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Visiting Rwanda and Tanzania

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21 Days | 20 Nights

Activity Level: 1-3

Price

$19,765

Visiting Rwanda and Tanzania, you will truly experience unforgettable African wildlife experience in volcanoes national park, Akagera national park, Serengeti national park, mountain Kilimanjaro national park. Rwanda is a small and mountainous country with diverse geological features, including dense rainforests, several lakes, and the stunning Great Rift Valley. The big draw are the mountain gorillas that live in Volcanoes National Park, along with chimpanzees and countless other unique creatures. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is an experience like no other. Tanzania is a country full of amazing landscapes, extraordinary wildlife in different national parks, and fascinating cultures. Go on wildlife safaris, climb the renowned Mt. Kilimanjaro, relax on the white sandy beaches that fringe the Indian Ocean, or explore the sleepy coastal villages and explore Swahili culture. Tanzania has something for every traveler.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Gorilla tracking
  • Chimpanzee tracking
  • Game drive
  • Hot air balloon
  • Golf
  • Tennis
  • Zanzibar beaches
  • Boat ride
  • Bike tours
  • Hiking

ITINERARY

21 Days | 20 Nights Visiting Rwanda and Tanzania

Day 1: Arrival at Kigali international Airport

Century park hotel

Upon your arrival at Kigali international airport, you will find our driver waiting for you outside at the arrivals holding a poster bearing the company name for easy identification. After meeting him, he will drive you straight to Century Park Hotel to check in with your hotel. You will rest for a while and then later in the evening, your driver will come and pick you from your hotel to drive you around Kigali city while having stopovers at some cafes and restaurants. You will get a chance to experience Kigali night life by visiting some clubs, cultural events and interacting with the locals and then later you will be taken back to your hotel for overnight at Century park hotel.

Century park hotel

Day 2: Full day playing golf

Century park hotel

After having your morning breakfast, your drive will come and pick you from your hotel take you to the golf course located in Nyarutarama in the heart of Kigali city. You will register at the golf course office and then start your morning game. Your driver will be waiting for you while playing your game and after the game, he will drive you back to your hotel to have lunch while resting preparing yourself for the evening game. In the afternoon, your drive will come and pick you again and drive you to the golf course for the evening game. After the evening game, you will drive back at your hotel for dinner and overnight at Century park hotel.

Century park hotel

Day 3: Kigali city tour

Century park hotel

You will be picked from your hotel in Kigali at 8:00 am after finishing your breakfast and he will give you a short briefing about your Kigali city tour, and start with a visit to the sobering Kigali Genocide Memorial. Kigali Genocide Memorial site in Gisozi, a place of remembrance and learning, and to honor victims of genocide against the Tutsi and ensure that it never happens again. The Kigali Genocide Memorial is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the genocide against the Tutsi. Here you will be able to visit the three permanent exhibitions, the largest of which documents the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. You will visit Kimironko market to buy some souvenirs and also interact with the locals, Visit Nymata genocide memorials and later in the evening, you will hit some night clubs to get an experience of Kigali night life. Later in the evening, you will drive back at your hotel for dinner and overnight at Century park hotel.

Century park hotel

Day 4: Hot air balloon, boat ride & game drive

Century park hotel

Today, you will wake up at 4:00am and take your morning breakfast and organize yourself for the hot air balloon safari. By 5:30am you must be at the briefing point where the flight pilot will give you instructions to follow during the flight. At 6:00am, you will start your flight which will last for an hour above in the air. It is an exhilarating tour that most people never get to experience. The balloon flies predominantly over the park towards lake Ihema which is the only permanent water source in Akagera national park and it is a perfect place for spotting wildlife. Note that the area around the lake is particularly scenic, teeming with open plains, acacia woodlands, hippo’s water pools. The views are guaranteed to be magnificent and after the hot air balloon safari, you will have a full day game drive where you will be able to see crocodiles, hippos, birds, elephants, zebras, impala etc. You will have a boat ride at lake Ihema to for different types of birds, hippos and crocodiles while viewing the sunset. After the boat ride, you will start your journey back to Kigali city for dinner and overnight at Century park hotel.

Century park hotel

Day 5: Full day playing tennis

Century park hotel

After having your morning breakfast, your drive will come and pick you from your hotel take you to the tennis court located in the heart of Kigali city. You will register at the tennis court office and then start your morning game. Your driver will be waiting for you while playing your game and after the game, he will drive you back at your hotel for dinner and overnight at Century park hotel.

Century park hotel

Day 6: Birding in Albertine Rift Endemics in Nyungwe national park

Virunga lodge

Nyungwe forest has got a large montane forest and it is rich in birds especially the Albertine Rift Endemics. So far these 2 days, you will have to search for different bird species such as Purple breasted and Sun birds, White tailed blue flycatcher, Neumann’s short tailed warbler, Rwenzori Batis, Black faced and collared Apalises, Mountain masked, Doherty bush Shrike, Archers Robin chat, Red collared Babbler etc. Dinner and overnight at one&only Nyungwe house.

Virunga lodge

Day 7: Forest hike or Colobus monkey trekking in Nyungwe forest

oneonly Nyungwe house

You will wake up very early in the morning and have your breakfast, at 5:00am you will report to the Nyungwe park office at Gisakura to meet the park guides for briefing and thereafter drive to the starting point of your chimpanzee trekking adventure in Nyungwe Forest National Park (Cyamudongo Forest). After the chimpanzee adventure you shall spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at at one&only Nyungwe house.

oneonly Nyungwe house

Day 8: Biking Esperance children’s village

Esperance childrens village

Nyungwe forest has got a large montane forest and it is rich in birds especially the Albertine Rift Endemics. So far these 2 days, you will have to search for different bird species such as Purple breasted and Sun birds, White tailed blue flycatcher, Neumann’s short tailed warbler, Rwenzori Batis, Black faced and collared Apalises, Mountain masked, Doherty bush Shrike, Archers Robin chat, Red collared Babbler etc. Dinner and overnight at one&only Nyungwe house.

Esperance childrens village

Day 9: Biking Gisovu tea plantation

Park view Inn

After having your morning breakfast, you will ride-off uphill heading to Gisovu tea plantation and a long your way you will pass by Bisesero Genocide memorial which is option to visit. You will continue climbing up to Gisovu tea plantation on the edge of Nyungwe forest. Keep it in mind all that uphill climbing, it will be a downhill all the way to Esperance. Lunch will be served at pique-nique during the ride. After lunch, you will pack your bags, put the bikes on the truck and start the journey back to Kigali. Later in the evening, you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight to Tanzania. Dinner and overnight at Park view Inn.

Park view Inn

Day 10: From Moshi to Sanya Juu then start riding 62km

Esperance childrens village

You start your bike tour from Sanya juu heading down to Enduimet wildlife management area which borders Amboseli national park. You ride along a dirt road in the park while seeing different types of animals around mountain Kilimanjaro even the elephants then you head to the Maasai villages where you get a beautiful view of mountain Kilimanjaro and its open plains. Your biking tour of the day ends at Sinya which is found in the Maasai homesteads and you will head to your camp.

Esperance childrens village

Day 11: Bike from Enduimet to Sanya 85km

Park view Inn

Here, you wrap up your last day of cycling by passing through the Maasai villages along their plantation on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. The tour comprises of several steep ascents and descents while cycling through outskirts and suburbs of Kilimanjaro heading towards Serengeti national park for a hot air balloon and game drive. Dinner and overnight at Dunia camp.

Park view Inn

Day 12: Hot air balloon safari, walking safari & night game drive Serengeti

Camp site

Today, you will wake up at 4:00am and take your morning breakfast and organize yourself for the hot air balloon safari. By 5:30am you must be at the briefing point where the flight pilot will give you instructions to follow during the flight. At 6:00am, you will start your flight which will last for an hour above in the air. It is an exhilarating tour that most people never get to experience. The balloon flies predominantly over the Seronera river which is the only permanent water source in central Serengeti and it is a perfect place for spotting wildlife. Note that the area around the river is particularly scenic, teeming with open plains, acacia woodlands, hippo’s water pools. The views are guaranteed to be magnificent and after the hot air balloon safari, you will have a walking safari which puts you right in the middle of the savannah. This tour is an educational experience whereby you will learn how to track animals, see and touch flora that comprises the region’s complex food chain. In the evening, you will drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight while watching the sunset and later in the night, you will have a night game drive where you have a glimpse for the local wildlife that others don’t see during the day time. You will be able to see smaller nocturnal creatures such as porcupines and bush babies. Dinner and overnight at Dunia camp.

Camp site

Day 13: Full day game drive

Dunia camp

After having your morning breakfast, you will start your game drive in the morning where you will see a lot of animals but most especially you will be luck enough to see a great migration of more than a million wildebeests plus hundreds of thousands of zebras and gazelles undertaking a long trek to a new grazing grounds. You will will see how these wildebeests struggle to cross the Mara river and this is an incredible event which you should not miss. In the mid afternoon, you will drive back at the lodge to take lunch and also rest for a while. Later in the afternoon, you will go for another game drive where you will see the Big 5 animals like the elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs etc. Know that the park is a section home of elephants, hippos, giraffes, elands etc. In the evening, you will start your journey to Mountain Kilimanjaro national park for hiking. Dinner and overnight at Kilimanjaro mountain resort.

Dunia camp

Day 14: From your hotel to Kilimanjaro national park

Day 14: From your hotel to Kilimanjaro national park

Dunia camp

After having your morning breakfast, our driver guide will pick you from Kilimanjaro mountain resort and drive you to Kilimanjaro national park gate which takes about 1 hour to reach at the gate. You will register at the park offices and then you will start straight away with your trek walking through the rainforest towards Mandara huts. You will have a side trek to Maundi crater where you be able to see the surrounding of northern Tanzania and some parts of Kenya. While passing through the rainforest, make sure to look for towering Eucalytus tress, Colobus monkeys and birds on your way to Mandara huts.

  • Distance: 8km
  • Elevation(ft): 1860m/ 6100-2700m/ 8875ft
  • Hiking time: 3-4 hours
  • Habitat: Montane forest
  • Accommodation: Mandara hut
  • Meals: Lunch & Dinner

Day 15: From Mandara huts to Horombo huts

Day 15: From Mandara huts to Horombo huts

Kilimanjaro mountain resort

After having your early morning breakfast, you will start your trek from Mandara huts ascending to Horombo huts. You will leave the glades of the rainforest and continue following an ascending path on the open moorland to the Horombo huts. On your way, you will view Mawenzi and the summit Kibo on a distance which is super amazing to view. You will look for giant lobelias and grounsels even at this point. You will start feeling the effects of the altitude.

  • Distance: 12km
  • Elevation(ft): 8875ft-12,200ft
  • Hiking time: 5-6 hours
  • Habitat: Heathland
  • Accommodation: Horombo hut
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 16: Horombo huts

Mandara hut

You will have a full day resting at Horombo huts while you have some small hiking's around or nearby Mawenzi peak. This trek around Mawenzi peak will depend on you either to hike the peak or you stay at the huts while preparing yourself for tomorrows hike.

Mandara hut

Day 17: From Horombo huts to Kibo huts

Day 17: From Horombo huts to Kibo huts

Mandara hut

You will start your today’s trek after taking your breakfast and then ascend uphill while passing the last watering point while walking onto the saddle of Kilimanjaro between the peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi. The vegetation starts with upper heathland but which later disappears into moonscape. You will have your dinner very early in the evening and sleep early while preparing for the summit climbing in the midnight.

  • Distance: 9km
  • Elevation(ft): 12,200ft-15,500ft
  • Hiking time: 5-6 hours
  • Habitat: Alpine desert
  • Accommodation: Kibo safari camp
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 18: From Kibo huts to Uhuru summit

Day 18: From Kibo huts to Uhuru summit

Mandara hut

Today, you will wake up in the midnight at 2:00am and have a hot tea and snacks and then after, you will start your last hike to the summit on a steep and heavy scree or snow up to Gilman’s point located on the crater rim. You will continue climbing ascending to Uhuru peak which is the highest point in Africa. Get to know this, that there are unbelievable views at every turn you make on the summit which are incredible. You will take some videos and pictures on the summit of mountain Kilimanjaro which you will show your friends and family members. At having sometime at the summit, you will start descending down stopping for lunch while resting for a short time at Kbo huts and then afterwards continue descending to Horombo huts. Note that climbing the summit is done in the night in the dark so you are required to have a head lamp or flashlight. Remember also that it will be very cold until you start descending down, so you will need to have your warm layers. Remember that this is far the most difficult part of the trek which is comprised of switchbacks and the going is very slow which involves using poles and an optimistic altitude while getting down from the summit.

  • Distance: 6km
  • Elevation(ft): 15,500ft-19,340ft
  • Hiking time: 6-8 hours
  • Habitat: Snow & Alpine desert
  • Accommodation: Horombo hut
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 19: From Horombo huts to Kilimanjaro gate

Day 19: From Horombo huts to Kilimanjaro gate

Mandara hut

After having your early morning breakfast, you will have a steady descent taking you down through moorland to the Mandara hut. You will continue slopping down through lush forest path to Kilimanjaro national park at Marangu gate. Remember that the lower elevation it is always wet and muddy so you will use gaiters and trekking poles to help you. Get to know that shorts and T-shirts will be probably the best to wear(keep rain gear and warmer clothing handy). After reaching at Marangu gate of Kilimanjaro, you will meet our driver who will be waiting for you drive you to Moshi town to take your flight to Zanzibar Island. Dinner and overnight at Mizingani seafront hotel.

  • Distance: 20km
  • Elevation(ft): 12,200ft-5500ft
  • Hiking time: 4-5 hours
  • Habitat: Forest
  • Accommodation: Park view hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 20: Transfer from airport to Zanzibar

Mizingani seafront hotel

Upon your arrival at the airport, you will find our driver guide waiting for you outside at the arrivals holding a poster bearing the company name for easy identification. After meeting him, he will drive you to Mizingani seafront hotel in stone town in Zanzibar. Dinner and overnight at Mizingani seafront hotel .

Mizingani seafront hotel

Day 21: Stone town, spice farms & prison Island

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After having your morning breakfast, you will start exploring Zanzibar by visiting stone town, spice farms where you taste different cuisines such as cardamom, cinnamon, black peppers and cloves etc. You will learn about the history & culture of the local people leaving in Zanzibar and stone town and on this tour, you will be with your guide. You will enjoy delicious local made spiced rice lunch in the farm with fresh fish and fruits such as pineapples mangoes, bananas, watermelons etc. You will learn more about the history of prison Island. In the evening, you will be transferred back to the airport to take your flight back to your home.

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PRICE INCLUDES

  • Park fee
  • Gorilla permit
  • Hiking fee
  • Bike fee
  • Chimpanzee permit
  • Hot air balloon fee
  • Boat fee
  • Birding fee
  • Accommodation
  • Meals (full board)
  • Guiding fee
  • Transport fee
  • Government taxes & Vat
  • Drinking water

PRICE EXCLUDES

  • International flights
  • Additional accommodation
  • Trips
  • Visa fee
  • Personal items like souvenirs, laundry services etc
  • Travel insurance
  • Room services charges
  • Any meals apart from those included
  • Cost for optional activities.
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