Rwanda special Expedition Highlight tour
This 10 days of Rwanda special expedition will take you to 3 national parks of Rwanda, Lake Kivu and Karongi tour,
- Game drive
- Gorilla trekking
- Golden monkey trekking
- Chimpanzee trekking
- Culture experience
- Canopy walk
- City tour
Safari Highlights
- Park fees & A professional driver/guide
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (unless listed as upgrade)
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VT & Round trip airport transfer
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Bottled water throughout the trip
- Gorilla trekking permit
Includes
- International flights (from/to home)
- Tips to porters, site guides and driver/ guide
- Insurance
- Optional activities
- Personal expenses
- Visa
Excludes
Detailed Itinerary
Transfer to Akagera national park
In the morning, you will transfer to Akagera national park right after your breakfast, our driver guide will pick you up from your hotel where he will drop you at the end of the trip or to the airport depending on where you prefer after a short brief about the two days in the park.
The journey to Akagera national park takes about 2.5 hours depending on the stopovers along the way. With the beautiful landscaper end route to the park, feel free to ask the guide for stopovers to capture some photos.
On arrival at the park, you shall proceed to your accommodation after a short game drive and check in.
After lunch and refreshment and later take a boat trip on Lake Ihema watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores.
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Game drive in Akagera national park and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Wake up early and leave right after breakfast for a game drive in Akagera national park. You will be searching for the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species, and recently the re-introduced Lions and Rhinos. The park is a varied habitat for wildlife and a birders haven with over 500 bird species.
You will leave the lodge with packed lunch for the game drive which will last about 6 hours depending on your interests before starting the journey back to Kigali.
You will take the route along the lake which more often has a variety of animals.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Gorillas Tracking in Volcanoes National Park
In the early morning we will head to volcanoes national park to start our track one of the habituated Gorilla groups. You will begin with a briefing on the rules of Gorilla trekking before setting out with the guides to search for the Mountain Gorillas in the forest.
The time taken to track the Gorillas can take as little as half an hour to as much as 5 hours! Your track will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo before you eventually reach the Gorillas.
Once you encounter the gorillas you will be allowed one full hour with the gorillas, take photos, videos and record voices. before heading back to the briefing point and heading back to your hotel for evening relaxation and overnight stay.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Golden monkey tracking
Golden monkeys are known to have unique characters and are a rare species that are endangered at the moment and they are currently found in the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda.
They are easily recognized due to the yellow patches that can be seen all over their bodies. The Golden monkeys are also known as 'the Old world monkey' and the only way to separate these primates from others is by their noses.
Rise up not so early in the morning and have breakfast. Then drive to the volcanoes for golden monkey tracking and in the course also spot some other primates in the forest.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Cultural expedition and drive to Lake Kivu
After breakfast, you will transfer to the Ibyiwacu cultural village where you will be introduced to the traditional Rwanda culture through traditional dances, poems, and dressing codes among others.
Then after the tour you will have lunch, drive to Gisenyi city for Lake Kivu kayaking and dinner and overnight at the hotel.
- Lunch and Dinner
- Lunch and Dinner
- Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water
Meal Plan
Kayaking on Lake Kivu
After breakfast at your hotel, you will head for a kayaking in Lake Kivu that will give you a beautiful sea feel as you watch over to see local fishermen and a number of bird species at different corners of the lake and later head for lunch.
After lunch, spend the rest of the evening refreshing and enjoy the sand on the beach.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Gisenyi city tour and drive to Karongi
In the morning, meet your driver and do a city tour in Gisenyi city.
Before noon, you'll visit the coffee farmers of Kivumu who will take you through the traditional process of making coffee, from the preparation of seeds, nursery, planting to getting a cup of home-produced coffee and tea plantation.
Afterward, drive to your lodge for checkout and lunch.
Afternoon drive to Karongi.
Dinner and Overnight at your Lodge.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Karongi tour and transfer to Nyungwe national park
In the morning wake up and take breakfast, after that you will take boat rides visiting Amahoro (peace in English). Amahoro Island has a small restaurant, campsite and you can swim or play volleyball.
The next ride will take you to Napoleon Islands. The island features a brigade of fruit bats.
Then after lunch you will drive to Nyungwe national park for dinner and overnight.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Trekking chimpanzee and canopy walk
Have an early breakfast, pick your drinking water and transfer to the park headquarters. You are allocated a ranger to brief you about the chimpanzee trekking expedition transfer to the start of the trek and move into the jungles to find the Chimpanzees.
When you find the Chimpanzees, you are allowed not more than an hour to view and photograph them.
Return at the start point, drive to your hotel for lunch.
Afternoon go for canopy walk, this is the hanging platform which allows safari enthusiasts a chance to view all flora and fauna from a different angle and elevation.
Drive back to your hotel for dinner and rest.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Visit to Gisakura/Kitabi tea factory and drive back to Kigali
After your breakfast, you will have a deep understanding of how tea is produced. Have a 2 hours tours at the factory.
Afterwards you will head to Huye to visit the national ethnographic museum of Rwanda.
Have lunch in the afternoon and drive to Kigali to depart back home.
Get a Free Quote- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Day ten accommodation
No accommodation
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