This tour has been postponed due to Covid-19. This is a once in a lifetime, bucket list, kind of tour and we can't wait to get it back on the schedule! Once it's safe to travel again, this tour will be available with fixed dates as well as flexible dates.
Ultimate Africa
Bwindi Forest Gorilla Trekking - Tanzania Safari - Zanzibar
Dates: Aug 17, 2020 - Aug 28, 2020
**Group Size: 4 Minimum - 10 People Maximum
***On Site Tour Director: Josh Forrester
****Comfort Level: Affordable Excellence
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Bwindi Forest Gorilla Trekking - Tanzania Safari - Zanzibar
Dates: Aug 17, 2020 - Aug 28, 2020
**Group Size: 4 Minimum - 10 People Maximum
***On Site Tour Director: Josh Forrester
****Comfort Level: Affordable Excellence
Contact Us To Book
Itinerary
Day 1 - 8/17/2020: Tour Start. Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Inema Art Gallery. Welcome Dinner.
Day 2 - 8/18/2020: Transfer to Bwindi Natl Forest. Afternoon Cultural Activity.
Day 3 - 8/19/2020: Gorilla Trekking. Transfer To Lake Mulehe.
Day 4 - 8/20/2020: Local Village Experience.
Day 5 - 8/21/2020: Transfer To Kigali. Craft Market.
Day 6 - 8/22/2020: Flight-Kigali To Kilimanjaro Airport. Drive To Lake Manyara.
Day 7 - 8/23/2020: Safari Game Drive Tarangire Natl Park.
Day 8 - 8/24/2020: Safari Game Drive Ngorongoro 1/2 Day.
Day 9 - 8/25/2020: Safari Game Drive Lake Manyara Natl Park.
Day 10 - 8/26/2020: Flight To Zanzibar. Transfer To Resort
Day 11 - 8/27/2020: Zanzibar Town Local Guided Tour. Farewell Dinner
Day 12 - 8/28/2020: Transfer To Zanzibar Airport. TOUR END.
Day 1 - 8/17/2020: Tour Start. Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Inema Art Gallery. Welcome Dinner.
Day 2 - 8/18/2020: Transfer to Bwindi Natl Forest. Afternoon Cultural Activity.
Day 3 - 8/19/2020: Gorilla Trekking. Transfer To Lake Mulehe.
Day 4 - 8/20/2020: Local Village Experience.
Day 5 - 8/21/2020: Transfer To Kigali. Craft Market.
Day 6 - 8/22/2020: Flight-Kigali To Kilimanjaro Airport. Drive To Lake Manyara.
Day 7 - 8/23/2020: Safari Game Drive Tarangire Natl Park.
Day 8 - 8/24/2020: Safari Game Drive Ngorongoro 1/2 Day.
Day 9 - 8/25/2020: Safari Game Drive Lake Manyara Natl Park.
Day 10 - 8/26/2020: Flight To Zanzibar. Transfer To Resort
Day 11 - 8/27/2020: Zanzibar Town Local Guided Tour. Farewell Dinner
Day 12 - 8/28/2020: Transfer To Zanzibar Airport. TOUR END.
*Price Is Per Person & Based On Double Occupancy. Entire Tour Cost Due At Time Of Booking. Upon Cancellation, A Portion Of Your Tour Payment Will Be Non Refundable Based On Local African Operator Cancellation Policies.
Refunds Due To Guest Cancellation:
$1700 Non Refundable - 60 Days Or Longer Before Tour
$3300 Ron Refundable - 16-60 Days Before Tour
$5000 Non Refundable - 15 Days Or Less Before Tour
**Minimum 4 People For Tour To Take Place
***Your Tour Will Be Accompanied In Countries For Entire Trip By Get Lost Travel Owner & Tour Director: Josh Forrester
****Affordable Excellence Is Considered Upper-Mid To Luxury Accommodation
Refunds Due To Guest Cancellation:
$1700 Non Refundable - 60 Days Or Longer Before Tour
$3300 Ron Refundable - 16-60 Days Before Tour
$5000 Non Refundable - 15 Days Or Less Before Tour
**Minimum 4 People For Tour To Take Place
***Your Tour Will Be Accompanied In Countries For Entire Trip By Get Lost Travel Owner & Tour Director: Josh Forrester
****Affordable Excellence Is Considered Upper-Mid To Luxury Accommodation
Day 1 - 8/17/2020
After our group meets at the hotel, we will visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial. After learning of a difficult time in Rwanda and how the healing has occurred over the years, we will venture to a local art gallery to check out the local painting and sculpture scene. A group welcome dinner will be held back at our hotel restaurant. Ubumwe Grande Hotel or similar.
Day 2 - 8/18/2020
Today we will see the local villages in the Rwandan and Ugandan countryside, during our drive to our lodge in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This will usually take 4 to 5 hours including a couple stops, one of which will be for lunch. The evening will be free to relax and dinner will be at our lodge. Gorilla Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 3 - 8/19/2020
Today is one of the days you made the long journey for. After breakfast, we will get an early start toward the Ruhija Gorilla Trekking Camp to get our briefing by the park rangers. Here we will be assigned one of several gorilla families to have our experience with. It can take anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple hours of jungle trekking to reach the family (trackers find them ahead of time and radio back the location). Once we reach them, our encounter will last about an hour with our family. Coming within feet of such magnificent creatures is truly an exhilarating, once in a lifetime event! After the visit with our DNA cousins we will transfer to new our lodge. Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 4 - 8/20/2020
Today will be dedicated to cultural experiences. This may include immersion with a Batwa Pygmy tribe, local markets or meeting with students at a local school. The morning will be free in the extremely unlikely event that we don't see any gorillas the day before. Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 5 - 8/21/2020
After breakfast, we'll drive through the hilly villages of Uganda and Rwanda back to our hotel in Kigali. After a stop at a local craft and souvenir market, we'll have a free evening to explore Kigali on our own or just relax. Ubumwe Grande Hotel or similar.
Day 6 - 8/22/2020
Today will catch our flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport to start the Tanzanian Safari portion of the tour. We'll check in to our lodge near Lake Manyara and have the evening to relax. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 7 - 8/23/2020
After a good night's sleep, we'll head to Tarangire Natl Park where we will spend the day looking for herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, elands and oryx. In the late evening, we'll head back to our lodge. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 8 - 8/24/2020
Today we head to the Ngorongoro Crater where we will have the chance to see prides of lions, leopards, cheetah, hyena, black rhinos, flamingos and more. Then we return to our lodge for dinner. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 9 - 8/25/2020
Lake Manyara Natl Park is where we are headed today. Here we will have to opportunity to view hippos, buffalo, zebra, impalas, monkeys giraffes, elephants and more. Then we return to our lodge for dinner. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 10 - 8/26/2020
After breakfast, we'll head to the Arusha Airport to catch our flight to Zanzibar for some well deserved beach time! After landing, we'll transfer to our beach resort to relax and have some optional spa time. Ras Michamvi Beach Resort or similar.
Day 11 - 8/27/2020
Our driver will pick us up after breakfast and take us back to Zanzibar Town for a guided tour of the area. We'll learn about many of the fascinating nuances of this charming town, including Stone Town (Old Town). After our tour, we'll head back to the resort to take in everything we've accomplished during our time together. We will say goodby to our new friends over a finale dinner. Don't forget to get the contact information from all the new people you have grown to know during our time together! Ras Michamvi Beach Resort or similar.
Day 12 - 8/28/2020
After breakfast, we will transfer back to the Zanzibar Airport****.
TOUR END
****Tour guests may need to go to one of multiple airports to catch a connecting flight home. This is not included in the tour package, but we can assist with flights from Zanzibar to Dar Es Salam, Nairobi, Kigali or elsewhere.
After our group meets at the hotel, we will visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial. After learning of a difficult time in Rwanda and how the healing has occurred over the years, we will venture to a local art gallery to check out the local painting and sculpture scene. A group welcome dinner will be held back at our hotel restaurant. Ubumwe Grande Hotel or similar.
Day 2 - 8/18/2020
Today we will see the local villages in the Rwandan and Ugandan countryside, during our drive to our lodge in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This will usually take 4 to 5 hours including a couple stops, one of which will be for lunch. The evening will be free to relax and dinner will be at our lodge. Gorilla Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 3 - 8/19/2020
Today is one of the days you made the long journey for. After breakfast, we will get an early start toward the Ruhija Gorilla Trekking Camp to get our briefing by the park rangers. Here we will be assigned one of several gorilla families to have our experience with. It can take anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple hours of jungle trekking to reach the family (trackers find them ahead of time and radio back the location). Once we reach them, our encounter will last about an hour with our family. Coming within feet of such magnificent creatures is truly an exhilarating, once in a lifetime event! After the visit with our DNA cousins we will transfer to new our lodge. Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 4 - 8/20/2020
Today will be dedicated to cultural experiences. This may include immersion with a Batwa Pygmy tribe, local markets or meeting with students at a local school. The morning will be free in the extremely unlikely event that we don't see any gorillas the day before. Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 5 - 8/21/2020
After breakfast, we'll drive through the hilly villages of Uganda and Rwanda back to our hotel in Kigali. After a stop at a local craft and souvenir market, we'll have a free evening to explore Kigali on our own or just relax. Ubumwe Grande Hotel or similar.
Day 6 - 8/22/2020
Today will catch our flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport to start the Tanzanian Safari portion of the tour. We'll check in to our lodge near Lake Manyara and have the evening to relax. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 7 - 8/23/2020
After a good night's sleep, we'll head to Tarangire Natl Park where we will spend the day looking for herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, elands and oryx. In the late evening, we'll head back to our lodge. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 8 - 8/24/2020
Today we head to the Ngorongoro Crater where we will have the chance to see prides of lions, leopards, cheetah, hyena, black rhinos, flamingos and more. Then we return to our lodge for dinner. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 9 - 8/25/2020
Lake Manyara Natl Park is where we are headed today. Here we will have to opportunity to view hippos, buffalo, zebra, impalas, monkeys giraffes, elephants and more. Then we return to our lodge for dinner. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
Day 10 - 8/26/2020
After breakfast, we'll head to the Arusha Airport to catch our flight to Zanzibar for some well deserved beach time! After landing, we'll transfer to our beach resort to relax and have some optional spa time. Ras Michamvi Beach Resort or similar.
Day 11 - 8/27/2020
Our driver will pick us up after breakfast and take us back to Zanzibar Town for a guided tour of the area. We'll learn about many of the fascinating nuances of this charming town, including Stone Town (Old Town). After our tour, we'll head back to the resort to take in everything we've accomplished during our time together. We will say goodby to our new friends over a finale dinner. Don't forget to get the contact information from all the new people you have grown to know during our time together! Ras Michamvi Beach Resort or similar.
Day 12 - 8/28/2020
After breakfast, we will transfer back to the Zanzibar Airport****.
TOUR END
****Tour guests may need to go to one of multiple airports to catch a connecting flight home. This is not included in the tour package, but we can assist with flights from Zanzibar to Dar Es Salam, Nairobi, Kigali or elsewhere.
What's Included?
On Site Get Lost Travel Tour Director For Entire Trip
All Lodging
All Daily Activities Mentioned In Itinerary
All Meals - Except Dinner Day 9
Flight From Kigali To Kilimanjaro Intl Airport
Flight From Arusha To Zanzibar
All On Tour Airport Transfers
Welcome Dinner
Finale Dinner
On Site Get Lost Travel Tour Director For Entire Trip
All Lodging
All Daily Activities Mentioned In Itinerary
All Meals - Except Dinner Day 9
Flight From Kigali To Kilimanjaro Intl Airport
Flight From Arusha To Zanzibar
All On Tour Airport Transfers
Welcome Dinner
Finale Dinner
What's Not Included
Flights To And From Beginning & End Of Tour
Any Flights Beyond Zanzibar Airport
East Africa Tourist Visa (Rwanda & Uganda)
Tanzania Tourist Visa
Trip Insurance (Required)
Tips For Local Guides
Day 9 Dinner
Flights To And From Beginning & End Of Tour
Any Flights Beyond Zanzibar Airport
East Africa Tourist Visa (Rwanda & Uganda)
Tanzania Tourist Visa
Trip Insurance (Required)
Tips For Local Guides
Day 9 Dinner