This 8-day wildlife adventure in Rwanda offers you an opportunity for a lifetime wildlife encounters. You will have a chance to witness the big five safaris while in Akagera national park a home of adventure in the Eastern part of Rwanda, track chimpanzees and spot monkeys, baboons and other wildlife in Nyungwe National Park. You will have an opportunity for Gorilla trekking in the volcanoes National park and also an additional explore of Kigali reaching out to the colorful markets and historical places, a 2kms cross over Nyungwe’s Canopy Walkway and kayak on Lake Kivu.
Arrival;
You will be collected meet, greet and be briefed about the whole journey by our Wide Hiking and Nature Safaris company driver guide. You will be transferred to a lodge of your choice. (If you would like us to take care of this day’s accommodation will be at an extra cost).
Trip Info
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Akagera National Park, Kigali city, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Volcanoes National Park
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Day 1: Mantis Akagera game lodge
Day 2: Onomo hotel Kigali
Day 3: Golden Monkey Hotel or similar
Day 4: Nyungwe Top View Hotel or Similar
Day 5: Bethany hotel or similar
Day 6: Karisimbi cave resort or similar
Day 7: Karisimbi cave resort
Day 8: No (End Tour) -
Day 1: Lunch and Dinner plus a bottle of drinking water
Day 2: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
Day 3:All meals and a bottle of drinking water
Day 4: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
Day 5: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
Day 6: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
Day 7: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
Day 8: A bottle of drinking water -
Throughout the journey
Itinerary
The day starts your early breakfast from your lodge, then you will be transferred exactly at 7:00am to the Eastern part of Rwanda for a journey of about 2hour drive. You will go wander for an immediate morning game drive in a home to the big five game safaris and other mammals including Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalos and so forth for about three hours in the wild. In the afternoon after lunch, you will set forth for the sun set cruise on Lake Ihana to enjoy more of Hippos and many of bird species for about three hours. You will then drive to your lodge to refresh, dinner and overnight.
Location: Akagera National Park
Accommodation: Mantis Akagera game lodge
Meals plan: Lunch and Dinner plus a bottle of drinking water
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge with your packed lunch to the north of Akagera National park. It is here that you will enjoy one of the most scenic savannah of East Africa towards lake Rwanyakizinga as well as more of mammal experience like zebras, buffalos, lions and others in the wild. After your lunch in the jungle, we will leave the national park over the north gate and our company driver will drive you back to Kigali city, check in at the hotel, dinner and sleep over.
If you wish, the driver will stop at the famous Jambo Beach on Lake Mihazo for a quick swim.
Destination: Kigali city
Accommodation: Onomo hotel Kigali
Meals palan: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
You will start your day with breakfast at your lodge before having the Kigali city tour experience. The tour will expose you to the organized trends of living amongst the people of Rwanda, visit the genocide memorial center which is a place for commemoration of the massive killings that occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War.
After, you will later transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park with a stopover in Nyanza for visiting the King`s Palace Museum where you will learn about the kingdom´s history of Rwanda and see the famous royal cows with the long horns. You will then continue with the journey to Nyamagabe for dinner and an overnight stay.
Location: Nvamagabe
Accommodation: Golden Monkey Hotel or similar.
Meals Plan: All meals and a bottle of drinking water
This day begins with an early morning delicious breakfast then wear your appropriate clothing for the trekking activity like trousers, water proof boots, and name it. Along in your back packs carry some snacks and drinking water to help in keeping you hydrated during the trek of about 1 to 5 hours to find the Chimpanzees in relation to their location.
The activity starts at Uwinka visitor center where you will be briefed about the Do’s and the Don’ts of the park by your ranger guide before you will be assigned to a chimpanzee group to look out for. During the trek, you will come along various primates like Silver monkeys, owl-faced monkeys, golden monkeys, grey-cheeked Mangabeys, Red-tailed Monkeys, vervet monkeys and L’Hoest’s. And bird species include; Kivu ground thrush, forest hornbills, red-throated Alethe, kamiranzovou, Rwenzori Turaco, Blue Turaco, purple breasted and many more. You will enjoy your packed lunch at the Uwinka visitor center after the chimpanzee trekk. You will proceed for some breathtaking views of the rainforest at the 2km Iconic Canopy walk along the Igishigishigi trail after the lunch. You will have your dinner and an overnight at the lodge.
Location: Nyungwe Forest National Park
Accommodation Option: Nyungwe Top View Hotel or Similar
Meals plan: All Meals and a bottle of drinking water
After your breakfast at the lodge, you will proceed to check out and depart from Nyungwe National Park to the white sandy shores of Lake Kivu. We drive you to Kibuye which is a popular place and famous for its beautiful beaches and islands. It is here that you can relax on the stunning palm-fringed beaches, kayak on the calm waters of the lake, take a boat tour to the nearby islands or coffee and banana plantations. On the late afternoon we take you with the car on a loop along the penisulas with astonished views over the lake and the surrounding mountains. You will have your dinner and an overnight at the lodge.
We offer you an option to go on a sunset cruise together with the singing fishermen, when they leave the coast around 5 pm for their night fishing, which takes about three hours, on an extra cost of 100 USD.
Location: Lake Kivu
Accommodation: Bethany hotel or similar
Meals Plan: All meals and a bottle of drinking of water.
After your breakfast at the lodge, our guide takes you to a morning hike on the famous Congo Nile Trail for about 3 to 4 h. You will have beautiful views to the lake, hike along the agricultural fields and through rural homestays of the friendly Rwandan community who live there and greet you with a happy smile. After the trek our driver brings you back to the hotel for a beautiful lunch and fresh drinks.
After lunch you will proceed to Musenze. On the way, you will stop several times to enjoy the scenic views on the lake. After arriving in Musenze, you will check in at the lodge to relax, dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park
Accommodation: Karisimbi cave resort or similar
Meals & Drinks: All meals included and a bottle of Drinking water
After an early breakfast, you transfer to Kinigi, at the foothills of the Virungas, in volcanoes national park where you meet and receive a briefing from the park rangers before you’ll begin your trek. Your ranger guide with a tracker will lead you deep into the forest in search of your allocated gorilla family. Your trek could last from three to eight hours depending on the exact location of the specific gorilla family which you are tracking. Once you find them you usually have an hour with them, time to sit and observe them at very close quarters of 10 meters.
On the way back we stop shortly at the Dian Fossey Museum for a visit you will be transferred back to your accommodation where you can spend the evening reflecting on your incredible encounter with the wild mountain gorillas of Rwanda.
If times allows our driver will bring our driver can bring you to one of the twin lakes (Lake Ruhondo or Lake Burera) where you can swim or take a boat cruise to one of the islands in the lake.
Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park
Accommodation: Karisimbi cave resort
Meals & Drinks: All meals included and a bottle of Drinking water
You will then be transferred to Kigali city for the last minute souvenir shopping in the craft shop and a stopover at the king’s palace before your drop off at Kigali airport or lodge.
Destination: Kigali city/ airport.
Accommodation: no (End Tour)
A bottle of drinking water.