7 day rwanda safari

Rwanda Safaris

07 day Rwanda Gorilla safari will provide you with opportunity of a visit to the National Museum at Butare and the ancient King´s Palace at Nyanza, chimpanzee trekking and canopies walks in the Nyungwe Forest, boat ride in the Kibuye, mountain Gorillas tracking, and other primates in the Rwanda

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival Kigali International Airport

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by our representative and transferred to Hotel in Kigali for overnight.

Distance: 15km (10 min drive)
Medium accommodation: Mille collines Hotel (BB)
High accommodation: Serena Kigali (BB)

Day 2: Kigali - Nyungwe Forest National Park

Depart for Nyungwe National park via Butare visiting enroute, the famous National Museum at Butare and the ancient King´s Palace at Nyanza. Afterward continue to Nyungwe national park arriving for dinner and overnight at your lodge or hotel

Distance: 255km (5hours drive)
Medium accommodation: Nyungwe Top View Hotel (FB)
High accommodation: Nyungwe Forest house (FB)

Day 3: Nyungwe Forest National Park

After your breakfast, go for Chimpanzee Trekking and other monkeys in the tropical rain forest. After lunch, go for the canopy walk which sets 50 meters above the ground with a 150-meter walkway and known as the first of its kind in East Africa and third on the continent after South Africa and Ghana. These canopies walks allows visitors to see the forest from above the trees and be at eye level with birds and monkeys that inhabit the upper storeys of the forest. Later return to your hotel/lodge for dinner and overnight.

Medium accommodation: Nyungwe Top View Hotel (FB)
High accommodation: Nyungwe Forest Lodge (FB)

Day 4: Nyungwe Forest National Park- Lake Kivu (Kibuye)

After breakfast you will depart for Kibuye which lies at the eastern tip of Lake Kivu. Kibuye is often hailed as the most impressive scenic spot of the lake. Lunch at the shore of the Lake Kivu and afterward take a boat trip to the island of Amahoro Napoleon’s island. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel/ lodge

Distance: 175km (3hours drive)
Medium accommodation: Moriah Hills Resort / Bethanie Centre (FB)
High accommodation: Cormoran (FB)

Day 5: Kibuye – Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast you will depart for Volcanoes National Park. After lunch, visit the twin lakes of Bulera & Ruhondo- These are beautiful lakes located at the base of volcano Muhabura and close to the border with Uganda. They are surrounded by steep hills with a backdrop of the Virunga volcanic mountains. Dinner and overnight at your hotel

Distance: 195km (4 hours’ drive)
Low accommodation: La Palme hotel / Virunga hotel (FB)
Medium accommodation: Mountain Gorilla view lodge (FB)

Day 6: Volcanoes National park

After your breakfast, you will proceed to the National Park headquarters. Meeting with the park ranger and followed by park formalities, we are embark on a once in a life time experience of tracking mountain gorillas. The trekking may be fairly strenuous; up to six hours or longer at a relatively high altitude. For your own enjoyment, physical fitness with no health complication is required.

Low accommodation: La Palme hotel / Virunga hotel (FB)
Medium accommodation: Mountain Gorilla view lodge (FB)