Wildlife and Spice Island

32 Days from Nairobi to Zanzibar Island


KENYA


Days 1 – 3  

Departure meeting, Giraffe Park, Rift Valley, morning and afternoon game drives and overnight camp in The Masai Mara, Maasai village visit.  


Optional excursions: Sheldrick's Elephant orphanage, night out at Carnivores restaurant or similar.


Days 4 – 7

Lake Naivasha, game drives in Nakuru National Park, Eldoret.


Optional excursions: Hippo cruise, Elsamere for afternoon tea, cycling in Hells Gate National Park, guided hike to Green Crater Lake.


UGANDA


Days 8 – 11

Transfer to Jinga, departure meeting by the White Nile and Bujagali Falls.


Optional excursions: White water rafting, village walk, bungee jump, kayaking, boat trips, voluntary work in a local school, quad biking, horse riding.


Days 12 - 16

Kampala, Lake Victoria, drum markets, Queen Elizabeth National Park including a game cruise and game drive, Kabale and/or Lake Bunyoni.  


Optional excursions: Ngamba Island chimpanzee Sanctuary.


RWANDA


Days 17 – 19  

Kigale, Ruhengeri and the Virungas.


Optional excursions: Genocide museum and memorial, mountain gorilla trek in either Parc Nacional de Volcans (Rwanda) or Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), golden monkeys trek, visit to Dian Fossey’s grave, orphanage and preschool visit.


TANZANIA


Days 20 – 25  

Drive through to Arusha, Ngorongoro Crater for guided game drives, Maasai Boma visit
(village), Mto Wa Mbu markets.


Optional excursions: Game drives in the Serengeti National Park*

Please note some months we travel into Arusha via the Serengeti National Park in the truck. This eliminates a days driving, drops the cost of the Serengeti to £115 and allows us another experience of camping in a national park with the truck. On these months the kitty payment rises accordingly.


TANZANIA


Days 26 - 32

including 4 nights allotted for Zanzibar Island....


The chance of views of Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam camp by the Indian Ocean and seafood bbq.


Optional free time to stay on Zanzibar island from day 28, returning to Dar es Salaam on the day 32.  


Talk with us as to the special arrangements we can make for your accommodation staying in beach cottages and the traditional ancient capital, Stone Town, and your other requirements inciuding transfers and spice tours.  


Other options to budget for include snorkelling excursions to Prison Island, famous for its giant tortoise as well as Mnemba Atoll, dolphin boat trips, Jozani Forest hike to see the red colobus monkeys, scuba diving.


All accommodation and transfers including spice tours on Zanzibar Island can be arranged ahead of time.


Please note safari itineraries are given as a guide only. A safari is a journey and true journeys in Africa unfold and are of an adventurous nature.  The unexpected can arise, so do allow for this. Feel free to give us a call about your safari plans.

We look forward to your further enquiries.

 
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