Exclusive 14 days Rwanda Uganda Tanzania Safari (Mid-Range Itinerary)

Trip Overview

14 days best of Rwanda Uganda Tanzania Safari (Mid-Range African Safari). The best African Safari combines 3 different destination countries in East Africa.

Your African Safari will start from Rwanda to Uganda and then Tanzania. You will explore the most-rated National Parks including Volcanoes National Park, Tarangire National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Serengeti National Park.

Your 14-day scope Itinerary is for wildlife viewing and Experiences in East Africa.

Itinerary at a Glance: 14 days Rwanda Uganda Tanzania Safari (Mid-Range Itinerary)

  • Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport
  • Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
  • Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth.
  • Day 4: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.
  • Day 5: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
  • Day 6: Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park
  • Day 7: Golden monkey trekking and cultural tour
  • Day 8: Transfer to Kigali for your flight to Arusha
  • Day 9: Arusha to Tarangire National Park to Mto wa Mbu
  • Day 10: Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti National Park
  • Day 11: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
  • Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater to Mto wa Mbu
  • Day 13: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha
  • Day 14: Transfer back to the airport.

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Detailed Itinerary: 14 days Rwanda Uganda Tanzania Safari (Mid-Range Itinerary)

Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport

Welcome to the land of a thousand hills! Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met and greeted by our friendly and Professional driver/ guide. He will brief you and take you through your trip plan then transfer you to your hotel in Kigali for relaxation and dinner.

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Kibale Forest National Park. You will be able to enjoy an impressive sight of the legendary “mountains of the moon” which you will see on the road to Fort Portal. You will also pass through many traditional villages as you enjoy local people carrying out agriculture.

You will also enjoy Fort Portal which is in the foothills of mountain Rwenzori filled with tea plantations filled with tea plantations, after enjoying this platform of green tea, you will continue to Kibale Forest National Park which is one of the great rain forests in Africa. This forest is mainly famous for around 13 primate species with chimpanzees being the main tracked chimpanzees. The other primate species include the golden monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, as well as bird species. The park is also next to Bigodi Wetland which is managed and owned by the local people in the area, this place is famous for primate watching as well as birding.

On arrival at the park, you will check into your lodge for relaxation.

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth.

Wake up so early and head to Kanyanchu by 8:00 am to start your chimpanzee trek in the Kibale forest. Chimpanzees are considered to be the closest relatives of human beings since they share 98% of their DNA with that of human beings. As you proceed with the search of these beautiful chimps, you will view many other primate and animal species including the LHoests monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, bush babies, and many bird species including yellow-spotted nictor, ramped tinker, crowed eagle, as well as the elephants which are mammals.

This national park is on an average of 3,300 feet in elevation and it’s a rainforest with many chimpanzee communities, each troop of these chimpanzees has over 100 individuals which are a competed social structure. In their groups, the adult males dominate the group and always defend the whole community against any danger and incursions by the females from outside. These primates are located by listening to their pant-hooting calls and then hurrying to the place where they are calling from. You get a chance to observe them as they play, feed; socialize as well as jump around the trees.

Immediately after the long trek, you will return to the lodge for lunch and after lunch you will check out of the lodge for your transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park.

Day 4: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.

Arise early enough and after breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, and lions among others. After having your lunch at the lodge, you will transfer to Ishasha to see the famous tree-climbing lions which can only be sighted at Queen Elizabeth in the Ishasha sector. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will do the afternoon set out for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will see various of animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, and buffaloes as well as birds like storks, and kingfishers among others.

Day 5: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Arise early enough and after breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, and lions among others. After having your lunch at the lodge, you will transfer to Ishasha to see the famous tree-climbing lions which can only be sighted at Queen Elizabeth in the Ishasha sector. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will do the afternoon set out for boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will see various of animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, and buffaloes as well as birds like storks, and kingfishers among others.

Day 6: Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park

Another exciting Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Tour adventure day, after early breakfast head to the park offices in Kinigi ready to track gorillas for the 2nd time, here you will be briefed about the tracking formalities, be split into small groups get allocated to the gorilla family, and head to the park for your memorable gorilla adventure. Later when you return back

Depending on the time and fitness, go for cultural entertainment in Iby’Iwacu cultural village and meet the Banyarwanda people as you feel their unique culture return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7: Golden monkey trekking and cultural tour

This will take us through the edges of the forest via potato fields and the briefing will be conducted in the same place where the usual Kinigi park office is located this means the trekking will take us 3-4 hours after the trekking, we shall return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will be driven to of Ibwiwachu community the gorilla guidance community. This afternoon you will visit the Ibwiwachu community where you will be introduced to traditional Rwanda through traditional; dances, poems, and dressing codes among others.

Day 8: Transfer to Kigali for your flight to Arusha

On this day have your relaxed breakfast, and thereafter you will be taken to Kigali Kigali International Airport for your flight to Arusha. Upon arrival at Arusha, you will be transferred to the hotel for an overnight stay and dinner.

Day 9: Arusha to Tarangire National Park to Mto wa Mbu

You will depart from Arusha in the morning and drive to the Tarangire National Park where you will discover the true enormity of the deserted termite mounds and ancient baobab trees. The colossal herds of African elephants dominate the golden savannah and screeching flocks of the striking yellow-collared lovebird can be heard from miles away. The wildlife that roams the scenic landscape of the Tarangire includes lions, giraffes, warthogs, ostriches, impalas, cheetahs, mongoose, buffaloes, and baboons. You will spend your first night at the comprehensive camping facilities on offer. There will be a tantalizing dinner served in the evening.

Day 10: Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti National Park

We will depart for the Serengeti National Park once you have finished your appetizing breakfast. If you are lucky, you may encounter the odd animal en route because we pass via the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. Tanzania’s oldest and most frequented national park, which is also a world heritage site and recently branded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World – the Serengeti is renowned for the annual migration of the herds and ever-growing wildlife population. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the kopjes (rock outcropping). Our game drive will venture further into the park. After the game drive, we will proceed to the Serengeti where you will be provided with comprehensive camping facilities and an appetizing meal.

Day 11: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

We will begin our day with an early morning game drive in central Serengeti. The savannah is an active landscape and the air is flooded with the melodies the birds create as the regenerated sunlight starts to illuminate the full landscape. Your guide will study the prints on the ground to pursue predators. We will travel to the Comprehensive area located near the rim of the crater. You will be provided with dinner and satisfactory camping facilities.

Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater to Mto wa Mbu

A scarce amount safari destination produces the same experience as the Ngorongoro Crater – the game viewing is simply effortless. Most animals remain within the crater due to its high walls. This is the perfect location to view every member of ‘The Big 5’ in one day. We will have a wonderful picnic lunch inside the crater. The unfilled caldera is also home to hyenas, hippos, zebra, wildebeest, and an impressive variety of water birds. Your guide will enlighten you by sharing facts about the animals, and vegetation and locating hidden animals. After late afternoon we will drive you to Mto wa Mbu where you will overnight and get dinner.

Day 13: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

On our last day of the tour (we know, we wish it was longer too!), we will experience the beauty of Lake Manyara National Park. We will enjoy an early breakfast, in order to start our game drive early enough to spot the “Big Five” mammals. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park provides picturesque, yet varying scenery. Throughout the day we will experience the shrubbery of the golden savannah, mighty rivers, and amazing wildlife. We will eat our picnic lunch in the heart of the beautiful park. Soda Lake and the surrounding savannah support the highly diverse ecosystem, leading to the diverse array of wildlife to be viewed within the park. With over four hundred species of dazzling birds, some of which are migratory, Lake Manyara National Park is a birdwatcher’s paradise. Lake Manyara is home to legendary tree-climbing lions as well as powerful water buffalo, an immense African elephant, a soaring giraffe, a graceful impala, and a gigantic hippo. In the late afternoon, we will leave Manyara and proceed to Arusha to conclude our safari. Guests will enjoy the beautiful scenery as we drive past Maasai bomas, baobab forest, and rolling savannah plains in route to Arusha.

Day 14: Transfer back to the airport

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge for your transfer to the airport for your flight back home.

End of Your 14 days Rwanda Uganda Tanzania Safari

Safari Inclusions

  • 1 gorilla permit per person
  • 1 chimpanzee permit per person
  • 1 golden monkey permit per person
  • Park entrance fees
  • Meals as specified above
  • Accommodation as mentioned above
  • English-speaking guide
  • Ground Transportation
  • All activities mentioned above

Safari Exclusions

  • Air tickets
  • Visas
  • Tips & gratuities
  • Alcoholic drinks