7 days Rwanda Primates Safaris Adventure
Introduction
This 7 days epic Rwanda safari adventure will give you a great memory of Rwandan tour and you explore and wrap up Rwandan attractions in just 7 days. You will be able to visit all the 2 Rwandan parks thus Nyungwe National Park and Volcanoes national park, adding in a visit to Lake Kivu to spice up your stay. You will as well be able to interact with the local community as you go by your day activities. You will well be able to do gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking which is a life time adventure.
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport, Driving time: 20min
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport and passing through the immigration process, you will be welcomed by our safari driver who will, brief you shortly and transfer you to the booked accommodation.
Accommodation Quite Haven Boutique
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park. Driving time +2,5hrs
Today you will be picked at your lodge after completing your morning breakfast, and head for a Kigali city tour and visit the Kigali genocide memorial ground, and have lunch before being transferred to Musanze near Volcanoes National Park where you will your dinner and overnight stay.
Standard Accommodation: La Palme Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking Adventure and cultural experience
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.
Standard Accommodation: La Palme Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4: Golden Monkey Trek and transfer to Lake Kivu, Driving time: 1h30min
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.
Accommodation: Cormaran Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 5: Boat ride and Transfer to Nyungwe, Driving time: 4,5 hours
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.
Accommodation Options:
Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu Resort
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking and Canopy Walk
Today, after your early morning cap 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.
Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu Resort
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 7: Transfer to Kigali for Departure Driving time: 6 hours
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 cultural. You will enjoy and en route lunch and reach Kigali in the afternoon, for dinner before you will be transferred to the airport to catch up with your flight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
End of Safaris!
Included
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- 1 Gorilla permits, per person
- Accommodations and meals
- 1 Chimpanzee permit, per person
- 1 golden monkey permit
- Canopy walk
- Park entrance fee
- Boat trip on Lake Kivu
- Kigali city tour
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- Mineral water during safari
- lot of fun
Excluded
- Items of Personal nature
- Visa to Rwanda
- Alcoholic drink