7 DAYS DISCOVER RWANDA SAFARI

Trip Overview

Discover Rwanda in 7 Days! The safari will take you through Kigali the capital city of Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park, Lake Kivu and Nyungwe Forest. Enjoy a true jungle experience in Nyungwe Forest where you will trek the chimpanzees, the shores of the beautiful Lake Kivu and the great mountain gorillas in Volcanoes!

Safari Highlights:

City tour in Kigali

Gorilla Trekking

Chimps trekking

Forest walk

Golden monkey trekking

Relaxing at Lake Kivu

Day 1: Kigali City tour

Following breakfast have a city tour and visit the Kigali Memorial Genocide Centre: which well exhibits Rwanda’s the history of the genocide on video shows, see photographs, and read some written accounts see a number of art crafts, read personal testimonies as well as exhibitions. The exhibition shows a section referred to as wasted lives which refer to the genocides plus holocausts in Southwestern Africa, Bosnia, Armenia and Cambodia. After your lunch drive to Volcanoes National Park to trek gorillas.

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking

In the morning, you will go for the highlight of your safari, Gorilla trekking experience. Parc national des Volcans is the best location to trek these uncommon yet fascinating mountain gorilla in Africa. This park is found on Rwanda’s border with DR Congo, and Uganda. This chain of mountains has 7 volcanoes and the Karisimbi is the highest standing over 4500 meters. The slopes covered with bamboo and rainforest vegetation are home to some of the last surviving mountain gorillas that were first studied comprehensively by George Schaller and, not so many years ago by Dian Fossey who carried out her study there the 13 years until she died mysteriously at Bisoke. There are 4 habituated gorilla families within Parc National des Volcans, counting the Susa Group having 35 individuals. The other gorilla families are: the Sabinyo having 13 individuals, the Amahura having 16 individuals as well as Group 13 having only 6. It is not very challenging to find them and each gorilla family can be visited by a maximum of 8 people each day, hence availing 32 permits each day. After gorilla tracking, return to your hotel and relax.

Day 3: Golden Monkey trekking
After your breakfast drive to Gisenyi for golden monkeys trekking. After lunch enjoy a community walk to interact with the resident who may actually entertain you with cultural dances. You may choose to observe the locals brewing local beer from yellow bananas.

Day 4: Transfer to Lake Kivu for another Adventure

After breakfast and drive to Lake Kivu for a boat ride around the Virgin Islands like the Napoleon’s Hat Island and there you can ascend to the peak of the hat to view the thousands of Angola bats in the blue skies. Following lunch continue to Butare the intellectual Centre of Rwanda to visit the national university plus the Institute of Scientific Research as well as the national museum.

Day 5: Nyungwe Forest walk
in the morning, you will explore Nyungwe Forest which is among the greatly safeguarded Montane rainforests in the whole of Africa. It offers breathtaking scenery looking over the forest plus Lake Kivu, in addition to sights to the north of the far away volcanoes of Parc National des Virunga. The primary attraction here are the guided tours when tracking the large troops of black & white Angolan Colobus monkeys ( which may have as many as 400 members in every troop) or even chimpanzees. Roughly there are 270 species of trees, more than 70 species of mammals, 275 species of birds plus a profusion of orchids as well as butterflies.

Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking

After breakfast proceed with chimpanzee trekking within the Nyungwe forest. This forest is home to huge chimpanzees troops only comparable to those in Uganda’s Kibale Forest national park. The L’Hoest’s monkeys plus the white Angolan Colobus monkeys do make primate tourism within this forest equivalent to no other in Africa.

After lunch, drive to Nyanza the historical seat of the long ago kings of Rwanda. Visit this palace and listen to the traditional story-telling done by village elders. This warrior’s dance is a gem of the choreographic heritage of this country, adorned with a lion mane completed with sisal fiber plus rings of bells worn in their ankles together with an angelic choir and an exciting rhythm, this is the type of cultural dance which will be organized if you request.

Day 7: Return to Kigali

After breakfast, you will drive to Kigali airport for your departure flight.

Safari Package price:

Please contact our Tour Consultants for the detailed price information

Included in the price:

Airport transfer to/from Kigali Airport

Ground transport

Gorilla trekking permit

English speaking driver/guide

Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary

Meals as described in the itinerary

Bottled mineral water in the vehicle