Overview
This 8 Days Rwanda Best Adventure Safari will give you a great memory of the Rwandan tour and you explore the Nyungwe National Park and Volcanoes National Park, adding in a visit to Lake Kivu to spice up your stay. You will also be able to interact with the local community as you go about your daily activities. You will be able to do gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, and golden monkey trekking which is a lifetime adventure, before your flight out of the country, patched with great memories.
Day 1: Airport Transfer to Hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will go through customs 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 known for, a later drive to your booked hotel for the briefing about your 8 Days Rwanda Best Adventure Safari, then dinner and overnight stay at hotel.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: Chez Lando Hotel
- Midrange Accommodation: Parkinn by Radisson Blu
- Luxury Accommodation: Kigali Marriott Hotel
Meals: Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park, travel time +2hours
Today, after your morning breakfast at your hotel, you head for visiting the begin your day with a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, where you can reflect on Rwanda’s history and resilience. Following this visit, embark on a scenic two-hour drive to Musanze, where you’ll have the opportunity to catch up with lunch upon arrival. If time allows, make brief stops along the way to take in some of the breathtaking viewpoints. In the afternoon, you will transfer to the Volcanoes area to explore, before finally heading to your hotel for a well-deserved dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: The Garden Palace Hotel
- Midrange Accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
- Luxury Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking and Twin Lakes visit
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the gorilla trekking briefing from the park headquarters and thereafter, you will be briefed before you enter the jungle with your packed lunch to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their lifestyle in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour watching their social life as you take pictures. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sunscreen, and a hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or a whole day depending on the movements of these primates. After your unforgettable gorilla trekking experience, return to your lodge to enjoy a well-deserved lunch and freshen up. Following lunch, set out for a leisurely walk along the scenic twin lakes, where you’ll also enjoy a relaxing boat ride. Later, return to the hotel for a delightful dinner and a restful overnight stay.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: The Garden Palace Hotel
- Midrange Accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
- Luxury Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Golden Monkey trekking and Transfer to Gisenyi, travel time +2hrs
In the morning, after breakfast, you will transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing on the code of conduct during the Golden Monkey Trek. After the briefing, you will head into the jungle to track these shy primates. Unlike gorilla trekking, golden monkey treks are less physically demanding. Once you encounter the golden monkeys, you will have an opportunity to observe them in their natural habitat before hiking back to the starting point. Afterward, return to the lodge for a hot lunch. Following lunch, you will transfer to Lake Kivu for an afternoon of relaxation. Dinner and overnight are at the lodge.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: The Palm Beach Resort
- Midrange Accommodation: Kivu Paradise Resort
- Luxury Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Coffee plantation, Boat in Lake Kivu and transfer to Nyungwe National Park
Today, you will continue your 8-Day Rwanda Best Adventure Safari. After enjoying your breakfast in the morning, you will proceed to the Kinunu Coffee Plantation for an immersive experience in coffee cultivation and processing. Following this enriching activity, you will transfer to Kibuye, where you will have lunch before embarking on an afternoon boat ride on the serene Lake Kivu. During the boat ride, you will visit several picturesque islands, soaking in the beauty of this remarkable lake. Later in the day, you will drive to Nyungwe National Park and check into your reserved hotel. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: Ken Barham Guest house
- Midrange Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu Resort
- Mid-Luxury Accommodation: Munazi Eco Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Chimpanzee Trekking in Nyungwe National Park
Early morning enjoy your buffet breakfast and checkout at the hotel and drive to Nyungwe, reach and head for the chimpanzee trekking adventure, in the mighty forest of Nyungwe, and later have lunch. In the afternoon, you will head for a tea plantation and processing experience. Later return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: Ken Barham Guest house
- Midrange Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu Resort
- Mid-Luxury Accommodation: Munazi Eco Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Canopy walk and drive to Kigali, travel time +5 hours
Today, after your morning breakfast, you will head for a canopy walk in the forest. This 70 meters-suspended metallic bridge will give you a great overview of Nyungwe forest and on a lucky day spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a walk on this bridge and later return and drive to Kigali, with en route lunch, and visit to the King Palace Museum. Time allows, visit Kimironko local market for shopping. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
Accommodation Options:
- Standard Accommodation: Chez Lando Hotel
- Midrange Accommodation: Parkinn by Radisson Blu
- Luxury Accommodation: Kigali Marriott Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Kigali Airport
Today is the end of 8 Days Rwanda Best Adventure Safari. After your morning breakfast at your hotel, and later you head for a Kigali city tour, with a visit to Nyamirambo Women Centre, learn about the women’s cooperatives and their great work, and later visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial ground, learn about the history of the Rwanda genocide of 1994, later return and have lunch before transferring to the airport to catch up with your night flight back home.
Meal Plan:Breakfast & Lunch
| Price per person sharing in USD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation Options | 1 Pax | 2 Pax | 3 Pax | 4 Pax | 5 Pax | 6 Pax | S.S.R |
| Standard Accommodation | $ 5,480 | $ 4,208 | $ 3,980 | $ 3,748 | $ 3,646 | $ 3,542 | $ 166 |
| Mid-range Accommodation | $ 6,402 | $ 4,747 | $ 4,591 | $ 4,287 | $ 4,178 | $ 4,070 | $ 515 |
| Luxury Accommodation | $ 8,272 | $ 6,001 | $ 5,961 | $ 5,541 | $ 5,500 | $ 5,335 | $ 1,076 |
Package Includes:
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 golden monkey permit per person
- 1 Gorilla permit per person: 1500 $
- Canopy walk
- Tea Plantation visit
- Congo Nile trail hike
- Museums visit
- Twin lakes visit with Boat trips
- Diane Fossey Institute visit
- All meals as mentioned with a soft drink during meals
- Boat ride on Lake Kivu
- Kigali city tour
- Services of English-speaking driver/guide
- 1-liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
Package Excludes: Expenses of personal nature like: Airfare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills, and cigars.