5 Days Volcanoes and Nyungwe Primates Safari : Explore the best on Rwanda’s primates in Volcanoes National Park a d Nyungwe forest National Park for un matched Rwanda Safari Experiences.
Day 1: Pickup from Kigali and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park.
Your driver guide will pick you up from Kigali International Airport upon your arrival. After a brief meet and greet session, you will be briefed on your safari, have lunch in Kigali and then proceed with your 3 hours’ drive to Volcanoes National Park. Upon your arrival at the park, you will visit Ibyi’wacu village for a cultural tour.
Later you will check-in at your lodge and refreshen up. Dinner and overnight stay at Tiloreza Volcanoes Eco Lodge (Midrange)/ Mountain View Gorilla Lodge (Luxury)
Meal Plan: en-route Lunch & Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla Trek
Breakfast will be served early. The briefing is at 7 am. Your guide will give you highlights of specific details about the way of life of the gorillas you will be tracking. The hike can take anything from one to seven hours.
Trekking through the steep, bamboo slopes and then finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation is an inspiring and privileged moment. Once you reach the gorillas, you are allowed to spend one hour with them as you stand 6 meters away. Upon completion of this magical encounter, you will connect again with your driver / guide and drive to your lodge for lunch and refresh yourself. After lunch you will transfer back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay same as above. Tiloreza Volcanoes Eco Lodge (Midrange)/ Mountain View Gorilla Lodge (Luxury)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park (About 7 hours drive)
Wake up to a tasty breakfast, check out of your hotel and embark on your transfer to Nyungwe forest national park with a stopover for lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight stay at Gisakura Visitor Centre (Budget)/Nyungwe Top hill view hotel (Midrange).
Meal Plan: Breakfast, en-route Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Chimpanzee Trek and Canopy Walk
Enjoy breakfast and go for briefing before entering the forest, searching for the active and playful fellows in Nyungwe forest. Chimpanzee treks in Nyungwe park start at 5am so you will need to be at the park’s briefing point early and ensure to carry packed lunch from the lodge. The Chimpanzees are the easy to spot, as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. Chimp tracking usually takes about 4 hours or more depending on the location of the chimps. Once you have located the chimps, you will be given an hour to spend with the chimps.
After lunch, you will go on a walking trail that will take you to the Canopy Walk, a swing bridge 50 meters in length that is suspended from large trees. You will be able to see the amazing rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you.
Later drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay same as above. Gisakura Visitor Centre (Budget)/Nyungwe Top hill view hotel (Midrange).
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer Back to Kigali
Wake up at leisure and have a relaxed breakfast meal at the lodge. Later check out in time and meet up with your driver guide and embark on your return journey to Kigali with a stopover visit to the former King’s palace in Nyanza and national museum in Butare, with lunch en route. Upon your arrival in Kigali, your driver guide will drop you off at your hotel or Kigali international airport for your flight.
End of Tour!
Includes;
- Pickup and Drop off in Kigali
- Gorilla Permit
- Canopy walk
- Chimpanzee Permit
- Park entrance fees
- Vehicle entrance fees
- All accommodation as per itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
- Full time English/ French speaking driver/ guide
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Excludes;
- Tips
- Rwanda Visa fees
- PCR Test
- Air tickets
- All items of personal nature like laundry, porterage, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
- Optional/ any activity not included in the itinerary
