6 DAYS RWANDA AND TANZANIA MAGICAL SAFARI

6 days Rwanda and Tanzania magical safari is a combined safari to Rwanda and Tanzania taking you on a thrilling safari visit to volcanoes national park a home for mountain gorillas and Serengeti national park one of the best wildlife viewing destinations in the world.

On 6 days Rwanda and Tanzania magical safari you are to encounter the endangered mountain gorillas on Mountain gorilla trekking experience and a variety of wildlife such as lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, cheetahs, warthogs and many more during game viewing safaris.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 6 DAYS BEST OF RWANDA AND TANZANIA MAGICAL SAFARI

  • Day 1: Kigali – volcanoes national park
  • Day 2: mountain gorilla trekking
  • Day 3: Kigali – Arusha
  • Day 4: Arusha – Serengeti national park
  • Day 5: Full day in Serengeti national park
  • Day 6: departure

DETAILED ITINERARY OF 6 DAYS BEST OF RWANDA AND TANZANIA MAGICAL SAFARI

Day 1: Kigali – volcanoes national park

On your arrival in Rwanda’s Kigali city at Kigali international airport you will be met by your safari driver-guide, he will give you a short safari briefing and transfer to volcanoes national park. On your way you will enjoy seeing the beautiful scenery of the mountainous region and the local people in the Musanze town. You are to arrive in the park in the evening, check into your lodge and stay overnight.

Accommodation: Mount Gorilla View Lodge

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 2: mountain gorilla trekking

Today one of the most adventurous day of your 6 days Rwanda and Tanzania combined safari as you are to encounter the endangered mountain gorillas and have an opportunity to watch them from a few meters.

Wake up early for breakfast and head to the park’s headquarters for briefing which is conducted by a ranger guide, in the briefing the guide will take you through the right way to behave will the presence of the mountain gorillas, hire a porter and be assigned one of the 11 habituated mountain gorilla families in volcanoes national park to trek.  After the session you will set off on trek into the jungle of park searching for mountain gorillas, this experience takes about 6 hours depending on where the gorilla family you are trekking spent the night. Mountain gorilla trekking is physically demanding so you need to be physically fit to do this experience, when you find the gorillas you are to spend only one hour in the presence of mountain gorillas.

6 days Rwanda and Tanzania magical safari
Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes

You will have an opportunity to get a close look at the mountain gorillas, watch them play, care of their young ones and take beautiful pictures as long as you follow the rules and regulations. When you complete the experience, you will head back to your lodge or go for a cultural visit in the Iby’Iwacu gorilla Village for a Rwanda local experience.  Return to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation: Mount Gorilla View Lodge

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 3: Kigali – Arusha

Have breakfast, check out and depart for Kigali where you will have a short city tour visiting some of the fascinating sites in the city such as the presidential palace museum, Kimironko Market and the Kigali genocide memorial site. Have lunch then drive to the airport for your flight to Tanzania, on your arrival at Kilimanjaro airport you will be met by your safari driver and transfer to your hotel in Arusha where you will have dinner and spend the night.

Day 4: Arusha – Serengeti national park

After breakfast you will be picked up by your safari driver and transfer to Serengeti national park a world renowned wildlife destination famously known for hosting a variety of wildlife and the annual wildebeest migration.

You are to arrive in Serengeti national park in lunch time which you will have after checking in and in the afternoon you will go for a game drive exploring the savannah grasslands of the park. on the game drive you will spot many animals such as lions, cheetahs, wildebeests, gazelles (Thomson and Grant’s), leopards, zebras, Maasai giraffes , warthogs, rhinos and many more.

Later head back to your lodge have dinner and stay overnight.

Accommodation: Kati Kati Tented camp

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 5: Full day in Serengeti national park

Wake up early for breakfast and head to the park for a full day of game drive together with packed lunch for picnic kind of lunch, full day game drives offer ample time to explore the savannah plains of Serengeti national park. On the game drives you will watch many animals such as leopards, elephants, zebras, warthogs, rhinos, cape buffaloes, giraffes, cheetahs and many more. Your lunch will be set in the wilderness of the park along Grumeti River where you will enjoy your meals together with the scenic views at the same, later you will go for another game drive. In the evening you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.

6 days Rwanda and Tanzania magical safari
serengeti wildlife

Day 6: departure

Wake up for breakfast, checkout of your lodge and head back to Arusha for a drop off either at your lodge at the airport for your departure flight back home.

End of 6 days Rwanda and Tanzania combined safari

Safari includes

  • pick up and drop off
  • mountain gorilla trekking
  • Transportation as per itinerary.
  • Accommodation per itinerary
  • Meals as per itinerary B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner.
  • Services literate English driver/guide.
  • National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary.
  • Excursions & activities as per itinerary with a request
  • Recommended Mineral Water while on safari.

Safari Excludes

  • Visas and related costs.
  • Personal expenses
  • Drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature.
  • International flights.
  • Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary

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