9 DAYS IN RWANDA AND UGANDA

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

Day 2 - KIGALI CITY TOUR AND TRANSFER TO AKAGERA

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.

During in the evening around 3 p.m. we will transfer to AKAGERA transit lodge which is near by the entrance of AKAGERA national park. Once we arrive at lodge, we will have a rest waiting for game safari on the following day.

Tourist lodge: AKAGERA TRANSIT LODGE

Day 3 - GAME SAFARI IN AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK

We will wake up very early in the morning at 5 a.m. for breakfast and drive to AKAGERA park reception for briefings from AKAGERA guide. Park opens from 6 a.m. and closes at 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 4 - 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 transfer on following day.

Tourist lodge: AKAGERA TRANSIT LODGE

Day 5 - TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK

We will wake up in the morning for breakfast and packing lunch and water. After completion of breakfast, we will drive to Musanze through Kigali. 6 hours driving from AKAGERA to MUSANZE. Upon arrival we will have a rest waiting for another adventure on the following day.

Tourist lodge: AMAREMBO GORILLA LODGE

Day 6 - HIKING BISOKE VOLCANO

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 will 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 7 - GOLDEN MONEY TRACKING AND TRANSFER TO UGANDA

We will wake up in the morning for breakfast and then after we will drive back to volcanoes park reception for briefings from guide. After briefings we drive to the national park at the starting point. We will go through park vegetations in search of monkeys as they move always on the top of the trees. we will meet the group of trackers to show us their whereabout. Golden monkeys tracking takes between 2 hours and 4 hours including one hour you spend with them taking images. By 12 p.m. we will leave the national park going back to the lodge for lunch.

After completion of lunch, we will transfer to UGANDA IN BWINDI forest. Once we arrive at the lodge, we will have a rest waiting for gorilla tracking on the following day.

Tourist lodge: RUSHAGA GORILLA LODGE

Day 8 - GORILLA TRACKING IN BWINDI FOREST

We will wake up in the morning as usual for breakfast at 6 a.m. after completion of breakfast we will drive to BWINDI 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 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.

Tourist lodge: RUSHAGA GORILLA LODGE

Day 9 - DEPARTURE

We will wake up in the morning for breakfast and packing lunch and water as usual and then after that we will drive back to RWANDA in KIGALI at international airport, 5 hours driving from RUSHAGA to KIGALI.