Overview
7 days all-around Rwanda tour where you explore the 3 main and notable national parks in Rwanda-the land of a thousand hills and these are Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes national parks. There is a lot you will enjoy through gorilla trekking, game drives, boat cruises, hot air balloon safari, city tours, chimpanzee tracking, canopy walk and more. Expect to adventure in culture, history, wildlife and primates.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Akagera National Park
On your arrival flight at the airport, and be picked by the driver guide who will take you to Akagera national park a home to the big five animals and the rare shoebill stork. This park neighbors Tanzania to the north. Arrive and head to the lodge for your lunch.
Day 2: Full day safari in Akagera National Park
Explore the beautiful Akagera national park while taking part in different activities like game drives, hot air balloon tour and boat cruise. All these are rewarding adventure experience ls in your lifetime.
There is a lot to spot including elephants, rhinos, giraffes, lions, hippos, leopards, cheetahs, the rare shoebill stork, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, and many more others.
Day 3: Drive to Volcanoes National Park
Leave Akagera National Park and head to Volcanoes National Park a distance taking a about 5 hours’ drive. While on the way, visit the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo. While here, you can opt to take a boat cruise or canoeing adventure on one of the lakes to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding. Arrive and head to the lodge.
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking
Take part in the gorilla trekking adventure which can last for 8 hours including an hour spent in the presence of gorillas. This experience begins with briefing at the park office immediately after breakfast. This experience is tiresome since it involves hiking and walking long distance and this calls to have enough drinking water and energy giving snack.
Meeting the gorilla family trekked is amazing since the group is playful and cheerful. Some of the members will be playing, breast feeding, searching for food and more though the Silverback will be practicing its leadership skills. Return to the lodge for lunch, followed by any optional activity.
Day 5: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
Leave Volcanoes national park and head to the home of prominent primates that is Nyungwe National Park. This park is known to have different activities and chimpanzee tracking being the activity and then others are nature walks, canopy walk and birding. Arrive and head to the lodge.
Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking and Optional Activity
Enjoy breakfast and then make a drive to the briefing at the park office an on this point, meet other trekkers. The park guide will offer you the rules and regulations such as don’t feed animals, don’t make noise and more.
Later on, begin the search in the forest meeting other attractions like monkeys and plants. On meeting the chimps, spend an hour following them wherever they move as you capture memories and this will create an adventure in your lifetime.
Later afterwards, take part in the optional activity like a canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park an activity that offers an aerial view of the forest as the primate jump from one tree to another while birds make sounds. Return to the lodge for leisure.
Day 7: Travel back to Kigali, city tour and departure
Head back to Kigali in the morning after breakfast with enroute visit of the former presidential palace and then, on arriving in Kigali city, visit notable attractions like the Kigali Genocide Memorial grounds, local markets, art and gallery centers and more others. Be dropped at the airport and this marks the end of the safari.
