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| Safari Name | 7Days Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest National Park and Parc National de Volcans |
| Tour Code | TATS-RW-105 |
| Destination | Rwanda |
Full Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Pick up at the airport by our company driver, transfer to Nyungwe forest national park arriving late in the afternoon. Accommodation at Nyungwe Forest Lodge or Nyungwe Top Hill View Hotel or Ibis Hotel or Gisakura Guest House. Meal Plan: Full Board-Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast.
Day 2: Full Day Primates Trekking–Nyungwe
Have breakfast then report to the park head quarters for briefing. This trek can take anything from a few hours to a full day depending on where the chimpanzees are. Equip yourself with packed lunch and plenty of water. However, you are not guaranteed that you will see the chimps as they are unpredictable and can move long distances in one day. This primates walk may grant you opportunities to sight other primates like the Rwenzori colobus, L’hoests monkey, the Silver monkey, Owl faced monkey and the Grey cheeked Mangabey to menti
Day 3: Nature Walk in Nyungwe
After breakfast spend another day in Nyungwe forest with a 4-5 hour trek in the rainforest on one of the many trails maintained by the park authorities. Chances are high for one to view what was missed previous day.Accommodation at Nyungwe Forest Lodge or Nyungwe Top Hill View Hotel or Ibis Hotel or Gisakura Guest House Meal Plan: Full Board-Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast
Day 4: Transfer to Parc National de Volcans
Have breakfast then leave Nyungwe. Have a long drive to northern Rwanda to the foothills of the Virungas – Parc Nationale des Volcans. The drive from Nyungwe will take around four and half hours.
Accommodation at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge or Kinigi Guest House Meal Plan: Full Board-Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast.
Day 5: Full Day Gorilla Trekking
Breakfast early then report to the park head quarters for briefing on gorilla trackers’ code of conduct. Meet your guide here and proceed to the starting point of the trek to your allocated group of habituated mountain gorillas. The length of the trek varies depending on the location of the gorillas are as well as the weather conditions. It may take around 1-6 hours tracking. Spend one hour with the gorillas- ‘a fascinating experience’ before trekking back to the base.
Accommodation at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge or Kinigi Guest House Meal Plan: Full Board-Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast.
Day 6: Golden Monkey Tracking
After an early breakfast, you go either on a second gorilla track or track the rare golden monkey. Alternatively visit Dian Fossey’s grave. All these optional activities require booking in advance. Return to Kigali in the afternoon.
Accommodation: Hotel des Mille Collines or Kigali Serena Hotel or Urban Boutique Hotel or Chez Lando Hotel. Meal Plan: Full Board-Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast
Day 7: City Tour and Departure
Have breakfast if time allows have a short city tour of Kigali then transfer to Kigali international airport for your flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast only.
Activities/services included in the cost:
• Game drives as per the itinerary
• Arrival and Departure airport transfers
• Accommodation and Meals as per the itinerary
• All park entrance fees to include government taxes
• Full time English speaking professional driver/guide
• 1 Gorilla tracking permit per person where applicable in the tour
• 1 Chimpanzee tracking permit per person where applicable in the tour
• Ground transport in a comfortable 4×4 Safari Vehicle equipped for game viewing, photography and touring
• Our 24hours support throughout the safari
Activities/services excluded in the cost:
• All International / domestic flights and any related taxes
• Personal expenses e.g. laundry, telephone calls, Beverages/Drinks, Tips and
• Travel and personal accident Insurance for any Passenger
• Visas which can be applied online or at the Embassy in your country
• Travel & Personal accident insurance
• Optional activities as indicated above and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary
• Excursions, services and activities not mentioned in this program
To get costs for this tour, contact our Sales Office Team on sales@trailsofafrica.co.ke stating the Safari Tour Code and name of the safari you want to book and we shall revert back with safari costs and availability status.
ommonly known as a land of a thousand hills, Rwanda has reinvented itself in recent years as an ecotourism destination. The undulating hills and mountains ever covered by mist every morning form a good scenery – hence the movie “gorillas in the mist”. Mountain gorilla trekking in Volcano National Park is by far Rwanda’s major international attraction. After the release of the feature film, Gorillas in the Mist, about the late Dian Fossey’s pioneering work habituating the gorillas (in order to study their behavior), trekking increased tremendously.
Rwanda has five volcanoes, 23 lakes and numerous rivers. Her mountainous topography is a product of her position on the eastern rim of the Albertine Rift Valley, part of the Great Rift Valley which cuts through Africa from the Red Sea to Mozambique. Rwanda has three main conservation areas: the Volcanoes Park, Akagera Park and Nyungwe Forest.
Rwanda has three main conservation areas: the Volcanoes Park, Akagera Park and Nyungwe Forest. Each of these protects a very unique ecosystem and combination of large mammals. Akagera supports a typical savannah fauna dominated by a variety of antelopes, zebra, buffalo and giraffe, the aquatic hippopotamus, and plains predators such as lion, leopard and spotted hyena. The Volcanoes Park is the best place in the world to track mountain gorillas while Nyungwe offers visitors a good chance of viewing chimpanzees and 400-strong troops of colobus monkeys – the largest arboreal primate troops in Africa today.
Destination Rwanda: Land of gorillas and Chimpanzees….quintessentially exclusive….
Rwanda, the land of rolling hills and mountains ever covered by mist every morning and home of “the gorillas in the mist” movie has the best Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes Park and chimpanzees in Nyungwe. With 5 volcanoes, 23lakes and numerous rivers Rwanda is truly your undiscovered safari treasure.
Akagera National Park
Nyungwe Forest National Park
Volcanoes National Park
