8-Day Rwanda Gorillas, Chimps and Wildlife Safari Tour

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

Pick Up, Kigali City Tour and Transfer to the Hotel

Depending on your landing time at the Airport, our English/French speaking staff/Driver guide will come to pick you up from the airport. They will drive you on the Kigali City tour where you will get a chance to explore and visit different sites of the city such as the Kigali genocide Memorial, the biggest local market in Kigali called Kimironko, Nyamirambo where Kigali as a capital started, and many more interesting sites for travelers. After that, the Lion Safaris driver-guide will choose the best restaurant in the city to have lunch. After enjoying lunch, you'll be driven to your booked hotel and check in for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

Kigali Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located in Kigali

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

In the morning, after having your breakfast from the hotel in Kigali, a Lion Safaris driver-guide will drive you will come to pick you up from your hotel. You'll be heading to Nyungwe National Park which is located in southwest Rwanda and stop on the way to visit the royal palace museum in the southern province. This will allow you to get a history of traditional ways of living among Rwandans and their past way of leadership of kingship with an en-route lunch. You'll continue your road up to Nyungwe National Park where you will spend the evening and have dinner and an overnight stay.

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:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Chimpanzees Trekking and Canopy Walk

After an early breakfast, you will go for a chimpanzee trekking. Nyungwe is a vast, mountain rain tropical forest over 1000 sq km in size. It is home to 13 species of primates, over 275 species of birds, and 100 varieties of orchids. After trekking, your driver-guide will bring you back to the lodge for lunch. Afterward, you'll enjoy a drive to the canopy walk away which is the highest bridge from the park on which tourists walk and enjoy the whole view of the park. Later, you'll be driven back to your booked lodge for dinner, and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

In the morning, after your breakfast, you will check out then the Lion Safaris driver-guide will come to pick you up and drive you to the northwest of Rwanda where the park is located. You will be enjoying the beautiful rolling hills of Volcanoes National Park. On arrival at the park, you will check in your booked lodge for dinner and an 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

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

ElephantRare

BuffaloRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

You will wake up in the morning get your early breakfast and head to the park headquarters to be briefed about how to behave while you are visiting then proceed to track the gorillas. After the remarkable adventure with the gorillas, you will have lunch and later visit the twin lakes Bulera and Ruhondo. Later, the driver-guide will bring you back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Akagera National Park

Early morning, you will wake up and then get your breakfast, at 8:00 am. The driver-guide will come to pick you up and drive you to Akagera National Park. On arrival at the lodge, you will check in and have lunch. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat trip at Lake Ihema to see water birds, crocodiles, and hippos. Then, you will be dropped back to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park

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:

Ruzizi Tented Lodge

• Luxury tented camp located inside Akagera NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Full-Day Game Drive in Akagera National Park

You will wake up, have your breakfast from your lodge, and the driver guide will come to take you for a full-day game drive. In the evening, you will come back to the lodge then you get ready night game drive where you will get a chance to spot nocturnal animals such as leopards, hyenas, jackals, and many more night animals. After enjoying that night game drive, you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park

Accommodation:

Ruzizi Tented Lodge

• Luxury tented camp located inside Akagera NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer Back to Kigali

In the morning after breakfast, you will check out then the Lion Safaris driver-guide will come to pick you up. You will begin your journey back to Kigali. He will drop you off at your hotel/home or to the airport to catch your flight back home

End of tour.

Main Destination:

Kigali

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.