12 Day Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania |4 of the Best Fly In

Welcome to Uganda! After clearing immigration and customs at Entebbe international airport. You will meet our representatives who will accompany you on a road transfer to Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa, which might just as easily stand out amid the sunflowers of the Tuscan Hills, as on the shores of Africa's largest lake.

Accommodation: Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa

After breakfast, we will embark on a road transfer to Entebbe International Airport and depart on your flight to Kihihi Airstrip. Your lodge representative will meet you on arrival and drive you to your safari lodge perfectly positioned on the forest edge. You will relax after lunch and take the afternoon to prepare for your gorilla trek the next day.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp

After an early breakfast and briefing from your guide, you will set off into the rainforest in search of your gorilla family. The trek will take place through dense forest with steep slopes. Once you’ve found the gorillas, spend quality time with them, watching them feed and socialise, before trekking back to your starting point and lodge.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp

After breakfast, you will embark on a road transfer to Kihihi Airstrip for your light-aircraft flight to Entebbe. You will take a flight to the Masai Mara, you will be met and transferred to the camp by our representative. You will take some time to settle in and relax before joining in on the safari activities. You will end the day while off under the African sky, taking in the sounds of the night around a crackling fire.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Olonana Safari Lodge

At Sanctuary Olonana, you will start the game viewing from the camp. A pod of hippo lives permanently in the river just below the camp, and many other species come to drink there. Your experienced guides will take you to all the hidden spots in customised open safari vehicles that offer all-round views, allowing for excellent photography opportunities. You can also enjoy a walking safari and learn about the plants and trees and their medicinal uses. Also find out about insects, birds and animal signs, which are everywhere but not easily noticed.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Olonana Safari Lodge

After breakfast, you will enjoy the day’s safari activities which could include a walking safari, game drives or a visit to the village accompanied by an experienced Maasai guide. The villages are built along traditional lines complete with cattle enclosure, outer palisade and mud-and-cow dung huts. You will meet the elders, their wives and families and learn about the social structure of the homestead, the role of women in their society and many more aspects of their daily life.

Accommodation:  Sanctuary Olonana Safari Lodge

After enjoying breakfast, you will head off to the airstrip for your journey into the Serengeti, where you will be met and transferred to the camp. Here you will have the opportunity to intimately experience the movement of a million-plus wildebeest and zebra as they follow the fresh grasses across the Serengeti plains during the annual migration cycle. You will take time and settle in before you join the safari activities.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Kichakani Serengeti Camp

You will enjoy game drives and wildlife viewing from open plains, sweeping grasslands and rocky kopjes. The stars of this seasonal path are wildebeest, zebra, Thomson’s gazelles and the predators that this migratory journey attracts. The Serengeti is known for having the Big Five; cheetah are a highlight, along with wild dog, giraffe, waterbuck and impala. You will cap the day with a sundowner, enjoying the magnificent African sunset, all while being surrounded by thousands of wildebeest and zebra.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Kichakani Serengeti Camp

This day will bring another opportunity in the Serengeti to enjoy the camp's five-star facilities. Savour international flavours alongside kachumbari (traditional Tanzanian salsa), coconut beans, paprika, cinnamon, chilli from nearby Zanzibar, conjured up by the chef and his team. You could spend the evenings gathered by the traditional fire pit, exchanging stories under starry skies and listening to tales of wildlife encounters and historical derring-do from the passionate guides.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Kichakani Serengeti Camp

You will enjoy breakfast then take a light-aircraft flight to Lake Manyara, where you will be met by our staff and transferred to Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp. Situated in the Ngorongoro Crater rim valley, it’s close to the access road into the crater, giving guests unrivalled access to the crater floor. You will take time and settle in on one of the comfy sofas in the lounge area (perfect for afternoon relaxation) or head to the lounge bar, where pre-dinner drinks are served.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp

After a very early morning descent along the narrow track to the crater floor, your game drive will commence along the myriad tracks on the crater floor – an exceptional experience in this magical setting. The crater floor is a mini biosphere with a multitude of animal and bird species, including black rhino. Later, you will ascend back up the narrow track to your lodge, where you can enjoy lunch for the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Then ettle in for the evening with dinner and drinks around the campfire.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp

You will enjoy breakfast and afterwards embark on a road transfer to Lake Manyara Airport, where you will take a light-aircraft flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward travel arrangements back home to end the safari.

Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)