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This 10 Days Rwanda Primate Wildlife  will give you a great memory of Rwandan tour and you explore and wrap up Rwandan attractions in just 10 days. You will be able to visit Nyungwe National Park for chimpanzee and Canopy walk, Lake Kivu, Volcanoes National Park for Gorilla trekking and Golden monkey trek, end at Akagera National Park for big five safaris also with Kigali city known as the cleanest city in Africa, adding in a visit to Lake Kivu to spice up your stay. Request a Quote You will well be able to do both gorilla and golden monkey trekking which is a life time adventure.

Day 1: Transfer from the airport

Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company guide who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, an later drive to your booked hotel  accommodation for briefing 10 Days Rwanda Primate Wildlife, later for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation options: Quite Haven Hotel (Standard) Chez Lando hotel (midrange) Kigali Serena Hotel (luxury).

Meals: Dinner.

Day 2: Kigali City tour & transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Today after taking your early morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive for Kigali city tour by visiting the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, which honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994 through education and peace-building. You will be able to watch and listen to some video clips from some of the survivors’ of the incident. Later after lunch you will proceed with a drive to Volcanoes NP through the magnificent route to your booked accommodation spend the rest of the afternoon relax and prepare for the next day’s trekking.

Accommodation options: La Palme Hotel (Standard)Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Midrange), Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 3: Gorilla Trekking at Volcanoes National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters. You will meet with your ranger who will brief you about the code of conduct while are trekking gorillas. You will then enter the forest in search of the gorillas. The trekking may take 2-6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas in the jungle and your group speed as well. Meet and stay with the gorillas for a maximum of one hour.   After a great experience you will walk back to the starting point and be transferred to your lodge for lunch, and after lunch, you can decide to relax at your lodge at your leisure or head for a cultural encounter at Iby’ Iwacu cultural village to get an insight of Rwandan culture . Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Accommodation options: La Palme Hotel (Standard)Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Midrange), Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 4: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Lake Kivu

Today after you warm early morning breakfast, you will be picked by our safari driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing with your packed lunch and start off you day golden monkey trekkingin search for these shy primates in the jungle. Just like the gorilla trekking experience, the same applies to golden monkey trekking though no so hectic like gorilla trekking. You will later return to the lodge for lunch and later transfer to Lake Kivu for nigh fishermen experiencein this beautiful lake.

Accommodation Options: Paradis Malahide Hotel (Standard),Kivu Paradise (midrange hotel),Lake Kivu Serena Hotel(Luxury hotel)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 5: Coffee tour experience and transfer to Nyungwe

After your morning breakfast, heads to Kimbiri for coffee plantation and processing experience, later you will be transferred to Nyungwe National park. On arrival we shall head to the canopy walk within this national park. This suspended bridge will reward you with great views. After drive to the hotel for diner and overnight.

Accommodation Options: Gisakura Visitors Centre (Standard) Emeraude Kivu Resort (Midrange) Mentis Kivu Marina (luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 6: Chimpanzee Tracking & Tea Plantation Visit

Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch before head for tea plantation visit, learn more about how tea is processed.

Accommodation Options: Gisakura Visitors Centre (Standard) Emeraude Kivu Resort (Midrange) Mentis Kivu Marina (luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 7: waterfalls hike & transfer to Kigali

After a relaxed morning breakfast, head for a waterfalls hike, in the park, which is roughly 2 -3 hour’s walk, exploring a number of waterfalls, within the park. On a lucky day, some primates can as well be spotted and a number of bird. Later return and drive off to Kigali, with en route lunch, and visit to King Palace museum, reaching Kigali in afternoon.

Accommodation options: Quite Haven Hotel (Standard) Chez Lando hotel (midrange) Kigali Serena Hotel (luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 8: Transfer to Akagera. Travel time +3 hrs

Today, after your early breakfast, you will be picked by our safari guide and leave for Akagera national park at 8:00 am, the journey to Akagera national park takes about 2.5 hours depending on the stopovers along the way, with the beautiful un winding landscape en route to the park, feel free to ask the guide for stopovers to capture some photos. On arrival at the park, we shall proceed to our accommodation after a short game drive and check in and later head for a boat trip on Lake Ihema watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores and meet the buffaloes and elephants wallowing by the water banks. Later return to the lodge for dinner and evening stay.

Accommodation Options:Akagera Game Lodge (Midrange) Ruzizi Tented Lodge(Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 9: Full day Game drive and night game drive

After your morning breakfast at the lodge, you will head off for a full day game drive sightings, and you continue with your animal searching for wildlife in the park. You may take a different route, for more encounter to explore this beautiful park. Picnic lunch will be served during the course of the day. Later in the evening, head for night game drive, to be able to have some sighting of some nocturnal wildlife. You will later be transferred back to your hotel for diner and overnight.

Accommodation Options: Akagera Game Lodge (Midrange) Ruzizi Tented Lodge(Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 10: Airport transfer

In the morning after the breakfast, you will drive back to Kigali, depending on your departure flight, you will have a city tour by visiting Kimironko local market and Nyamirambo women center prior to your departure flight.

The for briefing 10 Days Rwanda Primate Wildlife includes: Request a Quote

  • All Accommodation  and meals as per itinerary
  • Bottles of mineral water per person per day whilst on safari
  • 1 Gorilla Permit ($1500)per person
  • Transportation by a 4*4 safari vehicles
  • Golden monkey permit
  • Chimpanzee permit.
  • Canopy walk
  • Museum visit
  • Game drives
  • Boat trip at Akagera
  • Museum visits
  • Waterfalls hike
  • Kigali city tour
  • Golden monkey permits
  • Lake Kivu with Fishermen experience
  • Services of a professional English speaking driver/guides
  • Sightseeing and excursions as described in the itinerary, inclusive of applicable entrance fees

The for briefing 10 Days Rwanda Primate Wildlife excludes:

  • International and domestic flight fares
  • Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone/internet usage, alcoholic beverages, etc.
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