19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour

19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour is that ultimate Africa safari package to book. This 19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour takes you to the top most sought after Tanzania safari parks for extensive game drives and Tanzania safari experiences, as well as the most sought after Uganda primate destinations for primate safaris. This particular 19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour also has you enjoying the Great Wildebeest migration experience, chancing to spot the iconic Mara River crossing; for this, book this safari for travel in the months of July to October.

Enjoy views of the Kilimanjaro Mountain, extensive game drives to see the big 5 animals, guided walking safaris, cultural tours, Serengeti migration safaris, chimpanzee tracking and gorilla tracking experiences, all in this 19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour.

Detailed Itinerary of 19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour

Day 1: Arrival

Upon your arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport, you shall be picked up and transferred to your hotel of stay. Check in; relax as you wait to enjoy dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Accommodation: Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa

Meal Plan: Dinner

Day 2: Materuni Waterfalls Visit

After breakfast at the hotel, proceed to the foothills of Kilimanjaro for a Materuni waterfalls visit giving you an opportunity to enjoy the stunning views of the Kilimanjaro Mountain, which is the highest in Africa. Enjoy lunch, and then proceed to return to the hotel in Arusha. Dinner and an overnight stay as above.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Drive to Tarangire national park, Game Drive

You will have breakfast at your hotel as you prepare to drive to Tarangire national park that is found in the northern part of Tanzania. Tarangire national park is known for having large herds of elephants as well as ancient baobab trees.

You will check in at your lodge in Tarangire national park as you prepare for lunch and an afternoon game drive. During your game drive in the national park, you will search for wildlife species such as gazelles, impalas, zebras, waterbucks among others as well as the various bird species, which this national park is known for. You will enjoy watching the sunset in the wilderness of the national park and your guide will drive you to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

You will enjoy watching the sunset in the wilderness of the national park and your guide will drive you to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Korong Tarangire Bush Camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Walking Safari in Tarangire National Park

After a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge, you shall head out for a guided walking safari in Tarangire National Park. This an activity that shall bring you up-close with nature and animals in Tarangire National Park, all in the guidance of a ranger guide and your tour guide. Enjoy your lunch in the wild over a picnic. Have a game drive yet again, and then return to the camp. Relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay as above.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Lake Manyara national park Game Drive and Canopy Walk

You will have breakfast at your lodge and with your packed lunches, you will proceed into the wilderness of the national park to engage in a morning game drive. You will enjoy looking out for wildlife species during your safari such as elephants, dik dik, leopards, buffalos, chance to see the tree-climbing lions, gazelles among others. This national park also has over 400 bird species and you will see different birds during your safari.

After having a picnic lunch, you will relax and later in the late afternoon hours engage in a canopy walk inside Lake Manyara National Park, to have a bird’s eye view of the park. You will later proceed to your lodge, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Heritage Manyara Safari Lodge for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Drive to Serengeti national park, Game Drive in Serengeti Park Tanzania

After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will proceed to Serengeti national park to explore the vast savannah plains in search of more wildlife species such as the big 5 like lions, elephants, rhinos, elephants and buffalos. You will have lunch at your lodge in the national park before you engage in an evening game drive to search for wildlife species like zebras, hippos, giraffes, antelopes, kudu, gazelles, hyenas and many others. You will have dinner and overnight at Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

Day 7: Full Day Serengeti National Park – Central Serengeti

After having breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti national park during your safari, you will engage in a morning game viewing experience in the central Serengeti plains. You will engage in full day game drives to search for wildlife species such as the big five like lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants. You will also search for other wildlife species which include wildebeest, waterbucks, antelopes, zebras, kudus, hippos, buffalos among others. You will return to your camp after your evening game drive for dinner and overnight stay as above.

Accommodation: As above

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 8&9: Full day in Serengeti National Park (Northern Serengeti)

You will have breakfast at your lodge as you prepare to engage in a morning game drive around Serengeti national park. During your morning game drive, you will search for different wildlife species like lions, leopards, cheetahs, hippos, elephants, wildebeests, antelopes, giraffes, hippos, waterbucks and many others. You will have your lunch before another game driving experience in the national park in the afternoon. These game drives will chance you spotting the iconic and much sought after Mara River Crossing!

Your guide will drive you around the national park in the northern part of Serengeti national park as you look out for different attractions and wildlife species in the distant plains, especially the migrating herds! Chance to witness the great wildebeest Mara River crossing. You will return to your lodge after this experience for dinner and overnight as above.

Accommodation: Mara River Camp by Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 10: Mara River Area Game Drive, Transfer to Central Serengeti

You will have breakfast at your lodge as you prepare to engage in a morning game drive around the Mara River area of Serengeti national park yet again, in the quest to see the Mara River crossing. Thereafter, proceed to the central Serengeti plains, you will search for different wildlife species like lions, leopards, cheetahs, hippos, elephants, wildebeests, antelopes, giraffes, hippos, waterbucks and many others. You will have your lunch before another game driving experience in the national park in the afternoon.

Your guide will drive you around the national park in the central part of Serengeti national park as you look out for different attractions and wildlife species in the distant plains. You will proceed to your lodge after this experience for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Optional Activity: Hot air balloon safari @550$ pp

Day 11: Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Olduvai Gorge Visit, Crater Rim Walk

You will have breakfast before leaving Serengeti national park and driving to your next wildlife-viewing destination, which is the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. With your packed lunch, drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will enjoy an Ol Duvai Gorge visit for a lesson through history of humankind. Enjoy a game drive in the conservation area as you drive to your lodge for check in and an overnight stay at Hhando Coffee Lodge for Mid-range.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Maasai Bomas Visit

After breakfast, with your packed lunch head out for full day game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania. You will descend 600 meters into the crater floor, which is home to numerous wildlife species like the big 5 animals including lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants. Other wildlife species in Ngorongoro include hyenas, wildebeests, antelopes, cheetahs, antelopes, zebras, hippos, waterbucks, warthogs among others.

There are also different birds in Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania that can be spotted, like ostriches as well as flamingos common along the shores of Lake Magadi. After your game drive around the Ngorongoro crater, you will enjoy a Maasai Bomas visit to interact with the locals, and then return to your lodge for dinner and overnight as above.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 13: Visit Lake Natron

Drive Time: Approx. Approx. 5 hours

After a sumptuous breakfast at the camp, you shall proceed to drive to Lake Natron from where you shall embark on an easy guided walk to visit the Southern part of Lake Natron and explore the ecological diversity and magnificent breeding sites of flamingoes. You shall see a variety of pink flamingoes here. During your walk, you shall also get to cross a forest where you shall get to see a number of giraffes. You shall get to enjoy wonderful sunsets at the end of the day, as you return. You shall then head to your lodge of stay for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge  

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 14: Drive to Arusha and flight to Entebbe (Own Booking)

You will have an early breakfast at your lodge and your guide will drive you to Arusha where and drop you off at Kilimanjaro international airport for your flight to Uganda. On arrival at Entebbe international airport, our guide will welcome you and drive you to your hotel where you will check in. dinner and overnight stay will be at Best Western Hotel Entebbe for Mid-range.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 15: Drive to Kibale National Park, Tea Plantation Visit

Your guide in Uganda will pi for a transfer to Kibale National Park the home of chimpanzees, various primates like vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, L”Hoests monkeys, among so many others. Kibale National Park is also a great habitat for birds.

Visit a Tea plantation for a chance to see how tea is grown, harvested and more. Proceed to the lodge, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 16: Chimpanzee Tracking, Optional Bigodi Swamp Walk

Wake up to breakfast at the lodge, and then head out for a chimpanzee tracking adventure in Kibale National Park. You shall be briefed about the activity, and then proceed to search for chimpanzees in the natural habitat. Spend one hour with the chimpanzees, and then track back for your chimpanzee tracking certificates.

Meet your driver guide, and return to the lodge for lunch. Rest for the rest of the afternoon, or opt for a Bigodi Swamp walk for a chance to spot different birds and scenic views. Dinner and an overnight stay as above.

Day 17: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Batwa Cultural Tour

Enjoy breakfast at the lodge, and then proceed to transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park. Enjoy great views of the countryside as you drive to the park, punctuated with a lunch stop en-route. Enjoy a Batwa cultural tour where you will interact with the local community and get to know more about their ways of life and their culture, and then proceed to the lodge. Check in; relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Buhoma Haven Lodge for Mid-range.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 18: Gorilla Trekking Experience

After breakfast at your lodge, you will proceed to the park headquarters for a short briefing before trekking into the Bwindi impenetrable forest in search of the gorillas. You will trek through forested area as your search for the gorillas and when you find the gorillas, you will spend about 1 hour with them.

After your gorilla trekking activity, you will meet your guide and return to your lodge, spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight will be as above.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 19: Departure

Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight Option available

Breakfast will be served at your lodge ahead of your transfer to Entebbe with en-route stops for lunch and at the Equator. You shall be dropped off at the airport or hotel in Entebbe, ending your 19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour.

End of 19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour

19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour Includes

• Transportation in a 4×4 safari land cruiser
• All park entrance fees and activities included
• Accommodation per itinerary
• Meals as per itinerary.
• Services of a literate English driver/guide.
• National park entrance fees as per itinerary.
• Gorilla permits
• Chimpanzee permits
• Crater fees and concession fees
• Mineral Water while on safari.
• Government taxes

19 Days Tanzania Safari and Uganda Primates Tour Excludes

• Flights
• Visas and related costs.
• Personal expenses like beverages, tips, laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature.
• Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary
• Anything else not included in the itinerary