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Get the Best Value while on a Uganda Gorilla Safari Holiday with Safari Supremacy that is offering Gorilla Safaris in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania safari tours.

We did a lot of research and picked Safari Supremacy due to other reviews. I was absolutely impressed with their services and would recommend booking with them any day. I worked with Elvice on securing permits and planning our 3 days trip. His response was prompt and everything that he arranged for us turned out perfectly. We did a budget safari in Uganda and the accommodations and food were awesome. All actually surpassed our expectations.

Emma was our driver and guide and we loved him! He took great care of my family, was always on time, and very organized.

In terms of our trip we loved seeing the variety of animals that Uganda has to offer. We took advantage of the gorilla Habituation Experience and were so happy to have the full day rather than 1 hour with them. We saw so many different types of animals and landscapes that it was almost hard to keep up with. I recommend the optional add-ons as well such as a walking tour in Lake Mburo, and the waterfall hike in Buhoma area.

I have traveled with many different companies in various countries and have to say this one was the best to work with by far. They do everything they can to make you happy.

Gorilla trekking in Bwindi is an experience that completely changes you. I was travelling with 3 friends and we had an amazing experience doing gorilla trekking safari in Uganda. As we had been promised we saw and spent time observing a family of gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. We saw the silverbacks, several adult females, young gorillas and several little ones that were 3 years old and above. Obviously It can be very strenuous but we were fortunate that the family we saw was not too far from the trekking base so we didn’t trek too far. The guides were wonderful and very informative. Our porters were very helpful. Seeing these beautiful creatures was a humbling experience. I was very impressed with the success they are having in Uganda with preserving these endangered species and was pleased to hear that the population is growing and now it is approximately 440 species found in Uganda. See our birding safari in Uganda combined with wildlife safari for 6 days.

The gorillas are habituated, so you after you trek to find them, which can be anywhere from 45 minutes to 6 hours, you can get very close. They even walk right by you and don’t do anything, although one lightly touched my friend on the leg like he was trying to get attention. These are beautiful and peaceful creatures. The money that you pay to secure your trekking permit is allocated towards the conservation of the habitant and the primates and then with the benefit sharing program some of the funds are allocated to the development of local communities projects. I highly recommend visiting of these mountain gorillas, which after your visit you will have the lifetime unforgettable experience.

Firstly, tracking the gorillas is, or at least can be, extremely strenuous. We were pretty lucky; we were the only group looking for gorillas from our base and so could pick the closest/friendliest family and found them after about an hour and a half. But the terrain was really pretty steep and both ascending and descending (and you have to quite a bit of both because we really didn’t spend any time walking on the flat) are quite challenging. Even being around the gorillas can be quite tiring, think ski slope! It’s all perfectly doable if you are in reasonable walking shape but if we had to hike in for 3-4 hours and the same to get out it day would have been a tough.

But, don’t let any of this put you off going if you are in reasonable shape. The strenuousness of the experience just heightens how magical it is to see these amazing creatures in their natural habitat. When one of them bursts through the forest and appears a few feet away from you, it will be an experience you will never forget. We combine gorilla trekking tours in Uganda with Tanzania safari tours at affordable prices.

During the summer the tours fill quickly so if you want to go make sure you buy tickets early. I thought our tracking was handled extremely well and made the experience enjoyable. The hike really is straight up and down at high altitude so if you are older or not in good shape consider this activity carefully. I talked to other participants that did a different gorilla tracking who climbed for 5 hours before they found the gorilla group and then took 1 1/2 hours to hike out but it was so good.

Connecting Southern Tanzania and Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit has now become a reality. Starting  from 1st June 2017, Coastal Aviation is introducing flights that will be connecting Serengeti National Park and Ruaha National Park with further connections to Selous and ultimately to Zanzibar. Whilst Coastal aviation has been very successful linking Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve, to Ruaha National Park in the Central Tanzania often referred as Southern Tanzania and back to Dar es Salaam, they however haven’t been successful in linking Ruaha National Park with the parks in the Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit.

Connecting Southern Tanzania and Northern Tanzania Starting June 2017

From the 1st June of 2017, Coastal Aviation one of the oldest and most successful aviation companies in Tanzania, and an aviation heavyweight as far as bush routes are concerned in Tanzania will be introducing a route that will be called the Migration. “Migration Capital” will be Grumeti starting from the month of June, then Kogatende in Northern Serengeti as from 1st July to 30 November and lastly Ndutu will serve as the Migration capital (in Southern Serengeti) from 1st December to 15 March.

The flights will be departing from the Serengeti National Park in Northern Tanzania at 10.00 hrs and arriving at Ruaha National Park in the Southern Circuit at around11.30 hrs. That will be an incredibly short flight of 1 and a half hours from the Migration Capital in Serengeti and the untouched and Remote Ruaha National Park in the Tanzanian Southern safari circuit. 

If you want to do a safari in Tanzania including the Serengeti National Park and the Ruaha National Park one of the less crowded parks in the Southern Safari Circuit of Tanzania, though Ruaha is located more towards the Central Serengeti. You can always Contact one of our experts for a safari that will be connecting the Southern Tanzania and Northern Tanzania safari circuit for a great Tanzanian safari package. Southern Tanzania Safaris include our 4 days Selous and Mikumi safari package.

It is now official that the premier and most prominent hot air balloon safari company in Tanzania; the Serengeti Balloon Safari Company will start operating hot air balloon safaris in The Ruaha National Park which is currently the largest national park in Tanzania. First of it’s kind in the Southern and Central Tanzania Safari Circuit the hot air balloon flights are set to begin in the middle of the year 2018 precisely the 15th June 2018 as the first day of operations.

Hot Air balloon Safaris in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

The Ruaha National Park is currently the largest national park after in Tanzania after the Government of Tanzania combine the existing area of the park with all the concession and wildlife areas that used to border the park and gazetted tone vast park in Tanzania, East Africa. The park covers some 20,000 sq km and lies in the central part of this beautiful country. Ruaha N Park is a premium safari destination in the country due to its vastness, but also remoteness making it the best wilderness area in the Central Tanzania.

Ruaha is a far cry from the busy tourist circuits of Northern Tanzania. This incredible park boasts a baobab-studded landscape and excellent game viewing opportunity by 4×4 safari vehicles or even on foot (guided by armed rangers), and now it is good to hear that soon the park can now be explored from the air; by hot-air balloon with the Serengeti Hot Air balloon safari company.

Test-flights for the hot air balloon were conducted in Ruaha and they were an unmitigated success; according to the Operations Manager of Serengeti Balloon Safaris. All systems set the company has announced!

Tanzania safaris | Hot Air Balloon rides in Ruaha National Park

Flying conditions in Ruaha are very different to those of Serengeti National Park. Ruaha National Park has excellent game and stunning scenery, (read the Ruaha River from above) and we at Safari Supremacy can not wait for the time that we will start booking you on hot air balloon safaris in the largest, ad most remote, wild wild Ruaha National Park!

The cost for the balloon safari in Ruaha will be the same as the cost for the hot air balloon rides in the Serengeti. At USD 599 inclusive all taxes and concession fees we can arrange for the this unforgettable experience.

We offer long safari tours to Southern Tanzania that include Ruaha National Park but also offer fly in tours to Ruaha National Park in which we can include the hot air balloon safari. See one of our Southern Tanzania safaris in which you can have Hot Air Balloon in the Ruaha National Park!