7-Day Mountain & Lowland Gorilla Tracking Rwanda DRC

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Kigali – Akagera NP for a Boat Cruise Safari

Leave Kigali and start your journey to the Akagera National Park. You will on arrival go for a boat trip on Lkae Ihema, thereafter return to the lodge and check in. while on the lodge, you will feel the sounds of jungle since the lodge is in the middle of the bush and overlooking lake Ihema. Overnight at Akagera Game Lodge or similar.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park (Rwanda)

Best Time To Visit June to September and mid-December to mid-February (It is drier and wildlife is easier to spot)

High Season June to September (The park is busiest at weekends)

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Akagera NP

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

HippoAbundant

White RhinoOccasional

LionOccasional

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ElephantOccasional

Black RhinoRare

LeopardRare

HyenaRare

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Mantis Akagera Game Lodge

• Luxury lodge located inside Akagera NP (Rwanda)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinks not included

Game Drive safari, Akagera NP Transfer to Volcanoes NP

After an early morning breakfast, you go for the whole day game drive experience, getting upclose to wildlife in Akagea National Park, you will exit the park at Nothern Nyungwe gate & proceed to Volcanoes National Park through Byumba. During the game drive to the north of the park, you will go through different topography but most interesting part of it is the Crocodile Swimming Pool & the kilala valley with large concentration of wildlife as you get nearly to the Nyugwe exit gate. Overnight at Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge or similar.

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

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

ElephantRare

BuffaloRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodgejust outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

1st Optional Rwanda Gorilla Tracking Volcanoes NP

Today to participate on the Rwanda Gorilla Trekking a Gorilla Trekking ticket at additional cost of $1,500 is required & or participate in the alternative Bosoke Volcano Hike.
Early morning breakfast will be followed by a transfer to Kinigi park headquarters for trekking briefing and then hike up into the rainforest to a troop of magnificent mountain gorillas. Each troop has its own 24 hour guard, so their location is known, you usually have an hour with them, time to sit and observe them at very close quarters indeed. After the day experience return back to the Lodge. Overnight at Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge or similar.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodgejust outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Golden Monkey Trekking, Volcanoes NP - Nyungwe NP

After an early morning breakfast transfer to the park headquarters at Kinigi to go for golden monkey tracking. These primates are beautiful, endangered & more agile than the mountain gorillas. They live in bamboo thickets on the lower slopes of the mountains – and tracking them acclimatizes you perfectly to the slight altitude, marking your last views of the park's environs, and this will be followed by a transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. Overnight at Ken Barham Guesthouse or similar.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry weather, best chimp trekking)

High Season June to September (Popular gorilla trekking time in Volcanoes NP)

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Nyungwe NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

EAR Ken Barham Guest House

• Budget guest houseless than 1hr drive from Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Chimpanzee Tracking & canopy walk, Nyungwe NP

At 04:30am an early morning breakfast or order packed breakfast & this will be followed by meeting with the ranger guide & then transfer to Cyamudongo & or Uwinka visitors center to begin with chimpanzee trekking and subsequently there will be a canopy walk that starts at Uwinka visitors center and then transfer to Cyangungu. Overnight at Peace Guesthouse or similar.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Peace Guest House

• Budget guest house located at Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Cyangungu, Rwanda - Lowland Gorilla Trekking, Kahuzi Biega NP, Congo (drc)

After an early morning breakfast, transfer cross the Border at Rusiizi (1) to Tshivanga, Kahuzi Biega National Park headquarters a head of your Congo (DRC) lowland Gorilla Trekking. You will start with introduction by the park warden on the lowland gorilla facts and comparisons from other gorilla subspecies. Next will be to join a team of rangers and trackers to drive closer to a point where the trailhead of hiking to see gorillas will begin. Gorilla tracking can be anything from 2-8 hours depending on the gorilla movements, once you find them you’ll be allowed to stay with them for an hours. After the day experience, you’ll travel back to the bukavu for overnight at Nediva Bed & Breakfast or similar & if time to cross the border becomes viable proceed back to Cyangungu. Overnight at Peace Guesthouse.

Main Destination:

Kahuzi Biega National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Peace Guest House

• Budget guest housein Cyangugu (Town, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

From Cyangungu transfer back to Kigali

After an early morning breakfast, transfer back to kigali marking the end of the 7 Day Mountain & Lowland Gorilla Tracking Rwanda DRC. Your driver guide will drop you at your planned hotel & or to the airport targeting for your outbound flight back home.

Main Destination:

Kigali (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.