13-Day Charming Safari to Discover Remarkable Rwanda

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

Arrival in Kigali

You will be met by Attractive Safaris’s representative at the Kigali international airport, after briefing on your trip program, transfer you to your hotel in Kigali
Accommodation options:
- High-end range accommodation: Hôtel des Mille Collines (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: 5 Swiss Hotel (2-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Dinner (Breakfast and Lunch not included)
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

5 Swiss Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Kigali

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Kigali –Volcanoes NP

After breakfast, have a 2-hour tour of the Kigali genocide memorial, dedicated to Unesco heritage in 2023, which will take you back to the barbarity of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, which decimated the country and left around a million dead.

Then follow the road to Volcanoes National Park to be ready for tomorrow's gorilla trekking. Along the way, enjoy the magnificent view of the landscapes of the Land of a Thousand Hills.

After lunch in Musanze Town, visit the volcanic Burera and Ruhondo Twin Lakes.

Accommodation options:

- High-end range accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar

- Budget-friendly accommodation: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge (3-star hotel) or similar

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

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

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

ElephantRare

BuffaloRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Mountain Gorillas tracking

Early breakfast before proceeding to the park head quarters where visitors assemble at 07.00 for a briefing on how to “behave “while in the company of a gorilla group. You will meet your guide here and proceed to the starting point of the trek to our allocated group of gorillas. The length of the trek varies depending on where the gorillas are as well as what the weather conditions are.

After tracking, visit Iby’iwacu cultural village a life museum for folkloric culture.
Optional activities for those who can’t afford gorilla tracking (1500$): Dian Fossey tomb trail (75$) or Golden monkey trekking (100$).

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea
Accommodation options:
- High-end range accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge (3-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Bisoke Volcano hiking

Morning: Climb the Mount Bisoke (3711 m), one of eight volcanoes in the Virunga range. You will discover during the hiking of Mt Bisoke, a huge panoramic view of the chain of 8 volcanoes on the borders of Uganda and Congo, the highest of which is the Karisimbi with 4,507m.
Three to four hours of walking will be necessary to climb the 1200 meters of vertical drop, before reaching the summit where a lake occupies the summit crater. The view covers the surrounding volcanoes, including Nyiragongo, still active.
Hiking time (ascent and descent): 6h
Optional activities for those who can’t climb Bisoke (75$): Dian Fossey tomb trail ($75) or Golden monkey trekking ($100).
Accommodation options:
- High-end range accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge (3-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Mount Bisoke (Virunga Mountains)

Accommodation:

Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Pfunda Guided Tea Experience and Lake Kivu relax

After breakfast, follow the road to Gisenyi. On the way, have Guided Tea Experience: Tea plantations spanning several hectares, farmers offer tea growing experiences, from seed to delivery of the tea leaves to the factory, including an experience practice of collecting tea leaves with workers and experience of tea processing at the Pfunda factory.
After lunch in Gisenyi town, relish the beauty of Lake Kivu at the beach, swimming, relaxing, lazing and other lake activities.
Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (4-star hotel) or similar
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea
Accommodation options:
- High-end range accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: Paradis Malahide (3-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu

Accommodation:

Paradis Malahide

• Mid-range hotel located near Lake Kivu

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Kimbiri coffee tour experience

After breakfast, start your trek towards Kimbiri, where you will “experience coffee”, from sowing to a cup of coffee, visiting the plantations, sorting, drying, and finally roasting. Then touring along the Lake Kivu, enjoy the nature at Crete Congo-Nil with a good view of Lake Kivu and its surroundings, on a clear day, you can see the chain of volcanoes including Karisimbi with the highest peak in Rwanda at an altitude of 4507 m.
Accommodation options:
- Luxury accommodation: Cleo Lake Kivu Hotel (Luxury 5-Start hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: Bethany Hotel (3-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu

Accommodation:

Bethany Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Kibuye (Lake Kivu)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Enjoy the boat ride on Lake Kivu Islands Exploration

Today, enjoy the boat ride on Lake Kivu: visit Napoleon, peace and monkey Isles, these isles visit is worth more for bat watching.
Accommodation options:
- Luxury accommodation: Cleo Lake Kivu Hotel (Luxury 5-Start hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: Bethany Hotel (3-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu

Accommodation:

Bethany Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Kibuye (Lake Kivu)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Nyungwe Forest visit and Canopy adventure

After early breakfast, drive to Nyungwe national park for Canopy walk. Along the way, enjoy the panoramic view of the breathtaking landscapes of Lake Kivu.
PM: Canopy adventure. The canopy walkway offers an exhilarating perspective of treetops and wildlife.
Accommodation options:
- High-end range accommodation: Munazi Eco-Lodge Nyungwe (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: : EAR Ken Barham Guesthouse
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

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

ChimpanzeeCommon

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

EAR Ken Barham Guest House

• Budget guest house located less than 1hr drive from Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Chimpanzee treeking

After breakfast, drive to the park head office in Nyungwe for Chimps trekking for a day worth visit. Within this oldest park in Africa about thirteen different primates are represented including two troops of which are habituated to human contact.

After lunch, enjoy Rusizi city tour twin of Bukavu City in Democratic Republic of Congo

Accommodation options:

- High-end range accommodation: Munazi Eco-Lodge Nyungwe (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: : EAR Ken Barham Guesthouse or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

EAR Ken Barham Guest House

• Budget guest house located less than 1hr drive from Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Cultural day tour

A.m: After early breakfast drive to Butare and visit ethnographic Museum. It is believed that this house is one of the most Africa’s finest ethnographic collections, artistic, and artifacts accompanied by visual aids, giving visitors a rich insight into the culture of Rwandans.
Pm: After lunch in Butare town, then drive to Nyanza and visit Rukari King’s palace for monarchs and learn more about the diversity of Rwandan culture and lives in the past years. Then follow the road to Kigali.
Accommodation options:
- Accommodation: Hôtel des Mille Collines (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: 5 Swiss Hotel (2-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Butare (City)

Accommodation:

5 Swiss Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Kigali

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Transfer to Akagera National Park for Sunset boat trip

Today, around 9:00 AM, your professional driver guide will pick you up at your hotel to r proceed to Akagera National Park (Around 3 hours of transfer).
Lunch at Imigongo Art Center or Akagera Transit Lodge
Upon arrival, you will check in at Akagera Game Lodge, and then relax by the pool. Afterward, go on a sunset boat trip from 4:30 to 6:00 pm on Lake Ihema to discover the aquatic wildlife (hippos, crocodiles, birds...)
Accommodation options:
High-end range accommodation: Mantis Akagera Game Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar.
Budget-friendly accommodation: Camping at Mihindi Campsite

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park

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

Black RhinoRare

LeopardRare

HyenaRare

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Mihindi Campsite

• Budget tented bush camp located inside Akagera NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Full day Akagera game drive

Spotting the Big Five and other wild animals
After an early morning breakfast at 7:00 AM your professional driver guide will take you for a full day wildlife game drive (around 7 hours) in Akagera National Park from south to north for variety animals discovering: Big 5 (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo), giraffes, zebras, antelopes, impalas, secret oribas and bushbous, as well as ungainly tsessebe and the largest antelope in the world, Cepeeland statuesque...).
The park also boasts almost 500 species of birds including the spectacular shoebill with its implausibly massive bill and the near-endemic red-faced barbet.
Lunch at Mihindi Café and picnic area inside the Park:
Thereafter driver back to Kigali.
Accommodation options:
- High-end range accommodation: Hôtel des Mille Collines (4-star hotel) or similar
- Budget-friendly accommodation: 5 Swiss Hotel (2-star hotel) or similar
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park

Accommodation:

5 Swiss Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Kigali

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

City tour and Souvenir Shopping and Departure

Farewell meal
For this last day of the tour, do souvenir shopping then after lunch at restaurant in Kigali and transfer to the airport for your scheduled flight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea
End of the safari.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

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