8-Day Rwanda Gorilla Adventure Safari

Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company guide who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, an later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

Luxury accommodation: Kigali Serena Hotel
Mid-range accommodation: Mille Collines Hotel
Meals plan: dinner

Today after taking your early morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive for Kigali City tour by visiting the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, which honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994 through education and peace-building. You will be able to watch and listen to some video clips from some of the survivors’ of the incident.

Later after lunch you will proceed with a drive to Volcanoes NP through the magnificent route to your booked accommodation spend the rest of the afternoon relax and prepare for the next day’s trekking.

Luxury accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Mid-range accommodation: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

After an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters. You will meet with your ranger who will brief you about the code of conduct while are trekking gorillas. You will then enter the forest in search of the gorillas. The trekking may take 2-6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas in the jungle and your group speed as well. Meet and stay with the gorillas for a maximum of one hour.

After a great experience you will walk back to the starting point and be transferred to your lodge for lunch, and after lunch, you can decide to relax at your lodge at your leisure or head for a cultural encounter at Iby’ Iwacu cultural village to get an insight of Rwandan culture . Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Luxury accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Mid-range accommodation: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

Today after you warm early morning breakfast, you will be picked by our safari driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing with your packed lunch and start off you day Golden Monkey trekking in search for these shy primates in the jungle. Just like the gorilla trekking experience, the same applies to golden monkey trekking though no so hectic like gorilla trekking.

You will later return to the lodge for lunch and later transfer to Lake Kivu for night fishermen experience in this beautiful lake.

Luxury accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
Mid-range Accommodation: Paradise Kivu
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

After your morning breakfast, heads to Kimbiri for coffee plantation and processing experience, later you will be transferred to Nyungwe National park. On arrival we shall head to the canopy walk within this national park. This suspended bridge will reward you with great views. After drive to the hotel for diner and overnight.

Luxury accommodation: Lake Kivu Marina Bay
Mid-range accommodation: Emeraude Kivu Resort
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

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 before head for tea plantation visit, learn more about how tea is processed.

Luxury accommodation: Lake Kivu Marina Bay
Mid-range accommodation: Emeraude Kivu Resort
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

After a relaxed morning breakfast, head for a waterfalls hike, in the park, which is roughly 2 -3 hour’s walk, exploring a number of waterfalls, within the park. On a lucky day, some primates can as well be spotted and a number of bird.

Later return and drive off to Kigali, with en route lunch, and visit to King Palace museum, reaching Kigali in afternoon.

Luxury accommodation: KIGALI SERENA HOTEL
Midrange accommodation: MILLE COLLINES HOTEL
Meals plan: breakfast, lunch, dinner

After getting done with your relaxed morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport to catch up with your onward flight. Depending on your flight time (if it is in the afternoon), we will have the city tour by visiting the Nyamirambo Women Centre for walking around in Kigali suburb to experience the way of living for Rwandans prior to your departure flight.