8 Days Charming Safari to Discover Remarkable Rwanda

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1arrival at kigali international airport⌄

   you will visit one or two cultural or historical sites (e.g. Kigali Genocide Memorial, campaign against Genocide Museum or Nyamirambo Women’s Center), then visit a local market and head to the hotel for overnight

   Meals: Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: kigali serena hotel

2. 2kigali to akagera national park⌄

   pass by Rwamagana which is considered to be the welcoming place of Rwanda after being named by the Arabic traders and enjoy the breathtaking views of flat areas of the Country.

   Meals: Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: akagera game lodge

3. 3GAME DRIVE IN AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK⌄

   full game drive to spot wildlife such as Big 5, Elephant, Lions, Buffalo, leopard rhinos, giraffes, zebras, antelopes, hippos, birds and many more attractive nature in the park • You will have a stopover for lunch inside the park at one of the picnics, after you will continue the game drive.

   later in the evening after the game drive,you will enjoy the sunset boat trip at the biggest lake among 10 lakes found inside the park.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: akagera game lodge

4. 4TRAVEL TO MUSANZE⌄

   In Musanze you will visit the Gorilla Guardian Village (formerly known as Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village), an award-winning venture that was founded in 2004 and is owned entirely by local communities. Since its inception, the Gorilla Guardian Village has significantly helped in improving the livelihoods of communities living near the Volcanoes National Park, which houses the mountain gorillas. The venture offers employment to hundreds of former poachers and potential poachers, thereby curtailing human pressure on the Volcanoes National Park.

   In Musanze you will visit the Gorilla Guardian Village (formerly known as Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village), an award-winning venture that was founded in 2004 and is owned entirely by local communities

   Meals: Lunch · Dinner · Breakfast

   Overnight: five volcanoes hotel

5. 5MOUNTAIN GORILLA TREKKING AND LAKE KIVU⌄

   morning at 6:00 am as gorilla trekkers are required to be at the park headquarters by 7:00 am. the mountain gorillas can only be found in two places in the world: the Virunga Massif, a volcanic range that straddles Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. After equipping yourselves with the essential gorilla trekking gear (hiking boots, long trousers, gloves, etc.), the park’s head ranger will divide you and other trekkers into different groups basing on your fitness. The mountain gorillas you’ll be allowed to view are families that have been habituated. As the excursion progresses deeper into the forest, your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity dung, nests, chewed bamboo shoots, etc. Once you find them, you’ll be allowed to stay with them for one hour. And despite their intimidating, massive size, don’t fret!

   After gorilla trekking, you’ll head back to your hotel for lunch and later on embark on a one-hour journey to the scenic Lake Kivu in Kibuye, one of Africa’s Great Lakes that spans Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. You’ll spend the afternoon on the Rwandan shore of the lake. Enjoy a sunset cruise on the lake as the Singing Fishermen of Lake Kivu head out in their three-hulled fishing boats. With characteristic long poles attached to their bows and sterns, these fascinating boats become slowly silhouetted against the darkening sky. In small groups, they seek the deep water a few kilometers out into the lake from where they cast their nets and fish throughout the night.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: cormorant hotel

6. 6NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK CHIMPANZEE TRACKING & CANOPY WALK⌄

   After breakfast, a two-hour drive will lead you to the Nyungwe National Park. Today you will have an up-close encounter with Nyungwe National park’s most famous residents: chimpanzees! As you set off for the memorable trek, you’ll hear them before you see them, hooting somewhere deep in the forest. During trekking you might spot primates like the colobus monkeys plus viewing other inhabitants of the forest like birds.

   Later in the afternoon, you will drive to Uwinka visitor center for the canopy tour, the 2 hours walk on top of the forest offers you impressive view of Nyungwe forest and the wide variety of species that thrive there, including primates and birds After the memorable chimp trekking& canopy walk, you will check in to the hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: nyungwe top view hotel

7. 7VISIT KING’S PALACE MUSEUM (NYANZA)⌄

   Breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to newly built king’s palace at Nyanza, the journey to this historic museum takes 2 hours from Nyungwe National Park. The king’s palace museum is based in Nyanza district, Mutata III Rudahigwa’s palace offers detailed into Rwanda Monarchial system and its abolition in early 1960s due to colonialism. The palace was restored to its 19th century state as a replica and was made entirely with traditional materials. The visit will take 1 hour, and then after visiting king’s palace Museum at Nyanza, you will take you lunch in Huye city and proceed to Kigali city

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: kigali serena hotel

8. 8KIGALI-AIRPORT DROP OFF⌄

   Breakfast at the hotel, after the breakfast you will check out of the hotel and begin your journey back to the airport for flight back.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch