Your guide/driver will meet you at 7:30 am from your hotel or residence in Entebbe or Kampala. Begin the scenic drive to Mbarara (283 km from Kampala) via Masaka. Stop at the Equator crossing for refreshments and photography. Continue with a visit to Igongo Cultural Centre, where you can explore the Ankole Museum and experience the rich heritage of the Ankole people. Enjoy lunch at Agip Motel, Mbarara, before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, one of the world’s most lush highland rainforests, home to primates, exotic birds, valleys, hilltops, and papyrus swamps. Dinner and overnight stay at a lodge or hotel.

After breakfast, prepare for an extraordinary gorilla trekking experience beginning at 8:00 am with a briefing from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) staff. Be sure to bring essentials such as a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots, and a packed lunch. Your expert guides will lead you through the dense rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in search of habituated mountain gorilla families — one of the most thrilling wildlife experiences on the planet. Trekking can take 2 to 6 hours, but the encounter with these gentle giants is unforgettable.

In the afternoon, enjoy the Buhoma Village Walk, an optional cultural experience offering insight into the lives of communities surrounding the forest. Starting at Buhoma Community Rest Camp, the walk showcases local traditions, crafts, and daily routines, giving visitors a meaningful way to support and engage with the local people. Return to your lodge or hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, depart from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and drive back toward Kampala via Kasese–Fort Portal Road, passing through Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you may enjoy en-route game viewing and spot elephants, antelopes, and warthogs if luck permits. Stop at the Equator line in Kasese for photos and refreshments. Experience the winding landscapes of the Mt. Rwenzori foothills as you arrive in Fort Portal for lunch. Continue your journey to Kampala or Entebbe to connect with your onward flight to Nairobi or your home destination. Overnight stay at a Nairobi hotel.

In the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel or airport for a brief safari introduction before departing to Lake Nakuru National Park, descending into the scenic Great Rift Valley. Arrive in the late afternoon and embark on your first game drive, exploring the park’s abundant wildlife. Lake Nakuru is renowned for its over 350 bird species, including the iconic greater and lesser flamingos, plovers, marabou storks, white pelicans, and egrets. The park is also home to white and black rhinos, Rothschild giraffes, lions, zebras, antelopes, and buffaloes, offering excellent wildlife viewing and photography opportunities. Return to your camp or lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

After an early breakfast, depart for the legendary Masai Mara National Reserve, arriving in time for an afternoon game drive. The Mara plains are teeming with wildlife, including Masai giraffes, baboons, warthogs, bat-eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyenas, topis, impalas, and wildebeest. Larger herds of elephants, buffaloes, zebras, and hippos are also commonly seen. Predators such as lions are frequently observed basking after a meal or surveying the plains, while cheetahs and leopards are more elusive but still occasionally spotted. The Mara is famous for the annual wildebeest migration between July and October, when millions of wildebeest and zebras move across the ecosystem in search of greener pastures, creating one of the most iconic wildlife spectacles on Earth. Dinner and overnight stay at your camp or lodge.

After breakfast, check out and pack your lunch boxes for a full day of game drives in Masai Mara National Reserve, one of Kenya’s premier wildlife sanctuaries. The reserve spans 1,672 sq km and hosts over 450 animal species, including both resident and migratory wildlife. The plains teem with wildebeest, zebras, elephants, lions, buffaloes, Thompson’s gazelles, topis, and occasionally rhinos and leopards. In the Mara River, watch hippos play and crocodiles bask along the banks. The Mara’s fertile climate and dramatic landscapes create an endless wildlife spectacle, with the annual wildebeest migration providing one of nature’s most extraordinary sights. Optional activities include a visit to a Maasai village to experience local culture firsthand. Return to Rhino Tourist Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

After an early breakfast, depart from Masai Mara National Reserve and drive toward Serengeti National Park via the Isebania Kenya–Tanzania border town. Upon arrival at the border, complete immigration and customs procedures before meeting your Tanzanian vehicle and professional guide. Continue the journey into the Serengeti, where an afternoon or evening game drive allows you to start exploring this legendary wildlife sanctuary. Encounter herds of elephants, lions, zebras, wildebeest, and other iconic African species as the sun sets over the endless plains. Return to your camp or lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, spend a full day exploring Serengeti National Park with early morning, mid-morning, and afternoon game drives. The Serengeti, spanning approximately 30,000 km² across northern Tanzania and southern Kenya, is world-famous for its endless savannah plains, forested landscapes, and rich biodiversity. Witness the Great Migration, where about 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and other herbivores move across the plains, followed by thousands of predators in pursuit of the herds. Even outside migration season, the park’s grasslands and woodlands host abundant wildlife year-round, including lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and giraffes, offering unparalleled photographic and wildlife viewing opportunities. Return to your camp or lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Start the day with an early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park, exploring the park’s abundant wildlife as the sun rises over the iconic savannah. Afterward, depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, enjoying en-route wildlife viewing along the way. Arrive at your lodge or camp near the Ngorongoro Crater Rim in the late afternoon. Settle in, relax, and enjoy dinner as you prepare for the next day’s unforgettable safari experiences. Overnight at your lodge or camp.

Wake up early for breakfast before descending into the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera with a 20-kilometer diameter and 600-meter-high crater walls. The crater supports an estimated 30,000 large mammals, including lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, and black rhinos, with a central salt lake adding to its unique ecosystem. This area is remarkable for the coexistence of wildlife and indigenous communities, including the Maasai and Hadza. Enjoy spectacular views of the crater rim and the diverse wildlife below. In the afternoon, drive back to Arusha, arriving in the evening for drop-off at your hotel or airport, concluding your unforgettable East African safari adventure.