8 Days Luxury Rwanda Safari

The 8 Days Luxury Rwanda Safari takes you to Nyungwe Forest National Park and Volcanoes Gorilla Park, and both parks are suitable for primate safaris Rwanda, Nyungwe forest offers 13 primates and bird life species and here you can experience the Rwanda chimpanzee safaris, Rwanda Eco tours.

Then transfer to volcanoes national park which habits almost half of the mountain gorillas in the mist and you can enjoy the Rwanda gorilla safaris, Rwanda gorilla tours!

Upon your arrival at Kigali international airport and meet our driver/guide with hospitable welcome and then transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel which is situated in the Kigali city, relax after your long flight travel as you wait for your dinner and overnight. Meal plan: H/B

Day1: Kigali-Volcanoes National Park

Have breakfast, after embark the safari jeep and transfer to volcanoes national park and on your way take en-route stop over visiting the Rwanda genocide memorials and experience the remains of human beings after the brutal massacre that occurred in Rwanda between the Hutu and Tutsi, after have your lunch and after transfer to Ruhengeri to your lodge. Dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Virunga Gorilla Lodge, Meal plan: H/B

Day2: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking

Have breakfast, after meet our guide and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing about the mountain gorillas, and the forest.

After enter into the forest to search for the endangered mountain gorillas and when you meet them take unforgettable photographs and videos and then take your packed lunch, after return to the park offices for your Rwanda gorilla trekking certificate and then return to lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: F/B

Day3: Visit Dian Fossey Center

After your breakfast, visit the Dian Fossey projects like the Karisoke Research Center which is currently the world’s best hope for the survival of endangered mountain gorillas and their ecologically critical habitat.

It is also a significant resource for the people who live near the gorillas. Since its establishment in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park by Dr. Dian Fossey in 1967, Karisoke has produced an unparalleled amount of information about the mountain gorillas and their habitat.

Thanks to its active conservation program, the mountain gorillas of the Virunga are the only great ape species to have increased in number in recent decades. After being filled with her conservation effort return to lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B

Day4: Golden Monkey Tracking-Lake Kivu

After early morning breakfast, transfer to the park offices for the briefing about the forest and the primates it habits and after enter into the forest to trek the endangered golden monkey and while experiencing this adventure more primates and birds can be spotted.

After embark the safari jeep and transfer to Lake Kivu and upon your arrival retire at the shores of Lake Kivu and afterwards return to Lake Kivu Serena Hotel for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B

Day5: Lake Kivu-Nyungwe Forest National Park

After morning breakfast, embark the safari jeep and transfer via Gisenyi to Nyungwe Forest National Park and on your way visit to some of Rwanda genocide memorial sites, lunch and thereafter transfer to Nyungwe Forest Lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: F/B

Day6: Rwanda Chimpanzee Safari & Canopy Walk

Have breakfast and after transfer to park headquarters for the briefing about the primates that the forest habits, the forest has got 13 primates which includes the chimpanzees, white and black colobus, vervet monkey, red tailed monkey among others.

Return to lodge for lunch, after in the evening take canopy walk to spot other primates, birds and variety of beautiful butterflies. Return to lodge for dinner and overnight, Meal plan: F/B

Day7: Nyungwe Forest-Kigali

Have breakfast and after embark the safari vehicle and transfer back to Kigali with en-route visit to other Rwanda genocide memorial sites, lunch and after transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel for your dinner and overnight. Meal plan: F/B

Day8: Departure

Have breakfast, after take Kigali city tour visiting Kigali genocide memorial and the local markets like Caplaki and Nyabugogi markets and shop souvenirs, lunch and after transfer to the Kigali airport for your return flight. End of services

The package includes:

Ground transportation

Accommodation and meals

Chimpanzee permits

Canopy walk

Gorilla permits

Visit Dian Fossey

Golden monkey tracking

Visit Lake Kivu

En-route meals

Visit Rwanda genocide memorials

Kigali city tour

Exclusions:

The expenses of personal nature like: Air fares, Visa, Luxury drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone charges, and porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and any other personnel nature expense.

What to wear/bring

Dress codes are informal. Daytime temperatures are generally warm, so bring lots of light clothing, supplemented by light sweaters for the cool evenings and heavier clothing for the higher altitudes especially Bwindi.

When tracking gorillas layering your clothing is the best idea and we suggest: long sleeved shirts, cotton or gore tex trousers, strong walking shoes with ankle support, socks that you can tuck your trousers into, light gloves to protect your hands from thorns and nettles, a hat and sunglasses to provide protection against the sun and a waterproof jacket

in neutral colors may come in handy in the moist mountains, insect repellents. Travel light and remember that soft-sided luggage is required.

One medium sized duffel bag and one small day pack (carry-on) per person should be adequate. Laundry services are available at most accommodations. You should also pack some zip lock bags for spare clothing, cameras,

binoculars and film. Please note that you are not allowed to use a flash when photographing Gorillas. It is a good idea to take along several different speeds of film (64 to 1000) as gorillas can be found in open sun or in the dark underbrush of the forest.