This 6 Days Tanzania, Zanzibar and Bwindi Gorilla Safari is an incredible combined safari destination that is Tanzania, Zanzibar and Uganda Bwindi Gorilla Safari among others. This trip starts in Tanzania and ends in Uganda to encounter the great endangered mountain gorillas and others.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and drive to Ngorongoro crater area, Crater Drive
After an early breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and then transfer to the Ngorongoro Crater area. You will have lunch en route before proceeding to descend to the Ngorongoro crater (the world’s largest inactive caldera) to enjoy a great wildlife viewing experience.
You will search for a wide range of wildlife species in the crater such as wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, elands, warthogs, hippos, and elephants. You will also watch predators such as lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, and cheetahs among others. You will also visit Lake Magadi a perfect location to watch a good number of hippos, 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: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Drive to Arusha, Fly to Zanzibar
Have early breakfast at the lodge, and depart to Arusha Airport arriving in time for your flight to Zanzibar. Your guide in Zanzibar shall be waiting for you at the airport. Check in at the hotel, and relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay at Zanzibar Beach Resort.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Zanzibar Beach Stay
Today, you shall spend the day at the beach. Relax, enjoy sunbathe, stroll in the fine white sand beach, or simply lounge at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Flight to Entebbe (Own Booking)
Your guide will drive you from your hotel in Zanzibar arriving in time for your flight to fly to Entebbe International Airport. On arriving in Entebbe, you shall be picked up and transferred to your hotel of stay. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Best Western Hotel.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight Option Available
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park famous home worldwide for inhabiting the endangered mountain gorillas. Enjoy lunch en route. Connect to your lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay at Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking Experience
Have breakfast and drive to the park offices for a briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by a local guide. The time taken is usually between 2-8 hours depending on where were last seen the previous day. Meeting the gorillas unexpectedly is one of the most captivating lifetime experiences. You will have a chance to observe and take pictures at a very close range. You will watch adults feeding and groaning among themselves.
After one hour with the long-awaited gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting to return back to the lodge. Depending on the time you return from the trekking activity, you may do an optional community tour. Have dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal plans: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Departure
Drive Time: App 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 onward flight to Nairobi where you will connect to your flight back home.
End of the 6 Days 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 specified
- Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
- Zanzibar activities mentioned
- Uganda, and Tanzania VAT on tourism activities and park fees
- Concession and crater fees
- Government taxes
Price excludes
- Flights not included
- Visas and related costs.
- Personal expenses like drinks, laundry, telephone calls, and other items of a personal nature.
- Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary
- Tips and gratuities
- anything else not included in the itinerary
