11 Days Gorilla Trek to Wildebeest Migration
Price from $ 5950 per person
Based on 2pax to run
Best time to travel :July to November
OVERVIEW
It will offer you the best possible experience
Meet the Mountain gorillas of Volcanoes National park in Rwanda, with a gaze so much like our own that it’ll be an experience you’ll never forget.
From the Serengeti in Tanzania, to the Masai Mara in Kenya the Great Wildebeest Migration attracts thousands of nature enthusiasts, filmmakers and photographers who come from around the world to witness one of Africa’s most dazzling cycles of life.
Destinations; Volcanoes National park, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara
Accommodations level; Luxury Hotels, Lodges & Tented Camps
Best time to travel is between June to November
FULL ITINERARY
Day 1: Welcome to Kigali
You’ll be met with a smile when you arrive at Kigali International Airport and will be transferred to Kigali Serena Hotel, a charming, five-star hotel.
Visit the touching Genocide Memorial Museaum during the afternoon. It’s an outstanding point of interest for visitors and commemorates the victims of the tragic events of 1994.
Overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Day 2: Volcanoes National Park
You’ll be transferred by road to Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge at the edge of Volcanoes National Park where you’ll spend the next two nights. Relax at the lodge in the afternoon and get a gorilla trekking briefing to make you ready for your experience tomorrow. Keep warm around the fire and enjoy the beautiful rain forest setting. Sabyinyo is close to the ranger station from where the treks start.
Overnight at Governors’ Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking | Day 1
Grab a quick breakfast and pack your equipment before your trek, and meet at the ranger station. There you’ll be allocated your guide and the gorilla family you’ll go to see. Your trek could be as short as an hour, or perhaps three to four hours, depending on where the gorilla family is. Enjoy the hour you spend with these extraordinary animals. When you return your boots will be cleaned for you and you can spend the afternoon relaxing and reflecting on the special experience.
Overnight at Governors’ Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking | Day 2
Your second gorilla trek will be in the morning before you leave Volcanoes National Park. You’ll experience much more on your second trek – the first one is so quick and magical that you struggle to take it all in. This also gives you the opportunity to see a different gorilla family from the one on your first trek. After lunch you’ll be transferred back to Kigali. .
Overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Serengeti National Park | Mara River
A very early coastal flight will take you to Kogatende airstrip in the Northern Serengeti. You’ll be based on the Serengeti side of the Mara River where the Great Migration action takes place.
Settle in at Heritage Mara and enjoy an early lunch and a siesta before going out to see what you can find on a late afternoon game drive.
Overnight at Heritage Mara
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 6 Serengeti National Park | Mara River
The Mara River is all about river crossings, cats and the anticipation and build-up of energy that’s required for the herds to cross. The higher the river’s water level the more energy is required for the crossing to start; you’d have to wait longer for crossings on a full river.
Enjoy your first day on the Mara and then Overnight at Heritage Mara
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Serengeti National Park | Mara River
Combine the Mara River with the plains on the northern side of the river, where there should be lots of interaction between migratory wildebeest and zebra and predators. The plains are great to follow cheetah and lion to see what they’re up to. You should have regular cat sightings and your last day in the Serengeti is traditionally marked by lunch on the plains under an elephant pepper .
Overnight at Heritage Mara.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Mara Serengeti to Central Serengeti
Today you will leave after leisurely breakfast and drive to the Central Serengeti National Park known as Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We enjoy a game drive en-route to the camp. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.
Overnight at Serengeti Heritage Camp
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 9: Central Serengeti
Full day game drives in the Serengeti, home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth. Non-migratory species include large prides of lions, solitary leopards, cheetah and graceful impala. The landscape is characterized by vast stretches of open plains, punctuated by kopjes, rock formations that have survived from the Pre-Cambrian period, and open woodlands. After a sumptuous dinner, relax by the campfire, under a canopy of stars.
Overnight at the Serengeti Heritage Camp
Meals: Breakfast / lunch & Dinner
Day 10: Serengeti to Ngorongoro
After breakfast drive and descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque conserved area, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. In the late afternoon, head back to the rim and drive to Karatu a small town nearby Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Overnight at Tloma Lodge Karatu.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & dinner
Day 11: Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National Park
This is your last day on safari, so the idea will be to try to find what you haven’t seen yet. An early start with a packed lunch is ideal, allowing you to enjoy the beauty of the Lake Manyara National Park and the abundance of wildlife in this extraordinary reserve. Transfer after your morning breakfast to Lake Manyara National Park is probably one of the least visited of the northern Tanzanian game parks, and retains a real air of undiscovered Africa, particularly in the south of the park. Just two hours drive away from Arusha. It lies a little distance to the south east of Lake Manyara and covers an area of approximately 670 square kilometers. The alkaline Lake, tinged green year round, are the focus for 550 bird varieties, the largest number of species in one habitat anywhere in the world; on drier ground, the Kori bustard – the heaviest flying bird – can be found can be seen, Large groups of Olive baboon, blue monkey, elephant, giraffe, lion, buffalo, zebra, wilderbeest and hippo nearby the lake . Enjoy your game drive till afternoon. Late on afternoon drive back to Arusha to catch the flight home or have a flight to Zanzibar,
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
What’s Included;
- Full board accommodation
- Flight from Kigali to Kogatende airtrip Northern Serengeti
- All transfers involved in the entire trip
- Transportation on 4 x 4 safari vehicles throughout safari
- Services of professional safari guide
- Mineral water during the trip
- All sightseeing and game viewing as shown in the itinerary
- All park fees
- Crater service fee
- Gorilla Trek permit $ 700 person
- Government taxes and hotel levies
Not Included;
- International Flight
- Drinks at the Lodges
- Cost of Entry Visa and passport
- All expenses of a personal nature such as, telephone calls, tips & gratuities, etc
- All optional activities which have not been shown above
- Travel and medical insurance
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