Africa Horizon Safaris

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Arrival

Arrival

On arrival at Kigali International airport, you will be picked by our company representative who will transfer you to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay. He will brief you about the tour and the time set to start the following day
You can have dinner in this hotel or a restaurant of your choice.

Main Destination:
Kigali (Rwanda)
Accommodation:
Park Inn by Radisson Kigali
  • Mid-range hotel located in Kigali (Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Meals at own expense
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Transfer to Akagera National Park

Transfer to Akagera National Park

The guide will pick you from the hotel at 5am and transfer to Akagera national park. Enjoy breakfast, then go for a Morning boat ride, later go for a game drive. Look out for wild life and other animal species like the Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffe, warthogs, water bucks, bush bucks, oribi, hear beets among others respectively. Transfer back to Kigali. Overnight in Kigali.

Main Destination:
Akagera National Park (Rwanda)
Best Time To Visit June to September and mid-December to mid-February (It is drier and wildlife is easier to spot)
High Season June to September (The park is busiest at weekends)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Akagera NP

GiraffeCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
HippoAbundant
White RhinoOccasional
LionOccasional
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ElephantOccasional
HyenaRare
Accommodation:
Park Inn by Radisson Kigali
  • Mid-range hotel located in Kigali (Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

After an early breakfast, check out of the hotel and head to the Western province. Or on arrival, you will be picked from the airport and transfer to Nyungwe national park. On your way, visit the Royal Palace Museum and Ethnographic Museum in the Southern province. This will give you a great history of traditional ways of living among Rwandans and their past way of the leadership of their kingship. Enjoy an en-route lunch. You will reach Nyungwe National Park in the afternoon relax at the lodge.

Main Destination:
Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry weather, best chimp trekking)
High Season June to September (Popular gorilla trekking time in Volcanoes NP)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Nyungwe NP

Accommodation:
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Chimpanzee Tracking - Transfer to Volcanoes national park

Chimpanzee Tracking - Transfer to Volcanoes national park

Today, after your early morning breakfast, you will drive to Nyungwe Forest which is well known for having 13 species of primates. Transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing and the chimpanzee trekking. On finding the chimpanzees, you will be allowed to spend 1 hour with them.
After the chimpanzee trek, have lunch later drive to volcanoes national Park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August (It is drier and hiking is easier)
High Season June to September (Permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Volcanoes NP

Accommodation:
Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Golden Monkey Tracking - Transfer to Bwindi National Park

Golden Monkey Tracking - Transfer to Bwindi National Park

Morning breakfast, at 7:00am the guide will pick you up and go for a briefing at the park headquarters
You will then go for golden monkey tracking. Return, have lunch. Later transfer to Uganda. Bwindi national park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)
High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation:
Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Gorilla tracking

Gorilla tracking

After breakfast at 7:00am, the driver guide will pick you up from the lodge and drive you to the park headquarters. Prepare for briefing from park officials and after enter into the jungle to search for the endangered gorillas. Return to lodge for dinner and overnight as above.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Departure

Departure

After breakfast, at 9:00am, you will set off for Kigali. You will be dropped off at the airport or hotel.

Main Destination:
Kigali (Rwanda)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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Disclaimer

  • This tour is offered by Africa Horizon Safaris, not SafariBookings.
  • This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on SafariBookings.
  • If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
  • If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.