Safari Overview
Rwanda Primates safari is one of the most selling tour packages in Rwanda. It takes you to ever green off the beaten paths of Nyungwe National Park to encounter chimpanzees, gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park. The safari will start with a city tour and then hit the road to Nyungwe for chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk. Thereafter embark on the journey to Volcanoes national park
Day by Day Program
Day 1: City tour and transfer to Nyungwe forest national park
Your driver guide will pick you from the Airport or at the hotel, brief you about your safari and embark on Kigali city tour. You will visit Kigali Genocide museum, artisans and different markets. You can buy some souvenirs in case you need them, taste on the local foods and then transfer to Nyungwe national park. It is located in the southwestern part of the country. It’s about 5hours in the beautiful highlands and you will know why Rwanda is always called a land of a thousand hills. You will arrive in the park in the evening hours, connect to the lodge, check-in and relax.
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and Canopy walk
You will arise in the early morning, greet your intestines with a delicious breakfast, and meet your driver guide to transfer to the briefing center. You will be briefed about chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe national park. Once you find the chimps, you will be allowed 1hour in their presence, take pictures and videos, return to the lodge for relaxation. In the evening you will go for a canopy walk and this is the top attraction in the park as it will give you spectacular aerial view of the park, you will spot more monkeys, birds and plant life and thereafter, return to the lodge for dinner and relaxation.
Day 3: Transfer to Lake Kivu and Boat cruise
Wake up on a delicious breakfast at leisure, check out and transfer to Lake Kivu. This is the largest fresh water body in Rwanda and it connects Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo in the West. Upon arrival at your hotel, you will check-in, have lunch and embark on the boat cruise on this magnificent lake. You will enjoy beautiful scenery of the fresh waters and also the locals who will be making their lives at the lake. Retire to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Transfer to Volcanoes national park
Arise in the morning at your time of convenience, grab breakfast and transfer to Volcanoes national park. You will head in the northern part of the country, connect to your lodge, have lunch, relax at the lodge as you wait for dinner and overnight stay in the wilderness of volcanoes national park.
Day 5: Gorilla trekking and visit Gorilla guardian village
In the morning at 7am, enjoy a mouthwatering breakfast and transfer to Kinigi for a briefing about gorilla trekking. You will be allocated a gorilla family to track and head to the off the beaten paths with a ranger guide who will lead you to the mountain gorilla family. After tacking gorillas, return to the lodge for refreshments and in the evening at 3pm, head to gorilla guardian village to encounter Rwanda culture. You will enjoy dances, songs, naming among others, thereafter, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Golden monkey tracking and visit Twin Lakes
After a scrumptious breakfast, meet your driver guide and head to the briefing center to be briefed about the golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes national park. You will be amazed by how these monkeys associate how they play and eat in the bamboo forest. You will return to the lodge for lunch, relaxation and in the evening you will visit twin Lakes Burera and Ruhondo where you will enjoy cruises, sceneries among others. You will retire to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7: Check out and Departure
On the last leg of your safari, you will wake up in the morning, greet your intestines with a scrumptious breakfast, check out and meet your driver guide who will transfer you back to Kigali for either a flight back home or to other destinations and this will mark the end of your 7 days Rwanda primates safari.
