$8,085 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival, pick up and transfer to Volcanoes National park
Arrival, pick up and transfer to Volcanoes National park
On arrival at the airport, you will be met by our Safari guide who will drive you via the city of Kigali to the Volcanoes National Park. On arrival check in at your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Kigali and Volcanoes National park.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Gorilla tracking and Iby’iwachu cultural encounter
Gorilla tracking and Iby’iwachu cultural encounter
You will have an early breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing at 08:30 a.m. on the rules regarding gorilla tracking. You will be allocated a gorilla family to track and guides to lead you to them. The tracking experience will be a two to five-hour exercise, after which you will return to the lodge for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will be taken on a cultural visit to Iby’Iwachu cultural village. You will be welcomed by cultural songs and present their different aspects of traditions, norms, way of life and beliefs.
Main Destination: Kigali and Volcanoes National park.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Diane Fossey Tomb trail and Visit Musanze caves
Diane Fossey Tomb trail and Visit Musanze caves
After breakfast, you will take a hike to Karisoke Research Center established by Dian Fossey, an American primatologist who dedicated all her life conserving the primates. After being taken around this remarkable center, you will return to your hotel for lunch and later you will drive to the Musanze cave where you will have a unique experience of seeing different types of bats and enjoy views of the twin lakes and wildlife attractions. After, drive to Lake Kivu for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Musanze and Lake Kivu/ Gisenyi.
- Main Destination:
- Musanze (City)
- Accommodation:
- Gorillas Lake Kivu Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Transfer to Nyungwe forest National Park
Transfer to Nyungwe forest National Park
After breakfast, you will have a short tour of Lake Kivu and you will later transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The journey is 225 kilometers driving through the Congo Nile trail along Lake Kivu. The drive is an amazing one with different sightings of the lake, tea plantations, hills, and communities. We shall have lunch along the way and after continue to Nyungwe and check in at your accommodation facility.
Main Destination: Nyungwe National park.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe Forest National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Wildlife in Nyungwe NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee tracking and Canopy walk
Chimpanzee tracking and Canopy walk
You will have an early breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing on chimpanzee tracking. During the chimpanzee tracking, you will also come across other primates such as the golden monkey, L’Hoest’s monkey, Angola colobus, silver monkey, Hamlyn’s monkey, Dent’s mona monkey, red-tailed monkey, grey-cheeked Mangabeys, and olive baboon among others. You will also see various types of birds in the verdant flora of this ancient forest. After the chimpanzee tracking, you will return for lunch at the lodge and after do a canopy walk on top of the Nyungwe forest.
Main Destination: Nyungwe National park.
- Main Destination:
- Nyungwe Forest National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Transfer to Kigali and do an afternoon city tour
Transfer to Kigali and do an afternoon city tour
After breakfast, check out of your lodge and drive to Kigali. You will do a city tour, visit a genocide memorial site where thousands of innocent people in Rwanda lost their lives during the genocide of 1994. You will hear touching narratives of how people were cruelly put to death on ethnic grounds. After that, you will have lunch in a local restaurant and have a local cuisine. After that, you will do an extension of the tour to markets and mount Kigali where you will have a view of the city. After return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Kigali City.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali
- Accommodation:
- Chez Lando Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Departure
Departure
You will have breakfast and later transfer to Kigali to catch your departure flight depending on your schedule
End of Safari.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali International Airport (Kigali)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
