6 DAYS RWANDA PRIMATES SAFARIĀ
Safari overview.
Date | Location | Budget Lodge | Midrange Lodge | Upmarket | Luxury | Meal Plan |
Day 1 | Arrival Kigali | Haven Boutique | Mille Collines Hotel | Kigali Serena | The Retreat | BB |
Day 2 | Kigali to Volcanoes | Davinci Lodge | Tiloreza Eco Lodge | Five Volcanoes | Virunga Lodge | FB |
Day 3 | Volcanoes National Park | Davinci Lodge | Tiloreza Eco Lodge | Five Volcanoes | Virunga Lodge | FB |
Day 4 | Volcanoes – Nyungwe | Chimpanzee Lodge | Top View Hotel | Top View Hotel | Nyungwe House | FB |
Day 5 | Nyungwe National Park | Chimpanzee Lodge | Top View Hotel | Top View Hotel | Nyungwe House | FB |
Day 6 | Nyungwe ā Kigali | Departure | Departure | Departure |
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Safari Highlights
Detailed Itinerary:
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Day 1: Arrive at Kigali International Airport
Welcome to the Land of A thousand Hills. Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by one of our experienced safari guides who will transfer you to your Hotel for the rest of the day and overnight. At check in, you will be briefed about your safari and what to expect, the safari doās and donāts. Overnight at your Hotel. Bed and Breakfast
Day 2: Kigali City tour and transfer to Volcanoes National Park.
After breakfast, pick up from your hotel for a half day Kigali city tour. The tour is inclusive of a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Site and Museum to learn more about the 1994 genocide era, local markets and so on. Later have Lunch and then depart for Volcanoes National Park. the journey will offer you with beautiful mountainous and green countryside from which the name of āThe Land of a thousand hillsā was depicted. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge.
Day 3: Gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Community Walk
Today morning after breakfast, you will be transferred from your lodge to the park headquarters for the daysā briefing about Gorilla trekking activity. Itās advisable to park your lunch, drinking water and hire porters as the time taken in the jungle is unpredictable. After the briefing from the Park rangers, you will be allocated your Gorilla family and then head into the forest to search for the gentle jungle giants. Tracking the Gorillas may take a few hrs. to a full day to hike up and down the mountain as this always depend on where they were last seen the previous night. Physical Fitness is highly recommended but also those who are not fit enough, they have the chance to hire Human helicopters (Sedan chair). Upon seeing the gorillas, you will be allowed to stay with them for one hour maximum (Take videos and Photographs). Then later return back to your Lodge for lunch.
Afternoon a enjoy a community walk to red rock a local initiative that improves community livelihood through Environmental Conservation, Arts & Culture, Education, and Community Health & Security.Ā Overnight at your Lodge.
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park!
After morning breakfast emback on your 6-7 hoursā drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park, one of the oldest and largest rain forest in East Africa, the forest is popular for this rich biodiversity including a small population of chimpanzees as well as 12 other species of primate, including the LāHoestās monkey endemic to the Albertine Rift. Overnight at your lodge on full board.
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk.
Early morning set out for the famous Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest National Park. The activity will take you deep into this jungle forest to search for the Manās closest friend in the world of primates the chimpanzees. Normally you are advised to park your breakfast from the Lodge as the briefing starts as early as 5:30am and then start on your experience by 6:00am. You will be briefed about how to behave as well as the Parkās doās and donāts. Your ranger guide will lead you to either the Uwinka trail head or The Cyamudongo sector for the start of the chimp trekking experience. The park is well endowed with rich biodiversity and is a home to more than 13 species of Primates including the Chimpanzees, LHoestās monkeys, Rwenzori Colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys and so on. Lunch at the Lodge and afternoon set out for the famous Canopy walk experience where you will be exploring Nyungwe National Park at 40 meters high above the ground level. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge. Full Board..
Day 6: Nyungwe to Kigali ā Departure
Enjoy your breakfast at leisure before embarking on your 4 to 5 hours journey back to Kigali. On the way you will have a stopover at Huye which was formerly known as Butare. This is the city which hosts the ethnographic museum of Rwanda which was formerly known as the National Museum of Rwanda. You will learn more about the countryās culture and their history plus the normal day to day lives of the Rwandan people. Proceed with your journey to Kigali and arrive in the afternoon connect to your international flight.
Cost of the package
Number of Pax | 1 Pax | 2 Pax | 3 Pax | 4 Pax | 5 Pax | 6 Pax | 7 Pax | SRS |
Budget Accommodation | 4630 | 3525 | 3250 | 3110 | 3025 | 2970 | 2930 | 266 |
Midrange Accommodation | 5190 | 3900 | 3610 | 3470 | 3385 | 3330 | 3290 | 455 |
Upmarket Accommodation | 5965 | 4290 | 4010 | 3870 | 3785 | 3730 | 3690 | 843 |
Luxury Accommodation | 13410 | 10015 | 9740 | 9595 | 9515 | 9460 | 9420 | 2559 |
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