5-Day Gorillas Golden Monkeys Lake Kivu Safari in Rwanda

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

Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park

Today, you will be met by a Dav safaris staff who will brief you. Afterward, you will head for the Kigali city tour where you will visit the Genocide memorial. After the city tour embarks on a long day drive of approximately 5 hours from Kigali Rwanda to Uganda with a lunch stopover en route. Though long, the drive takes you through different features including tropical rain forests, savannah fields, and the terraced hills of Kigezi famously known as the Switzerland of East Africa. Upon arrival in Bwindi, we shall check in at the lodge and proceed to the Batwa community for the cultural adventure about these forest pygmies. You will spend the rest of the day at leisure as you wait for the next day’s adventure.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodgejust outside Rushaga (Bwindi NP, Uganda)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Trekking and transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After an early morning breakfast, and your picnic lunch we then take a short drive to the park offices for a briefing where we meet the excellent local guides and trackers who give a talk on the etiquette of gorilla trekking. We then hike into the forest to a spot where gorillas were seen the previous night and track from there. Trekking may take anything between 1 to 6 hours depending on the location of the family and altitudes which is more than 7500 feet. The terrain is rough and muddy calling for physical fitness. Although the hike is physically demanding, the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery make the trekking worthwhile. It is recommended that you take plenty of water with you on the trek. Cameras and plenty of fast-speed films are recommended. Being a tropical rain forest, it may rain at no notice, hence need to bring with you waterproof clothing, including zip-lock bags for cameras and film. And later start on the long drive to Volcanoes National Park.

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
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Lake Kivu Rwanda

On this day, have an early morning breakfast drive to the park offices for the briefing, and start the golden monkey tracking in the forest. This activity starts at 7 am at the Park headquarters where you will head to the forest with other tourists in search of the endangered Golden monkey. This takes about 4 hours or more of the Golden Monkey tracking adventure inclusive of an hour-long stay near to them where you view them rolling on the Bamboo stems and present themselves with no shyness as it has been worked on through habituation and see the sights of their silver patch. From there you will transfer to Gesenyi Rwanda with dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Hakuna Matata Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located at Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Explore lake Kivul

After breakfast at your hotel, head for a Kayaking or a boat cruise in Lake Kivu that will give you a beautiful sea feel as you watch over local fishermen and several bird species at different corners of the Lake and later head for lunch. After lunch, spend the rest of the evening refreshing and enjoying the sand on the beach.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Hakuna Matata Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located at Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Kigali City

After breakfast, You will later get set for a to Kigali city. You will transfer to the Airport with the memory of the great rare mountain Apes. Lunch en route, arriving late in the evening to be dropped at your hotel or airport as you say farewell to the pearl of Africa.

Main Destination:

Kigali (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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