Mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, then Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire.
- Duration
- 10 Days
- Style
- Gorilla & Primates
- Country
- Tanzania & Rwanda
- Format
- Private
10 days · Gorilla & Primates
At a glance
- 10
- Days
- 9
- Nights
- 6
- Places to stay
- Private
- Group
Where you'll stay
- Milcolline Hotel
- Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
- The African Tulip Hotel
- Serengeti accommodation, by standard requested
- Ngorongoro Crater rim or Karatu, by standard requested
- Karatu accommodation, by standard requested
9 stops across Rwanda & Tanzania
- 1KigaliDays 1–5
- 2Volcanoes NPDays 2–3
- 3KilimanjaroDay 5
- 4ArushaDays 5–10
- 5Lake ManyaraDay 6
- 6SerengetiDays 6–8
- 7Ngorongoro CraterDays 8–9
- 8KaratuDays 8–9
- 9TarangireDay 10
Every day is flexible — we tune the pace, lodges and game drives to you.
Arrival in Kigali
You are met at the airport and driven to your hotel.
Where you stay
Milcolline Hotel (Hotel des Mille Collines)
Meals
Bed & breakfast
Kigali to Musanze
You drive about 90 minutes to Musanze, Rwanda's second largest city in the foothills of Volcanoes National Park. You can visit the nearby Twin Lakes or the Iby Iwacu Cultural Village.
Where you stay
Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
Meals
Full board
Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
After an early breakfast you go to the park headquarters to meet your guides and be briefed, then track the mountain gorillas. How long or difficult the trek is depends on where the gorilla family is and the weather. Once found, you have an hour of close contact, observing their family dynamics and personalities from a few metres away. You return to your lodge to relax.
Where you stay
Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
Meals
Full board
Return to Kigali
You return to Kigali in time for lunch, followed by a complimentary city tour including the Genocide Memorial, the Presidential Palace Museum and local craft markets. Lunch at the famous Hotel des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda) is a highlight.
Where you stay
Milcolline Hotel (Hotel des Mille Collines)
Meals
Bed & breakfast
Kigali to Kilimanjaro and Arusha
After a late breakfast you transfer to Kigali International Airport for your afternoon or early-evening flight to Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Airport, with overnight in Arusha.
Where you stay
The African Tulip Hotel
Meals
Bed & breakfast
Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast you begin the scenic drive towards the Serengeti, passing the rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you may glimpse buffalo, baboons, elephants and leopards. The drive to the Serengeti gates takes nearly four hours and can be broken up with optional visits to the Oldupai Gorge Museum (the Cradle of Mankind) and a Maasai boma, both at additional cost. After lunch at the Serengeti picnic area you begin exploring the plains.
Where you stay
Serengeti accommodation, by standard requested
Serengeti National Park
You rise before dawn for a sunrise game drive, searching for leopards and lions and watching hippos return to the water. A sunrise hot air balloon safari with champagne breakfast can be added. You continue with a packed lunch, with your driver choosing the best route for the season and the animals you want to see.
Where you stay
Serengeti accommodation, by standard requested
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast you drive back through the Serengeti by a different route, with chances to see wildebeest and zebra herds, giraffes, gazelles, elephants and predators including cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and lions.
Where you stay
Ngorongoro Crater rim or Karatu, by standard requested
Ngorongoro Crater
You descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, home to over 120 mammal species including the Big Five and a good place to see the endangered black rhino, hippos and many predators. You picnic by the hippo pool and return to Karatu for dinner and rest.
Where you stay
Karatu accommodation, by standard requested
Tarangire National Park and Arusha
You leave early for Tarangire, drive along the river lined with acacia and baobab, and in the dry season see thousands of animals gathered for water, plus species such as greater kudu and fringe-eared oryx. After a picnic lunch you return to Arusha in the late afternoon for your flight home.
This journey is priced to your dates, group size and lodge choices — tell us what you have in mind and we'll send a personal quote within 24 hours.
Included
- Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
- Professional English-speaking guide
- All park & conservation entry fees
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Meals as specified each day
- Bottled drinking water on safari
- Airport & hotel transfers
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