This 12 Days Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Bwindi Gorilla Safari takes you to four remarkable safari destinations with fabulous activities to engage in. Places to visit: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Serengeti National Park, Beach life in Zanzibar, and Gorilla trekking adventure, among others.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1. Transfer to Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
On day 1 of the 12 Days Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Bwindi Gorilla Safari, upon arrival at the Nairobi Airport, our professional Kenya safari guide shall pick you up and, after a short briefing, drive along the Great Rift Valley to Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. While in the park, go on a game drive in the park with a picnic lunch. Enjoy a viewing adventure as you transfer to your camp of stay. Check in at the camp, relax as you wait for dinner, and stay overnight at Sentrim Mara Camp.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2. Game Drive in Masai Mara National Reserve
On day 2 of the 12 Days Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Bwindi Gorilla Safari, have a thrilling morning game drive in the Masai Mara after breakfast at the lodge and drive to the park for wild game viewing, including the big five. Look out for various bird species in the Maasai Mara, as well as the stunning landscape of the park. Enjoy your lunch in the wilderness, and then drive back for yet another game drive in the Masai Mara. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 3. Transfer to Serengeti National Park
You will have a very early breakfast and check out of the camp early in the morning. Transfer from the reserve to the border of Isebania to clear from the border customs office, then continue driving to Serengeti National Park. You will have an en-route game drive excursion to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Tukaone Serengeti Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4. Full day in Serengeti National Park
On day 4 of the 12 Days Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Bwindi Gorilla Safari, you will have breakfast early at your lodge, your guide will take you on a morning game-viewing experience around the vast savannah plains of Serengeti National Park. During the experience, expect to see all the big five and also wildebeests, hippos, elands, impalas, kudu, waterbucks, zebras, gazelles, giraffes, and predators like lions, leopards, cheetahs, and many others.
You will also have lunch after your morning game drive and later engage in another game drive in the national park to look out for other wildlife species. Dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 5. Drive to the Ngorongoro Crater area, Crater Drive
On day 5 of the 12 Days Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Bwindi Gorilla Safari, after an early breakfast, followed by check out of your lodge, and then proceed for another game-viewing experience at the Ngorongoro conservation area. You will have lunch before you descend to the Ngorongoro Crater (the world’s largest inactive caldera) to enjoy a wildlife-viewing adventure.
You will look for several wildlife species in the crater, such as wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elands, warthogs, hippos, and elephants, among others. You will also see predators such as lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and many others. You will also visit Lake Magadi, a home to water species which can be viewed during your visit, like hippos, as well as other bird species. After this experience, you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Hhando Coffee Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 6. Drive to Arusha, Fly to Zanzibar
Early breakfast at the lodge, and drive to Arusha Airport, arriving in time for your flight to Zanzibar. Your guide in Zanzibar shall be waiting for you at the airport to transfer you to your hotel. Check in at the hotel, and relax. Have dinner and an overnight stay at Zanzibar Beach Resort.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 7&8: Zanzibar Beach Stay
Today, you shall spend the day at the beach, enjoying beach life through relaxation, sunbathing, strolling on the fine white sand beach, or simply lounging at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 9. Flight to Entebbe (Own Booking)
Your guide will drive you from your hotel in Zanzibar. Arriving in time for your flight to Entebbe. Arrive at Entebbe Airport, and be transferred to your hotel by our expert guide. Check in, and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay atthe Best Western Hotel.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 10. Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight Option Available
After breakfast at the hotel, embark on a transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, famous for inhabiting the endangered mountain gorillas. Enjoy lunch en route. Connect to your lodge for relaxation, dinner, andan overnight stay at Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 11. Gorilla Trekking Experience
Have breakfast and transfer you to the park headquarters for a briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by a local guide. The trekking experience usually takes between 2 and 7 hours, depending on the movement of the gorillas. You will have a chance to observe and take pictures for your future remembrance. You will be excited about feeding them, playing, behaviors, and groaning among themselves.
After an hour with the long-awaited gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back from where you started the trek to meet up with your driver guide. Will be transferred to your lodge. You may opt to do a community tour. Have dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Day 12. Departure
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight Option Available
On the last day of your safari, you will have breakfast and check out of your lodge as you prepare for your drive to Entebbe with lunch en route, and your guide will drop you off at the airport in time for your flight departure to Nairobi, where you will connect to your flight back home.
End of 12 Days Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Price Includes:
- Airport pick-up and drop-off as per itinerary
- Gorilla Permit
- Safari vehicle and fuel- Land Cruiser in Tanzania and Kenya, Safari Van in Uganda
- Full-time English-speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari
- All game viewing activities are specified
- Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
- Zanzibar activities mentioned
- Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania
