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12 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Maasai Mara Safari with Zanzibar Beach Getaway
- Duration
- 12 Days
- Price
- From $7,651 pp
- Group size
- Max 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
Overview
Your 12 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Maasai Mara Safari with Zanzibar Beach Getaway offers an extraordinary combination of primate trekking, wildlife safari, cultural experiences, and a relaxing beach holiday, creating a complete East African travel experience. The journey begins in Rwanda with a once in a lifetime gorilla trekking experience in Volcanoes National Park, one of the best places in the world to see mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. This unique encounter allows you to spend time observing these gentle giants while trekking through the beautiful rainforest landscape. During your stay in Rwanda, you will also experience the scenic countryside characterized by rolling hills, local villages, and vibrant culture. You will have the opportunity to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, a place of remembrance and reflection honoring the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, offering an important historical and cultural perspective of Rwanda. You will then fly to Kenya for an exciting wildlife safari in the Maasai Mara, one of Africa’s most famous wildlife reserves. Here, you will enjoy game drives in search of the Big Five, big cats such as lions, cheetahs, and leopards, as well as a wide variety of wildlife and bird species across the vast savannah plains. The 12 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Maasai Mara Safari with Zanzibar Beach Getaway concludes with a relaxing beach getaway in Zanzibar, where you can unwind on white sandy beaches, enjoy the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, and reflect on your unforgettable African safari experience.
Day-by-Day Itinerary
- Day 1
Kigali airport transfer
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will proceed through immigration and customs formalities. After exiting the arrivals hall, you will be warmly welcomed by our company guide or representative, who will brief you on your journey ahead and introduce you to Rwanda, famously known as the Land of a Thousand Hills. You will then be transferred to your booked hotel for check in. Depending on your arrival time, you may relax at the hotel and recover from your flight before dinner. Dinner and overnight stay will be at your hotel in Kigali, preparing for the adventure ahead.
Accommodation Options
- Midrange Accommodation
- Hotel Des Mille Collines
- Luxury Accommodation
- Kigali Marriott Hotel
- Meals:
- Dinner
- Day 2
Transfer to Volcanoes NP
Today you will be picked at your lodge after completing your morning breakfast and head for a city tour to visit the local market and Kigali genocide memorial ground, and have lunch before being transferred to Musanze near Volcanoes National Park where you will your dinner and overnight stay. Dinner and overnight at Da Vinci Gorilla lodge (Mid-range lodge) Or La Palme hotel (Standard).
- Meals:
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Day 3
Gorilla trekking & cultural visit
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the gorilla trekking briefing from the park headquarters and thereafter, you will be briefed before you enter the jungle with your packed lunch to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour watching their social life as you take pictures. On a gorilla trekking safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun screen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movements of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience you will return to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will head for lunch, later head for cultural experience at Iby’ Iwacu, to get cultural insight of the Rwandans. Dinner and overnight at Da Vinci Gorilla lodge (Mid-range lodge) Or La Palme hotel (Standard).
- Meals:
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Day 4
Golden monkey trekking & transfer to Kigali for flight to Kenya
Today after your early morning breakfast, at 7.30 am, you will be transferred to the park’s headquarters with your packed lunch in Office of Tourism in Kinigi where you are briefed by the ranger about the rules and regulations governing golden monkey tracking before you head off to the jungle in search for these shy lovely primates. The golden monkey trek can last from an hour to six hours just like gorilla trekking, however not much hectic as the gorilla trekking, though the trek is strenuous but much rewarding at the end. You will be given an hour with the golden monkey to take as many pictures of your choice and later return from your trek, head for lunch in one of the local restaurants, before hitting on the road to find our way back to Kigali for your evening flight to Kenya. Your Enclose Africa Safaris safari representative meets you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport upon arrival on an evening flight. Transfer to your Nairobi city hotel for check in. Dinner on own account. Overnight stay at the hotel at Park Inn by Radisson (Mid – range) or Ibis Styles Nairobi (Standard hotel).
- Meals:
- Bed and Breakfast basis.
- Day 5
Nairobi / Maasai Mara National Park
Breakfast at your hotel. Introduction to your safari driver, pre safari briefing and departure for Maasai Mara National Reserve. Check in followed by lunch. You then enjoy your first game drive in Maasai Mara from 1530 hrs to 1800 hrs. Dinner and overnight stay at Base Camp Maasai Mara (Mid – range) Or Enkorok Mara Camp (Standard hotel)
- Meals:
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Days 6-7
Maasai Mara
You will spend two full days exploring and discovering the vast Mara reserve, enjoying game drives as you search for the resident Big Cats, antelopes and bird species. Be on the look out for Lions, Cheetahs, Buffalos, Zebras, Spotted Hyenas, Masai Girrafes, Elands, Gazelles, Hippos, Leopard, Black Rhinos and several other animals and birds that reside here. The Mara, one of the most famous wildlife reserves in Africa is home to the Big Five as well as other predators, scavengers, plains game and prolific birdlife. This is also the place where the wildlife spectacle referred to as the annual wildebeest migration takes place every year between July and October when over 1.2 Million Wildebeest and Zebras cross over from Serengeti in search of greener pastures. Dinner and overnight stay at Base Camp Maasai Mara (Mid – range) Or Enkorok Mara Camp (Standard hotel).
- Meals:
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Day 8
Maasai Mara – Nairobi and flight to Zanzibar
Breakfast will be served. Check out of camp. Time allowing and depending on the location of your camp, you enjoy an enroute game drive as you begin your drive back to Nairobi. On arrival, optional lunch may be served at the Carnivore Restaurant if time permits. You will then be transferred to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you board your afternoon flight to Zanzibar. Arrive at Zanzibar International airport, meet and greet with the guide/driver at the Airport, then transfers to beach hotel of your choice for dinner and overnight at Ocean Paradise (Mid – range) or Kichanga Lodge (Standard hotel).
- Meals:
- Breakfast & Lunch.
- Day 9
Day excursion in Zanzibar, Stone Town & Spice Tour
Have morning breakfast, you will head for a day excursion to explore the vibrant hot spot of Zanzibar with a tour of the Stone Town, and learn about its rich history and cultural heritage and Spice tour, which is the second income earner of Zanzibar, with a drive through a profusion of greenery in the countryside seeing, smelling and tasting a variety of spices and mouth-watering tropical seasonal fruits such as jack fruit, pineapple, banana, green coconut juice, dourian, love apple, litche, soursop ( depending on the season ) etc. Spices such as cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, turmeric, vanilla, and nutmeg – are as exotic as the flavour. This is also the very best and cheapest place to buy locally made perfumes and oils. Our guided walking tour passes through villages and spice plantations, a walk through the farms as spice farms workers climbs trees, seek out specific plants and cuts off various barks, letting you see, feel and taste everything. Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Ocean Paradise (Mid – range) or Kichanga Lodge (Standard hotel).
- Meals:
- Breakfast & Lunch.
- Day 10
Sea excursion
Morning after breakfast 08;00 depart from Hotel of your choice for Safari Blue. Safari Blue is like but more than a day out activity. This excursion ideally permits the clients to see the natural environment of specifically Menai Bay, the Mangroves, Baobab tree, and sand banks. The clients enjoy the tranquility of cruising by sail in one of Safari Blue’s traditional hand built wooden dhows. A peaceful way to end your memorable day, you will be served with lunch and soft drinks. Tour ends in the evening. Then transfer to the Hotel of your choice at Ocean Paradise (Mid – range) or Kichanga Lodge (Standard hotel).
- Meals:
- Breakfast & Lunch.
- Day 11
Free day – self treat
It’s your free day, to enjoy yourself to the fullest, you can opt to stay at beach, or arrange private snorkeling adventure or just relax at the hotel. The choice is yours to try something on your own. Overnight at Ocean Paradise (Mid – range) or Kichanga Lodge (Standard hotel).
- Meals:
- Breakfast only
- Day 12
Transfer to Zanzibar airport for your fly out.
Today is the last day of your holiday in Zanzibar, You will have free time and leisure in the beach hotel until your departure time. End of 12 Days Rwanda Maasai Mara Zanzibar Safari.
What Is Included
Included
- Pick up and drop off from International Airports;
- 1 nights’ accommodation in Nairobi on bed and breakfast basis
- 2 Nights’ accommodation in Zanzibar on bed and breakfast basis
- Land cruiser Jeep 4×4 Safari Vehicle with pop-up roof for game view;
- Experience English-Speaking Safari Guide;
- 1 Gorilla ($ 1500) permit per person to be paid separately in advance
- All park entry, transit and crater fees;
- Kigali city tour
- Golden monkey permits ($ 100) permit per person
- Zanzibar Excursions
- Visit to a Masai Village bordering Maasai Mara (pay a donation of USD 20 per person locally),
- All activities under the program;
- All accommodation under the program on full board basis;
- Three meals per day on the safari;
- Bottled water throughout the safari;
- Binocular (1 per safari vehicle);
- Applicable government taxes on tour services, concession fees etc.
- Flying Doctor Emergency Evacuation Cover (Must have valid travel insurance).
Not Included
- Drinks and beverages while at the tented camps & lodges.
- Laundry at the tented camps & lodges and all other costs incurred at the hotels.
- Change of plan or deviation from itinerary.
- International Flights(to and fro, your home country to Kenya).
- Entry authorization (Kenya electronic travel authorization, Tanzania visa, or the East Africa Tourist Visa).
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees.
- Hotels/ lodges imposed increase fees.
- All things of personal nature.
- Tipping for hotel and safari staff (highly recommended especially for your safari guides and drivers.
- Medical / travel insurance (recommended).
- All other items not listed in the inclusions list above.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does the 12 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Maasai Mara Safari with Zanzibar Beach Getaway cost?
- This safari starts from $7,651 per person. The final price depends on your travel dates, lodge tier, and group size, and every quote is itemized before you commit.
- How long is this safari?
- It runs 12 days. Because every trip is private, we can lengthen, shorten, or add a Zanzibar or gorilla extension to fit your plans.
- Can I customize this itinerary?
- Yes. This itinerary is a starting point. Swap lodges, change the pace, adjust the route, or combine countries, and your planner reshapes it with you before you book.
- When is the best time for this trip?
- June to October is dry, breezy, and the most reliable beach weather. December to February is hot and also dry. The long rains fall from March to May, and there is a shorter wet spell in November.
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