Experience the magic of Rwanda on this 9 Days Rwanda Safari, this tour takes you on a visit of all the 4 Rwanda Top Safari Destinations that is Kigali City, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park and Volcanoes National Park.
Highlights of 9 Days Rwanda Safari
- Day 1: Kigali city
- Day 2: Kigali – Akagera National Park
- Day 3: Akagera National Park
- Day 4: Akagera – Kigali
- Day 5: Kigali – Nyungwe Forest National Park
- Day 6: Nyungwe Forest National Park
- Day 7: Nyungwe – Volcanoes National Park
- Day 8: Gorilla Trekking
- Day 9: Golden Monkey Trekking – Kigali city
Detailed itinerary of 9 Days Rwanda Safari
Day 1: Kigali city
On your arrival at Kigali International Airport, Kigali City – Rwanda, you will be welcomed by our representative and be transferred to your hotel in Kigali City for overnight.
Depending on the time of arrival, you will have a short Kigali city tour visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, the Kigali Convention Centre, the Inema Arts Centre and Kimironko Market Center.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Four Points by Sheraton Kigali
Midrange: Onomo Hotel Kigali
Budget: Five to Five Hotel
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Kigali – Akagera National Park
Have breakfast, transfer to Akagera National Park – the only savannah park in Kigali City and home to the African Big Five and other wildlife species. When you arrive in the park, you will head to the lodge for lunch and short rest. In the afternoon you will go for a game drive exploring the park and spotting several animals such as lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, zebras, elands, warthogs, antelopes, giraffes among others. In the evening, you will have an evening boat ride on Lake Ihema enjoying the scenic sights of the lake and aquatic birds such as herons, jacana sandpipers, papyrus gonolek and animals like hippos and crocodiles. Return to the lodge for dinner and night stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Ruzizi Tented Lodge
Midrange: Akagera Game Lodge
Budget: Dereva Hotel
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: Akagera National Park
Have breakfast, then head to Akagera National Park for a full day game drive exploring the scenic landscape of the park dominated by savannah plains, acacia trees and swamps, Akagera National Park is the largest protected wetland in the Central Africa and the last remaining refugee for savannah adapted species.
During the game drives that is morning and afternoon game drives with a lunch break (either at your lodge or picnic site), you will see many animals such as hippos, lion, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, leopards, hyenas, zebras among others. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Ruzizi Tented Lodge
Midrange: Akagera Game Lodge
Budget: Dereva Hotel
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 4: Akagera – Kigali
Wake up for a cup of coffee and head to the park for an early morning game drive on which you will be able to spot predators like hyenas, lions, leopards and elusive bird species such as shoebill stork and the swamp – dwelling Sitatunga. After lunch, you will checkout of your lodge and transfer to Kigali City.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Four Points by Sheraton Kigali
Midrange: Onomo Hotel Kigali
Budget: Five to Five Hotel
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: Kigali – Nyungwe Forest National Park
Have breakfast, meet your guide and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park with a stopover in Butare,
Nyungwe Forest National Park is the most preserved forest in Africa and acclaimed as the most important site for biodiversity in Rwanda, the park is home to a huge population of chimpanzees and other 12 species of primates including black and white colobus monkeys and olives baboons among others.
Accommodation options
Luxury – Nyungwe Forest Lodge
Midrange: Nyungwe Top View Hotel
Budget: Nyungwe Eco Village
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6: Nyungwe Forest National Park
Have breakfast, head to the park for a morning chimpanzee trek. You will join other trekkers at the park’s headquarters for briefing, be assigned a chimpanzee sector to trek and then head into the forests looking for the chimpanzees. The trek takes approximately 2 to 4 hours or more depending on the movement of the chimpanzees and where they spent the previous night, along the way you will spot other primates such as olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys and many birds.
When you locate the chimpanzees, you will be allowed to spend one hour in their presence watching them play on tree branches, groom each other, play fight and take fascinating pictures and videos. Return to the park’s headquarters and head to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon, you will go an afternoon canopy walk on a high suspended metallic bridge above the Nyungwe Forest. During the walks, you will be treated to views of the Nyungwe Forest, birds and primates playing on tree branches.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options
Luxury: One & Only Nyungwe
Midrange: Nyungwe Top View Hotel
Budget: Nyungwe Eco Village
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 7: Nyungwe – Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, you will transfer to Volcanoes National Park – Home to The Gentle Giants. The vast forested park stretches along Five of the 8 Virunga Volcanoes.
Arrive in the park in the afternoon and spend the rest of the day at relaxation.
Have dinner and overnight stay
Accommodation options
Luxury: Five Volcanoes
Midrange: Lembaboo Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Hotel Muhabura
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 8: Gorilla Trekking
Have early breakfast and head to the park’s headquarters for briefing from the rangers, you will be grouped into 8 and be assigned of the 10 habituated gorilla families in the jungle of Volcanoes National Park. Head to the starting point and head into the jungle in search for mountain gorillas, the trek through the forest takes approximately 2 – 6 hours depending on the movement of mountain gorillas and their feeding range.
When locate the gorillas, you will spend one hour with the gorillas watching them go on with their daily life, feeding, playing, resting and take amazing pictures and videos.
After the trek, you will go for a visit to the Ib’iwacu Cultural Village for a cultural experience, you will be entertained by local dances and drama, take part in crowning of the King and visiting the local herbalist. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options
Luxury: Five Volcanoes
Midrange: Lembaboo Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Hotel Muhabura
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 9: Golden Monkey Trekking – Kigali city
Have early breakfast and head to the park’s headquarters for briefing about golden monkey trekking then head into the forests, the golden monkeys are known for their unique characters and are a rare species that are endangered. The golden monkeys are easily recognized due to the yellow patches that can be seen all over their bodies, you will see these beautiful creatures playing on tree branches of bamboo trees and take amazing pictures of them.
Return to the lodge for lunch and transfer back to Kigali for your return flight.
9 Days Rwanda Safari
Quotation Includes;
- Hotel Pickup and drop off in Kigali
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Golden Monkey permit
- Chimpanzee permit
- Canopy walks
- Game Drives
- All activities as per itinerary
- all accommodation as per itinerary
- 4X4 dust-proof safari vehicle (with popup roof) & Fuel
- Full-time English speaking driver/ guide
- Park entrance fees
- Vehicle entrance fees
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
- All activities as indicated
Excludes;
- All optional activities as indicated
- Tips
- Visa fees
- Air tickets
- PCR and Rapid Tests
- All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
- Anything else not included in the itinerary