Day 1

Arrive Arusha -Tanzania

Arrive in Arusha through Kilimanjaro International airport and be transferred to a Legendary Lodge. It is set in lush tropical gardens on a coffee farm just outside Arusha. It features twelve beautiful garden cottages, designed with a unique blend of African arts and crafts, combined with old, colonial-style luxury. You will be checked into your room. You’ll be pleased to relax at your veranda or main house. Later, you will be treated to a welcome dinner where you will be briefed by our head guide about how your trip will unfold.

Day 2

Transfer to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, checkout of your room and drive to Tarangire National Park, a wild landscape painted with open grasslands, acacia trees and the Tarangire River. You will be checked in your room at Tarangire Treetops that serenely sits on the border of Tarangire National Park. East of the 20 rooms is elevated above the ground with private balcony offering views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab tree. You will be treated to a welcome lunch before going on an afternoon game drive in search of giraffes, waterbucks, zebras and elephants, hartebeest, gazelles and birds including the giant martial eagle.

Day 3

Abundant Game Viewing in Tarangire National Park

You will have a guided morning and afternoon game drive destined for abundant wildlife choices. The day will be crowned with a complementary wild sundowner before the dinner and night game drive. This latter experience is a first class ticket to spotting nocturnal animals including African wildcat and the elusive leopard. You are also likely to encounter lions and hyenas as they hunt for their dinner! Overnight at Tarangire Treetops.

Day 4

Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Checkout of Olivers Camp after breakfast and cross the Great Rift Valley where the Ngorongoro Conservation Area sits. As you enter the Ngorongoro, you will be welcomed by Maasai “enkangs” (homesteads). Brace yourself for a thrilling cultural and wildlife experience in this natural ring of Ngorongoro Crater, a 2,000-foot- deep caldera. It offers a fascinating miniature of East African wildlife; including buffalo, flamingos, lions and leopards.

Later in the day, you will check in at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, an elegant getaway that is perched on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, giving unmatched views.

Day 5

Game Drives in Ngorongoro Crater

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater and explore a natural wildlife haven. Many of these animals live their whole life at the bottom of this intact caldera. Watch Zebra, wildebeest, and gazelle mingle together, while herds of buffalo, elephants and rhino roam around. Catch up with the hippos as they lounge in the water holes where the lions position themselves to ambush preys. Get closer to the lake and watch the Flamingos as they feed and play.  In the evening, visit a Maasai village and learn about the tribe’s charming cultural traditions; nomadic lifestyle and how they coexist with wildlife. Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Day 6

Transfer to Serengeti National Park

Checkout and drive to Serengeti, boundless vast plains, where lions, hyenas and leopards roam. You will be welcomed at Sayari Camp and be checked into your room, a cozy heaven with dramatic views over the northern plains. In the evening visit a Masai family for a cultural experience led by a local guide who will introduce to you to the Masai traditions and practices. Wrap the day by returning to camp for dinner and overnight. Sayari Camp is renowned for extraordinary wildlife sightings and supreme comfort. Set on the unspoiled plains of Northern Serengeti, close to the famous Lamai Wedge, Sayari gives you easy access to the Mara River and multiple river crossing points in the remote Park. While here, relax in your extra-comfortable hillside suite after a day on safari, or take a dip in the glorious rim-flow swimming pool.

Day 7

Game Drives in Serengeti National Park

Take morning and evening game drives exploring the Serengeti plains in your private safari vehicle—to catch up with live sights and sounds of the great migration. Witness over one million wildebeests and thousands of zebra cross river Mara into Serengeti in a stampede as they avoid open jaws of mean large crocodiles. Here, you can’t miss hungry predators including lions and leopards-as they go against odds to survive. After this thriller, you will be treated to a sundowner as you watch African skies go dim.

Day 8

Transfer to Grumeti Reserve

After breakfast, you will be transferred to western Serengeti where you will be welcomed by the Singita Faru Faru staff. Built on a gently sloping hill, Singita Faru Faru Lodge is positioned on the renowned migratory route, easily offering the unexpected encounters.  Arrive in time for a lunch, featuring a wine tasting in the lodge’s temperature-controlled cellar. An experienced sommelier will guide you through a variety of wine styles, years and cultivars to find the wines most suited to your individual taste. Spend the afternoon relaxing in the spa or you may wish to head out on a game drive before dinner.

Day 9

Full Day Game Drives in Grumeti Reserve

Morning and evening game drives in the vast plains the private Singita conservancy gives you exclusive wildlife encounters and witness great migration privately. With such close proximity to the river and plains— enjoy the unique opportunity to experience a very close connection with the wilderness. End the day with another sundowner before you return the lodge for dinner and overnight at Singita Faru Faru.

Day 10

Transfer to Arusha & Depart

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be driven to the nearby airstrip for a flight to Kigali, Rwanda where you will be welcomed by our experienced driver guide who will transfer you to Kigali Serena Hotel, a relaxed yet elegant five-star hotel that is ideally located in one of Kigali’s most charming avenues. This serene hotel is built around a polished granite atrium that showcases the very best of Rwanda’s cultural art. You will receive a full briefing of your safari from our guide. After this brief starter, you will be left alone to relax in your room. You are free to enjoy the hotel’s inviting amenities, most of which are free of crowds; the swimming pool, health club and coffee experience.

Day 11

Kigali City Tour and transfer to Kinigi Town
After breakfast, visit the Kigali Genocide memorial museum, one of the museums that were established to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. This is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda. It honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994. This dark tour will make you appreciate how this relatively small country has quickly recovered from its painful history.

 After this sobering moment, go for lunch at Hotel Des Mille Collines, that was featured in the Hollywood movie ’Hotel Rwanda’ in 2004. After lunch, drive on a smooth road that meanders through the rolling hills to Kinigi Town, gateway to the Virunga Mountains. You will be checked in at the most luxurious camp- Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge. It is set in serene gardens, with stunning views of the Virungas, a collection of active and dormant volcanoes. This cozy lodge is built out of stone and tile build, and consists of a main cottage and 8 sleeping rooms. The main lodge, with mustard colored walls, large Mediterranean style tiling and beautiful windows. Fixed to the walls, looking out over the slopes, are giant sized masks, which add a real sense of mystery to the experience. Inside, and characterized by beautifully maintained wooden floors, white walls, low slatted ceilings, a mix of slumber seating, open log fires and African prints, the shared areas include a bar, library, games room, verandah, dining room and seating areas.

Days 12

Mountain Gorilla Trekking

The Parc National des Volcans is part of the Virungas which are shared between Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo; the only habitat to just over 1000 surviving mountain gorillas. Make a short drive to park headquarters this morning where you will meet your gorilla trekking guides. Ranger guides to be exact. They will give you a brief talk on the procedures and etiquette of gorilla tracking before you set off to the dense rain forest. In an effort to give you an 80% probability of seeing these majestic primates, a team of trackers will be in the forest ahead of your departure. Their task is identifying where the gorillas were seen the night before and pursuing them to a point/climax—where you will be able to connect. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery makes the effort worthwhile in addition to the ultimate reward of getting a close-up with the gorillas; a profoundly moving wildlife encounter. Return to the lodge and relax as you watch the sun burry itself over the horizons; Virunga volcanoes

Day 13

Golden Monkey Trekking, Transfer to Kigali and Depart
Have an early breakfast and return to the park headquarters where you will meet the park guide ahead of a guided trek to the forest—to observe rare golden monkeys. These old world monkeys are active throughout the day and mostly live in the bamboo zone of this mountainous park, not so far from its foot. A golden monkey trek operates similarly to the early morning gorilla treks. Groups are limited to eight travelers, and once you meet up with the golden monkeys, you will have one hour to spend with them and return to the lodge for lunch, refresh and transfer to the airport for departing flight.

Day 1

Arrive Arusha -Tanzania

Arrive in Arusha through Kilimanjaro International airport and be transferred to a Legendary Lodge. It is set in lush tropical gardens on a coffee farm just outside Arusha. It features twelve beautiful garden cottages, designed with a unique blend of African arts and crafts, combined with old, colonial-style luxury. You will be checked into your room. You’ll be pleased to relax at your veranda or main house. Later, you will be treated to a welcome dinner where you will be briefed by our head guide about how your trip will unfold.

Day 2

Transfer to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, checkout of your room and drive to Tarangire National Park, a wild landscape painted with open grasslands, acacia trees and the Tarangire River. You will be checked in your room at Tarangire Treetops that serenely sits on the border of Tarangire National Park. East of the 20 rooms is elevated above the ground with private balcony offering views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab tree. You will be treated to a welcome lunch before going on an afternoon game drive in search of giraffes, waterbucks, zebras and elephants, hartebeest, gazelles and birds including the giant martial eagle.

Day 3

Abundant Game Viewing in Tarangire National Park

You will have a guided morning and afternoon game drive destined for abundant wildlife choices. The day will be crowned with a complementary wild sundowner before the dinner and night game drive. This latter experience is a first class ticket to spotting nocturnal animals including African wildcat and the elusive leopard. You are also likely to encounter lions and hyenas as they hunt for their dinner! Overnight at Tarangire Treetops.

Day 4

Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Checkout of Olivers Camp after breakfast and cross the Great Rift Valley where the Ngorongoro Conservation Area sits. As you enter the Ngorongoro, you will be welcomed by Maasai “enkangs” (homesteads). Brace yourself for a thrilling cultural and wildlife experience in this natural ring of Ngorongoro Crater, a 2,000-foot- deep caldera. It offers a fascinating miniature of East African wildlife; including buffalo, flamingos, lions and leopards.

Later in the day, you will check in at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, an elegant getaway that is perched on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, giving unmatched views.

Day 5

Game Drives in Ngorongoro Crater

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater and explore a natural wildlife haven. Many of these animals live their whole life at the bottom of this intact caldera. Watch Zebra, wildebeest, and gazelle mingle together, while herds of buffalo, elephants and rhino roam around. Catch up with the hippos as they lounge in the water holes where the lions position themselves to ambush preys. Get closer to the lake and watch the Flamingos as they feed and play.  In the evening, visit a Maasai village and learn about the tribe’s charming cultural traditions; nomadic lifestyle and how they coexist with wildlife. Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Day 6

Transfer to Serengeti National Park

Checkout and drive to Serengeti, boundless vast plains, where lions, hyenas and leopards roam. You will be welcomed at Sayari Camp and be checked into your room, a cozy heaven with dramatic views over the northern plains. In the evening visit a Masai family for a cultural experience led by a local guide who will introduce to you to the Masai traditions and practices. Wrap the day by returning to camp for dinner and overnight. Sayari Camp is renowned for extraordinary wildlife sightings and supreme comfort. Set on the unspoiled plains of Northern Serengeti, close to the famous Lamai Wedge, Sayari gives you easy access to the Mara River and multiple river crossing points in the remote Park. While here, relax in your extra-comfortable hillside suite after a day on safari, or take a dip in the glorious rim-flow swimming pool.

Day 7

Game Drives in Serengeti National Park

Take morning and evening game drives exploring the Serengeti plains in your private safari vehicle—to catch up with live sights and sounds of the great migration. Witness over one million wildebeests and thousands of zebra cross river Mara into Serengeti in a stampede as they avoid open jaws of mean large crocodiles. Here, you can’t miss hungry predators including lions and leopards-as they go against odds to survive. After this thriller, you will be treated to a sundowner as you watch African skies go dim.

Day 8

Transfer to Grumeti Reserve

After breakfast, you will be transferred to western Serengeti where you will be welcomed by the Singita Faru Faru staff. Built on a gently sloping hill, Singita Faru Faru Lodge is positioned on the renowned migratory route, easily offering the unexpected encounters.  Arrive in time for a lunch, featuring a wine tasting in the lodge’s temperature-controlled cellar. An experienced sommelier will guide you through a variety of wine styles, years and cultivars to find the wines most suited to your individual taste. Spend the afternoon relaxing in the spa or you may wish to head out on a game drive before dinner.

Day 9

Full Day Game Drives in Grumeti Reserve

Morning and evening game drives in the vast plains the private Singita conservancy gives you exclusive wildlife encounters and witness great migration privately. With such close proximity to the river and plains— enjoy the unique opportunity to experience a very close connection with the wilderness. End the day with another sundowner before you return the lodge for dinner and overnight at Singita Faru Faru.

Day 10

Transfer to Arusha & Depart

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be driven to the nearby airstrip for a chartered flight to Arusha on time for a short flight to Entebbe, Uganda.

Arrive in Entebbe and transfer to Lake Victoria Serena Hotel. Styled to replicate a pastel-shaded Italian hillside village, The Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa stands out among hotels in Uganda. Situated amid terraced rose gardens above its own boating marina as sculpted from the sparkling waters of Lake Victoria, this more than an ordinary hotel. You will have uninterrupted time to relax before a group dinner later in the evening. As you dine, you will have a full orientation to this tour.

Day 11

Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After a relaxed breakfast, transfer to the airstrip and fly to Kisoro airstrip where our guide will usher you to Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge. This fancy lodge is set on a forested ridge near the entrance to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, with spectacular views of dormant Virunga volcanoes. Each of the 8 cottage features a bedroom, ensuite bathroom with walk-in shower and separate lounge. Comfortable chairs on the outdoor verandas provide the perfect vantage point to admire the unforgettable panoramas of the forest below.

Day 12

First Mountain Gorilla Tracking Experience

This is a big day; you will have a rare encounter with gentle giant mountain gorilla. This is no doubt the absolute highlight of a tour to Africa for most visitors. It is a humbling experience to stand meters from the gentle giants as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones. After a briefing by park authorities, you will embark on a forest trek lasting from one-five hours, depending on the location of the gorillas in the thick forest. There are 10 habituated gorilla families and you will be privileged to encounter and spend time with one of the families. You will enjoy an exciting journey along forested slopes, bushes and bamboo before you ultimately reach the gorilla family. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly awesome and emotional experience. You will return to the lodge where we will offer you a complementary body massage.

Day 13

Fly to Entebbe and Depart

Today marks the end of your safari. After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Kisoro airstrip for a pre-arranged chartered flight to Entebbe. You will be transferred to Boma Hotel for a day room to relax and refresh as you wait for your departing flight. Have a farewell meal complementary meal with our director before transferring to the airport.

Day 1

Arrive Arusha -Tanzania

Arrive in Arusha through Kilimanjaro International airport and be transferred to a Legendary Lodge. It is set in lush tropical gardens on a coffee farm just outside Arusha. It features twelve beautiful garden cottages, designed with a unique blend of African arts and crafts, combined with old, colonial-style luxury. You will be checked into your room. You’ll be pleased to relax at your veranda or main house. Later, you will be treated to a welcome dinner where you will be briefed by our head guide about how your trip will unfold.

Day 2

Transfer to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, checkout of your room and drive to Tarangire National Park, a wild landscape painted with open grasslands, acacia trees and the Tarangire River. You will be checked in your room at Tarangire Treetops that serenely sits on the border of Tarangire National Park. East of the 20 rooms is elevated above the ground with private balcony offering views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab tree. You will be treated to a welcome lunch before going on an afternoon game drive in search of giraffes, waterbucks, zebras and elephants, hartebeest, gazelles and birds including the giant martial eagle.

Day 3

Abundant Game Viewing in Tarangire National Park

You will have a guided morning and afternoon game drive destined for abundant wildlife choices. The day will be crowned with a complementary wild sundowner before the dinner and night game drive. This latter experience is a first class ticket to spotting nocturnal animals including African wildcat and the elusive leopard. You are also likely to encounter lions and hyenas as they hunt for their dinner! Overnight at Tarangire Treetops.

Day 4

Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Checkout of Olivers Camp after breakfast and cross the Great Rift Valley where the Ngorongoro Conservation Area sits. As you enter the Ngorongoro, you will be welcomed by Maasai “enkangs” (homesteads). Brace yourself for a thrilling cultural and wildlife experience in this natural ring of Ngorongoro Crater, a 2,000-foot- deep caldera. It offers a fascinating miniature of East African wildlife; including buffalo, flamingos, lions and leopards.

Later in the day, you will check in at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, an elegant getaway that is perched on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, giving unmatched views.

Day 5

Game Drives in Ngorongoro Crater

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater and explore a natural wildlife haven. Many of these animals live their whole life at the bottom of this intact caldera. Watch Zebra, wildebeest, and gazelle mingle together, while herds of buffalo, elephants and rhino roam around. Catch up with the hippos as they lounge in the water holes where the lions position themselves to ambush preys. Get closer to the lake and watch the Flamingos as they feed and play.  In the evening, visit a Maasai village and learn about the tribe’s charming cultural traditions; nomadic lifestyle and how they coexist with wildlife. Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Day 6

Transfer to Serengeti National Park

Checkout and drive to Serengeti, boundless vast plains, where lions, hyenas and leopards roam. You will be welcomed at Sayari Camp and be checked into your room, a cozy heaven with dramatic views over the northern plains. In the evening visit a Masai family for a cultural experience led by a local guide who will introduce to you to the Masai traditions and practices. Wrap the day by returning to camp for dinner and overnight. Sayari Camp is renowned for extraordinary wildlife sightings and supreme comfort. Set on the unspoiled plains of Northern Serengeti, close to the famous Lamai Wedge, Sayari gives you easy access to the Mara River and multiple river crossing points in the remote Park. While here, relax in your extra-comfortable hillside suite after a day on safari, or take a dip in the glorious rim-flow swimming pool.

Day 7

Game Drives in Serengeti National Park

Take morning and evening game drives exploring the Serengeti plains in your private safari vehicle—to catch up with live sights and sounds of the great migration. Witness over one million wildebeests and thousands of zebra cross river Mara into Serengeti in a stampede as they avoid open jaws of mean large crocodiles. Here, you can’t miss hungry predators including lions and leopards-as they go against odds to survive. After this thriller, you will be treated to a sundowner as you watch African skies go dim.

Day 8

Transfer to Grumeti Reserve

After breakfast, you will be transferred to western Serengeti where you will be welcomed by the Singita Faru Faru staff. Built on a gently sloping hill, Singita Faru Faru Lodge is positioned on the renowned migratory route, easily offering the unexpected encounters.  Arrive in time for a lunch, featuring a wine tasting in the lodge’s temperature-controlled cellar. An experienced sommelier will guide you through a variety of wine styles, years and cultivars to find the wines most suited to your individual taste. Spend the afternoon relaxing in the spa or you may wish to head out on a game drive before dinner.

Day 9

Full Day Game Drives in Grumeti Reserve

Morning and evening game drives in the vast plains the private Singita conservancy gives you exclusive wildlife encounters and witness great migration privately. With such close proximity to the river and plains— enjoy the unique opportunity to experience a very close connection with the wilderness. End the day with another sundowner before you return the lodge for dinner and overnight at Singita Faru Faru.

Day 10

Transfer to Arusha & Depart

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be driven to the nearby airstrip for a chartered flight to Arusha. You will be welcomed and driven to the Legendary Lodge for lunch and a relaxed afternoon in a reserved dayroom. Later, you will be transferred to the airport for your departing flight.

Day 1

Arrive Arusha -Tanzania

Arrive in Arusha through Kilimanjaro International airport and be transferred to a Legendary Lodge. It is set in lush tropical gardens on a coffee farm just outside Arusha, featuring twelve beautiful garden cottages, designed with a unique blend of African arts and crafts, combined with old, colonial-style luxury. You will be checked in your room with great views. You’ll be pleased to relax at your veranda or main house. Later, you will be treated to a welcome dinner where you will be briefed by our head guide about how your trip will unfold

Day 2

Transfer to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, checkout of your room and drive to Tarangire National Park, a wild landscape painted with open grasslands, acacia trees and the Tarangire River. You will be checked in your room at Tarangire Treetops that serenely sits on the border of Tarangire National Park. East of the 20 rooms is elevated above the ground with private balcony offering views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab tree. You will be treated to a welcome lunch before going on an afternoon game drive in search of giraffes, waterbucks, zebras and elephants, hartebeest, gazelles and birds including the giant martial eagle.

Day 3

Abundant Game Viewing in Tarangire National Park

You will have a guided morning and afternoon game drive destined for abundant wildlife choices. The day will be crowned with a complementary wild sundowner before the dinner and night game drive. This latter experience is a first class ticket to spotting nocturnal animals including African wildcat and the elusive leopard. You are also likely to encounter lions and hyenas as they hunt for their dinner! Overnight at Tarangire Treetops.

Day 4

Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Checkout of the Olivers Camp after breakfast and cross the Great Rift Valley where the Ngorongoro Conservation Area sits. As you enter the Ngorongoro, you will be welcomed by Maasai “enkangs” (homesteads), brace yourself for a thrilling cultural and wildlife experience in this natural ring of Ngorongoro Crater, a 2,000-foot- deep caldera that offers a fascinating miniature of East African wildlife; including buffalos, flamingos, lions and leopards.

Later in the day, you will check in at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, an elegant getaway that is perched on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, giving unmatched views.

Day 5

Game Drives in Ngorongoro Crater

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater and explore a natural wildlife haven. Many of these animals live their whole life at the bottom of this intact caldera. Watch Zebras, wildebeest, and gazelle mingle together, while herds of buffalos, elephants and rhinos roam around. Catch up with the hippos as they lounge in the water holes where the lions position themselves to ambush preys. Get closer to the lake and watch the Flamingos as they feed and play.  In the evening, visit a Maasai village and learn about the tribe’s charming cultural traditions; nomadic lifestyle and how they coexistence with wildlife. Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Day 6

Transfer to Serengeti National Park

Checkout and drive to Serengeti, boundless vast plains, where lions, hyenas and leopards roam. You will be checked in Singita Faru Faru Lodge that is set in Grumeti in northern Tanzania, forming part of the Serengeti Mara ecosystem. Built on a gently sloping hill, this riverine lodge, positioned on the renowned migratory route, is a place where you should expect the unexpected. With such close proximity to the river and plains, guests have the unique opportunity to experience a very close connection with the wilderness. Have lunch and go for an evening game drive that will be crowned with a sundowner cocktail before returning to the lodge for dinner.

Day 7

Game Drives in Serengeti National Park

Morning and afternoon game drives offer you incredible sightings of the densest wildlife populations including the big five (lions, elephants, Cape buffalos, leopards and rhinos), supplemented by a variety of birds, and big mammals like cheetahs, a fleet of Thomson’s gazelles, giraffe, warthog, dik dik, bushbuck, waterbuck, eland, impala, and topi. If you plan your trip around November and December or through early July, you will be treated to the legendary annual migration as vast herds of wildebeest and zebras embark on their yearly crossing from Kenya’s Masai Mara.

 Day 8

Transfer to Arusha & Depart

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be driven to the nearby airstrip for a chartered flight to Arusha. You will be welcomed and driven to Legendary Lodge for lunch and a relaxed afternoon in a reserved dayroom. Later, you will be transferred to the airport for your departing flight.

Day 1

Arrive in Kenya

Upon arrival and after entry visa clearance, you will be welcomed by our experienced driver guide who will transfer you to the lush, green Nairobi suburb of Karen and check you in at the iconic Giraffe Manor. You will be served a complementary dinner and be briefed about the entire program before retiring to your bed.

Day 2

Breakfast with the Giraffe and Visit to the Elephant Orphanage

This morning, you’ll enjoy breakfast alongside the Rothschild giraffe who are the signature visitors of this rustic Manor. After breakfast, take a walk through the well-manicured grounds of the hotel to the Giraffe Center where you can continue learning about Giraffe and the conservation efforts underway in Africa to protect these beautiful creatures. Visit the nearby Kazuri beads factory and see how the former less-advantaged women are making world-class beads that have found their way to international market including USA. Later, proceed to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and experience how rescued orphaned elephants are rehabilitated and cared for before they are reintroduced into the wild. You will be given an opportunity to adopt a calf if you would love to support the center’s work. Depending on your departing flight schedule, you will be transferred to the airport early on time.

Day 3

Transfer to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip for a chartered flight to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. On arrival, you will be welcomed by the ever-smiling team of Lewa Safari Camp who will transfer you to the camp. You will spend the next two nights in a luxury tent featuring spacious verandahs and full en-suite bathrooms, Lewa Safari Camp will treat you to an authentic, unique and exclusive comfort.

Sprawling over the Laikipia plains, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a prolific wildlife conservancy. For over 30 years now, it has been offering spectacular wildlife viewing that Kenya has to offer including big cats, elephants and endangered black rhinos. Relax at your camp until lunch time. In the afternoon, take a game drive that brings you closer to the indigenous resident species including reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, the Somali ostrich, beisa oryx, and long-necked gerenuk. Look out for majestic leopards and lions, roam the vast landscape. As the sun goes down, return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Overnight at Lewa Safari Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 4

Game Drives in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Morning and afternoon game drives in this this pristine conservancy give you intimate sightings for lions, black and white rhinos, elephants, oryx, and aquatic sitatungas — swamp-dwelling antelopes. You can choose to step out of the car and experience this unique wildland on foot. In the evening, you will be treated to a remote sundowner as you spend your last night at this Gold-rated Eco-lodge. Overnight at Lewa Safari Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 5

Fly to Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast, your last meal at Lewa Safari Camp, take chartered flight to Masai Mara Game Reserve where you will be warmly welcomed by warm staff of Sala’s Camp. You will check into your private tent, as blessed with champagne views of the Mara. Sala’s Camp is a tented camp that combines tradition with comfort and intimate luxury. It is situated in the southern, wilder corner of Kenya’s mighty Masai Mara game reserve, close to the confluence of the Sand and Keekorok Rivers – an idyllic geographical feature that attracts teeming wildlife. Sala’s Camp location is a big draw, close to Tanzania with wonderful views of the Serengeti National Park, it is one of the first camps in the Mara to witness the legendary annual migration of wildebeest, which thunders by from June to September each year. After checking in your room, return for guest area for lunch and relax before an evening game drive. Overnight at Sala’s Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).

Days 6 & 7

Game Drives in Masai Mara Game Reserve

Spend morning and evening on game drives exploring this vast savanna, woodlands and tree-fringed rivers of the Masai Mara. From the elusive leopards retrieving kills from acacia branches, to elephants protecting their young from opportunistic lions, hunting cheetahs and rich bird-list, you will be thrilled by Masai Mara. It is the most favored wildlife sighting area in the region thanks to its strategic location.  If you plan your trip between June to September, you will be treated to the famous great migration. Overnight at Sala’s Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).

Days 8

Fly to Nairobi and Depart

After breakfast, check out of your tent and transfer to the nearby airfield for a chartered flight to Nairobi. Have lunch and if your flight is later in the day, you can go shopping before heading to the airport for a departing flight check-in.

DAY 1

ARRIVE IN KENYA THROUGH JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Upon arrival and after entry visa clearance, you will be welcomed by our experienced driver guide who will transfer you to the nearby Emakoko, a boutique lodge uniquely positioned on the edge of the Nairobi National Park, just 45 minutes’ drive away from Nairobi’s airports. The Emakoko gives you the best start of any East African Safari with its beautiful scenery that completes priceless comfort.

DAY 2

TRANSFER TO LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be transferred to the nearby Wilson Airport for a chartered flight to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. On arrival, you will be welcomed by the ever-smiling team of Lewa Safari Camp who will transfer you to the camp and check you in your luxury tent where you will spend two nights. Featuring large tented bedrooms with spacious verandahs and full en-suite bathrooms, Lewa Safari Camp will treat you to an authentic, unique and exclusive comfort.

Sprawling over the Laikipia plains, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a prolific wildlife conservancy that offers some of the most spectacular wildlife viewing that Kenya has to offer including big cats, elephants and endangered black rhinos. Relax at you the camp until lunch. In the afternoon, take a game drive that brings you closer to the indigenous resident species including reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, the Somali ostrich, beisa oryx, and long-necked gerenuk. Look out for majestic leopards and lions, roam the vast landscape. As the sun goes down, return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Overnight at Lewa Safari Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)

DAY 3

GAME DRIVES IN LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY

Morning and afternoon game drives in this this pristine conservancy give you intimate sightings for lions, black and white rhinos, elephants, oryx, and aquatic sitatungas — swamp-dwelling antelopes. You can choose to step out of the car and experience this unique wildland on foot. In the evening, you will be treated to a remote sundowner as you spend your last night at this Gold-rated Eco-lodge. Prepared by your attentive staff. Overnight at Lewa Safari Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)

DAY 4

FLY TO MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

After breakfast, your last meal at Lewa Safari Camp, take a chartered flight to Masai Mara Game Reserve where you will be warmly welcomed by Kichwa Tembo Lodge staff. You will be checked into your exclusive tent with great views of Mara. Sanctuary Olonana. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Sitting along the Sabaringo River on the edge of the Oloololo escarpment, Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp offers commanding views of Masai Mara plains, giving you total seclusion and abundant wildlife sightings. Located where the riverine forest meets the sweeping plains in the path of the awe-inspiring Great Migration, the camp provides an authentic dose of African wildlife, delivered with legendary Kenyan hospitality. After checking in your room, return to the guest area for lunch and relax before an evening game drive. Overnight at Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner).

DAYS 5 & 6

GAME DRIVES IN MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

Spend morning and evening on game drives exploring this vast savanna, woodlands and tree-fringed rivers of the Masai Mara. From the elusive leopards retrieving kills from acacia branches, to elephants protecting their young from opportunistic lions, hunting cheetahs and rich bird-list, you will be thrilled by Masai Mara that is no doubt the most favored wildlife sighting area in the region.  If you plan your trip between July/August and November, you will be treated to the famous great migration. Overnight at Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner).

DAY 7

FLY FROM MASAI MARA AND DEPART

After breakfast, check out of your tent and transfer to the nearby airfield for a chartered flight to Nairobi. Have lunch and if your flight is later in the day, you can go shopping before heading to the airport for a departing flight check-in.

Day 1

Arrive in Kenya through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Upon arrival and after entry visa clearance, you will be welcomed by our experienced driver guide who will transfer you to Giraffe Manor, an exclusive boutique hotel, set in 12 acres of private land within 140 acres of indigenous forest in the Langata suburb of Nairobi. The most fascinating thing about Giraffe Manor is its herd of resident Rothschild’s giraffe who may visit morning and evening, sometimes poking their long necks into the windows in the hope of a treat, before retreating to their forest sanctuary. You will be served to a welcome dinner where you will receive a full briefing of the entire safari before you retire to your comfortable bed.

Day 2

Transfer to Amboseli National Park

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be transferred to the nearby Wilson Airport for a chartered flight to Amboseli National Park, and be transferred to Tortilis Camp that is exquisitely built with natural materials and has magnificent views of Mount Kilimanjaro. You will be checked in your room, on with views of Mount Kilimanjaro—the world’s highest freestanding peak. After lunch, you will settle into your tent and relax as you watch the sun color the beautiful Amboseli National Park.

Day 3

Game Drives in Amboseli National Park

Morning and evening game drives give you an opportunity to encounter cheetahs, lions, zebras, and other creatures scattered across the endless savanna. Escorted by your guide and tracker, you will explore the park a closer encounter with wildlife. Visit the nearby community for a Masai cultural experience. You will conclude the day with a complementarity sundowner as you watch wildlife roam around.

Day 4

Transfer to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip for a chartered flight to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. On arrival, you will be welcomed by the ever-smiling team of Lewa Safari Camp who will transfer you to the camp. They will check you in your luxury tent where you will spend two nights. Featuring large tented bedrooms with spacious verandahs and full en-suite bathrooms, Lewa Safari Camp will treat you to an authentic, unique and exclusive comfort.

Sprawling over the Laikipia plains, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a prolific wildlife conservancy. It offers some of the most spectacular wildlife viewing that Kenya has to offer including big cats, elephants and endangered black rhinos. Relax at your camp until lunch. In the afternoon, take a game drive that brings you closer to the indigenous resident species including reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s zebra, the Somali ostrich, beisa oryx, and long-necked gerenuk. Look out for majestic leopards and lions, roam the vast landscape. As the sun goes down, return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 5

Game Drives in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Morning and afternoon game drives in this pristine conservancy gives you intimate sightings for lions, black and white rhinos, elephants, oryx, and aquatic sitatungas — swamp-dwelling antelopes. You can choose to step out of the car and experience this unique wildland on foot. In the evening, you will be treated to a remote sundowner as you spend your last night at this Gold-rated Eco-lodge.

Day 6

Fly to Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast, your last meal at Lewa Safari Camp, take a chartered flight to Masai Mara Game Reserve where you will be warmly welcomed by Sala’s Camp staff who will transfer you to the lodge and check you in. Sala’s Camp combines tradition with comfort and it is a model of understated, intimate luxury. Situated in the southern, wilder corner of Kenya’s mighty Masai Mara game reserve close to the confluence of the Sand and Keekorok Rivers, this tented camp is idyllic located in an area that attracts teeming wildlife and has wonderful views of the Serengeti National Park. This is one of the first camps in the Mara to witness the legendary annual migration of wildebeest, which thunders by from June to September each year. After checking in your room, return to the guest area for lunch and relax before an evening game drive.

Days 7 & 8

Game Drives in Masai Mara Game Reserve

Spend morning and evening on game drives exploring this vast savanna, woodlands and tree-fringed rivers of the Masai Mara. From the elusive leopards retrieving kills from acacia branches, to elephants protecting their young from opportunistic lions, hunting cheetahs and rich bird-list, you will be thrilled by Masai Mara. It is no doubt the most favored wildlife sighting area in the region.  If you plan your trip between July/August and November, you will be treated to the famous great migration

Day 9

Depart Masai Mara for Nairobi

After breakfast, check out of your tent and transfer to the nearby airfield for a chartered flight to Nairobi on time for your departing flight. If your flight is later in the day, you can

Day 1

Arrive in Kenya through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Upon arrival and after entry visa clearance, you will be welcomed by our experienced driver guide who will transfer you to Giraffe Manor, an exclusive boutique hotel, set in 12 acres of private land within 140 acres of indigenous forest in the Langata suburb of Nairobi. The most fascinating thing about Giraffe Manor is its herd of resident Rothschild’s giraffe who may visit morning and evening, sometimes poking their long necks into the windows in the hope of a treat, before retreating to their forest sanctuary. You will be served to a welcome dinner where you will receive a full briefing of the entire safari before you retire to your comfortable bed.

Day 2

Transfer to Amboseli National Park

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be transferred to the nearby Wilson Airport for a chartered flight to Amboseli National Park, and be transferred to Tortilis Camp that is exquisitely built with natural materials and has magnificent views of Mount Kilimanjaro. You will be checked in your room, on with views of Mount Kilimanjaro—the world’s highest freestanding peak. After lunch, you will settle into your tent and relax as you watch the sun color the beautiful Amboseli National Park.

Day 3

Game Drives in Amboseli National Park

Morning and evening game drives give you an opportunity to encounter cheetahs, lions, zebras, and other creatures scattered across the endless savanna. Escorted by your guide and tracker, you will explore the park a closer encounter with wildlife. Visit the nearby community for a Masai cultural experience. You will conclude the day with a complementarity sundowner as you watch wildlife roam around.

Day 4

Transfer to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

After a relaxed breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip for a chartered flight to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. On arrival, you will be welcomed by the ever-smiling team of Lewa Safari Camp who will transfer you to the camp. They will check you in your luxury tent where you will spend two nights. Featuring large tented bedrooms with spacious verandahs and full en-suite bathrooms, Lewa Safari Camp will treat you to an authentic, unique and exclusive comfort.

Sprawling over the Laikipia plains, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a prolific wildlife conservancy. It offers some of the most spectacular wildlife viewing that Kenya has to offer including big cats, elephants and endangered black rhinos. Relax at your camp until lunch. In the afternoon, take a game drive that brings you closer to the indigenous resident species including reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s zebra, the Somali ostrich, beisa oryx, and long-necked gerenuk. Look out for majestic leopards and lions, roam the vast landscape. As the sun goes down, return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 5

Game Drives in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Morning and afternoon game drives in this pristine conservancy gives you intimate sightings for lions, black and white rhinos, elephants, oryx, and aquatic sitatungas — swamp-dwelling antelopes. You can choose to step out of the car and experience this unique wildland on foot. In the evening, you will be treated to a remote sundowner as you spend your last night at this Gold-rated Eco-lodge

Day 6

Fly to Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast, your last meal at Lewa Safari Camp, take a chartered flight to Masai Mara Game Reserve where you will be warmly welcomed by Sala’s Camp staff who will transfer you to the lodge and check you in. Sala’s Camp combines tradition with comfort and it is a model of understated, intimate luxury. Situated in the southern, wilder corner of Kenya’s mighty Masai Mara game reserve close to the confluence of the Sand and Keekorok Rivers, this tented camp is idyllic located in an area that attracts teeming wildlife and has wonderful views of the Serengeti National Park. This is one of the first camps in the Mara to witness the legendary annual migration of wildebeest, which thunders by from June to September each year. After checking in your room, return to the guest area for lunch and relax before an evening game drive.

Days 7 & 8

Game Drives in Masai Mara Game Reserve

Spend morning and evening on game drives exploring this vast savanna, woodlands and tree-fringed rivers of the Masai Mara. From the elusive leopards retrieving kills from acacia branches, to elephants protecting their young from opportunistic lions, hunting cheetahs and rich bird-list, you will be thrilled by Masai Mara. It is no doubt the most favored wildlife sighting area in the region.  If you plan your trip between June-September and November, you will be treated to the famous great migration.

Day 9

Depart Masai Mara for Nairobi

After breakfast, check out of your tent and transfer to the nearby airfield for a chartered flight to Nairobi on time for a short flight to Entebbe, Uganda.

Arrive in Entebbe and transfer to Lake Victoria Serena Hotel. Styled to replicate a pastel-shaded Italian hillside village, The Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa stands out among hotels in Uganda. Situated amid terraced rose gardens above its own boating marina as sculpted from the sparkling waters of Lake Victoria, this more than an ordinary hotel. You will have uninterrupted time to relax before a group dinner later in the evening. As you dine, you will have a full orientation to this tour.

Day 10

Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After a relaxed breakfast, transfer to the airstrip and fly to Kisoro airstrip where our guide will usher you to Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge. This fancy lodge is set on a forested ridge near the entrance to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, with spectacular views of dormant Virunga volcanoes. Each of the 8 cottage features a bedroom, ensuite bathroom with walk-in shower and separate lounge. Comfortable chairs on the outdoor verandas provide the perfect vantage point to admire the unforgettable panoramas of the forest below.

Day 11

First Mountain Gorilla Tracking Experience

This is a big day; you will have a rare encounter with gentle giant mountain gorilla. This is no doubt the absolute highlight of a tour to Africa for most visitors. It is a humbling experience to stand meters from the gentle giants as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones. After a briefing by park authorities, you will embark on a forest trek lasting from one-five hours, depending on the location of the gorillas in the thick forest. There are 10 habituated gorilla families and you will be privileged to encounter and spend time with one of the families. You will enjoy an exciting journey along forested slopes, bushes and bamboo before you ultimately reach the gorilla family. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly awesome and emotional experience. You will return to the lodge where we will offer you a complementary body massage.

Day 12: Fly to Entebbe and Depart

Today marks the end of your safari. After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Kisoro airstrip for a pre-arranged chartered flight to Entebbe. You will be transferred to Boma Hotel for a day room to relax and refresh as you wait for your departing flight. Have a farewell meal complementary meal with our director before transferring to the airport.

Day 1

Kigali, Rwanda 

Arrive in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, check in at the Kigali Serena Hotel, a five-star hotel built around a polished granite atrium that showcases the very best of Rwanda’s cultural art. The hotel has everything a business traveler needs and wants: Resplendent rooms, extensive tropical gardens, relaxed & lavish menu, cozy spa & health club, a palatial swimming pool…

On arrival, you will receive a full briefing of your safari from our guide. After this brief starter, you will be left alone to relax in your room or enjoy the hotel’s inviting amenities, most of which are free of crowds.

Day 2

Kigali City Tour and transfer to Lake Kivu

After breakfast, visit the Kigali Genocide memorial museum, one of the museums that were established to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. This is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda. It honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994. It takes a lot of strength and courage to experience this dark tour, but it is worth it. Its history and exhibits such as bones are well presented. You will leave feeling shaken, saddened and better informed about how this relatively small country has quickly recovered from its painful history. This recovery has been facilitated by education and peace-building.

After this enlightening tour, go for lunch at Hotel Des Mille Collines, that was featured in the Hollywood movie ’Hotel Rwanda’ in 2004. After lunch, depart Kigali and drive west, to Lake Kivu through the green rolling hills with fertile farms. After two and half hours’ drive, arrive at Lake Kivu Serena that sits on the shores of the Lake Kivu. It is a yogi still attraction in a convent quiet setting that boasts of pristine beaches. The welcoming open-plan lobby gives a private stretch of beach reserved exclusively the hotel guests. Enjoy the sundowner as the African sun brightens Kivu waters.

Day 3

Transfer to Bukavu

After breakfast, drive southwest through a remote and beautiful part of Rwanda and arrive at the DRC border of Cyangugu. Seek visa clearance before crossing into the town of Bukavu and subsequently to your lodge.

Bukavu is one of the most scenic towns in the whole of Congo, built over a number of hills protruding out into Lake Kivu. Be checked in at The Orchids Safari Club, a sleek and elegantly decorated hotel that offers a mixture of contemporary and traditional African styles. Bukavu features lakeshores dotted with faded colonial mansions, whose colorful gardens spill over into the lake. Watch fishermen casting their nets in the setting sun, as children play alongside mothers washing clothes in the shallow shores.

Day 4

Transfer to Kahuzi- Biega National Park

 Take an early breakfast and depart for Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Drive for one and a half hours past Lake Kivu shores into the forest that leads to the park headquarters. Dominated by two huge extinct volcanoes (Kahuzi and Beiga), Kahuzi-Biega National Park was founded in 1939 and later designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. The park is the last stronghold of the eastern lowland gorillas, numbering around 250 individuals with three habituated families.

 The forest trails are usually frequented by elusive forest elephants and is also home to a high number of primates including Bosman’s potto, red tailed monkey and Angolan Black Monkeys. You will be welcomed and given a short briefing by the park rangers who will lead you into Kahuzi Biega Park to search for the eastern lowland gorillas. During the trek, park rangers will explain the family dynamics, and after finding the gorillas, spend an hour watching them feed and play before you retrace your steps back to the park headquarters and drive back to Bukavu for an overnight at The Orchids Safari Club.

Day 5

Transfer to Goma and Drive to Virunga National Park

After breakfast, take a three and a half hours’ luxury exclusive boat at the jetty in Bukavu. You will travel across northern shores of Lake Kivu to Goma where you will meet our guide. He will drive you to Virunga National Park through colorful traditional villages that are surrounded by patchwork fields of sorghum, wheat and maize clinging to hillsides. It overlooks rainforest valleys, Mikeno Lodge and rolling hills of Rwanda (in the background). Continue through a number of small settlements and towns, you then enter the main Virunga Park headquarters. Behind it sits Mikeno Lodge, your home away from home. It is a boutique accommodation of the 12 bungalows built out of solid lava stone and natural thatch, overlooking the forest. Large open fires in each room, help keeps the chill at bay. The wooden verandas outside each room and the main bar are the perfect place to watch the Colobus and Blue monkeys leaping in the trees above.

Day 6

Mountain Gorilla Tracking in Virunga National Park

A UNESCO World Heritage, Virunga National Park is Africa’s oldest national park with a size of 7800 square kilometres (3000 square miles) includes forests, savannahs, lava plains, swamps, erosion valleys, active volcanoes and the glacial peaks of Rwenzori Mountains. It is also the only park in the world to have populations of three great ape species – the chimpanzee, the lowland gorilla and the mountain gorilla. As you wander through the shadowy forests, you might find the Okapi, a beautiful and rare animal that looks quite like giraffes but is closely related to zebras. The forest walk also offers an exciting opportunity of comparing forest elephants to savannah elephants. Other pleasant surprises include large colonies of hippos, numerous rare birds and even lions.

Our main focus today is the endangered mountain gorillas. After an early breakfast, you will drive to the park offices which are one hour away from the lodge. This is where you will meet the park rangers who will give you a short briefing and lead the spirited search for Mountain Gorillas through the thick forest. You will walk in the shadow of Mt Mikeno, the second highest mountain in the Virunga Massive. Virunga is a high-altitude landscape which spreads across Uganda, Rwanda and Congo.

Once you find the gorilla group, spend one hour watching them feed, play and nurse their young ones. This is regarded as the most thrilling wildlife encounters. Return to Mikeno Lodge for a relaxed evening.

Day 7

Transfer to Mount Nyirangongo

Drive through a number of roadside markets dotting the edge of the forest, to Nyirangongo Park Headquarters. Here, you will pick the guide who will lead you on a hike of Nyirangongo a conical active volcano that rises to 3,470 metres above sea level. The adventure takes between four and six hours, passing through the volcano’s forested lower slopes, which are home to a variety of animals, including chimpanzees and numerous birds – all of which are slowly returning after previous eruptions.

Spend a night Nyirangongo Summit Shelters. The huts here have sensational views of the crater rim. You will witness its fiery lava as it glows and boils in the darkness. The full moon adds a spectacle drama to the vast plains below.

Day 8

Transfer to Kigali and Depart. 

Have an early breakfast and descend Nyirangongo and drive to Goma border point for Rwanda border and transfer to Kigali ahead of your departing flight.

Day 1

Kigali, Rwanda 

Arrive in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, check in at the Kigali Serena Hotel, a relaxed yet elegant five-star hotel that is ideally located one of Kigali’s most charming avenues. It is built around a polished granite atrium that showcases the very best of Rwanda’s cultural art.

You will receive a full briefing of your safari from our guide. After this brief starter, you will be left alone to relax in your room

Day 2

Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Have a relaxed breakfast, check out of the hotel and go for a city tour where you will visit the Kigali Genocide memorial museum, one of the museums that were established to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. This is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda. It honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994. This dark tour will make you appreciate how this relatively small country has quickly recovered from its painful history. This recovery has been facilitated by education and peace-building. Visit the King’s palace that showcases Rwanda’s culture and history.

After the city tour, go for lunch at Hotel Des Mille Collines, that was featured in the Hollywood movie ’Hotel Rwanda’ in 2004. You will relax here until you are transferred to Volcanoes National Park through the rolling hills. Brace yourself for spectacular scenery of the country side to Kinigi Town, gateway to the Virunga Mountains.

On arrival, you will be checked in at the most luxurious Bisate Lodge. It is located in the natural amphitheatre of an eroded volcanic cone. The area has dramatic views of the peaks of the volcanoes Bisoke, Karisimbi and Mikeno all of which have thriving Afro-alpine forests of the nearby Volcanoes National Park. Each of the six en-suite rooms here maximize comfort, warmth and views while retaining environmental principles and reflecting the culture of surrounding rural Rwanda.

Day 3

First Mountain Gorilla Trekking

The Parc National des Volcans is the heart that pumps life into Rwanda’s ecosystem. It is part of the Virunga region which is shared between Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the only habitat to the world’s surviving mountain gorillas (just over 1,000). Make a short drive to park headquarters this morning where you’ll meet your gorilla trekking guides. Ranger guides to be exact. They will give you a brief talk on the procedures and etiquette of gorilla tracking before you set off to the dense rain forest. In an effort to give you an 80% probability of seeing these majestic primates, a team of trackers will be in the forest ahead of your departure. Their task is identifying where the gorillas were seen the night before and pursuing them to a point/climax—where you will be able to connect. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery makes the effort worthwhile in addition to the ultimate reward of getting a close-up with the gorillas; a profoundly moving wildlife encounter. Return to the lodge

 for lunch. Refresh and get transferred to Kigali where you will arrive on time for your departing flight.