6-Day Rwanda Gorillas, Golden Monkeys & Lake Kivu Trip

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

Pick up, Kigali City tour & Drive 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. Then, you'll drive to 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 is a capital, and many more interesting sites for travelers. Then, a Lion Safaris driver-guide will choose the best restaurant in the city to have lunch. After enjoying lunch, you will drive to your booked hotel and check in for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

Kigali Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located in Kigali

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

You will wake up in the morning and then have your breakfast. After that, our driver-guide will come to pick you up and then drive you to the Northern province of Rwanda where Volcanoes National Park is located. On arrival, you will continue with check-in at your booked lodge for dinner and 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)

Mountain Gorillas Trekking & Overnight Stay

Early in the morning, after your breakfast, with your packed lunch, our driver-guide will come to pick you up from the lodge and then drive you to the park headquarters where to get a briefing about how to behave on mountain gorillas when you meet them in the habitat. Then, you'll proceed to trek gorillas. After the remarkable experience with the gorillas, the driver-guide will take you back to your lodge for a hot lunch. Afterward, you will continue with visiting twin lakes which are Bulera and Ruhondo with a driver-guide. After the lake enjoyment, he will bring you back to your lodge for dinner and 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)

Golden Monkeys Trekking & Transfer to Lake Kivu

In the morning, after your breakfast, Lion Safaris driver guide will come to pick you up and drive you to the park office for golden monkeys registration and get briefing about how to behave on golden monkeys when you meet them from their natural Habitat, on arrival by the start of walk point, you will walk into natural bamboo forest with a local guide all the way to the golden monkeys where you will enjoy them with taking many photos as you will need, then after that special moment you will walk down back to the driver guide who will drive you straight to one of the best restaurants in Musanze town for lunch, then after lunch, it will be the drive to lake Kivu and check in to your booked lodge for Dinner and Overnight.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu

Accommodation:

Lake Kivu Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located at Lake Kivu

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Boat ride at Lake Kivu & Overnight Stay

You will wake up in the morning, have late breakfast then our Lion Safaris driver guide will come to pick you up and drive you to the lake Kivu where you will start the boat ride and get a chance to explore the lake with the visit to the thermal boiling water, birds, fishermen, different islands from the lake, and other sites of the lake then after that amazing moment our driver guide will choose for you the best restaurant from Gisenyi/Rubavu town for lunch, then after lunch it will be the drive back to your hotel then have evening relax and Overnight or if you will need to continue with swimming the driver guide will suggest you the safest point to swim then you will be driven back later to your hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu

Accommodation:

Lake Kivu Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located at Lake Kivu

Meals & Drinks:

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

Drive Back to Kigali

You will wake up in the morning and get your breakfast. After that, you will check out then our driver-guide will come to pick you up. You'll go back to the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, where depending on your flight time you will be dropped at the airport or your hotel/home.

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.