Itinerary Rwanda “Gorilla Hello” 10 days

Arrival and welcome by or local team, after presentation a short Kigali city tour and lunch, then transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel chez Lando or similar

After breakfast in Kigali, we drive for about 2 h 30 min to Akagera National Park. Arriving in time for lunch, you have a meal and then relax as we wait for an evening game drive. In the Afternoon, we have a game drive in the savannah plains of Akagera. Some of the animals that can be seen include the big five game which is Buffaloes, Rhinos, Elephants, Lions, and Leopards. Other wildlife species include Giraffes, Zebras, hyenas, cape bushbuck, Topis, Oribis, roan antelopes, duikers, impala, cape eland, and many more. In the evening, return to our lodge for relaxation, dinner, and spend the night. Overnight at Akagera Game Safari Lodge or similar

After breakfast, early morning, we undertake a game drive in the scenic savannah plains for about 4 hours depending on the animal sightings and interests. After the game drive, we return to our lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, we‘ll go for a boat ride on Lake Ihema. The boat ride on Lake Ihema offers great sightings of hippos and crocodiles in the water. Wildlife like Elephants and buffaloes can be seen on the shores of the lake. After the boat trip, we’ll return back to our lodge.
Overnight at Akagera Game Safari Lodge or similar

After breakfast departure to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The drive lasts about 4-5 hours from Kigali city to Nyungwe Forest. On arrival, installation, and lunch at hotel then relax in the evening.
Overnight at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel or similar

After breakfast, early morning we’ll drive to the park headquarters for the start of a chimpanzee trekking experience. We’ll walk for some time till we find where the chimps spent their previous night. Chimpanzees can be seen jumping from tree to tree at high speeds while making noise, the speed at which they jump and play around determines how many photos you take and how much time you spend viewing them. After the trek, we’ll return back to our trek start point where we’ll meet the driver guide for a transfer to the hotel for lunch and relaxation.
Overnight at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel or similar

After breakfast, we ‘ll start our activities, the Nyungwe forest has the best canopy walkway in East Africa and you will have that experience this morning. You are driven to the park headquarters where we’ll walk to the canopy walk. The walk on the suspension about 70 m high from the forest floor lasts about 2 hours. Later on, you return to the hotel for relaxation and Lunch. You spend your evening at relaxation.
Overnight at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel or similar

After breakfast departure to Volcanoes National Park. We’ll drive lasts about 5-6 hours arriving in the afternoon and installation. Overnight at Gorilla Solution Lodge or similar

After breakfast, the driver-guide picks us up from the lodge for a drive to the park headquarters. Arriving at the park headquarters in Kinigi we first have a briefing on the dos and don’ts of Gorilla trekking in Rwanda by the park warden. By 8:30 am, the park ranger guide will transfer us to the trekking starting point for a gorilla trek. A total of 8 tourists with a trekking permit of Rwanda which costs USD 1500 per permit are allocated one gorilla family. Every 8 individuals take about 2-6 hours in the jungle trekking through the bamboo forest along with armed ranger guides. However, only 1 hour (60 minutes) is spent in the presence of the mountain gorillas. The trek lasts an unpredictable time depending on the Gorilla group movements but the population in Rwanda is known to move for shorter distances and therefore make it easy to trek. After 1 hour in the presence of a gorilla family, we return back to the park headquarters where we‘ll meet the tour guide for a transfer back to hotel. Overnight at Gorilla Solution Lodge or similar

After breakfast, early morning we will go for Golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park where they co-exist with the mountain gorillas. Golden monkeys have unique characters and can easily be identified by their color. We must be at the park headquarters as early as 7:00 am for briefing before the trek. There are two troops of golden monkeys in Rwanda with the largest found in mount Sabinyo it has about 80-100 monkeys and is the most visited in the park. After trekking, we are driven back to your hotel for lunch. In the evening we’ll drive to Lake Kivu where we will spend the night at the shores of the Lake. Overnight at hotel Paradise Malahide or similar

Early morning boat cruise up to the coffee island. We‘ll have breakfast and sightseeing in the beautiful surrounding and return from the island and set off to Kigali arrival and transfer to airport for a departure flight.