8 Days Rwanda Wildlife Safari

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1:

  Arrival to Kigali

  

  Welcome to Rwanda the land of “a thousand hills.” Our guide/ representative staff will be at the airport to pick you. Depending on time of arrival, you will have a short city tour to sights like the Kigali genocide memorial and the Kandt museum.

• day 2:

  Transfer to Akagera National park

  

  Today morning after breakfast, your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel to transfer you to Akagera National Park. Have stopovers for stretching and photography of the beautiful landscape. Arrival in the park, have lunch, game drive and later retire for overnight.   Drive time – 2.5 hours Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Akagera Game Lodge

• day 3:

  Explore Akagera national park

  

  After breakfast, start the game drive in search of Elephants, Hippos, Buffaloes and Lions. The game drive will take you to the northern part of the park where most of the animals prefer to inhabit. Look out for the Zebras, Giraffes and Impalas which are usually scattered along the game tracks. Return to the lodge for lunch, after which will take a boat safari on Lake Ihema for a beautiful afternoon breeze and some sighting of birds and wildlife.

• day 4:

  Transfer to Nyungwe Forest - the home of chimpanzees

  

  This morning we depart Akagera national park for Nyungwe forest national park via Kigali. We shall stopover in Huye for lunch and visit the national museum to learn more about the history and traditions of the Rwanda people. We arrive in Nyungwe forest later in the evening. Drive time – 7 hours B, L & D Nyungwe Topview Lodge

• day 5:

  Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy walk in Nyungwe forest

  

  After an early breakfast, we leave for Chimpanzee tracking in Nyungwe forest. The forest is rich in botanical diversity and home to 13 species of primates including Chimpanzees, L’Hoest monkeys, and Columbus monkeys with 300 bird species. Your tour guide will transfer you to the briefing area where you will meet your ranger guide and receive briefing before you start your trek. Return to lodge after the chimp trek or you can choose to do the Canopy walk immediately so that you rest once. The canopy walk allows you beautiful views of the forest from above as you admire nature.

• day 6:

  Transfer to Volcanoes national park - Gorilla Guardians Village

  

  We leave for Volcanoes national park after breakfast. Enjoy the different sights and winding roads in the land of a thousand hills. You will have opportunities to have different stopovers for pictures and stretching depending on your needs. In the afternoon, visit the Gorilla Guardians village to learn more about the culture of the Rwandan people and how they have co-existed with the mountain gorillas for generations. Drive time – 5 hours

• day 7:

  Gorilla trekking

  

  Meet the mountain gorillas in the dense jungles of the Virunga ranges. The trek to the gorillas starts with a briefing at the park headquarters in Kinigi where you are assigned a ranger and gorilla family to trek. After briefing, your ranger guide leads you to the starting point of the trek. You might need to drive to the starting point of the trek depending on location of gorilla group you are trekking. The trek through the habitat of these enormous animals is a fulfilling unforgettable experience that many people look to undertake. The trek can last from a few minutes to several hours depending on where the gorillas nested the previous night.

• day 8:

  Transfer to Kigali - Departure

  

  Today is your last day on this Kagera Safaris – Rwanda wildlife safari. Start your day with breakfast and transfer to the airport. Drive time – 2.5 hours