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   Day 01Nairobi –Kigali

Breakfast and transfer to jomokenyatta airport for Kigali ,arrive and enjoy a city tour of Kigali before traveling to the town of Ruhengeri, the main base for Gorilla trekking. Overnight is a Gorilla's Nest Lodge on a full board basis. (F B )


   Day 02  Parc National Des Volcanoes, Rwanda
As the first light of dawn breaks through the curtain of mist clinging to the summits of Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyniyo, Gahinga and Muhabura, we make our way into the Parc National des Volcans. Tracking the gorillas through the unique vegetation can take several hours of challenging walking in wet and muddy conditions. To see a gorilla, the trek will have been worth the hardship. Have a shower and lunch at the lodge. In the late afternoon, drive back to Kigali.




   

Day 03 Parc National Des Volcanoes, Rwanda
After an early breakfast, drive back to Ruhengeri through the beautiful sceneries for your mid morning Gorilla trekking in the park. Stop at Kiningi Lodge for lunch, followed by an afternoon drive to Kigali


   Day 04 Kigali – Nairobi

Transfer to the airport to board your Nairobi bound flight arriving inn the evening hours

Diner and overnight at your hotel


   Day 05 Nairobi –Lake Nakuru National park
Pick up from your hotel at 0730 hrs and drive to the Great Rift Valley viewing sceneries enroute.We arrive to the Pink Lake often referred so due to it’s Great masses of Flamingos in good time for lunch. Lunch at a lodge followed by full afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge or Flamingo Hill tented lodge



Lake Nakuru's claim to fame is anchored on its flamingo's and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo and baboons are all residents here


   Day 05 Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara
We break the camp/depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Maasai Mara to arrive in good time for Lunch. Late afternoon game drives followed by dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sopa Lodge


   Day 06 Masai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5 - Optional balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara sopa lodge

The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.

   Day 07 Masai Mara - Serengeti
Breakfast then view game as you exit the park and drive to Serengeti via Isebania boarder. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti wildlife lodge


   Day 08 : Serengeti
Full day spent exploring the park. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Serena lodge

Serengeti National park, also a world heritage site and recently proclaimed a 7th world wide wonder, the Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.

Day 09 Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater
Breakfast then view game as you proceed to Ngorongoro via Olduvai gorge - Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge beautifully set by the crater rim
The Olduvai Gorge cuts through rock beds layered in time sequence from 2 million years ago to the present. It is here where humanoid bones have been found dating back to over 1.75 million years including a direct ancestor of modern man. Fossil footprints (over three million years old) have also been found here and are the most ancient footprints yet discovered. There is an excellent site museum where you can explore the diggings with a guide and it is also a great place to view

Day 10 Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, we drive south to the magnificent Ngorongoro crater via the historical Olduvai Gorge whilst game watching only interrupted by a Packed lunches enroute. We stop and set camp at the Ngorongoro wildlife lodge

The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena. It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals

Day 11 Ngorongoro Crater - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, depart the Crater and drive through the highlands to Lake Manyara, stopping off at Mto wa Mbu village en route for a great cultural lunch. From here, you’ll continue to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive before ending the day on the rim of the crater at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. Dinner and Overnight at Lake Manyara wildlife Lodge
 

Day 12 Lake Manyara - Arusha
Depart after breakfast and head east, down the fascinating escarpment of the Rift Valley towards the village of Makuyuni and onto Arusha. The journey will pass through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. Lunch in Arusha

 Zanzibar tour can be arranged