14 DAYS ITINERARY
Day 1 - ARRIVAL
After arriving at Kigali internal airport, you will meet our driver guide and transfer to the hotel in KIGALI for rest waiting for an adventure on the following day.
Tourist hotel: Heaven Boutique and restaurant hotel
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Day 2 - KIGALI CITY TOUR
We will wake up in the morning and have breakfast. Afterward we will start Kigali city tour at 9 a.m.
Kigali city tour takes you through an amazing discovery of Rwanda capital. Kigali is the commercial center of Rwanda with most important political offices in the country. Kigali is also one of cleanest and safest cities in Africa. Walk through city center will lead you to impressive 5-star hotels and high-end restaurant, and bars. We will also visit kimironko market where the crafted items sold. Afterward we will drive to Kigali GENOCIDE memorial to witness dark history and tragedy Rwanda underwent and how the country renewed through reconciliation. After Kigali city tour, we will have our lunch at one of the best restaurants in Kigali and then afterward we will drive back to the hotel for rest.
Tourist hotel: Heaven Boutique and restaurant hotel
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Day 3 - TRANSFER TO NYUNGWE
We will wake up in the morning for breakfast, pack lunch and transfer to MANTIS Kivu Marina by hotel in RUSIZI. We will go with packed lunch as its long drive from KIGALI to RUSIZI, 5 Hours driving. Once we reach to the hotel, we will enjoy hotel facilities as swimming pool and other facilities as we will be waiting for chimps trekking on the following day.
Tourist hotel: Mantis kivu marina hotel
Day 4 - CHIMPANZEE TREKKING IN NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK
We will wake up very early in the morning at 4:00 a.m. with packed breakfast, water and lunch and the we drive to NYUNGWE national park to meet the guide for briefings. Chimpanzee trekking starts from 5 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. visitors get divided into the groups as one group is not more than 8 people. After briefings we begin chimps trekking through park vegetations. chimps trekking takes between 2 hours and 6 hours depends on where they are as they move from one place to another. Once you find them you spend one magical hour with them taking images as they are playing and having their morning breakfast, mothers nursing kids. Afterwords we come out from the park and driving back to the hotel for rest.
Tourist hotel: Mantis kivu marina hotel
Day 5 - CANOPY WALKYWAY AND TEA PLANTATION TOUR
We will wake up in the morning for breakfast as usual and packing lunch and water and then we drive to UWINKA visitors center to meet the guide for briefings, after briefing we start trekking to canopy, its about 2 hours from Uwinka visitors center and come back. Canopy walkway starts from 10 a.m. and it starts again during afternoon at 3 a.m. Conopy walkway measures is 160m in the length and 70m of height. After completion of tour, we will also execute tea plantation tour in the community, we will experience about tea harvesting together with locals. Afterward we drive back to the hotel for rest.
Tourist hotel: Mantis kivu marina hotel
Day 6 - TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
We will wake up in the morning as usual and have our breakfast and packing our lunch and water. Afterwards we will drive to MUSANZE in KINIGI. 7 hours driving from RUSIZI to MUSANZE.
Once we arrive at the lodge, we will have a rest waiting for another adventure on the following day.
Tourist lodge: AMAREMBO GORILLA LODGE
Day 7 - HIKING BISOKE MOUNTAIN IN VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
We will have our early morning breakfast and packing our lunch and water. Afterwards we will drive to volcanoes park reception at 7 a.m. for briefing from guide. After briefing we start hiking around 8:30 a.m. BISOKE mountain is a home to mount gorillas with 3,711 m of elevation. Round trip takes about 6 hours. We will spend 6 hours experiencing biodiversity as we will be executing hiking. After completion of hiking, we will drive back to lodge for rest.
Tourist lodge: AMAREMBO GORILLA LODGE
Day 8 - GOLDEN MONKEY TRACKING IN VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
We will again wake up in the morning for breakfast and then we drive back to volcanoes park reception at 7 a.m. for briefings from guide. Golden monkey tacking takes between 2 hours and 4 hours including one hour you spend with monkeys taking images, enjoying their play and movement as they run often on the top of the trees. Afterward we drive back to the lodge for lunch.
During afternoon around at 4 p.m. we will drive to twins’ lakes BURERA and RUHONDO for boat ride, as we will be executing boat ride, we will be also experiencing bird species found on the shores and beautiful islands. Afterward we will drive back to the lodge for rest waiting for another adventure on the following day.
Tourist lodge: AMAREMBO GORILLA LODGE
Day 9 - DIAN FOSSEY TOMB IN VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Again, we will have our morning breakfast and packing our lunch ad water and then we drive back to volcanoes park reception for briefings from guide. We will start trekking to Dian Fossey around 8:30 a.m. and entire round trip takes about 4 hours learning the journey and history of Dian Fossey and her commitment to the mountain gorillas. After completion of Dian Fossey tomb trekking, we will drive back to the lodge for rest waiting for magical adventure on the following day
Tourist lodge: AMAREMBO GORILLA LODGE
Day 10 - GORILLA TRACKING IN VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
We will wake up in the morning as usual for breakfast at 6 a.m. after completion of breakfast we will drive back to volcanoes park reception for briefings. Visitors get divided into the groups as one group is not more than 8 people. After briefing we start gorilla tracking at 8:30 a.m. through park dense vegetations in search of gorillas. We will meet also a group of experienced trackers to locate their whereabout. Gorilla trekking takes between 2 hours and 7 hours including one magical hour you spend with gorillas taking images of them as they are playing, mothers nursing their kids. Juveniles and silverbacks playing together. After spending this one magical hour we will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
During afternoon at 3:30 p.m. we will drive to DIAN Fossey Gorilla Fund to meet the scientists. These gorilla scientists will share with us about gorilla lives deeply and their significance role for protecting mountain gorillas. Afterward we will drive back to the lodge for rest.
Tourist lodge: AMAREMBO GORILLA LODGE
Day 11 - TRANSFER TO AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK
We will wake up in the morning for breakfast and packing lunch and water. Afterward we will drive to AKAGERA National Park. 6 hours driving from MUSANZE to KAYONZA. After arriving at the lodge, we will have rest waiting for game safari on the following day.
Tourist lodge: AKAGERA TRANSIT LODGE
Day 12 - GAME SAFARI IN AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK
We will wake up very early in the morning at 5 a.m. for breakfast and driving to AKAGERA park reception for briefings from Akagera guide. Park opens from 6 a.m. and closes 6 p.m. we will experience wildlife profoundly. In particular we will experience BIG FIVE like lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo and rhinos. A part from big five we will also experience other wildlife like giraffes, zebras, hippos and many more. We will enjoy the beauty of the lakes found in Akagera like lake IHEMA and RWANYAKIZINGA. Around noon we will drive to the Picnic area for lunch and drinks. After completion of lunch, we will keep on our safari until sunset. After taking the images of sunset we will drive back to the lodge for rest.
Tourist lodge: AKAGERA TRANSIT LODGE
Day 13 - GAME SAFARI IN AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK
Again, we will wake up very early in the morning for breakfast and driving back to akagera national park for game safari. Executing one more day in Akagera national park is really important to the visitors in order to be able to meet all wildlife and feeling connections about wildlife as they meet them frequently. Around noon we drive back to MIHINDI which is picnic area in AKAGERA national park. After completion of our lunch, we will curry on our safari until unset again. Afterward we will drive back to the lodge for rest waiting for departure on the following day.
Tourist lodge: AKAGERA TRANSIT LODGE
Day 14 - DEPARTURE
We will wake up in the morning for breakfast as usual after breakfast we will get enough moment of preparing our stuffs and relax as we will be waiting for the flight at night. In the evening, we will dive to Kigali at international airport for flight.