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Gorillas to Vic Falls

Gorillas to Vic Falls

Spend 42 days travelling through the iconic vistas of East Africa. Seek out the rare mountain gorilla in Rwanda’s steamy jungle, enjoy thrill-packed safaris through lush forest and open savanna and finish in Victoria Falls. Be welcomed into small villages in Tanzania and Malawi, relax on sandy beaches in Zanzibar and track the Big Five in the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park. This overland adventure is a mix of locally-guided excursions and free time to follow your heart to the stuff you want to see.

Activities

  • Lake Nakuru – Overland Vehicle Game Drive
  • Lake Nakuru – Morning Overland Vehicle Game Drive
  • Queen Elizabeth National Park – Overland Vehicle Game Drive
  • Bwindi National Park – Mountain Gorilla Permit & Trek
  • Kericho – Tea plantation visit
  • Masai Mara National Reserve – 4×4 Game Drive
  • Masai Mara National Reserve – Full Day 4×4 Game Drive
  • Ngorongoro Crater – 4×4 Game Drive
  • Serengeti National Park – 4×4 Game Drive
  • Serengeti National Park – 4×4 Game Drive
  • Serengeti National Park – 4×4 Game Drive
  • Mto Wa Mbu – Village walk & local dinner
  • Irente – Lushoto hike
  • Irente – Local lunch
  • Mikumi National Park – 4×4 Game Drive
  • South Luangwa National Park – 4×4 Dawn Game Drive
  • South Luangwa National Park – 4×4 Afternoon Game Drive
  • South Luangwa – Jewellery workshop Project
  • Masvingo – Great Zimbabwe Ruins guided visit

Highlights

  • Gorilla permits included! Seek out the rare mountain gorilla on a trek through Uganda’s steamy forests and spend an unforgettable hour in their presence.
  • Take two game drives through the Masai Mara National Reserve, looking for lions, zebras and wildebeest crossing the iconic plains.
  • Go looking for rare black rhinos on a safari in Ngorongoro Crater, a 20-kilometre-wide crater that around 25,000 wild animals call home.
  • Spend a night camping in Mto wa Mbu, a multicultural Tanzanian village where you can grab dinner with some locals and shop for crafts.
  • Discover the largest ruins in sub-Saharan Africa – Great Zimbabwe. A World Heritage site, the ruined city was first constructed in the 11th century.

07/02/2023 through 11/13/2024
07/02/2023 through 11/16/2024

Day 1 Nairobi
Day 2 Lake Nakuru National Park
Day 3 Eldoret
Day 4 Kampala
Day 5 Kalinzu Forest
Day 6 Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 7 Kisoro
Day 8 Gorilla Trek
Day 9 Gorilla Trek
Day 10 Mbarara
Day 11 Jinja
Day 12 Jinja
Day 13 Kericho
Day 14 Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 15 Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 16 Nairobi
Day 17 Mto wa Mbu
Day 18 Ngorongoro Crater / Serengeti National Park
Day 19 Serengeti National Park
Day 20 Serengeti National Park / Mto wa Mbu
Day 21 Usambara Mountains
Day 22 Usambara Mountains
Day 23 Dar es Salaam
Day 24 Stone Town
Day 25 Zanzibar Northern Beaches
Day 26 Zanzibar Northern Beaches
Day 27 Stone Town
Day 28 Mikumi National Park
Day 29 Iringa
Day 30 Chitimba
Day 31 Lake Malawi
Day 32 Lake Malawi
Day 33 South Luangwa National Park
Day 34 South Luangwa National Park
Day 35 Petauke
Day 36 Lusaka
Day 37 Harare
Day 38 Great Zimbabwe Ruins / Masvingo
Day 39 Bulawayo
Day 40 Bulawayo
Day 41 Victoria Falls
Day 42 Victoria Falls

Bulawayo

Located in southern Zimbabwe, it is the countries second largest city and an important industrial center.

Dar Es Salaam

The capital, largest city (1.4 million) and industrial port of the country, it was founded in 1862 by the Sultan of Zanzibar (lies off the coast). It was the capital of the German East Africa Company from 1891 – 1916.

Harare

The capital of Zimbabwe, it was originally called Salisbury after the then British Prime Minister. Name was changed in
1980 upon independence for Chief Neharawe who was the local ruler of the area in 1890 when the British South Africa Company arrived. Harare is now the center of industry and commerce for the country with a population over 680,000.

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