19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari. 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari is one long East Africa safari package that takes travelers across Tanzania and Uganda, exploring the top highlights of Tanzania and Uganda, on various safari activities. This 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari has you enjoying activities like among other gorilla trekking in Bwindi, chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park, as well as extensive game drives on Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania.
This 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari is perfect for travelers after witnessing the great wildebeest migration in the northern Serengeti Area- Mara. This 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari is best for travel in the months of July to October for the wildebeest migration experience in Serengeti National Park. Kindly note that this 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari can be customized to fit your schedule and preferences.
Summary Itinerary of 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, walking safari in Ngorongoro
Day 2: Olduvai Gorge and Museum Visit, Maasai Bomas Visit
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater Drive and Lake Magadi
Day 4: Transfer to Serengeti, Game Drive
Day 5: Game drive in Central Serengeti
Day 6: Full day Northern Serengeti
Day 7: Another Day Wildebeest Migration
Day 8: Hot Air Balloon Experience, Game Drive towards Central Serengeti
Day 9: Transfer to Arusha, Flight to Entebbe Uganda (Own Booking)
Day 10: Transfer to Jinja
Day 11: Half Day White Water Rafting (Grade 5)
Day 12: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park, Guided Walking Safari
Day 13: Drive to Bwindi National Park – Buhoma
Day 14: Gorilla Trekking Experience, Eco Project Participation (Own Arrangement)
Day 15: Eco Project Participation
Day 16: Fly to Murchison Falls National Park via EBB
Day 17: Morning Game Drive, afternoon Boat Cruise
Day 18: Transfer to Entebbe, Ziwa Rhino Tracking En-route
Day 19: Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Walking Safari in Ngorongoro
You shall be met by your Tanzania safari guide at the hotel in Arusha or airport upon your arrival. Your Tanzania safari guide will welcome you for the safari, and brief you about the same. Thereafter, you shall proceed for a transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area from where you shall enjoy a walking safari where you shall get an opportunity to come up close with various animals in the park, in the guidance of a ranger guide.
You will return to your lodge after the walking safari for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Olduvai Gorge and Museum Visit, Maasai Bomas Visit
After breakfast at the lodge, get to visit the Olduvai Gorge and museum, for an opportunity to learn about the archeological facts discovered by The Leakays, learning about the history of mankind. You shall also get to visit the Maasai Bomas, a tribe that till date still lives in the midst of the wilderness with the wildlife therein. Learn of how they co-exist with nature. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater Drive and Lake Magadi
After breakfast at your lodge of stay, you shall embark on a descent of the crater on a game drive around the Ngorongoro Crater in search for wildlife species at the crater like eland, zebras, warthogs, wildebeest, buffalos, and elephants among others. You will also enjoy the beautiful views around the crater and also look out for flamingos along the shores of Lake Magadi, a salt lake in the Ngorongoro Crater!
Thereafter, return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Day 4: Transfer to Serengeti, Game Drive
After a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge, proceed to transfer to the Serengeti national park through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As you drive to the lodge in the park look out for an opportunity to see some of the various wild game of the park.
Enjoy your packed lunch in the wilderness, and an amazing game drive to introduce you to the savanna grasslands and plains of the Serengeti! Enjoy seeing a variety of animals as you drive to your lodge later, for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Game drive in Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, connect to the open savannah plains of central Serengeti to enjoy the beautiful scenery such as the kopjes where lions can be seen as they watch their prey. You will also see various wildlife species such as elephants, buffalos, warthogs, hyenas, giraffes, wildebeests, antelopes, impalas among others during your game drive. Have your packed lunch and continue on your game drive for various wildlife species such as wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, elephants, lions, buffalos, hippos, cheetahs, leopards, elands, giraffes and many others. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Full day Northern Serengeti
You will have breakfast; connect for whole day Wildebeest migration experience in the northern part of the Serengeti, chancing to witness if lucky the iconic Mara Rover crossing. Enjoy a game drive with your packed lunch box. Expect to see include; wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffe, zebras, monkey baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, as well as multiple birds. Dinner and overnight at lodge at Mara River Camp by Tanzania Bush Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Another Day Wildebeest Migration
Have early breakfast, get packed lunch and go for a game drive around the Mara River to witness yet another migration, which starts from Serengeti, crossing to Masai Mara Kenya side. Spend the whole day looking for these animals like Hippos, Elephants, Buffalos, Giraffes, Lions, Hyenas, Cheetahs, Antelopes, Hartebeest, zebras mention but a few. Later in the evening, return to the lodge for a bush dinner experience and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Hot Air Balloon Experience, Game Drive towards Central Serengeti.
On this 8th day of your safari, wake up early to a cup of tea or coffee, and drive to the launch area of the hot air balloon as early as 5am. Look out for nocturnal animals winding up with their night-life! Embark on an amazing hot air balloon experience over the Serengeti Plains looking out for the wildebeest herds, as well as one of the most spectacular sunrises! Climax your hot air balloon with a bush breakfast!
Return to the lodge, pack up and with your packed lunch proceed on a game drive towards the Seronera Area of the Serengeti, known to inhabit the largest animal densities in the whole of the Serengeti! Dinner and an overnight stay at Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range.
Day 9: Transfer to Arusha, Flight to Entebbe Uganda (Own Booking)
You will have breakfast as you prepare for your drive to Arusha while enjoying another game viewing opportunity, from where you will be dropped off at the airport arriving in time for your flight to Uganda; (Air Uganda and Air Tanzania are good options to look for your flight).
Upon your arrival in Uganda, you shall be picked up and transferred to your hotel of stay. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Best Western Hotel for Mid-range.
Day 10: Transfer to Jinja
Our company driver guide will meet you and proceed on your transfer to Jinja-home to the source of the River Nile. Visit the source of River Nile before you proceed to your lodge. You dinner and overnight stay will be at Lemala Wild Waters Lodge.
Optional Activities: Bungee Jumping @140$ per person | Quad Biking 55$ pp
Day 11: Half Day White Water Rafting (Grade 5)
After morning breakfast, drive to the starting point for your rafting experience. You will be briefed about the activity then proceed to the rafting spot where you will be given gears and instructions, this usually starts at 9 am. Enjoy your half day amazing fun along the longest Nile in Africa. Return to the lodge for lunch and spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Dinner and overnight stay as above.
Day 12: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park, Guided Walking Safari
After your breakfast at the Lemala Wild Waters Lodge, check out and proceed on a transfer to Lake Mburo National Park (this is to break the long driving hours to Bwindi from Jinja). Make a stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe for a polar water experiment. Proceed to the lodge, check in and relax as you wait for lunch. Later in the afternoon, head out for a guided walking safari in Lake Mburo national Park for a chance to stretch after the drive, and come up-close with nature and wild game including zebras, antelopes and so much more! Dinner and an overnight stay at Mihingo Lodge.
Day 13: Drive to Bwindi National Park – Buhoma
After breakfast, drive to Bwindi impenetrable national- home of half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world, en route stopover for lunch. Continue through the Switzerland of Africa observing long horn cattle on the way. Dinner and overnight stay at Bwindi Lodge
Day 14: Gorilla Trekking Experience, Eco Project Participation (Own Arrangement)
After early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing about the endangered mountain gorillas from the park warden. Along with your trekking gear, drinking water and packed lunch, the driver will drop you off at the starting point to trek the gorillas together with the ranger guides. This activity may take between 1-8 hours searching for the gorillas depending on their movement. However meeting them is so rewarding and you will spend maximally 1 hour with them as you take time studying them and taking pictures and videos. After the gorilla trekking experience, the driver will waiting to take you back to your lodge for relaxation. Dinner and overnight stay as above.
Day 15: Eco Project Participation
After breakfast at the lodge, your driver guide shall transfer you to where you are having your Eco project. Meals and overnight stay as above.
Day 16: Fly to Murchison Falls National Park via EBB
After an early morning breakfast at the lodge, proceed for a transfer to the Kihihi Airstrip arriving in time for your scheduled flight to Entebbe, from where you shall connect to a flight for Murchison Falls. Upon your arrival at the Pakuba Airstrip at 1300hours, another of our Uganda safari guides shall pick you and transfer to your lodge. Check in, relax and later proceed on an evening game drive in the park, and also visit the top of the falls. Return to the lodge thereafter for dinner and an overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge.
Day 17: Morning Game Drive, afternoon Boat Cruise
Wake up to an early morning game drive in the park and look out for different wildlife including lions, elephants, buffalos and so much more. Return to the lodge for breakfast and spend the rest of the morning relaxing. After lunch, head out later for a boat safari on River Nile leading to the bottom of the falls. Enjoy looking out for wildlife including crocodiles, hippos, elephants at the shores, birds on the escarpments / rocks along the shoreline, and so much more. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Day 18: Transfer to Entebbe, Ziwa Rhino Tracking En-route
After breakfast at the lodge, check out and proceed on a transfer to Entebbe with an en-route stop over at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking experience. Thereafter, proceed to Entebbe arriving in the evening. Check in at the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay at Best Western Hotel for Mid-range.
Day 19: Departure
After breakfast, you shall proceed for a transfer to the airport arriving in time for your flight. This brings your safari adventure to an end.
End of 19 Days Tanzania and Uganda Safari
Quotation Includes;
- Airport pick up and drop off as indicated
- Gorilla trekking permit
- All park entry fees and boat cruise
- White Water Rafting fees
- All accommodations as per itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle with popup roof and Fuel
- Full time English speaking driver/ guide
- All meals as indicated including lunches en-route during transfers
- Vehicle entrance fees to the park
- Crater and Concession fees
- Flight from Bwindi to Murchison Falls
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
- Uganda and Tanzania government taxes
- All activities mentioned
Cost excludes;
- Tipping and gratuities
- Visa fees and Air tickets
- Optional activities of your choice
- All items of personal nature like travel insurance, laundry, beverages, phone calls, beer, etc.
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
