12-Day Rwanda Gorilla, Chimps&Big Five Safari Park

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

Pick Up, Kigali City Tour & Drive to the Hotel

Depending on your landing time at the airport, our English/French-speaking staff/driver-guide will come to pick you up from the airport. Then, you'll drive to the Kigali city tour, where you will get a chance to explore and visit different sites of the city, such as the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the biggest local market in Kigali called Kimironko, Nyamirambo, where Kigali is the capital, and many more interesting sites for travelers. Then, a Lion Safaris driver-guide will choose the best restaurant in the city to have lunch. After enjoying lunch, you will drive to your booked hotel and check in for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Activities:

• No wildlife-viewing activities on this day

Accommodation:

Hotel des Mille Collines

• Luxury hotel located in Kigali

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

You will wake up in the morning and then have your breakfast. After that, our driver-guide will come to pick you up and then drive you to the Northern province of Rwanda, where Volcanoes National Park is located. On arrival, you will continue with check-in at your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

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

Activities:

• No wildlife-viewing activities on this day

Accommodation:

Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

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

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mountain Gorillas Trekking and Return to the Lodge

Early in the morning, after breakfast and with your packed lunch, your driver-guide will collect you from the lodge and take you to the park headquarters. You will receive a briefing on how to behave when meeting mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. You will then proceed to trek the gorillas.

After this remarkable experience, your driver-guide will return you to the lodge for a hot lunch, afternoon relax then Dinner and Overnight stay at your booked lodge.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Activities:

• Morning gorilla tracking

Accommodation:

Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Golden Monkeys Trekking and Overnight Stay

Early in the morning, our driver-guide will collect you from the lodge and take you to the park headquarters. You will receive a briefing on how to behave when meeting mountain golden monkeys in their natural habitat. You will then proceed to trek the golden monkeys.

After this remarkable experience, your driver-guide will return you to the lodge for a hot lunch. In the afternoon, if you will be interested, our driver guide will drive you to the Ellen DeGeneres Compass by Dian fossey for getting information on how fauna and flora of volcanoes national park are preserved and history of the park with Dian fossey an American lady who habituated the mountain gorillas in Rwanda then he will drive you back to your lodge for Dinner and Overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Activities:

• Walking safari (with an armed guide)

Accommodation:

Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Nyungwe National Park & Overnight stay

In the morning, after your breakfast, a Lion Safaris driver-guide will come to pick you up and then drive you to the southwest of Rwanda, where the park is located. You will be enjoying the beautiful rolling hills of Nyungwe National Park. On arrival at the park, you will check into your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

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

Activities:

• No wildlife-viewing activities on this day

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzees Trekking in Nyungwe National Park & Overnight Stay

You will wake up and get your early morning breakfast. Then, with your packed lunch from the lodge, our driver-guide will come to pick you up and then drive you to the boundary of Nyungwe forest, where you will jump in with a local guide to trek chimps. On arrival in the chimpanzee family, you will be given time to observe them and take as many photos as you can. After that special enjoyment, you will come back to the driver-guide, who will drive you back to your booked lodge. Later, you'll enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Activities:

• Early morning chimpanzee tracking

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Waterfall visit and Night Walk

In the morning after your breakfast, our driver guide will come to pick you up and drive you for birdwatching with a local guide to enjoy different species of birds like the Rwenzori Turaco, sunbirds. Then, you will be brought back to your lodge for lunch and an afternoon of relaxation. In the evening, our driver-guide will come to pick you up and drive you for a night walk with a local guide to try to experience the night experience with viewing some animals such as bush babies, Genet cats, and porcupines. Later, we will drive you back to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Activities:

• Morning nature hike/walk

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Kigali for Overnight Stay

In the morning, After having your breakfast, You will check out then our driver guide will come to pick you and drive you back to Kigali on the way back to Kigali, If you will need, You will stop by the King palace museum for the visit then you pay directly by reception the our driver guide will keep driving you back to Kigali for Overnight stay at booked hotel des milles collines.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Activities:

• No wildlife-viewing activities on this day

Accommodation:

Hotel des Mille Collines

• Luxury hotel located in Kigali

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Akagera National Park

Early morning, you will wake up and then get your breakfast at 8:00 am. The driver-guide will come to pick you up and drive you to Akagera National Park. On arrival at the lodge, you will check in and have lunch. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat trip on Lake Ihema to see water birds, crocodiles, and hippos. Then, you will be dropped back to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

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

Activities:

• Afternoon boat trip

Accommodation:

Ruzizi Tented Lodge

• Luxury tented camp located inside Akagera NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Full-Day Game Drive in Akagera National Park

You will wake up and have your breakfast at your lodge. The driver-guide will come to take you for a full-day game drive. In the evening, you will come back to the lodge, then you get ready night game drive where you will get a chance to spot nocturnal animals such as leopards, hyenas, jackals, and many more night animals. After enjoying that night's game drive, you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park

Activities:

• Morning game drive (pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle) & night game drive (pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle)

Accommodation:

Ruzizi Tented Lodge

• Luxury tented camp located inside Akagera NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Game Drive and Local Communities Visit

After breakfast, a Lion Safaris driver-guide will take you on a short game drive in the south of the park. You'll enjoy seeing the park's attractions, such as its landscape and animals like zebras, antelopes, and bird species. Then, the driver-guide will take you to the lodge for lunch.

Later, you will be taken to interact with local communities and join them in some of their daily activities. You can participate in milking cows by hand, brewing banana and sorghum beer, collecting honey from bee hives, traditional dancing, and more. After enjoying time with the locals, the driver-guide will take you back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at Ruzizi Tented Lodge.

Main Destination:

Akagera National Park

Activities:

• Morning game drive (pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle)

Accommodation:

Ruzizi Tented Lodge

• Luxury tented camp located inside Akagera NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer Back to Kigali

In the morning, after breakfast, you will check out, and then the Lion Safaris driver-guide will come to pick you up. You will begin your journey back to Kigali. He will drop you off at your hotel/home or at the airport to catch your flight back home.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Activities:

• No wildlife-viewing activities on this day

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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