A Road Trip Through Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda-Rwanda
A road trip through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda is an epic self-drive adventure requiring a reliable 4×4 vehicle like a Toyota Landcruiser and proper paperwork, such as a “yellow card,” for cross-border travel. Key experiences include gorilla trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi or Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, witnessing the Great Migration in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and Tanzania’s Serengeti, and exploring the Ngorongoro Crater. The best time to go is during the dry seasons (June to October and December to February) for better game viewing and road conditions.
Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda-Rwanda Itinerary Highlights
- Day 1: Arrive in Entebbe, Uganda
- Day 2: Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park
- Day 3: Murchison Falls Park
- Day 4: Murchison Falls – Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 5: Kibale Chimpanzee Viewing – Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- Day 8: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park: Gorilla Trekking
- Day 9: Bwindi, Uganda – Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda
- Day 10: Parc National des Volcans: Gorilla Trekking
- Day 11: Parc National des Volcans: Twin Lakes & Optional Activities
- Day 12: Parc National des Volcans – Kigali
- Day 13: Kigali, Rwanda – Fly to Nairobi, Kenya
- Day 14: Nairobi – Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- Day 15: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- Day 16: Ol Pejeta – Great Rift Valley – Lake Nakuru National Park
- Day 17: Lake Nakuru – Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Day 18: Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Day 19: Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Day 20: Maasai Mara – Nairobi
- Day 21: Nairobi – Amboseli National Park
- Day 22: Amboseli, Kenya – Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
- Day 23: Lake Manyara – Serengeti National Park
- Day 24: Serengeti National Park
- Day 25: Serengeti – Olduvai Gorge – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Day 26: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Day 27: Ngorongoro – Gibb’s Farm – Arusha
- Day 28: Arusha
Optional Add-on
- Zanzibar: Town Tour
- Jozani Forest & Stone Town
- Spice Tour – East Coast
- Zanzibar: East Coast Resort
- Departure from Zanzibar