Explore Rwanda

Upon your arrival at the airport, you will find our driver guide waiting for you outside at the arrivals holding a poster bearing the company name for easy identification. After meeting him, he will drive you straight way to Akagera national park in Eastern part of Rwanda to check in with the park lodge. After registration at the park’s office, you will proceed to your booked lodge to rest and relax. In the afternoon, you will have a boat ride at lake Ihema where you will be able to see crocodiles, hippos, birds, elephants, zebras, impala etc. In the evening, you will drive back at the lodge for dinner and overnight at Mantis Akagera game lodge.

Mantis Akagera game lodge

After having your morning breakfast, you will have a full day game drive with your packed lunch. You will start by searching for animals such as crocodiles, giraffes, olive baboons, lions, topis, Elands, buffaloes, hippos, impalas, bush bucks, water bucks, monkeys, leopards, Cheetahs, Antelopes, Elephants etc. You will have your lunch at the picnic while resting. After lunch, you will have a boat ride on lake Ihema to search for crocodiles, hippos, birds etc. Later in the evening, you will drive back to Kigali and start your journey to the volcanoes national park for gorilla tracking. Dinner and overnight at Virunga lodge.

Virunga lodge

Today, you will wake up at 5:30am and have your breakfast while preparing for your first day of gorilla tracking. After your breakfast, you will get things which you will use during and also go with your packed lunch. Don’t forget to come with your jacket, camera, a hut, a face mask on your during tracking and after reaching at Kinigi headquarters for briefing at 6:30am, you will learn more about different types of gorilla families and also their behaviors. After the briefing, you start your trek which will take 2-6 hours whereby on your way, you will enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds of the rainforest. After enjoying an hour stay with the gorillas, you will return to the starting point where you will meet your driver guide and drive you back to lodge for resting. Dinner and overnight at Virunga lodge.

Virunga lodge

You will wake up very early in the morning to have your breakfast and then after drive to Kinigi headquarters for briefing. On your second day of gorilla tracking, you will be allocated another gorilla group or family which you will track and you will get more experience with the gorillas learning more about them which will create bonding with them leaving you with unforgettable experience on your life. After an hour with the gorillas, you will hike down to the starting point to meet your driver guide who will drive you to Nyungwe national park. Dinner and overnight at one&only Nyungwe house.

oneonly Nyungwe house

You will wake up very early in the morning and have yourbreakfast, at 5:00am you will report to the Nyungwe park office at Gisakura to meet the park guides for briefing and thereafter drive to the starting point of your chimpanzee trekking adventure in Nyungwe Forest National Park (Cyamudongo Forest). After the chimpanzee adventure you shall spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at at one&only Nyungwe house.

oneonly Nyungwe house

Nyungwe forest has got a large montane forest and it is rich in birds especially the Albertine Rift Endemics. So far these 2 days, you will have to search for different bird species such as Purple breasted and Sun birds, White tailed blue flycatcher, Neumann’s short tailed warbler, Rwenzori Batis, Black faced and collared Apalises, Mountain masked, Doherty bush Shrike, Archers Robin chat, Red collared Babbler etc. Dinner and overnight at one&only Nyungwe house.

oneonly Nyungwe house

After having your morning breakfast, you will go for a hike in Nyungwe Forest National Park. Nyungwe has about 15 hiking trails that give visitors a chance to experience the diversity of the forest. You will take on the Isumo trail (waterfall trail) for a 3 hour hike. Alternatively you can do the colobus monkey tracking at Gisakura. The colobus monkey tracking is a light and shorter tour as this group of the colobus monkeys lives near the forest edge. After the monkey track and hike, you will drive to Kamembe town for a boat ride on lake Kivu and after the boat ride, you will drive to your hotel for dinner and overnight at Viva hotel.

Viva hotel

After having your morning breakfast, you will ride-off along the Congo Nile trail to Mugonero heading towards children’s village where lunch will be served. After having lunch, you will have a guided tour teaching you about the life of Esperance. Your dinner will be prepared by fresh produced food by Esperance children’s village. Dinner and overnight at Esperance children’s village.

Esperance childrens village

After having your morning breakfast, you will pack your bags, put the bikes on the truck and start the journey back to Kigali. You will start your city tour by visiting the sobering Kigali Genocide Memorial. Kigali Genocide Memorial site in Gisozi, a place of remembrance and learning, and to honor victims of genocide against the Tutsi and ensure that it never happens again. The Kigali Genocide Memorial is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the genocide against the Tutsi. Visit Kimironko market to buy souvenirs and also interact with the locals and in the evening, we will have a farewell dinner together and transfer you will to your hotel for overnight at Century park hotel.

Century park hotel

After having your morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight back home to meet your family and that will mark the end of your 10 days safari in Rwanda.

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