but to mention this endless list. The tour around this park will leave you satisfied with nature and wildlife game.
Accommodation: Serengeti safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
This day will find you at the world’s largest crater and its vegetation that gets look like the “garden of Eden” will leave you amazed with the large number of wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, elands, kobs, bush bucks, waterbucks, rhinos among others and numerous bird species such as turaco, great kingfisher, abdim’s stork, white-backed vulture among others; along with various features such as Ndutu plains, Gol mountain, Endoro waterfalls, Olduvai gorge, shifting sands among others.
Accommodation: Marera valley lodge (or a similar)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
More on the East African tours & safaris, you will head out to Kilimanjaro national park, the park offers several safari experience such as wild game drives, hiking, picnics and camping. You will have the best sceneries of Africa’s highest snow-capped mountain and its biodiversity that harbors the largest herds of the African elephants along with lions, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks and numerous bird species. the combination of both montane and savannah grassland will give you the best environmental sceneries.
Accommodation: Kilima safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day you will have another road trip from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar to get to the shiny white sand beaches of the Indian ocean.
Accommodation: Golden tulip hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 23-24 Zanzibar island summer vacation beaches
A popular summer holidays’ destination, Zanzibar is known for get away vacations on the East African tours & safaris. You will be able to engage in various activities during your stay there such as; scuba diving, swimming, kite rafting, horse riding, nature walks, sea creature viewing like sea turtles, dolphins, corals among others, spot fishing, enjoying sea food cuisines and coconut cocktails, beach sports, camp fires among others, have a view rare species such as servaline genet, red colobus and bird species such as; African barred owlet, malachite kingfisher, house crow, mosque swallow, pied kingfisher, gray heron, great egret, striated heron, African jacana, African darter, little grebe, African pygmy goose, African pied wagtail among others.
Accommodation: Lux Marijani (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Gorilla trekking permits
- Golden monkey tracking permits
- Park entry fees
- Border crossing fees
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Government taxes
- Driver & guide
- Airport transfers
- Bottled drinking water
- All activities indicated on itinerary
- Laundry
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor off the itinerary
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Anything not mentioned
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