Safari over View
Start your wilderness stories on an informed point by taking this 10 day Rwanda Gorillas and Wildlife safari. You will trek the Gorillas at Volcanoes national park in the northwestern part of the country, Game drive and Boat cruise at Akagera National Park.
Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk at Nyungwe national park and beach experience at Lake Kivu. The end goal is always a triumph over the hills and the bush to your cousins the chimpanzees and Gorillas in their natural habitat, not forgetting an encounter with the Big 5 cats of Africa.
This is a road trip to the different destinations, with the ranger guide accompanying and guiding you to all the attractions. Rwanda is a tiny landlocked country in East Africa, beautified by thousands of rolling Hills. The trip starts and ends at Kigali International airport, with all meals, accommodation, transfers and more well planned. Explore the hidden treasures of Rwanda in 10 days.
Day by Day Program
Day1: Arrival and City tour
When you land at Kigali international airport, your driver guide will meet and pick you for a transfer to the lodge for refreshment and some rest from the long Journey. At 14:00 hour, we have a tour around Kigali city and its fast growing suburbs. You will visit the Genocide memorial sites where lessons about the Genocide is taught as well as you getting to see the over 25,000 Tutsi and Hutu who died because of the ethnic conflict. Additional places are; the local markets to purchase some items you need for the trip; and the National Museum. When the tour is done, return to the lodge at sunset for dinner and a happy sleep.
Day2: Kigali to Akagera National Park
After breakfast, check-out of the lodge and embark on a 4-6 hour scenic drive to the only savannah park in the country. Among what takes you to this destination is the big 5cats, notably; the lions, leopards, African elephants, cape Buffaloes, and the Rhinos.
It will be a largely smooth drive, as you watch the scattered homesteads, open farm lands, plants and the mountain back drops from a distance. Lunch is served on time, followed by an afternoon arrival and check-in at the lodge, where you will have dinner and spend the peaceful night.
Day3: Game drive and Boat Cruise
Today’s game drive is to start at 6:30 am for about 4 hours, when we believe the chance of encountering night hunters and grassers such as the hippos, hyenas, lions, and leopards is high.
Other animals such as the elephants, cape buffaloes, several Antelope species, Oribis, and warthogs and more. The listings also features some rare tree species, unique birdlife, and the breathtaking landscape. Have your eyes on nature throughout the session for a possible kill, or a birth in the wilderness. The breakfast will be in the wild, but Lunch at the lodge.
In the afternoon, there will be a boat cruise experience, as you take photos, observe the various aquatic life such as the hippos, crocodiles, and many more. Akagera River is safe for adventure, and with variety in it. At sunset, you will return to the lodge for dinner and a sweet slumber.
Day 4: Transfer to Volcanos National Park
Pack bags because after a mouthwatering breakfast meal at the lodge, there will be a transfer to the Jungle-Volcanoes national park. This is a place with a quarter of the total sought after mountain Gorillas on earth. The Journey depends on the nature of traffic and enroute activities. The safe drive is with the view of the rolling hills, green vegetation, plantations, and the natives of the place carrying on with their daily shores. There will be Lunch en-route, with few sight-seeing, and an evening arrival at the lodge in the park for check-in, followed by dinner and a nap.
Day5: Gorilla Trekking
Depart the lodge for the park headquarters at 7:00am. A pre-trekking briefing will start the experience for roughly 30 minutes, with the ranger guides explaining the trekking dos and don’ts, life of the Gorillas, and assign you a group to track.
The family is assigned as per your interest, and age group, as there those families that live at the hilly parts of the park that demands fitness and psychological readiness. Depending on one’s trekking speed, and the distance the Apes have taken, the trekking takes about 1-8 hours. You have an hour of observing them feed, nurse, play and sleep.
These are creatures that will never be bothered by your presence, carrying on with their daily activities, feeding and more. They are shy, yet very gentle, and fun to look at. Their social life and appearance is more less that of humans, thus the relationship. Enjoy the moment with your cousins, taking photos and asking the ranger guide all questions in that regard.
Day 6: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
Brighten your morning with a cup of Rwandan coffee. Afterword’s, check-out of the lodge for a 4-5 hour scenic drive Nyungwe National park, with an en-route stopover at the Kings palace in Nyanza for historical and cultural feel of Rwanda. The palace is built in a bee hive format, and there are guides who tell stories about culture, the genocide, and kingship. After the visit, you will proceed with the drive, with the next being for Lunch. Arrive at the lodge in the evening hours for check-in, refreshment, later dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 7: Chimpanzee Trekking and Canopy Walk
At sunrise, greet your intestines with what it understand best; a cup of coffee and variety of bites. Thereafter, you will head to the park headquarters for a pre-trekking briefing by the ranger guide who will take you through the trekking dos and don’ts, and also very your trekking documents. That will be followed with a 1-4 hour chimpanzee trekking session deep in the forest. You stand a chance of encounter other primates here, such as the white and black Columbus monkeys.
Red-tailed monkeys, greychecked monkeys, and many more. It will your first time to uncover certain plants, birds, and forest mammals. Upon locating the Apes, you have an hour of watching and taking photos. Chimpanzees are very clever and playful, what you will confirm as they feed, communicate, play or move.
When all is done, you will have a Lunch break, and some refreshment, followed by an evening canopy walk, where you get to hike on a beautifully suspended canopy at the tree top. Above the ground, you will watch the vast forest, birds, primates, captivating hills and the lush plantation in the country side. The day ends with dinner and a sweet slumber.
Day8-9: Spend time at Lake Kivu
The two days start with a heavy breakfast meals, and lots of beach activities to run down the day. Lake Kivu is the largest lake in Rwanda, and a perfect place. You can soak yourself on the white sand, do swim, watch the birds, and engage in a canoe ride.
The 24 hours spent in this haven is to refresh and get set for alive after vacation. The activities are optionally, but very exciting, inclusive the Kivu trail walk where you get to explore the greenery, lake shore and watch rolling Hills. Eat, drink, and have sweet slumber with fresh breeze from the lake.
Day10: Departure
After 9 days of uncovering the “land of Athousand Hills” the holiday day ends today. Breakfast meal comes first, and thereafter you will check-out of the lodge for a transfer to Kigali international airport for your flight to the next destination.
End of safari
