Day trips in Rwanda
Day trips in Rwanda are some of the most interesting short trips in Rwanda that will take you to some of Rwanda’s best safari destinations for amazing adventure moments. These kinds of Day trips usually start from Kigali, Rwanda’s Capital city to the major Rwanda National Parks and other major tourist destinations in Rwanda and they always end in Kigali on the same day. Our Day trips in Rwanda work best for tourists who are looking to explore Rwanda’s tourist attractions in just a short time or visitors who are in Rwanda for business trips, workshops, conferences or other visits but would like to complement their stay with a bit of adventure to enjoy our incredible tourist attractions in Rwanda. The popular day trips includes Rwanda Gorilla trekking , Kigali City Tour and Akagera National park tour
Below is our list of the most popular and day trips in Rwanda that can be done in just one day starting from Kigali and ending in Kigali.
Day trip for Rwanda Gorilla tours
Our Day trips for Rwanda Gorilla tours are one of the most famous day safaris in Rwanda that gives tourists the chance to meet with the mountain Gorillas in Rwanda in Just one day. This trip is one of the best gorilla safaris in Rwanda that takes you to Volcanoes National Park in Musanze for a lifetime Gorilla trekking in Rwanda experience. On this excursion Visitors usually leave Kigali very early in the morning around 4:30am for a transfer to the Park, the drive is approximately 2.5 hours and on arrival they have a short briefing at the park headquarters in Kinigi for their rwanda gorilla trekking experience which takes only 30 minutes before heading into the forests to search for these exciting mountain Gorillas. Trekking gorillas in Rwanda usually takes roughly 2 to 6 hours depending on the gorillas movement and this means by 1 pm trekkers are usually back from their gorilla trekking experience and you can have your lunch after the trek before hitting the road to transfer back to Kigali, where you arrive in the early evening around 4:30pm to 5pm. This is a doable day safari in Rwanda by all types of tourists that is exciting and greatly rewarding.
1 Day Wildlife safari in Akagera National Park
Another exciting day safaris in Rwanda that tourists can enjoy in just 1 day is our 1 Day Rwanda safari in Akagera National Park. This tour is one of the mostly done day tours in Rwanda that will give you the opportunity to spend a full day of Wildlife viewing in Rwanda’s only savannah Park. Wildlife safaris in Rwanda can only be done in Akagera National Park which is located in the eastern province of Rwanda just 2 hours’ drive away from Kigali. The close proximity of the Park to Kigali makes it possible for one to visit the park and enjoy exhilarating tourist activities in Akagera National Park such as Game drives in Akagera and Boat trips on Lake Ihema among others in just one day. On your day of wildlife safari in Akagera National Park, you are picked up from your hotel in Kigali early morning at 5:00am or 5:30 am for transfer to Akagera, after a 2 hours’ drive you arrive in the Park around 8:00am for a short briefing and registration at the Akagera’s Park reception before proceeding for your game drives within the park or other booked tourist attractions to enjoy sights of wildlife in Akagera in abundance that features the Big 5 mammals such as lions, rhinoceros, buffaloes, elephants, on a lucky day you can spot the leopard among other wildlife species in akagera like giraffes, zebras, hippos, crocodiles, different antelope species etc. after a whole day of game viewing, clients usually exit the Park from its north gate to drive back to Kigali arriving in the late evening around 7 or 8pm. This is always a fun filled and exciting day of Game viewing.
1 Day Mount Bisoke Hiking Safari
Rwanda is blessed with a lot of adventure offerings including 5 volcanoes of the virunga massifs, which gives active adventurers an opportunity to engage in hiking adventures in Rwanda. in our day trips in Rwanda we have the popular for hiking in volcanic mountains which is Mount Bisoke a dormant volcano with a mist-covered Crater Lake at its summit and this can be hiked in just one day. This Day safari in Rwanda also can start from Kigali with a very early morning transfer to Volcanoes National Park in Musanze at 4:30am to be able to be at the park headquarters in Kinigi for a short briefing about your hiking activity by 7:30am and later you are always driven to the starting point for mount Bisoke hike at 8:00am. Mount Bisoke hiking is not strenuous and can be done by even the less experienced hikers, usually takes 6 to 7 hours to ascend to the summit and descend back to the starting point. This tour is one of the tourist activities in Volcanoes National Park greatly rewarding with magnificent views, incredible wildlife encounters, and the breathtaking Crater Lake Ngezi at its summit is always worth the hike. After this amazing experience and returning back from the mountain, our clients are usually transferred back to Kigali arriving late evening around 6 or 7pm. Not so hectic so you can give it a try.
Day trips to Lake Kivu
Lake Kivu is Rwanda’s Largest Lake, it is another major tourist destination in Rwanda with deep emeraude green waters, has numerous islands with a great number of inhabitants and incredibly beautiful surroundings. Lake Kivu from Kigali is just 3 hours driving time and here there are a lot of tourist activities on Lake Kivu that can be enjoyed in a day such as Boat trips on Lake Kivu, Kayaking on Lake Kivu, swimming, sport fishing on Lake Kivu as well as beach relaxation on some of the beautiful Lake Kivu beaches. It is possible to drive back to Kigali after your amazing excursions on Lake Kivu arriving late evening and you can be dropped at your hotel in Kigali or airport for your departure. This Lake Kivu is now becoming popular in Day trips in Rwanda.
Kigali city tours
Kigali City tours are also commonly done day safaris in Rwanda that tourists visiting Rwanda can engage in, You get to spend a whole day exploring Africa’s most cleanest city and its top tourist attractions in Kigali which include the Kigali Genocide memorial grounds, camp Kigali Belgian memorial, Old and new Kigali, Nyamirambo womens center, Rwanda art museum, art craft centers, local markets, nice restaurants among others interesting places. Kigali city tours are a great way of starting your magical Rwanda safari and gives tourists incredible sightseeing experiences around Kigali.
Day safaris for Cultural experiences in Rwanda
Tourists can also have day safaris to different cultural attractions in Rwanda for unforgettable cultural tours to have an insight about Rwandan culture and traditions and these include day visits to Ibyiwacu cultural village, day tours to the Royal King’s palace and ethnographic museums, visits to Ellen Degeneres campus, among other remarkable places.
Day trip to Ntarama and Nyamata Genocide memorials
For tourists who are interested in the dark history of Rwanda and knowing about its Past 1994 Rwanda Genocide against Tutsi, it is also possible to engage in day visits to Ntarama and Nyamata genocide memorials. These are two of the major genocide memorial sites in Rwanda located just an hour’s drive far away from Kigali, which will give you a deeper insight about the history of the Past incidences of the genocide that happened in Rwanda and different perspectives on how people have emerged from it and are now living in peace and harmony with each other.
Day trips in Rwanda includes Coffee tours in Rwanda
It is also possible to engage in Day trips in Rwanda includes also trip for coffee tours while visiting coffee plantations in Rwanda to learn about how coffee in Rwanda is grown, harvested and processed till its final stages for a great cup of coffee. The most visited coffee plantation for day trips is Kinunu coffee plantation along Lake Kivu.
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