When it comes to magical safari destinations, East Africa never goes unmentioned. Our East Africa combined safaris offer you a great opportunity to immerse yourself into East Africa's most popular wilderness areas.
East Africa, known for its abundant wildlife and stunning landscapes, is a top safari destination. Our East Africa combined safaris cover Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, DRC, and Zanzibar, offering a variety of adventures including gorilla and chimpanzee trekking, game drives, and witnessing the Great Wildebeest Migration. Key destinations include Masai Mara, Serengeti, Volcanoes National Park, and the beaches of Zanzibar.
East Africa's wildlife includes the Big Five, tree-climbing lions, and diverse primates like mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. Popular birding spots are Queen Elizabeth National Park, Masai Mara, and Lake Manyara. Cultural experiences highlight unique traditions of tribes such as the Masai in Kenya and the Batwa in Uganda.
Activities include hot air balloon safaris, nature walks, and mountaineering on peaks like Mt. Kilimanjaro. The best time for safaris is during the dry seasons from June to September and December to February, while birding is ideal during the wet seasons from March to May and October to November.
When it comes to magical safari destinations, East Africa never goes unmentioned. Our East Africa combined safaris offer you a great opportunity to immerse yourself into East Africa’s most popular wilderness areas. We cover top destinations in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, DRC, Rwanda and Zanzibar.
East Africa is a home to abundant wildlife and safari activities. It is in East Africa where the only remaining population of the endangered mountain gorillas live and only exist in Uganda, Rwanda and D.R.C. Booking our East Africa combined safaris provides you a great chance to get up close with these world’s rare creatures while in their natural habitat.
Our East Africa combined safaris also include adrenaline adventures on the Source of the River Nile, exploring the big five game inclusive of the rare tree climbing lions in Uganda and Tanzania.
We take you through a holiday full of adventures whether you are interested in gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, witnessing the Great Wildebeest migration, mountaineering to the magical peaks of Mt. Rwenzori, Kilimanjaro Mountain, Mt. Kenya; game drives, cultural safaris or even beach holiday.
Interestingly, all our combined safaris in East Africa are open to modification and they can be tailor-made to suit visitor travel interests.
Our combined safaris in East Africa may include either road trips or and fly-in. Remarkably, the process of border crossing is easier and there is also a possibility of using the Single East African Visa if you are a foreign non-resident while east African nationals can use valid identity card.
Wildlife in East Africa.
Abundant wildlife makes East Africa one of the Africa’s preferred regions for game viewing. This region boasts of several unique wildlife species and some of which are rare worldwide.
Among the many popular wildlife to expect to come across on East Africa combined safaris include the big five (Leopards, lions, elephants, buffaloes and rhinos).
It is in East Africa where you have possibility of seeing the tree climbing lions and these unique creatures range from Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.
The popular big game safari destinations in East Africa include Masai Mara National Reserve, Tsavo National Parks, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Meru National Park, Akagera National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, and Kidepo Valley National Park.
Most of the national parks, reserves and other protected areas also inhabit diversity of bird species, floral species, colorful butterflies and many others.
East Africa is more than a big five destination, visitors also have opportunity to look out for diverse species of primates in their natural habitat.
Our East Africa combined safaris incorporate primate adventures with focus on gorilla safaris for you to enjoy a close encounter with mountain gorillas whose DNA is 98% similar to that of humans.
In East Africa, the only places to visit to see mountain gorillas include Mgahinga Gorilla National and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Southwestern Uganda, Volcanoes National Park Rwanda.
Additionally, you can also go explore the chimpanzees in Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya while on chimpanzee tracking safari.
Uganda is a home to about 5050 chimpanzees and the popular places to go for chimpanzee tracking safari include Kibale Forest National Park, Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Budongo Forest, and Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
On East Africa combined safari in Tanzania, chimpanzees exist in Mahale Mountain National Park and Gombe National Park while most red colobus monkeys can be spotted in Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park in Zanzibar.
Other than chimpanzees and mountain gorillas, East Africa is also blessed with variety of other species of monkeys. These range from the red-tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, L’Hoest monkeys, blue monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, golden monkeys, patas monkeys and several of black and white colobus monkeys.
East Africa is also blessed with diversity of marine species which range in most of the marine parks and other protected areas. The popular marine areas in East Africa include Malindi Marine National Park, Kisite Mpunguti, Watamu Marine National Park in Kenya.
These are the best places to explore diversity of marine species ranging from green turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, sea turtle, whale, hawksbill sea turtle, to mention but a few.
In Tanzania, amazing marine species include Mnazi Bay Marine, Mafia Marine Park and several marine reserves in Dar-es-salaam Tanzania.
Birdlife in East Africa.
Our East Africa combined safaris also offer you opportunity to also look for interesting bird species. Over 20,000 avifaunal species are available in various parts in East African states.
Most of the looked-for birds in East Africa include shoebill storks, African green breasted pittas, African broadbill, pelicans, cinnamon chested bee-eaters, white-bellied canary, Augar buzzard, Egyptian goose, Eastern Plantain eater, Great blue turacos.
Others include kingfishers, starlings, white bellied-go-away, black and white casqued hornbills and common ostriches.
The popular birding destinations in Uganda include Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mabamba wetland, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Bwindi, Lake Mburo National Park.
In Kenya, you can visit Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Amboseli, Tsavo East/West National Park and others; in Rwanda, explore Volcanoes National Park, Akagera, Gishwati-Mukura National Park and Nyungwe National Park.
Tanzania’s amazing birding areas include Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Cultural experiences in East Africa.
East Africa prides itself for distinct cultural experiences. Each of the East African states has its own unique cultures, traditions, norms, dress code, languages, dances, values among others.
Kenya consists of about 62 languages and 42 different tribal groups including the Masai, Samburu, Kikuyu, Luhya tribes. These are distinct from each other for instance the Masai are largely nomadic pastoralists and they are known for their rare cultural values.
Uganda on the other hand is known as a boiling pot of cultures, comprising of many tribes including Basoga, Baganda, Banyankore, Iteso, Batwa, Bakonjo each with its own cultural values, traditions.
There are many places to explore on cultural safari experience in Uganda but the most significant ones include Kasubi tombs, Ndere cultural Centre, Batwa community and many others.
Also the oldest East Africa’s museum is found in Uganda with diversity of cultural items, artifacts of various cultural groups in Uganda.
While on cultural safari in Rwanda, the two tribes to expect to interact with include the Hutus and Tutsis. The Hutu speak mainly Kinyarwanda and you can have the best of a cultural safari experience here in the Iby’Iwacu cultural village, Royal/Kings palaces and many more.
Tanzania is known for its diverse ethnic groups comprising of the following Masai, Chagga, Nyamwezi, Haya and others. About 10 museums also exist in Tanzania with the most historical one being the Olduvai Gorge-a place where early remains of early man were discovered.
In Zanzibar, not only do you have a memorable beach holiday but also unforgettable cultural experience. Zanzibar has a unique cultural history because it was/is occupied by most African Arabs, Asians, Europeans and the Bantu.
It is an incredible place to explore a distinct African cultural experience while on East Africa combined safaris. Also, over 20 museums exist in Zanzibar comprising of a rich history and they include among others Princess Salme museum, peace memorial museum.
Activities to do on East Africa combined safaris: East Africa never disappoints holidaymakers when it comes to what to do or experience. Travelers are presented with plenty of exciting activities to engage in.
Interestingly, you can combine activities in Uganda, with those in Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Kenya. We have the best combined safari packages crafted for you to have the best of cross-border safari holiday in East Africa.
The notable activities to participate on East Africa combined safaris include game drives to see the big game and other wildlife in the various savanna safari parks, witnessing the wildebeest migration only in the Masai Mara Reserve and Serengeti National Park, bird watching for exciting bird sights of territorial and aquatic birdlife, mountain gorilla trekking and in East Africa it is conducted in Uganda, Rwanda specifically in Bwindi and Mgahinga National Park Uganda and Volcanoes National Park Rwanda.
Other activities include chimpanzee tracking, chimpanzee habituation experience, mountaineering, hiking/nature walk, cultural encounters, cycling, hot air balloon safaris, beach holidays (with the notable beaches at Zanzibar include Paje, Nungwi, Kiwengwa, Matemwe), adrenaline adventures, primate walk, city expeditions with important cities/towns to visit include Kigali, Dar-es-salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Stone Town in Zanzibar; festivals, canopy walk only done in Nyungwe Forest National Park of Rwanda.
When to travel for East Africa combined safaris?
When planning to go cross-border on East Africa combined safaris, it is important that every holidaymaker understands 2 seasons; the dry and wet seasons. The best time to travel for East Africa combined safari tours may vary depending on the reason for your travel.
If it is for game viewing, gorilla trekking, mountaineering/volcano hiking, then the dry season becomes the best time to travel for your East Africa combine safaris and generally, this occurs from June to September and December to February.
However, birding is more ideal during the wet/rainy months of the year which happen between March to May and October to November.
