$4,235 to $4,631 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at Kigali Airport and transfer to hotel
Arrival at Kigali Airport and transfer to hotel
On arrival at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda, you will be received by one of our professional bird
guides who will transfer you to check-in at the hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you shall visit
Nyarutarama artificial Lake, one of the convenient birding spots within Kigali city. This will give you an enjoyable introduction to some waterfowls like; White-faced Whistling Duck, Little
Grebe, Common Moorhen, Yellow-billed Duck, Squacco Heron, Spur-winged Geese, Little Egret, Hadada
Ibis, Black Crake among others. You will spot different types of Weavers, Warblers, Cisticolas, raptors and many others.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali
- Accommodation:
- Heaven Boutique Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Akagera national park for birding and wildlife safari
Transfer to Akagera national park for birding and wildlife safari
After breakfast, you will drive towards the northeastern region to
Rwanda's only savanna national park. On arrival, you will begin birding where you expect to spot a number of birds like Palm Swifts, Black-crowned Waxbill, Common Bulbul, Village Weavers, Red-eyed Dove, Grey Heron, Cattle Egret and many more. You will also spot different species of birds like White-browed Coucal, Fork-tailed Drongo, African Grey Hornbill, Long-crested Eagle, Woodland Kingfisher, Red-necked Francolin, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, Ross's Turaco, Eastern Plantain-eater with many others. You're also most likely to encounter a variety of wildlife which includes, elephants, buffalos, Giraffes, Zebras, Hyenas and several antelopes like Bushbuck, Topis, Oribis and waterbucks, You will have lunch and embark on game viewing in search of the Red-faced Barbet, Ruaha Chat, Crested Barbet and others. You will have many chances of sighting' Hildebrandt's Francolin, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Speckled Mousebird and others.
- Main Destination:
- Akagera National Park
- Accommodation:
- Akagera Rhino Lodge
Wildlife in Akagera NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning birding in the southern part of the park and boat cruise at Lake Ihema
Morning birding in the southern part of the park and boat cruise at Lake Ihema
You will embark on game drives after an early breakfast. You will try a number of different spots for specific bird species, like Crested Barbet, Black-crowned Tchagra, Black-bellied Bustard, Moustached Grass-Warbler, Tabora Cisticola. You will have lunch and after enjoy a boat ride on Lake Ihema.
You will have a chance of sighting Hildebrandt's Francolin, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Speckled Mous bird, African Gray Hornbill, Broad-billed Roller. It will also give you a great experience and increase your reptiles, mammals and bird checklist in Akagera National Park. After the boat cruise, you can choose to do an optional night game drive to look out for the nocturnal birds like Black-shouldered Nightjar, Swamp Nightjar, Square-tailed Nightjar, Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, African Scops-Owl with many others. Night hours also highlight chances of sighting Leopard, Hyenas and lions actively trying to hunt.
Note: Night game drive, is an activity paid differently from park entry.
- Main Destination:
- Akagera National Park
- Accommodation:
- Akagera Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Full day birding towards the Northern Akagera National Park
Full day birding towards the Northern Akagera National Park
After early morning breakfast, you shall be given packed lunch and will
drive while scanning through the woodland towards the northern part of the park, providing you
chances of sighting different birds. You will also drive to Mutumba hill in the western boundaries of the park to experience the highest point of the Park, this hill will give you an excellent view of the park and surrounding areas. Being the highest point, it highlights chances of sighting different rare Francolins like Coqui, Ring- necked and Red-winged Francolin, Golden-breasted Bunting can also be a good catch. This same trail gives you with a chance to see many different animals including, elephants with other unalike species of antelopes.
- Main Destination:
- Akagera National Park
- Accommodation:
- Akagera Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Birding Kilala Plains, transfer to Kigali for afternoon birding at Umusambi Village
Birding Kilala Plains, transfer to Kigali for afternoon birding at Umusambi Village
After and early morning breakfast, you shall check out of the lodge and start birding towards Kilala plains for the morning game drive. Kilala Plains has a variety of herbivores like Impalas and waterbucks
that attracts predators like lions and leopards, this heightens the chances of sighting different
species of birds that come to scavenge on the carrions. Among these birds are the White-headed
Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Hooded Vulture, Ruppel's Griffon Vulture and Marabou Storks
sometimes. You will be transferred to Kigali. You will have lunch and be taken to your lodge. You will be taken for evening birding at Umusambi Village. This wetland area provides a sanctuary for the endangered Grey Crowned Cranes saved from the illegal pet trade. In the same wetland, you shall have a chance of sighting many other special species of birds like African Fire finch, Green-winged Pytilia, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, White collared Olive back an others.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali
- Accommodation:
- Heaven Boutique Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, you will head for Musanze town. You will have a quick stop at Mukungwa
river, where you will scan around the river for Malachite Kingfishers, Common Stonechat
and Dark-capped Yellow Warbler. You will continue to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will be taken to Iby’ Iwacu cultural village, a beautiful project employing and empowering the community and providing alternatives to poaching. You will later be joined by a local guide who will greatly welcome you to the village and takes you through an insight into the cultural history of Rwanda. The guide will take you through some of the programs such as visiting the huts, tasting the local brew, marriage ceremony, storytelling, and rap it with hilarious, fantastic dancers and drummers, who will showcase their traditional dance before you, and you can join. You will be taken to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay after.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
La Palme Hotel
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Birding in Volcanoes National Park
Birding in Volcanoes National Park
As soon as you finish your early morning breakfast, your guide shall lead you to the park headquators to meet a ranger who will escort you with your bird guide, throughout the whole birding activity in the volcanoes forest. While hiking in this forest, you shall highlight chances of ticking a good number of bird species out of about 200 bird species, including 15 Albertine rift endemics recorded in Volcanoes National Park. Cape Robin-Chat, Brown-capped Weaver, Rwenzori Turaco, and White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, can be sighted on a good day.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- La Palme Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Golden monkey Trekking in Volcanoes National Park and Transfer to Lake Kivu
Golden monkey Trekking in Volcanoes National Park and Transfer to Lake Kivu
After breakfast, you will be taken for a briefing at the park headquarters, where you will be allocated a golden monkey group to trek with and a guide who will be showing you the trails to follow during the activity. This activity takes place between 30 minutes to 4 hours and once the Golden Monkey is found, you will be allowed only one hour with them in their natural habitat, watching them swinging from one tree to another as you take photos and record the moment. After trekking, you will then be driven back to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will check out from the lodge and transfer to Lake Kivu. Overnight in Lake Kivu. You will enjoy a boat cruise on Lake Kivu.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Kivu
- Accommodation:
- Hakuna Matata Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Birding in Gishwati forest and transfer to Nyungwe Forest
Birding in Gishwati forest and transfer to Nyungwe Forest
Early morning breakfast, birding in Gishwati forest will begin straight away, the forest beyond
doubt will be the best Albertine Rift Endemic curtain-raiser, before reaching Nyungwe Forest, here,
17 Albertine Rift Endemic bird species have been confirmed present in this forest out of the 27 that
are recorded in Nyungwe Forest. You should carefully lookout for the Black-billed Turaco, Tullberg's
Woodpecker, Black-tailed Oriole, Rwenzori Batis, White-browed Crombec, Black-throated Apalis,
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler with many more. You will have lunch after birding and check out for
transfer to Nyungwe Forest. On arrival, you will be taken to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Peace Guest House
Wildlife in Nyungwe NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Morning birding and afternoon canopy walk in Nyungwe forest
Morning birding and afternoon canopy walk in Nyungwe forest
After breakfast you will set off for morning birding, some kilometres drive to Uwinka park offices,
you will pick a ranger, walk while birding watching on the waysides, most of the birds are always busy
enjoying the rising sun, pruning, calling and flying around in the morning hours. Rwenzori Batis,
Northern Puffback, Chestnut-throated Apalis, Red-faced Woodland-Warbler, Rwenzori Hill Babbler,
African Yellow White-eye, Strange Weaver, Blue-headed and Regal Sunbird can be sighted.
After lunch you will enjoy, the canopy walks, this is an exhilarating experience done in Nyungwe
Forest National Park on a suspended bridge 70m high above the great Nyungwe forest, the ranger
will guide you on this 160m walkway, this will offer you, great views of the great East African
Region, Lake Kivu, different animals, birds, monkeys and many others.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Peace Guest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Chimpanzee trekking and birding in Nyungwe Forest National Park
Chimpanzee trekking and birding in Nyungwe Forest National Park
You will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing ahead of chimpanzee tracking. You will trekk chimpazees and will have an opportunity to see other primates including the golden monkey, troops of Angola colobus, vervet monkey, silver monkey and the Olive baboon among others. You will also spot several bird species like the great blue turaco, the long tailed blue bird and the paradise fly catcher among others. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Peace Guest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Chimpanzee trekking and evening birding in Nyungwe forest
Chimpanzee trekking and evening birding in Nyungwe forest
Today you will have early morning breakfast and checkout from the lodge and will be transferred to Kigali. You will have lunch and after be transferred to Kigali Airport for departure.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
