10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari: Take a road trip across Rwanda’s countryside and discover the most stunning natural beauty of this small East African country. Visit Kigali Genocide Memorial Center or take a tour of Kigali city and get to experience the unique Rwandan cultures. On this 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife and Gorilla Safari, you will get to track mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Chimpanzee tracking experience, and Canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park. You also get to see amazing wildlife in Akagera National Park .
Summary for 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Kigali
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking
Day 4: Transfer to Ruhengeri- Volcanoes National Park
Day 5: Gorilla trekking in Parc National Des Volcans
Day 6: Golden Monkey tracking
Day 7: Hiking Mountain Bisoke
Day 8: Transfer back to Kigali and to Akagera National Park
Day 9: Morning game drive and Boat ride on Lake Ihema
Day 10: Transfer back to Kigali city
Detailed Itinerary for 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari.
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Kigali
Upon arrival at Kanombe International Airport or at pick up from your hotel, our guide will welcome you and transfer to Kigali city and depending on the time of your arrival; you will go for a short city tour with in Kigali and visit the genocide memorial site. Dinner and overnight stay at Des Milles Collines Hotel
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After a morning breakfast on the second day of your 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari, you will transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. En route, you will pass through wonderful and magnificent hills and cultivated countryside. Have a stopover at the royal King’s Palace in Nyanza for a cultural description about the history of Rwanda. Continue and visit the cultural museum at Rwesero. Proceed and reach Butare town where you will have lunch after lunch you will visit the Rwanda National Museum for a tour around the site.
Proceed and reach the Park late afternoon. Upon arrival you will visit the new Visitor’s Interpretive Centre to give you more information about the park such as number of primate species found in the park, types of bird species and other tourist activities carried out with in the Park. Dinner and overnight at Gisakura Visitor Centre
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking
On the third day of your 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari, you will have an early morning breakfast then report to the park headquarters in Nyungwe forest for briefing before going for chimpanzee tracking. However, it is advisable to organize packed lunch and plenty of water prior to this expedition since it can sometimes last over 6 hours. In the forest, you will not only see chimpanzees to but also variety of animals and birds like the Rwenzori Turacco, black and white casqued horn bill, colobus monkeys – sometimes as many as 400 in a group. Return late in the afternoon. Return for dinner and Overnight at Gisakura Visitor Centre
Day 4: Transfer to Ruhengeri- Volcanoes National Park
Breakfast will be served early this fourth day of your 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari and then after, you will check out from your Hotel and later transfer to Ruhengeri. En route you will visit the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village where you may have a wonderful and interactive experience about the Rwandan traditions, culture and way of life. After this you will continue to the Park reaching in the late evening. Dinner and overnight at Muhabura Hotel
Day 5: Gorilla trekking in Parc National Des Volcans
The fifth day of this 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari highlights a gorilla trekking activity. Early in the morning after breakfast and a briefing from the RBD officials, set off for the gorilla tracking. This experience of gorilla tracking is a once in a life time adventure. The rangers will lead you deep into the forest in search for the Gorillas. You will move up and down the rugged terrain until you finally meet these harmonious creatures that will entertain you with performances for about 1 hour. The activity in Rwanda can take 3-5 hours since the gorillas move up and down.
This is an awesome and exciting moment. En route there are a lot of other types of the primates such as the monkeys, birds and so more. Return for lunch at the Lodge and in the afternoon, visit the Karisoke research center and the graves of Diane Fossey a woman who was murdered because she was protecting these endangered mountain Gorillas. Return for dinner and overnight stay at Muhabura Hotel
Day 6: Golden Monkey tracking
After breakfast on the sixth day of your 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari, you will go for golden monkey tracking. This activity also takes like 2-3 hours in the Virunga forest. Later return back to your lodge for early lunch and transfer back to Kigali city reaching in the afternoon. Take a city walk in the evening around Ruhengeri. Dinner and overnight stay at Muhabura Hotel
Day 7: Hiking Mountain Bisoke
The seventh day of this 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari highlights a physical challenge. After breakfast at your Lodge, you will set out for a one day hike on Mount Bisoke. This will give you views of the beautiful slopes and also get a chance to see the forest while on the mountain. Return for dinner and overnight stay at Muhabura Hotel
Day 8: Transfer back to Kigali and to Akagera National Park
After breakfast on the eighth day of your 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari, you will depart for Kigali for lunch and also a short city tour to the Gisozi Genocide Memorial site. You will later transfer to Akagera national Park. En route you will pass through the country’s phenomenal landscape which will give you views of the country’s beauty and also the life style of its people. Upon arrival in the park, you will go for a short southern Lake Ihema game drive. Look out for animals such as elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, crocodiles and many more like Antelopes. Dinner and overnight at Karenge Bush Camp
Day 9: Morning game drive and Boat ride on Lake Ihema
The ninth day of this 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari highlights more activities in Akagera National Park. Early in the morning after breakfast, you will go for a Northern circuit game drive to search for animals that you may have missed out in the previous game drive. It was not a guarantee that all the animals can be seen in the evening game drive.
There are some that are early risers and can only be seen in the morning. Return back to the lodge for a small relation as you wait for lunch. After lunch, you will go for a boat ride on Lake Ihema which will offer you with views of the surrounding areas, hills and swamps. Expect to see Hippos, crocodiles and more bird species. Return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Karenge Bush Camp as above
Day 10: Transfer back to Kigali city
Early morning after breakfast on the last day of your 10 Days Classic Rwanda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari, you will go for a nature walk to search for different bird species. Return to Kigali city. Depending on your time of departure, you will be transferred to the Airport for your flight back home or your hotel in Kigali as you will advise. End of Rwanda Safari
