Feel the pulse of East Africa on this seven-day Serengeti & Uganda Gorilla tour, blending four days across the Serengeti plains with close-up encounters in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. You’ll chase migrating herds beneath acacia skies, watch lions stalk kopjes at dawn, then transfer via light charter into Uganda’s misty highlands to trek mountain gorillas in their ancestral bamboo groves. This journey marries sweeping savanna vistas with intimate wildlife moments and cultural insights.
Day 1: Arusha → Serengeti: afternoon game drive
Day 2: Full day in Serengeti: northern circuit
Day 3: Full day in Serengeti: central plains & migration
Day 4: Ngorongoro crater safri and transfer to Kilimanjaro
Day 5: Kampala → Bwindi
Day 6: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest: gorilla trek & Batwa community visit
Day 7: Bwindi → Entebbe + departure
After an early briefing in Arusha, you’ll head west into the Serengeti, rolling past Maasai villages and sweeping grasslands. By mid-afternoon you’re weaving between acacia and mopane woodlands, where grazing giraffes nibble treetops and zebra stripes blur into the horizon. Your first game drive uncovers herds of wildebeest as they follow fresh grazing, while lion prides lounge on kopjes overhead. As dusk falls, return to camp for dinner beneath a blazing sky.
Meals: lunch en route; dinner at camp
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Rise before dawn for a sunrise drive into the northern circuit. You’ll trace elephant paths along the Grumeti River, pause for coffee by papyrus-lined channels and scan kopjes for cheetah sprints. A shaded riverside picnic lets you soak in the vast silence, then afternoon game drive brings encounters with leopard and the occasional rhino. Back at camp, lanterns flicker as hyenas call in the distance.
Meals: breakfast at camp; boxed lunch; dinner by campfire
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Today you follow roaming columns of wildebeest and zebra as they graze the central plains. Mid-morning finds you at shallow river crossings, where hippos wallow and crocodiles eye the water’s edge. After a picnic beneath fever trees, afternoon game drive tracks fresh migration trails toward kopjes teeming with predators on the prowl. Sunset spills rose-gold across the grass, painting endless horizons.
Meals: breakfast at camp; picnic lunch; dinner at camp
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Head south into quieter plains early morning just before you drive out of the endless plains of Serengeti. Reaching Kilimanjaro International airport for your direct flight to Uganda – the land of the gentle giiants.
Meals: early breakfast; lunch overlooking a watering hole; dinner under the stars
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After a pre-dawn breakfast, depart for a long drive to Bwindi via the Masaka – Mbarara highway arriving in Bwindi late afternoon just in time for dinner, relaxation and overnight.
Meals: breakfast at camp; lunch in Kisoro; dinner at lodge
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You’ll meet your ranger guide at dawn and hike along mist-shrouded trails, listening for distant grunts until you come upon a habituated gorilla family. Spend up to an hour observing mothers with infants play, silverbacks standing guard and juveniles tumbling through ferns. Return for lunch, then in the afternoon visit a local Batwa community to learn ancestral forest skills and enjoy traditional dances before dinner back at lodge.
Meals: boxed breakfast; lunch at lodge; dinner at lodge
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After breakfast, you’ll drive to Entebbe via Kampala, stopping for lunch en route. Aim to arrive at Entebbe International Airport by late afternoon for your onward flight—your heart full of savanna sunsets and gentle giant encounters.
Meals: breakfast at lodge; lunch en route
End of tour – drop-off at Entebbe International Airport.
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