6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari

6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari

6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari is a short safari tour that takes travelers to the 2 most iconic safari parks for the big 5 viewing, and mountain gorillas. This 6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari takes you to the endless plains of Serengeti National Park for wild game viewing, as well as the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for the endangered mountain gorillas. You shall enjoy game drives in Serengeti National Park, and gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

This 6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari can be further customized as per your preference, with options including the Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, Kibale National Park for chimpanzee tracking in Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park for the amazing Kazinga Channel boat safari or even Zanzibar for that ultimate beach holiday.

6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari

Day 1: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive

Drive Time: Approx. 7 hours

Your Tanzania safari guide will drive you to Serengeti National Park after a short brief upon pick-up. You will have lunch in the national park and later you will engage in an afternoon game drive around Serengeti National Park.

You will search for different wildlife species during your game drive such as the Big 5 and many others during your safari.

During your afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park, you will look out for a variety of wildlife and bird species such as elephants, giraffes, wildebeests, antelopes, zebras, rhinos, buffalos, hippos, cheetahs, elands, waterbucks, kudus, lions, leopards, impalas, gazelles among others. You will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Tukaone Serengeti Camp for Budget, Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range

Meal Plan:  Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Full Day Serengeti

After breakfast at your lodge, you will head out with your packed lunch for a full-day Serengeti National Park safari experience. Engage in a morning game drive around Serengeti National Park and look out for the wildebeest herds in the savannah plains as well as other wildlife species. You will have lunch ahead of another wildlife experience in the national park.

Later in the evening, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

6 Days Serengeti and Bwindi Gorilla Safari
Serengeti Game Drives

Optional Activity: Hot air balloon @599$ per person

Day 3: Drive to Arusha and flight to Entebbe (Own Booking)

Drive to Arusha is Approx. 7 hours

After having breakfast at your lodge, you will start your journey to Arusha and your guide will drive you to the JRO airport where you will take your flight to Entebbe airport in Uganda. On arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be met by your guide who will drive you to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Cycad Guest House for Budget, Best Western Hotel Entebbe for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Drive to Bwindi National Park

Drive Time: Approx. 8 hours. Flight option available

After having breakfast at your hotel, you will proceed to Bwindi National Park with a stop at the equator and also in Mbarara where you will have lunch.

After lunch, you will continue your drive to your lodge in the national park for check-in as you prepare to have your dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Buhoma Community Rest Camp for Budget, Buhoma Haven Lodge for Mid-range

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Gorilla trekking, Batwa Cultural Tour

You will wake up for an early morning breakfast at your lodge as you prepare for the day’s activity of gorilla trekking. You will go with your packed lunches for the gorilla trekking experience. On arrival at the park headquarters, you will be briefed on gorilla trekking by the park rangers ahead of the gorilla trekking activity. After briefing, you will proceed into the Bwindi forest where you will see gorillas.

During the gorilla trekking experience, you will follow different trails as you search for the gorillas in their natural habitat. You will spend 1 hour with the gorillas before returning to the briefing point where you will be met by your guide who will drive you back to your lodge for lunch.

Later in the afternoon, head out for a cultural tour of the Pygmies for an experience. Return and relax as you wait for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: As above

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Departure

You will have breakfast before checking out of your lodge as you prepare to return to Entebbe where your guide will drop you off at a location of your preference, which will mark the end of your trip.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch 

Price includes

  • All-day game drives as per itinerary
  • Accommodation for the duration of the safari
  • 4×4 safari vehicle, Land cruiser in Tanzania, Van in Uganda
  • Professional safari and tour guide/driver
  • All national park fees
  • All meals on the safari
  • Concession fees
  • Gorilla permit fees @800$pp
  • Drinking water in the safari vehicle
  • Gorilla permits

Price excludes

  • Flights
  • Items of personal nature( laundry, beverages, etc)
  • Any hotel accommodation before/after the safari
  • Entry visas
  • Travel Insurance
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Anything else not included in the itinerary
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