Golden Rwanda Safaris

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Kigali City Tour and Drive to Volcanoes

Kigali City Tour and Drive to Volcanoes

You will be picked up from the airport and driven to Musanze depending on your arrival time. Here you can visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial or you can choose to visit this site on your last day. You will have dinner and spend the night at Volcanoes Boutique.

Main Destination:
Musanze (City, Rwanda)
Accommodation:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodgein Ruhengeri (City, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 2

Gorillas Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Gorillas Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

In the early morning, after breakfast, you will drive to RDB’s Office for your registration and Gorilla Tracking Briefings. At this time you will meet your tour guide and take off on your first gorilla trekking excursion. Later in the afternoon, you will return to your hotel for lunch and then you visit two twin Lakes Burera and Ruhondo Located in Musanze. In the evening, you will return to Five Volcanoes Boutique for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August (It is drier and hiking is easier)
High Season June to September (Permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Volcanoes NP

Accommodation:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodgeless than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Golden Money Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Golden Money Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

You will have Golden Monkey tracking in the morning. After breakfast, you will drive back to RDB’s Office for your registration and Golden Monkey Tracking briefings. You will meet your tour guide and back to the hotel for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will return to your hotel for lunch and visit two twin Lakes, Burera and Ruhondo, located in Musanze. You will return to Five Volcanoes Boutique in the evening for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodgeless than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 4

Volcanoes - Kigali - Nairobi

Volcanoes - Kigali - Nairobi

You will go from Kigali to Nairobi and stay at Serena Hotel Giraffe Manor. After breakfast, you will drive to the Kigali and continue to Nairobi. All of today’s activities will be at the Manor Hotel. This tour package includes Kenya Safaris and gorilla trekking in Rwanda.

Main Destination:
Kigali (Rwanda)
Accommodation:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodgein Ruhengeri (City, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

The Giraffe Manor

The Giraffe Manor

You will enjoy your stay at Giraffe Manor in the leafy suburb of Karen. You will have one night to relax at this charming, comfortable country house hotel. You will meet and feed the rare Rothschild giraffe, for which it is famous, and do as many (or as few) excursions in the area as you like. A vehicle and driver will be at your disposal.

Main Destination:
The Giraffe Centre (Nairobi, Kenya)
Accommodation:
Giraffe Manor
  • Luxury hotelin Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary

Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary

After breakfast, you will check out and travel to Sweetwaters in the secluded heart of Ol Pejeta Ranch and Rhino Reserve. Here, these magnificent beasts are given sanctuary from those who would take their lives to sell their horns. The Jane Goodall Institute operates a remarkable Chimpanzee Sanctuary where you will meet primates face to face. Your camp also overlooks one of the busiest waterholes in the area and offers some amazing views of elephant, giraffe as well as a myriad of other plains game. This is Africa as Teddy Roosevelt saw it years ago when he led one of the first safaris to tour Africa in comfort and splendor. Our tents at Sweetwater will remind you of this bygone era. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Sweetwaters Tented Camp.

Main Destination:
Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Accommodation:
Sweetwaters Serena Camp
  • Luxury tented campinside Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau, Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Explore Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary

Explore Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary

After breakfast, you will get a closer look at the conservancy during two extensive game runs. On the plains, enormous herds of grazing animals plus predators including cheetahs and black-maned lions can be found hiding amidst acacia trees. The combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable safari experience! Ol Pejeta Conservancy boasts an astounding variety of animals including the non-indigenous chimpanzee, the rare endangered black rhino, ostrich, zebra, oryx, and hartebeest. Later in the day, you will return to Sweetwaters Tented Camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Sweetwaters (Chimp Sanctuary, Kenya)
Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry season)
High Season June to October and December to March
Best Weather June to September and December to February (Less rain)

Wildlife in Ol Pejeta Conservancy

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
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HyenaCommon
LionOccasional
CheetahOccasional
WildebeestOccasional
HippoOccasional
Accommodation:
Sweetwaters Serena Camp
  • Luxury tented campinside Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau, Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 8

Lake Nakuru National Park - Sarova Lion hill Lodge

Lake Nakuru National Park - Sarova Lion hill Lodge

After breakfast, Lake Nakuru National Park is your destination for the day. The park’s lake is well known for the hundreds of thousands of pink flamingos that gather along the shoreline. Your journey will take you through the Great Rift Valley; stopping at one of the highest towns in Kenya, Nyahururu at an elevation of 7700 feet. The main attraction here is the 236-foot Thomson Falls. Part of the Ewaso Nyiro River, these cascading falls tumble to the thick forest below. After lunch at our lodge, an afternoon game drive will take you to see the white and black rhino, the Rothschild giraffe, and the elusive leopards here. Later in the evening, you will have dinner and your overnight stay at the Sarova Lion Hill Lodge.

Main Destination:
Nakuru (City, Kenya)
Accommodation:
Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Lake Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara National Reserve

Lake Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara National Reserve

After an early breakfast, you will check out and take off on an exciting game drive on your way to Masai Mara. A pleasant drive across the dramatic Great Rift Valley brings you to Narok Township, a Maasai business center. After a short stop-over, you will continue to Masai Mara National Reserve. This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti plains; famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and home to the Big Five, lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and leopard. Upon arrival at the lodge, you will have lunch and then take off on an exciting afternoon game drive. You will be returning for an enjoyable dinner and your overnight stay at camp.

Main Destination:
Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
Best Time To Visit June to February (Best for wildlife viewing; little rain)
High Season July to February (The park gets very busy)
Best Weather June to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP

GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
Black RhinoOccasional
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LionOccasional
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
WildebeestVery Rare
Accommodation:
Sarova Mara Game Camp
  • Luxury tented camp located inside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Explore Masai Mara National Reserve

Explore Masai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast, you will spend the day in the Masai Mara, one of the greatest wildernesses in the world! You will take part in a morning and afternoon game drive where you will see large numbers of wild game. Residents of the park are giraffes, elands, topis, and thousands of plains game including impalas, zebras, and gazelles. There is an optional hot-air balloon ride or a trip to Lake Victoria for fishing available at an additional cost while in the Mara. On your final evening, you will take part in a bush sundowner - a glorious al fresco cocktail party overlooking the savannah at sunset. You will have dinner and your overnight stay at Sarova Mara Game Camp.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and August to October (For wildebeest migration)
High Season June to October and December to March
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Masai Mara NR

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
CheetahCommon
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
Show more
BuffaloCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Sarova Mara Game Camp
  • Luxury tented camp located inside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Masai Mara National Reserve - Nairobi

Masai Mara National Reserve - Nairobi

You will rise early and take off for your last sunrise game drive before returning to the camp/lodge for a proper sit-down English breakfast. After breakfast, you will check out and drive to Nairobi where you will check in the hotel for dayroom use where you can spend the rest of the day at your leisure to take part in some last-minute shopping and sightseeing. In the evening, you will be driven to the airport for your flight home. This is where your safari will end.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
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  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.