Mountain gorillas and open plains. A waterfall and a migration. The Giza pyramids and the Maasai Mara. Nine luxury journeys that cross an African border, from 9 to 16 days.
Ongeri Expeditions builds luxury multi country safaris that cross an African border: mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda or Uganda paired with the Maasai Mara, Victoria Falls paired with Kenya, the Serengeti finished on Zanzibar, and the Giza pyramids joined to the Maasai Mara and Victoria Falls on a chartered private jet. Prices run from USD 11,600 to USD 47,900 per person sharing, over 9 to 16 days, depending on the pairing and the season. Every journey includes the connecting flights between countries, the park and conservancy fees, the gorilla permits where they apply, and every border formality. Eight nights is the shortest we recommend for 2 countries and 12 for 3. Four countries needs a private jet, which is what Legends of Africa is, departing 16 February 2028 and 5 November 2028.
Each of these puts two very different landscapes within a few hours of each other, and the contrast is the point. The first of them puts 4 of them within 16 days. Every price is per person sharing and moves with the season.
By Private JetEgyptKenyaZambiaSouth Africa
Per person sharing, 12 guestsUSD 42,000
New for 2027RwandaTanzaniaKenya
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 24,650 to USD 36,800
Two Gorilla TreksUgandaKenya
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 11,600 to USD 19,650
Two WondersZambiaKenya
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 11,700 to USD 18,900
Ultra LuxuryKenyaTanzania
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 19,400 to USD 32,900
Bush and BeachKenyaTanzaniaZanzibar
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 21,750 to USD 31,000
Two Gorilla TreksRwandaKenya
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 21,950 to USD 36,850
On RequestRwandaTanzania
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 28,950 to USD 37,750
Our FinestRwandaKenyaZanzibar
Per person sharing, by seasonUSD 29,900 to USD 47,900
The honest version. Every one of these is a good journey, but they are not interchangeable, and the right one usually falls out of a single question: what do you want the two halves to feel like?
| Pairing | Length | From, per person | Best for | How you cross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The pyramids, the Nile, the Maasai Mara and Victoria Falls | 16 days | USD 42,000 | Four countries in one journey, and 2 of the great sights of the world | By private jet, 4 legs, no departure gate |
| Gorillas, the Crater, the Serengeti and the Maasai Mara | 14 days | USD 24,650 | Everything East Africa has, in one journey | Kigali to Kilimanjaro, then the Mara through fare |
| Uganda gorillas and the Maasai Mara | 10 days | USD 11,600 | A first gorilla trek without the Rwanda permit price | Entebbe to Nairobi, scheduled flight |
| Victoria Falls and the Maasai Mara | 9 days | USD 11,700 | Seeing a natural wonder and the plains in one trip | Livingstone to Nairobi, direct |
| Kenya and Tanzania | 12 days | USD 19,400 | A first safari that wants the famous names in both | Migori to Tarime, one morning |
| Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar | 13 days | USD 21,750 | Finishing on an island after the bush | Overland, then a short flight to Zanzibar |
| Rwanda gorillas and the Maasai Mara | 10 days | USD 21,950 | The shortest approach to a gorilla, and the best big cats | Kigali to Nairobi, 2 hours |
| Rwanda gorillas and the Serengeti | 10 days | USD 28,950 | Gorillas and Singita inside the same 10 days | Kigali to Kilimanjaro, scheduled flight |
| Rwanda, the Maasai Mara and Zanzibar | 13 days | USD 29,900 | Three entirely different worlds, nothing repeated | Two flights, both short |
Prices are per person sharing in low season and include the connecting flights between countries. Gorilla permits are included where a trek appears in the itinerary.
A multi country safari with Ongeri Expeditions runs from USD 11,600 to USD 47,900 per person sharing. The entry point is Uganda gorillas with the Maasai Mara over 10 days. The top is Rwanda, the Maasai Mara and Zanzibar over 13 days in peak season.
People expect adding a country to double the price. It almost never does. The extra is one flight and one set of park fees, not a second safari, and on several of these journeys the connecting flight already sits inside the camp rate.
What does move the number is the season, whether you take a camp on exclusive use, and whether a gorilla permit is involved. A Rwanda permit alone is USD 1,500 a trek.
If you would rather see the arithmetic yourself, the safari cost estimator prices a route in about 2 minutes.
Guide prices, per person sharing
There is a moment on every one of these journeys where the landscape stops making sense as one place. You spend 4 days on your knees in a cloudforest at two and a half thousand metres, and then you are standing on an escarpment above open grass with nothing between you and the horizon. Or you leave a river that drops a hundred metres into a gorge and land, 4 hours later, somewhere so quiet you can hear the wind move.
That contrast is the whole reason to cross a border. Not to collect countries, but because two things seen close together mean more than either seen alone.
The most travelled combination in Africa, and for good reason. The Maasai Mara and the Serengeti are one ecosystem divided by a line the wildebeest ignore entirely. We cross it at Migori and Tarime on a single through fare voucher, with customs handled on both sides, and it costs a morning rather than a day. Kenya gives you the conservancies and the balloons. Tanzania gives you the scale.
Pair a gorilla trek with big cats and you get something stranger than either alone. Rwanda and the Maasai Mara puts 2 treks from Wilderness Bisate against 4 nights at Mara Plains. Uganda and the Maasai Mara does the same for considerably less, because a Ugandan permit costs USD 800 where Rwanda's costs USD 1,500. Same animal, same hour, a longer walk.
Victoria Falls and the Maasai Mara is the pairing most people assume is impossible. It is not. Royal Livingstone is the only hotel with the falls inside its own grounds, and Nairobi is a direct flight away. The water is at its heaviest from March to May and its clearest from August to October.
When a journey should end horizontal, it ends on the ocean. Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar finishes on Mnemba, a coral island of 12 bandas inside its own marine reserve, reached by boat and walked around in 20 minutes. Zanzibar is a short flight from both Nairobi and the Serengeti, which is what makes it the natural finish rather than an afterthought.
Every journey on this page is a starting point. Move the dates, swap a camp, add a third country, or begin from nothing at all with a tailormade journey. A safari designer in Karen, Nairobi writes it, and the same person stays with you from the first reply to the last transfer. They handle the visas, the permits and every border formality, so the only thing you carry across is a passport.
The part that worries people most, and the part we do most often. Here is how each of it actually works.
There is no immigration post on either airstrip, so no aircraft flies the whole way. The crossing is made at Migori and Tarime: a light aircraft to Migori, a short road transfer through both customs posts, then a second light aircraft into the Serengeti. We book it as a single through fare voucher, so it is one arrangement rather than three, and it costs a morning.
All three connect to Nairobi on scheduled flights. Kigali is 2 hours. Entebbe is an hour and a half. Livingstone is direct on Kenya Airways. None of these involves a land border at all, which is why the gorilla and Victoria Falls pairings are simpler than most people expect.
One USD 100 document covering Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, valid 90 days and multiple entry between those 3 countries. If your journey takes in more than one of them it is cheaper and simpler than separate visas. It is applied for online before you travel. Tanzania sits outside it and is issued separately.
Covers Zambia and Zimbabwe on one document, which matters if you want to see Victoria Falls from both sides. It is issued on arrival at Livingstone and at Victoria Falls airport.
Dated, limited and bought in advance. USD 1,500 a trek in Rwanda, USD 800 in Uganda. Only 8 people visit a habituated family a day, and in high season the permits go months ahead. We hold yours at the point of booking rather than the point of travel, and the permit is inside the journey price on every gorilla itinerary here.
A yellow fever certificate is required for entry to Uganda and Rwanda, and for Kenya and Tanzania if you are arriving from a country where it is present. Every guest travels with Rescue.co medical evacuation cover, which we include. We send a full checklist with every confirmation.
The window that suits almost everything. The Migration is in the northern Serengeti and the Maasai Mara, the gorilla forests are at their driest, and the Zambezi still has water over the falls. Book 10 to 12 months ahead.
The southern Serengeti calving, which is the best predator viewing of the year, and excellent gorilla trekking. Quieter than the Migration months and easier to get the camps you want.
The green season. The cheapest time to travel and the most beautiful to photograph, though some camps close and the gorilla walks are wet. Victoria Falls is at its heaviest in April.
The short rains, which rarely interrupt a day. Good value until the middle of December, then peak season over Christmas and the new year. The Mara is quiet and green.
If you want the detail month by month, read when to go on safari.
Yes, on one journey. Legends of Africa runs 16 days from the Giza pyramids to Victoria Falls, through Egypt, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa, with 4 nights on the Nile from Luxor to Aswan in the middle of it. It is flown on a chartered private jet for 12 guests, because on scheduled flights Aswan to Nairobi is a day of connections through Cairo or Addis Ababa. It departs 16 February 2028 and 5 November 2028 from USD 42,000 per person sharing.
Four, and only with the right aircraft. Three countries fit comfortably into 12 to 14 days on scheduled and charter flights. Four needs a private jet, because the connecting legs between regions are the part that eats the days. Legends of Africa covers Egypt, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa in 16 days for that reason. Beyond 4, the journey stops being a safari and becomes a tour of airports.
Yes, and more easily than most people expect. The Maasai Mara and the Serengeti are one ecosystem either side of a border the wildebeest ignore. Rwanda's gorilla forest is a 2 hour flight from Nairobi. Kenya Airways flies Victoria Falls to Nairobi direct. Every journey on this page is built around a connection that already works, rather than one we wish existed.
With Ongeri Expeditions a multi country safari runs from USD 11,600 to USD 47,900 per person sharing, depending on the pairing and the season. The entry point is Uganda gorillas with the Maasai Mara at USD 11,600 over 10 days. The top is Rwanda, the Maasai Mara and Zanzibar at USD 47,900 over 13 days in peak season. Every price includes the connecting flights between countries, the park and conservancy fees, and the border formalities.
Less than people assume. The extra is usually one flight and one set of park fees, not a second safari. On several of these journeys the connecting flight is already inside the camp rate, so the second country costs nothing beyond the nights themselves.
Between Kenya and Tanzania we book the whole leg as a single through fare voucher. One ticket covers the flight to Migori, the road transfer to Tarime with both customs stops, and the flight on into the Serengeti. It costs a morning rather than a day. Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia connect to Nairobi on scheduled flights, and our team meets you on both sides wherever a land border is involved.
Not on one aircraft, because there is no immigration post on either airstrip. The crossing is made at Migori and Tarime: a light aircraft to Migori, a short road transfer through both customs posts, then a second light aircraft into the Serengeti. We book it as one voucher, so it is one arrangement rather than three, and it takes a morning.
Usually, and most are issued online before you travel. The East Africa Tourist Visa covers Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda on a single USD 100 document, which matters if your journey takes in more than one of them. The KAZA UniVisa covers Zambia and Zimbabwe together. Tanzania is issued separately. We send a full checklist with every confirmation.
A Rwanda gorilla permit costs USD 1,500 and a Uganda permit costs USD 800, for the same animal and the same hour with a habituated family. Rwanda is closer to its airport, so the journey is shorter and the lodges are grander. Uganda asks more of you on the walk and gives you back USD 700 a trek. Both are mountain gorillas and both are worth doing.
8 nights is the minimum for 2 countries and 10 is more comfortable. Anything shorter and one half gets 2 nights, which is a single full day on the ground, and that is rarely worth the flight. 3 countries needs 12 nights or more.
Kenya and Tanzania. You get the famous names in both, one short border crossing, and the two halves of the same migration. If you want something rarer, gorillas paired with the Maasai Mara gives you two entirely different worlds inside 10 days.
July to October suits almost every pairing: the Migration is in the northern Serengeti and the Maasai Mara, the gorilla forests are at their driest, and the Zambezi still has water over the falls. January and February are excellent for the southern Serengeti calving and for gorillas. April and May are the green season, the quietest and the best value, though some camps close.
Yes, and it is the most requested addition we handle. Zanzibar is a short flight from both Nairobi and the Serengeti, which makes it the natural finish. Mnemba is a coral island of 12 bandas inside its own marine reserve, reached by boat and walked around in 20 minutes. Diani, Watamu and the Seychelles work the same way.
Every journey here is a starting point rather than a fixed product. Move the dates, swap a camp, add a third country, or start from a blank page with a tailormade journey. A safari designer in Karen, Nairobi writes it, and the same person stays with you to the end.
Tell us which pairing appeals and a safari designer in Nairobi replies within 24 hours with dates, availability and a costing built around you.