7 Days Best of Rwanda Safari

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival -Kigali-Volcanoes National Park

Arrive at Kigali International on a mid-morning flight to be welcomed by a company representative and transferred to Kigali city for a short tour before lunch. The city tour will include a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center for a brief about the effects of the world-renowned Rwanda genocide of 1994. Thereafter we’ll transfer to Ruhengere province to Volcanoes National Park to check in for the night.

Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Nest Lodge High-endd lodge) or Davinci Lodge Rwanda (Moderate facility) or Kinigi Guest House (Budget facility)

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunc,h and Dinner

Day 2: Gorilla trekking Rwanda

Wake up to an early breakfast before heading to the park headquarters for a briefing about the dos and don’ts of the park and the mountain gorillas in their mist. Enter the jungle accompanied by a ranger to search for the gentle giants and when you finally encounter them your allowed time around them is 1 hour for conservation reasons.

Be sure to have your cameras well-charged to take unforgettable photographs of the gorillas as you watch them play, feed and groom each other. To enhance your experience please bring with your rain gear, comfortable covered walking shoes or hiking boots, insect repellent, sunscreen, a hat, a packed lunch, and bottled mineral water.

Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Nest Lodge (High-end lodge) or Davinci Lodge Rwanda (Moderate facility) or Kinigi Guest House (Budget facility)

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 3: Golden Monkey tracking

After breakfast makes another visit to Volcanoes National Park to track the golden monkeys, an activity that offers great opportunities to view several other primate and bird species, plus butterflies among others.

Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Nest Lodge (High-end lodge) or Davinci Lodge Rwanda (Moderate facility) or Kinigi Guest House (Budget facility)

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunc,h and Dinner

Day 4: Volcanoes National Park – Lake Kivu

Have breakfast and thereafter take a scenic drive via the undulating hills that give Rwanda the name “ the land of a thousand hills” drive to Lake Kivu and on arrival enjoy the beautiful white sand bathing.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (High-end lodge) or Water Front Resort (Moderate facility) or Palm Beach Resort (Budget facility)

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 5: Lake Kivu boat ride-Nyungwe forest

Take breakfast and thereafter go for an amazing boat cruise along the Lake to different fishing villages, with opportunities of spotting a variety of birds and take unforgettable photographs of birds and local fishmongers.

Return to the lodge for lunch and thereafter drive to Nyungwe forest and retire at Nyungwe Forest Lodge for the night. High-endd lodge) or Nyungwe Hill Hotel (Moderate facility) or Gisakura Guest House (Budget facility).

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 6: Chimpanzee trekking & Canopy walk

Move out after breakfast to the park headquarters for briefing about the forest and the chimps, before entering the jungle to search for the shy chimps as they swing from branch to branch in the trees.

The forest offers great opportunities to watch more primates like the black and white Colobus monkey, velvet monkeys, and mangabey, plus several birds and butterfly species. Return to the lodge for lunch and relax before going out for the evening canopy walk to spot more primates, birds, and butterflies at a closer range.

Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge (High-end lodge) or Nyungwe Hill Hotel (Moderate facility) or Gisakura Guest House (Budget facility).

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner

Day 7: Nyungwe forest – Kigali Out

After breakfast, embark on the return journey to Kigali with en-route lunch and a stopover at cultural markets for curios to take home as souvenirs from the “land of thousand hills” a small region but perfect for tourism. Drive to the airport for your return flight home

Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner End of services