SUMMARY
Day One: Arrival at the Kigali International Airport.
Day Two: Kigali- Volcanoes National Park.
Day Three: Gorilla Trek and Cultural Tour
Day Four: Golden Monkey Trek, Canoe ride and transfer to Lake Kivu
Day Five: Nyungwe National Park
Day Six: Chimpanzee Trek & Canopy Walk
Day Seven: Kigali – Flight Back Home.
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day One: Arrival at the Kigali International Airport
Karibu Rwanda. On this beautiful day, Arrive at the Kigali International Airport. After a briefing from our guide, you will head to your Kigali Hotel for check-in. Spend the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the hotel facilities. Overnight at your hotel.
Day Two: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will be picked up at the lodge by our driver guide and head for a Kigali Walk tour through the old city suburb together with Nyamirambo Womens Centre, then have lunch before being transferred to Musanze near Volcanoes National Park where you will have your dinner and overnight stay.
Day Three: Gorilla Trekking & Cultural Tour.
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the gorilla trekking briefing from the park headquarters and thereafter, you will be briefed before you enter the jungle with your packed lunch to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour watching their social life as you take pictures. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun screen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movements of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience you will return to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, visit the cultural village to experience the local ways of living for Rwandans.
Day Four: Golden Monkey Trek, Canoe Ride & Transfer to Lake Kivu
After having your early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the park, for briefing and later head for the golden monkey trekking. The same procedure for gorilla trekking, applies to golden monkey. You will still have an hour with the golden monkeys. You will later return, head for lunch, and transfer to Gisenyi where you will spend your afternoon at leisure.
Day Five: Boat Ride and transfer to Nyungwe
After your early morning breakfast, head for boat ride in Lake Kivu including visiting numerous islands and, later you will be transferred to Nyungwe which is roughly 2 hours way, with great country side experience looking at the local community and traditional building en route. We shall reach in the afternoon, have lunch and spend the afternoon at leisure.
Day Six: Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy Walk
Today, after your early morning cup of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch. In afternoon, you will head for a canopy walk experience, where you will explore the Park Forest on a 70 m, suspended metallic bridge. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day Seven: Bye Rwanda
Meet your guide, after your breakfast at the lodge and transfer back to Kigali, with an en-route visit to King Palace museum, where you will have a great experience to learn about the Rwandan culture. You will enjoy and en route lunch and reach Kigali in the afternoon for your transfer to the airport.
***** END OF SAFARI*****
SAFARI COST: (PER PERSON SHARING)
| NO.OF PAX | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| USD | $5,685 | $4,947 | $4,705 |
SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT: $642
PACKAGE INCLUDES:
Accommodation:
- 1 Night Stay at M-Hotel / Similar on B/B
- 2 Nights Stay at Ingangi Park View Lodge / Similar on F.B
- 1 Nights Stay at Kivu Paradise Hotel/ Similar on F/B
- 2 Nights Stay at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel/ Similar on F/B
Activities & Extra Meals
- Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Airport Transfers.
- 1 Gorilla, Chimpanzee and golden monkey permit, per person
- Accommodations and meals
- Canopy walk
- Boat trip on Lake Ihema
- Park entrance fee
- Boat trip on Lake Kivu
- Kigali city tour
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- Mineral water during safari
Excludes:
- Extra Meals & Drinks.
- Visa Fees to Rwanda.
- Personal Insurance.
- Gratuity $ 10 -30 per day.
- Anything not mentioned
