6-Day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking and Tanzania Serengeti Fly-In Safari

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, your guide meets you for the road transfer to Musanze in the Northern Province, on the doorstep of Volcanoes National Park. The drive takes approximately two hours through Rwanda's green hills. Check in at your lodge for dinner and an early night ahead of tomorrow's gorilla trek.

Distance: Approximately 2 hours from Kigali to Musanze

Activity: Transfer to Musanze, Volcanoes National Park

Accommodation: Lodge near Volcanoes National Park, Musanze

Meals: Half Board

After breakfast, transfer to the Rwanda Development Board offices at Kinigi for the 7:00 AM briefing, where ranger guides cover the gorilla trekking code of conduct before trekking begins through the forest and volcanic slopes in search of your assigned gorilla family. Treks can last from one to four hours depending on where the group has ranged overnight, with one hour of observation once located. After the trek, the drive returns to Kigali.

Distance: Trekking in Volcanoes National Park, then approximately 2 hours back to Kigali

Activity: Mountain gorilla trek, return to Kigali

Accommodation: Hotel in Kigali

Meals: Half Board

After breakfast, transfer to Kigali International Airport for a scheduled flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport, followed by a connecting scenic flight on to the Serengeti. On arrival at the airstrip, your driver-guide meets you for an afternoon game drive en route to camp.

Distance: Flight from Kigali to Kilimanjaro, connecting flight to the Serengeti

Activity: International and domestic flights, afternoon game drive on arrival

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in central Serengeti

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

A full day is dedicated to game drives across the Seronera valley and surrounding plains, the most predator-dense section of the Serengeti year-round, with resident lion, leopard and cheetah all realistic sightings alongside large herds of zebra and wildebeest.

Distance: Full-day game drive within the central Serengeti

Activity: Morning and afternoon game drives

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in central Serengeti

Meals: Full Board

A further day of game drives covers different parts of the park, maximising the chance of strong wildlife encounters and, depending on season, the possibility of the Great Migration passing through the area.

Distance: Full-day game drive within the central Serengeti

Activity: Morning and afternoon game drives

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in central Serengeti (second night)

Meals: Full Board

After a final morning game drive, transfer to the airstrip for the scheduled flight back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro International Airport, in time for onward or international connections.

Distance: Morning game drive, then flight from the Serengeti to Arusha

Activity: Final game drive, flight to Arusha, departure

Accommodation: N/A - end of safari

Meals: Breakfast

Extend your trip

Want to add the Ngorongoro Crater? See our 9-Day Rwanda Gorilla and Tanzania Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari. Want the full northern circuit with Tarangire too? See our 12-Day Rwanda Gorilla and Tanzania Grand Safari.