How to Combine Victoria Falls, Serengeti And Gorilla Trekking

14 Day Victoria Falls, Serengeti And Gorilla Trekking Highlights

• Day 1: Arrival in Harare Zimbabwe to Transfer to your hotel
• Day 2: Morning Flight to Victoria Falls and Evening Sunset Cruise
• Day 3: Guided Tour of Victoria Falls and Evening Boma Dinner & Drum Show
• Day 4: Optional Tour of Victoria Falls and Afternoon Flight to Johannesburg For Overnight
• Day 5: Flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport
• Day 6: Transfer to Tarangire National park
• Day 7: Transfer to Serengeti and Evening Game Drive.
• Day 8: Optional Balloon Safari and Full Day Serengeti game drive
• Day 9: Early Morning Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Full day Game Drive in the Ngorongoro Crater
• Day 10: Transfer to Kilimanjaro for a flight to Kigali-Rwanda
• Day 11: Morning Kigali City Tour and afternoon transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National park
• Day 12: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
• Day 13: Transfer to Kigali City via Lake Bunyonyi for a Boat Excursion to the Different Islands
• Day 14: Depending on your flight schedule, you will wake up at leisure and transfer to the Airport to catch your out bound flight.

A Complete 14 Day Victoria Falls Serengeti And Gorilla Trekking

Day 1: Arrival in Harare Zimbabwe to Transfer to your hotel

When you get to Harare International Airport, a Visit Victoria Falls representative will meet you and help you get to your hotel in Harare for the night.

Accommodation at: Holiday Inn Harare Meal Plan:
Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Morning Flight to Victoria Falls and Evening Sunset Cruise

After breakfast, you will be taken to Harare International Airport to catch your flight with Fast Jet Airlines to Victoria Falls Airport. When you get there, a Visit Victoria Falls representative will help you get to your hotel. You will have a boat ride aboard the Lady Marilese along the Zambezi River in the evening.

The Lady Marilese is a luxurious cruise ship that offers a one-of-a-kind and intimate experience on the Zambezi River. It has large decks with stunning views, comfortable seats, and an elegant upper lounge where you may drink fine wines or craft cocktails at nightfall. Visitors can see elephants, hippos, and rare birds while enjoying excellent meals made with fresh, local ingredients and paired with fine wines and spirits. You can enjoy free canapés such superb smoked salmon, artisanal cheeses, and gourmet miniatures, as well as a variety of snacks and drinks, including wines, custom cocktails, and non-alcoholic drinks that are just as refreshing.

As the sun sets, enjoy Africa’s beauty while sipping on traditional drinks and snacking on light snacks on your way to your lodging for the night.

Lodging at: Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 3: Guided Tour of Victoria Falls and Evening Boma Dinner & Drum Show

After breakfast this morning, you will go on a guided walk to the beautiful Victoria Falls via the beautiful rainforest that is home to many different plants and animals. The tour is a great way to see and photograph the famous views of the falls, the Cataracts, and Livingstone’s statue. Go to your hotel for lunch and some time to rest.

You will go to the Boma Dinner and Drum Show in the evening. The Boma – Dinner & Drum Show is an unforgettable African experience that includes Zimbabwean food, lively music, and traditional storytelling. It is a top attraction in Victoria Falls. The Boma, which is partly open to the sky, serves a wide range of delicious Zimbabwean dishes. For dinner, there are four courses, including a barbecue buffet and a choice of starters. People who like to try new things are drawn to native dishes like mopani worms and potjiekos (hunter’s game stew), but there are also beef, pork, fish, chicken, and vegetarian options.

There are a lot of things to do at night that make the sights and sounds even better. Traditional dancers sing and dance to vibrant music that keep people entertained. The well-known Zambezi Drumbeat gives people an amazing chance to play drums together.

Accommodation at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge.
Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Optional Tour of Victoria Falls and Afternoon Flight to Johannesburg For Overnight

You can wake up whenever you want today because you don’t have any plans. You can stay at the resort and swim or rest in bed, or you can choose to go on one of the following optional morning trips in and around Victoria Falls: a helicopter ride over the falls, bungee jumping, white-water rafting, and abseiling, to name a few. In the afternoon, you will go to the airport in Victoria Falls to catch your aircraft to Johannesburg, where you will arrive in time to check into your hotel.

Accommodation at the Protea Hotel O.R. Tambo International Airport
Dining Arrangement: Bed and Breakfast

Day 5: Flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport

After breakfast today, you will go to Harare International Airport to catch your trip to Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania. Once you get to Kilimanjaro International Airport, a driver from Visit Victoria Falls will meet you and take you to your hotel in Arusha for the night.

Accommodation at: Mount Meru Hotel
Dining Arrangement: Bed and Breakfast

Day 6: Transfer to Tarangire National park

After breakfast today, you’ll go to Tarangire National Park, where you’ll arrive in time to start your game drive and have a picnic lunch throughout the trip. Tanzania’s biggest concentration of elephants, around 3,000, may be found in this park. After that, go to your lodge for meals and a place to sleep.

Accommodation at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge.
Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 7: Proceed to Serengeti and partake in an evening game drive.

After breakfast, leave Tarangire National Park through the Ngorongoro region and head to the Seronera Area. Here, the topography changes from mountainous woodlands to wide green grasslands. When you get to Serengeti, you’ll start a half-day game drive, which will include a break for your picnic lunch. Serengeti National Park has more animals than any other protected savannah area in the world, at 3 million. Go to your campsite to sign up, have dinner, and spend the night.

Accommodation in Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 8: Optional Balloon Safari and Full Day Serengeti game drive

Today, you’ll go on an early morning wildlife drive that starts at dawn and takes you into the Serengeti grasslands. There are 3 million animals in the Serengeti, including large prides of lions, herds of elephants, wildebeest, gazelles, buffalo, zebras, and a wide range of birds, such as ostriches. It is the best place to see wildlife. You will go back to the campsite for lunch. Animals will be more active in the afternoon, which will let you keep playing your game. You could even go on a hot air balloon safari above the Serengeti.

Lodging at: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 9: Early Morning Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Full day Game Drive in the Ngorongoro Crater

After a quick breakfast this morning, you will travel from Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From there, you will go on a game drive with your ranger to the Ngorongoro Crater. When you get to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you’ll go down into the crater to start your exciting tour. Because of its rich wildlife, which includes all of the Big Five (elephant, black rhino, buffalo, lion, and leopard), as well as many cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, zebras, and wildebeests, this area is sometimes compared to the Garden of Eden. You will take a break for lunch. In the afternoon, go to the southern tip of the park to see animals. There, you may witness flamingos, hippos, and other waterfowl at Lake Magadi. Come back for dinner and to spend the night.

Accommodation Choice: Acacia Farm Lodge, Karatu
Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 10: Transfer to Kilimanjaro for a flight to Kigali-Rwanda

After breakfast, go to Kilimanjaro Airport to catch your aircraft to Kigali. Before you go to Kilimanjaro Airport for your journey to Rwanda, you can visit the Cultural Heritage gallery in Arusha town, some curio shops, and the Tanzanite Experience. When you get there, a representative from Visit Victoria Falls will meet you and take you to your accommodation to relax.

Accommodation at: Hotel Des Mille Collines.
Dining Arrangement: Bed and Breakfast

Day 11: Morning Kigali City Tour and afternoon transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National park

After breakfast, take a full-day tour of Rwanda’s biggest and richest city. Walk through the busy markets, witness the city’s most famous sights, and learn to appreciate its diverse cultural mix, which is a lively blend of French and Bantu influences. The journey will include the very moving and carefully designed Gisozi Genocide Museum, which is the final resting place for more than 250,000 Rwandans who died in the 1994 genocide. You will have lunch in the afternoon and then cross the Katuna border to get to Bwindi National Park, which is home to Uganda’s gorillas.

Accommodation at: Four Gorillas Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 12: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

After breakfast, go to the park headquarters for a briefing. Then, take a walk into the jungle to see the mountain gorillas in their natural environment in the park. You can be a part of history by seeing some of the last mountain gorillas on Earth. About half of them live in the forests of Bwindi. When you see the gorillas, you’ll be able to watch them for an hour as they go about their daily lives, which include feeding, playing, relaxing, and taking care of their young. After the excursion is over, meet up with your driver-guide again and go to your lodge for dinner and a place to sleep.

Accommodation at Four Gorillas Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 13: Transfer to Kigali City via Lake Bunyonyi for a Boat Excursion to the Different Islands

After breakfast at the lodge, you’ll head to Lake Bunyonyi, where you’ll arrive just in time for a canoe tour of the lake, which is known as the “Lake of a Thousand Islands” since it has 29 islands. The Cruise is a peaceful way to have fun that is worth checking out and gives you a break after a long day of gorilla trekking. You will go to Kigali in the afternoon and stay there overnight.

Accommodation at: Hotel Des Mille Collines
Dining Arrangement: Bed and Breakfast

Day 14: Depending on your flight schedule, you will wake up at leisure and transfer to the Airport to catch your out bound flight.

The end of a 14-day trip, the Serengeti, and Victoria Falls.

End of the 14 Day Victoria Falls Serengeti And Gorilla Trekking Itinerary