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8 Days Rwanda Safari Package

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Duration

8 days 7 nights

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

TOUR OVERVIEW

Our 8-day Rwanda exclusive safari package gives the visitor the best opportunity to explore the country’s thousand hills in depth. The gorilla trekking safari is the very highlight of this safari, and this will be done in the Volcanoes National Park. Within this 8-day Rwanda exclusive safari package, you will do the chimpanzee telling as well as the canopy walks within the Nyungwe Forest National Park. The game drives are so much fun and the component within the game drives within the Akagera National Park is where you will be able to enjoy and see the big five animals, which include the lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinos, and elephants, in addition to doing the boat cruise safari on Lake Ihema in Akagera National Park.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Gorilla tracking
  • Chimpanzee tracking
  • Game drives in the Akragera National Park
  • Tracking of the Golden Monkey

Full Itinerary

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Day 1: Fly into Kigali International Airport.
Day 1: Fly into Kigali International Airport.

Today is the beginning of our 8-day Rwanda exclusive safari package whereby you will be welcomed by our guide, whom you will find already at the Kigali international airport. He will greet you and give you a brief introduction to what you can expect on this safari. Later, you will drive to Kigali city to your hotel, where you will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 2: From Kigali city, you drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day 2: From Kigali city, you drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park.

It is about a five-hour drive from Kigali to Nyungwe Forest. After having breakfast, you will be picked up from Nyungwe Forest by our safari guide in the morning. This park is found in southwestern Rwanda. You will be driven towards the southwestern part of the country, in the western province. You will have a stopover at the royal palace and the ethnographic museum on your way and have a guided tour around this museum as you are given history about how they came into existence. After that, you will have en-route lunch here and continue to Nyungwe Forest National Park, where you will have the canopy walk and long forest on top before you drive to your booked lodge. The logging options here include the Emeraudel Hotel and Nyungwe Top View Hill.

Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in the morning and an evening canopy walk in Nyungwe
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in the morning and an evening canopy walk in Nyungwe

Wake up in the early morning, have a healthy breakfast, and be driven to Nyungwe park headquarters to receive instructions about the Chimpanzee trekking in the forest, which will be given to you by the ranger guide. After the briefing, you will start the journey to encounter the chimpanzees. Your search for chimps takes us on foot into Africa's most established montane timberland. Strolling through this ancient and biodiverse jungle is an unimaginable opportunity to spot chimpanzees, unusual features, birds, plants, and small animals. Nyungwe Forest is home to over 500 chimps, providing excellent opportunities to observe these sociable gorillas as well as 12 other primate species. We will most likely see dark-faced vervet monkeys and l'Hoest's monkeys, with dark-cheeked mangabeys and Rwenzori colobus monkeys also being regularly seen. You will conclude your amazing first Rwanda safari day with a tree canopy hike, which will provide you with breathtaking views of the forest from above. Stay at Emeraudel Hotel or Nyungwe Top View Hill.

Day 4: Early morning monkey tracking, followed by a drive to Kibuye.
Day 4: Early morning monkey tracking, followed by a drive to Kibuye.

Have breakfast early in the morning at your lodge and pack your lunch as you go for the colobus monkey track in Nyungwe Forest National Park. Aside from chimps and colobus monkeys, the timberlands contain a plethora of untamed life that the officer guides will assist you in identifying and deciphering. On your Rwanda excursion in the woods, you will partake in a new picnic lunch and then travel to Gisenyi, a lakeside town on the beaches of Lake Kivu, where the cool winds of the lake will wash away the entirety of your woodland weakness. This is one of the best and most wonderful safaris in Rwanda, so it is important for visitors to enjoy the best services and safari in Rwanda.

Day 5: Drive to Volcanoes National Park
Day 5: Drive to Volcanoes National Park

Today you will have a relaxed morning with stunning views of the sunrise with the bright sun rays happening on the lake. You will have breakfast outside while you enjoy the views of the lake and hear the sounds and songs of the birds surrounding the lake and your lodge. Engage in the morning boat cruise on the lake to explore the beauty of Lake Kivu and later return to your lodge for some relaxation before you checkout and transfer to your booked hotel in Volcanoes National Park. Here you can stay at Gorilla View Lodge.

Day 6: Volcanoes National Park gorilla tracking experience
Day 6: Volcanoes National Park gorilla tracking experience

You will wake up early in the morning and have breakfast served by professional hotel workers. Make sure that at around half-past seven in the morning, you arrive at the park headquarters to receive the gorilla trekking instructions before you start the journey into the jungle for the endangered mountain gorilla encounter. You can stay in the forest while trekking for about 6 hours, and this will depend on how fast you move when in the wild and the location of the gorilla group that you have been allocated. It is best to request to see the nearby gorilla family since you will be trekking back, and once you have found the gorillas, you will have strictly one hour of interaction, including taking photos, recording small videos, and asking as many questions as you can. Participate in the Iby'Iwacu community stroll, where you will mingle with happy, welcoming Rwandans and share beautiful day-to-day life experiences in the afternoon before you return to your lodge.

Day 7: Transfer to Akagera National Park
Day 7: Transfer to Akagera National Park

In the morning, after having a relaxed breakfast, you will drive to Kigali city and, if time allows, have the Kigali city tours as you explore the genocide memorial site of Kigali and get your lunch in one of the best restaurants. After lunch, you will drive to Akagera National Park and, where possible, engage in the evening game drive before you check into your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8: Game drives in Akagera, a boat cruise, and a drive to Kigali.
Day 8: Game drives in Akagera, a boat cruise, and a drive to Kigali.

In the morning, after your healthy breakfast, you will go for the morning game drive, where you will see a lot of animals such as buffaloes, elands, elephants, lions, leopards, and many species of birds. And after that, you will come back and engage in the boat cruise before you checkout and return to Kigali.

Included/Excluded

  • The services of the tour guide
  • Game drives
  • Gorilla permits
  • The accommodation is provided on a full board.
  • The golden monkey tracking permit
  • Chimpanzee tracking permit
  • Mineral water
  • Transport in a four-wheel-drive vehicle
  • Airport transfers
  • Laundry
  • Visas
  • Flights
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Tipping and personal-related expenses

Durations

8 days 7 nights

Languages

English

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