6 Days Rwanda Gorilla And Wildlife Safari
Explore Rwanda with thrilling game drives, gorilla trekking, Lake Ihema cruises, and immersive cultural experiences.
Overview
Things to Do on This Tour: Experience the best of Rwanda with a guided Kigali City Tour, exploring the country’s vibrant capital, historical landmarks, cultural sites, and bustling local markets. Continue to Akagera National Park for an exciting game drive, where you can spot the Big Five and a wide variety of wildlife in their natural habitat, followed by a relaxing boat trip on Lake Ihema to see hippos, crocodiles, and abundant birdlife.
The highlight of the tour is the unforgettable gorilla trekking experience in Volcanoes National Park, where you’ll encounter endangered mountain gorillas in the wild. Complete your journey with a visit to the Gorilla Guardians Village, where you’ll immerse yourself in authentic Rwandan culture through traditional dances, music, storytelling, local crafts, and interactive cultural experiences that showcase the country’s rich heritage.
Full Itinerary
Arrival and Introduction to Kigali city
Arrival at Kigali International Airport and get introduced to the Kigali city with visits to Kigali Genocide Memorial, Camp Kigali Memorial, Richard Kandt House and Nyamirambo quarter. Meals and overnigt in Kigali.
Transfer to Akagera National Park
Wake up early and leave right after breakfast to explore Akagera national park in search of the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species and recently the re-introduced Lions. Most of the game drives happen in the northern part of the park where we will spend the better part of the day and return to the lodge later that afternoon. Akagera national park is is the biggest in Rwanda with beautiful scenery and landscape.
It has varied habitats for wildlife and a birders haven with over 500 species in the park. There are also opportunities to explore the park on foot together with a ranger by taking a nature walk, this can be incorporated on request especially in the afternoon. You have opportunities of a boat safari on Lake Ihema to watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores.
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Transfer to Volcanoes national park
After breakfast, we relieve the great wildlife safari experience in Akagera national park before transferring to the volcanoes national park where the massive gentles giants inhabit. It is a natural habitat for the mountain gorillas providing the perfect environment and food for the gorillas. Volcanoes national park is located in northern Rwanda about 2 hours from Kigali in Kinigi, Musanze.
The drive from Akagera national park to Musanze will be through Kigali city, enjoy several villages with great landscape views. You can ask the driver to stop for picture moments at different view points as you see the endless hills and understand why indeed Rwanda is referred to as ‘the land of a thousand hills’. We will arrive to the lodge later that evening ready for the gorilla hike the next day.
Rwanda Gorilla trekking safari
After a good restful night, your whole agenda today is tied to meeting the mountain gorillas in the lush and dense jungles of the Virunga ranges – precisely the volcanoes national park. Your driver guide will transfer you to the briefing place right after your early breakfast to listen from the ranger guide on how to behave while in the park and divide you into the different gorilla groups.
In the meantime as you wait for the briefing enjoy the Rwandan cultural dances and the freshly brewed Rwandan coffee. After a briefing from at the visitors Center – you embark on the trek that will eventually bring you to the gorillas in their natural habitat. The trek can last from an hour to several hours depending on where the gorillas nested the previous night – you need to be relatively fit to enjoy this experience.
Depending on the time the gorilla tracking lasts, you have an opportunity to visit the Gorilla Guardians village for a taste of the Rwandan culture.
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Rubavu city experience and Transfer to Kigali
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What's Included
Included
- Transport in a Private Vehicle
- Full board accommodation
- All park entrance and permits fees
- Service of an English-speaking professional driver/guide
- Game drives
- Airport transfers
- Bottled water whilst on safari
Not Included
- International flights and visas
- Items of a personal nature
- Laundry services
- Insurance
