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Offered by - Primate World Safaris (U) Ltd
Tour Features
This Grand East Africa safari package takes you on a mind-blowing journey to see the best of East Africa’s nature, wildlife, and gorillas. Your trip will start in Uganda and then go to Kenya and Tanzania. In Uganda, you will raft the rapids of the Nile, see chimpanzees, track mountain gorillas as well as watch wildlife on a classic game drive in the savannah. In Kenya, you will explore the incredible Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Lake Naivasha, and finally Masai Mara. In all the places, you will see all the savannah wildlife you can think of – including the last 2 northern white rhinos in the world. In Tanzania, you will explore the various circuits of the endless Serengeti and its animals. You will then continue to explore the Ngorongoro crater for some more wildlife before ending your epic African safari experience in Arusha. Take a closer look at the detailed itinerary and get a better idea of how this safari would work for you. Keep in mind that our trips are fully customizable and can be personalized to match your specific needs.
| Mid-Range tour | This mid-range tour includes comfortable lodges and tented camps. |
| Can be customized | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
| Private tour | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
| Solo travel available | Solo travelers can book this tour. |
| Can start any day | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
| Minimum age required | The minimum age for this tour is 5 years. |
| Transportation | This tour uses: Pop-up roof 4x4. |
Route & Activities
Uganda
Activities Included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
| Day | Accommodation | Meals |
| 1 | The Boma Hotel No images available | Lunch & Dinner Included |
| 2 | Jinja Nile Resort No images available | All Meals Included |
| 3 | Turaco Treetops No images available | All Meals Included |
| 4 | Turaco Treetops No images available | All Meals Included |
| 5-6 | Kasenyi Safari Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 7-8 | Rushaga Gorilla Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 9 | Rwakobo Rock No images available | All Meals Included |
| 10 | Hilton Garden Inn Nairobi Airport No images available | All Meals Included |
| 11 | Serena Sweetwaters Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 12 | Lake Naivasha Country Club No images available | All Meals Included |
| 13-14 &15 | Ashnil Mara Tented Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 16-17 | Ole Serai Luxury Camp (Kogatende) No images available | All Meals Included |
| 18 | Ole Serai Luxury Camp (Turner Springs) No images available | All Meals Included |
| 19 | Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 20 | Mid-Range Accommodation No images available | Breakfast Included |
Arrival (See Getting There for more details)
- A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Day 1 - Airport pickupOur driver/guide will be waiting at Entebbe International Airport to pick you up and then transfer you to your accommodation for the night.
Main Destination: Entebbe
Accommodation: The Boma Hotel
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner Included
- Day 2 - White Water Rafting in the Nile, JinjaEarly in the morning, after your breakfast, you will be driven to Jinja for a white water rafting experience which can either take a full day or half-day depending on your choice. This is one of the most exciting rafting trips on earth going up to 31 km and includes a fantastic barbeque lunch and complimentary drinks after the trip.
Accommodation: Jinja Nile Resort
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 3 - Drive to Kibale National ParkAfter your breakfast, you will leave for Kibale National Park in western Uganda. The drive takes around 8 hours including a stopover for lunch in Fort Portal town. Along the way, you will pass many small towns, villages, tea farms, and roadside markets all of which make the Ugandan countryside full of beauty. You will reach Kibale with enough time to relax and unwind from a day of travel.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Turaco Treetops
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 4 - Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National ParkAfter early morning breakfast, your driver/guide will drive you to the Kibale National Park office where you will be briefed about the activity of tracking chimpanzees in the wild. You will then go on a guided primate walk in search of chimpanzees and 12 other primates including l’ Hoestes, Red colobus, blue, red-tailed monkeys, brown monkeys, and grey-cheeked mangabey. The park rangers will provide detailed explanations, not only on primates but on all the forest fauna and flora, and will ensure that your walk is informative and enjoyable. After finding the chimps, you will spend 1 hour with them before heading back to the park offices. You will go back to the lodge for lunch & refreshments. After lunch, you will visit the community and take a walk in Bigodi Swamp – which is the home of the great blue Turaco bird. The swamp is home to around 200 bird species and 8 primate species. Later, return to your accommodation for dinner & overnight stay.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Turaco Treetops
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 5 - Visit caves and craters. Drive to Queen Elizabeth National PAfter breakfast, you will start the day with a cultural tour of the Amabere ga nyina mwiru caves – a great historic site located 10km from Fort Portal town. You will be accompanied by an informed guide who knows more about this place. remember to carry along a flashlight, hiking boots, long trousers, etc since you are going to enter the caves. Thereafter, you will hike the explosion crater lakes surrounding this area and then return to Fort Portal town for lunch and a visit to the Tooro Kingdom Palace. In the evening, drive to Uganda’s second-largest park, Queen Elizabeth National Park while enjoying the changing views of the mystical Rwenzori Mountain ranges.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Kasenyi Safari Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 6 - Wildlife viewing in Queen Elizabeth National ParkAfter breakfast, you will go for an early morning wildlife safari game drive in this park. Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse ecosystem of grassy plains, tropical forests, rivers, swamps, lakes, and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. With the massive Rwenzori Mountains as a backdrop, you will have excellent opportunities to see lions, leopards, giant forest hogs, cape buffalos, elephants, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kobs, Topi, and bushbuck After lunch, you will go for a 2-3 hour boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This take will take you through possibly the highest concentration of hippos. Many animals may be seen drinking at the water’s edge. This launch cruise offers great opportunities for photography, bird watching, and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with more than 600 different species.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Kasenyi Safari Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 7 - Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National ParkAfter your breakfast, you will be driven from Queen Elizabeth to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This is a 6 hours journey passing through the Kigezi Highlands an area known as the “Switzerland of Africa”. The journey takes you through terraced hills and winding roads to the Bwindi forest. You will have a stop-over in Kabale for lunch.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 8 - Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable N.P.Today is the big day! Prepare yourself for an encounter with the gentle giants; the rare mountain gorillas. For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour. You will go into the forest in groups of not more than 8 in search of mountain gorillas. En route, your guide will point out previous signs of gorilla activity such as dung, nests, and chewed bamboo shoots. Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes, and bamboo. Upon finding the gorillas, you will spend a maximum of 1 hour with them after which you will be led back to the starting point.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 9 - Drive to Lake Mburo National ParkAfter breakfast, you will leave Bwindi for Lake Mburo National Park with a stopover in Mbarara for your lunch. Lake Mburo is the best and easiest place for seeing a lot of Zebras in Uganda. You will see other wild animals such as buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles, elands, antelopes, and lots of birds as well as the local long-horned Ankole cattle in the nearby ranches. Take an afternoon boat ride on the Lake & see a variety of birds and hippos too.
Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 10 - Drive back to Entebbe, Fly to NairobiAfter your breakfast, go for a walking safari in the park in the company of a park ranger. On this walk, you will see many animals and birds, as well as feel the connection to the nature and surrounding landscape. After your lunch, you will leave for Kampala with a stopover at the Equator line for some pictures and souvenirs. You will then continue to Entebbe International Airport for your onward flight to Nairobi.
Main Destination: Nairobi
Accommodation: Hilton Garden Inn Nairobi Airport
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 11 - Drive to Ol Pejeta ConservancyPick up from your Nairobi Hotel or at the airport by the latest 8:00 am. Board your safari land cruiser and drive through the lush central Kenya highlands, before proceeding north towards Mount Kenya. Check-in and lunch at your tented camp, followed by afternoon game drives. Ol Pejeta Conservancy is home to the BIG 5. However, it’s mainly Rhinos and Chimpanzees that are protected here which are the main attractions. At Ol Pejeta Conservancy, you will find the last 2 remaining northern white rhinos in the whole world. Besides visiting Baraka the Black Rhino and enjoying game drives, one can also visit the Chimpanzee sanctuary.
Main Destination: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Accommodation: Serena Sweetwaters Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 12 - Drive to Lake NaivashaAfter breakfast, board your safari vehicle and enjoy a game drive before departing to Lake Naivasha. Check-in followed by lunch. Afternoon at leisure by the lake shores. You may book a guided nature walk at Crescent Island or a scenic boat ride that offers breathtaking scenery.
Main Destination: Lake Naivasha National Park
Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Country Club
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 13 - Drive to Masai Mara National ReserveDepart after breakfast for Masai Mara National Reserve. Check-in, lunch, and afternoon game drive when you begin your search for the wildlife found in Masai Mara.
Main Destination: Maasai Mara NR
Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Tented Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 14 &15 - Wildlife Game Drives in the Masai MaraYou will spend the whole day exploring this world-renowned reserve during your game drives. Your expert safari driver/guide with in-depth knowledge of the vast reserve will help you locate Lions, Elephants, Rhino, Leopard, Buffalo, Burchell’s Zebra, Hippos, Elands, Spotted Hyena, Topi, Hartebeest, Warthog, Black-Backed Jackal, Mongoose, Masai Ostrich, Secretary Bird, Marabou Stork, Martial Eagle, Vultures, Egrets among several other mammal and bird species that call Masai Mara home. You simply need to have your animal checker guide ready and get ready for the adventure. Between the months of June and September, Masai Mara hosts the world’s biggest wildlife spectacle; the annual wildebeest migration when over 1.2 million wildebeest and Zebra cross over from northern Serengeti into Masai Mara in search of greener pastures, especially the red oat grass which is a delicacy to the marauding gnus/wildebeest. If you travel during these months, your guide will dedicate time to trailing the migrating herds both in the savannah and along the banks of the Crocodile-infested Mara River.
Main Destination: Maasai Mara NR
Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Tented Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 16 - Drive to Northern SerengetiAfter breakfast, collect your picnic lunch and depart for the seemingly endless plains; The Serengeti. You enjoy a three-hour drive to the Isebania border crossing point, clear with immigration, and proceed to northern Serengeti. You will enjoy en-route game viewing in search of the BIG CATS that reside here.
Accommodation: Ole Serai Luxury Camp (Kogatende)
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 17 - Wildlife Viewing in Northern SerengetiYou will spend two full days exploring the northern part of the Serengeti as you search for major wildlife sightings. This is where you can witness the great migration between June and October as they graze in the savannah woodlands and along the shores of the crocodile-infested Mara River with frequent River crossings between the south and north being witnessed regularly. After the calving season in southern Serengeti between February and March, the migration moves to Seronera in Central Serengeti between April and May, before arriving north in June. Big predators like lions, cheetahs, and leopards, and scavenging opportunists like jackals, hyenas, vultures, and Marabou Storks are always trailing the migration. Hence, you also have a chance of catching them in action.
Accommodation: Ole Serai Luxury Camp (Kogatende)
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 18 - Drive to Central SerengetiYou will enjoy your breakfast and then depart for Central Serengeti about 4 hour drive with en-route game viewing. This afternoon, you will explore the most popular part of the Siringet- Seronera. The abundance of both predator and prey here will amaze you as you cover different habitats and geographical areas during your game drives.
Accommodation: Ole Serai Luxury Camp (Turner Springs)
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 19 - Drive to Ngorongoro Crater – KaratuAfter breakfast, you depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. En route, you may visit the Ol Dupai Gorge, the museum where archaeological collections by Louis and Mary Leakey are displayed in situ. This is an optional opportunity to learn about human evolution and early man. This afternoon, you descend down the steep walls of the caldera for game drives along the crater floor. Lions, Elephants (including huge bulls), Cheetahs, Spotted Hyena, Black Rhino, Gnus, Jackals, Baboons, Buffalos, Flamingos (on the crater lakes), Hippos, and even the rare Caracal are some of the animals you might spot here. You will then proceed to Karatu along the Ngorongoro highlands where you enjoy your dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 20 - To Arusha AirportYou depart at leisure for Arusha airport on a scheduled flight back home. This will mark the end of your Grand East Africa Safari holiday.
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast Included
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
Excludes
- All Taxes/VAT
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Rates Per Person
Aug 20, 2023 - Dec 28, 2025
*n/a = not available. This tour is unavailable for solo travelers.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
Excludes
- All Taxes/VAT
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Entebbe and ends in Arusha, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Entebbe and ends in Arusha, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Offered By
Primate World Safaris (U) Ltd
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
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