Tour Overview
This 10 days epic Rwanda safari adventure will give you a great memory of Rwandan tour and you explore and wrap up Rwandan attractions in just 10 days. You will be able to visit all the 3 Rwandan parks thus Nyungwe, Akagera and Volcanoes National Park, adding in a visit to Lake Kivu to spice up your stay. You will as well be able to interact with the locals as you go by your day activities. You will well be able to do chimpanzee trekking which is of the primate adventure in Rwanda. This will be a great road adventure moment, discovering the beautiful attractions that Rwanda offers.
Tour Highlights
Day-by-Day Itinerary
ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL.
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration you will be met by our company representative who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, and later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
TRANSFER TO AKAGERA NP FOR GAME DRIVE AND NIGHT GAME DRIVE
Today, after your relaxed morning breakfast you will be picked by your safari guide, and leave for Akagera national park, the journey to Akagera national park takes about 2.3 hours depending on the stopovers along the way. On arrival at the park, after a short game drive, you shall proceed to your accommodation with a short game drive and check in for lunch. After lunch we head for a boat trip on Lake Ihema watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores and meet the buffaloes and elephants swallowing by the water banks.
FULL DAY GAME DRIVE.
After an early morning breakfast at 6:00 am and leave for an early morning game drive in Akagera national park to catch up with late hunters and early risers. We will be searching for the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species, lions and Rhinos. The park is a varied habitat for wildlife and a number bird species with over 500 bird species in the park making it a birding paradise.
TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK .
After your relaxed breakfast, you will jump into your jeep and find your way to Volcanoes national park via Kigali, head for a visit the Kigali genocide memorial ground to learn about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. And later have lunch before visiting You will later proceed to Musanze with a beautiful countryside view of the rolling hills.
GORILLA TREKKING IN VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK AND CULTURAL TOUR.
After your breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing about the code of conduct while with trekking the gorillas. You will then enter the forest in search for the gorillas which may take 2-6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas and your group speed. Meet and stay with the gorillas for a maximum of one hour. After then walk back to the lodge for lunch, and after, head for a cultural tour get an insight of Rwandan culture
GOLDEN MONKEY TREK AND TRANSFER TO GISENYI .
after you warm early morning breakfast, you will be picked by our safari driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing with your packed lunch and start off your day golden monkey trekking in search for these primates in the jungle. Just like the gorilla trekking experience, the same applies to golden monkey trekking though no so hectic like gorilla trekking. You will later return to the lodge for lunch and later transfer to Lake Kivu.
TRANSFER TO NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK WITH A BOAT TRIP IN KIBUYE
After your relaxed breakfast, jump into your jeep and find your way to Nyungwe, with a beautiful en route view of the Congo side, and Lake Kivu. You will head for a boat ride in Kibuye, on Lake Kivu, where you will visit numerous island, have great chance to watch a number of bird species on the lake as it is a birding paradise.
CHIMPANZEE TREKKING AND TEA PLANTATION.
Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch before heading for a tea plantation visit to explore the beautiful Gisakura tea plantations, and learn about how tea is grown and harvested to production process.
WATERFALL HIKE AND CANOPY WALK .
Today, you will head off to visit the forest for a waterfall hike, where you have chances to talk a cool forest breath hike, and visit a number of waterfalls in the park. Along you can sight some primates and bird species. You will later return for lunch before heading for a canopy walk. This 90 meters suspended metallic bridge will give you a great overview of Nyungwe forest and on a luck day spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a walk on this bridge.
TRANFER TO KIGALI AND KINGS PALACE VISIT.
Early morning enjoy your buffer breakfast and checkout of the hotel and drive heading to the Kigali, on your way visit the Royal Palace Museum in Southern Province, this will give you a great history of traditional ways of living among Rwandans and their past way of leadership of Kingship with an en route lunch. You will reach in the afternoon in Kigali and head for some shopping, if time allows, visit local market, and art shop, before dropped off at the airport, for your flight back home in the evening.
What's Included & Excluded
Package Includes
- Both gorilla permits
- All accommodation
- All meals
- Inter-country transfers
- Professional guide
- Airport transfers
Package Excludes
- International flight tickets
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance & personal expenses
- Tips & gratuities for driver-guides
- Optional luxury balloon safaris
