Rwanda, Serengeti & Zanzibar

Day 4: The next day, choose from either a unique and authentic cultural experience, or a guided trek to view the famous Mountain Gorillas:

Experience a culture and emotion tour by Beyond Gorilla – a guided community authentic walk from your Lodge to visit different homes and experience the everyday lives of the local people. Take part in daily life activities to get to know the local people, their culture, and their ways of living. Enjoy different types of traditional dances like Intore dance and famous songs of the local people and/or listening to the melody produced by traditional musical instruments including African drums. Enjoy local lunch or dinner with local people to see the skill they have when it comes to dining time, interact with the people in the village by involving in their daily activities like herding cows, milking, fetch water and playing together. A memorable and rewarding day.

Or, track and spend time with one of the 20 families of Mountain Gorilla living on the slopes of the Virunga Volcanoes. The Gorilla treks depart from the Park Headquarters at around 07:30, and prior to departure you will be given a briefing by park staff, assigned a gorilla family to visit and rangers to guide you. The treks normally start in the cultivated land on the base of the volcanoes and leads up into the beautiful dense misty forests, lasting 2-5 hours. Once there you will get to spend about an hour in the presence of these magical creatures. Return to the lodge to reflect on this incredible encounter and enjoy your last evening in Rwanda.

Day 5: The following morning, return to Kigali for your flight direct to Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania. Upon arrival you will be welcomed and escorted to your private vehicle for the 1hr 15 mins drive to Arusha Coffee Lodge where you stay the night. Arusha is the safari capital of Tanzania located at the foot of Mt. Meru, close to Mount Kilimanjaro. From there it’s only a short flight to the Serengeti. Built by the Germans as a centre of colonial administration because of the temperate climate, Arusha is a lovely spot as a start or end to a Tanzanian safari. Enjoy dinner and overnight at the lodge. 

Days 6-7: After breakfast the next day, transfer the short distance to Arusha airport for your scheduled light aircraft flight to Lobo airstrip in the Northern Serengeti. Here you will be met by a camp vehicle from Serengeti Migration Camp and driven to the camp with a game drive en route, before checking in. Your stay in the camp includes all meals, most drinks, shared game drives, a guided walking safari, sundowners, transfers to and from the airstrip, and laundry. Enjoy two nights here in the middle of one of the prime wildlife areas in the world. Internationally renowned for the greatest wildlife spectacle on the planet, the Serengeti, together with Kenya’s Maasai Mara, form Africa’s most famous wildlife region. The image of acacia trees on an endless grass plain epitomises Africa for many, and then add a Maasai warrior and some cattle to the picture and the conversation need go no further.

The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Maasai Mara is the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet – with more than a million animals following the rains. But that is not where the game viewing ends; large prides of lions, elephants and giraffes in grasslands, gazelles and eland can all be seen here. Whilst here, enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the park with your expert ranger guide, and relax in the camp listening the sounds of the African bush all around.