Golden Rwanda Safaris

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$5,500 pp (USD)

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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 in Kigali

Arrival in Kigali

Kigali Arrival of your flight at Kigali International airport. Meet and Greet assistance. You will be warmly welcomed by our Golden Rwanda Safaris representative outside customs and immigration hall. Transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel. Check in then Dinner and overnight stay. Kigali Serena Hotel (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast).

Main Destination:
Kigali
Accommodation:
Kigali Serena Hotel
  • Luxury hotel located in Kigali
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

Day 2

Kigali City Tour and Musanze

Kigali City Tour and Musanze

After breakfast, you will be assisted with check out and briefed about your tour. You will then proceed on a morning tour of Kigali city that includes The Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, Inema arts centre and Inzuki designs. Lunch will be at the Khana Kazana Restaurant. Lunch will be at the Khana Kazana Restaurant/Heaven Restaurant.

Highlight: After the 1994 unspeakable awfulness, several burial places in the country were established as memorial sites. They include the Kigali Genocide Memorial where 250,000 genocide victims were buried. Learn about Rwanda’s history from pre-colonial times to the 1994 genocide, learn about other genocides in the world and how this country has dealt with that past. After lunch we will embark on a leisurely drive to Musanze at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel/mountain gorillas View Lodge. Arrive in the evening and check in at the lodge, dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Musanze (City)
Accommodation:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodge located in Musanze (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Volcano National Park for Gorillas Trekking

Volcano National Park for Gorillas Trekking

Early breakfast at the hotel then proceed to the park headquarters in time for Gorilla Trek briefing. We will then transfer you to the start point of your guided walk that begins at 08h00. Here your amazing adventure begins. Volcanoes National Park protects the steep slopes of this magnificent mountain range and is the home of the rare mountain gorilla and the rich mosaic of montane ecosystems, which embrace evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, swamp and heath, but the high point will be spending an hour with the remarkably peaceful gorillas despite their size and appearance as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting and raising their young.

After this memorable experience, you will return to the lodge for lunch and some much-needed rest. Optional, boat ride on Lake Ruhondo or do the Dianne Fossey Tomb hike. Dinner and overnight stay 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:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Volcano National Park for Golden Monkey Tracking

Volcano National Park for Golden Monkey Tracking

Another early breakfast and then transfer to the park headquarters for briefing before you start your guided Golden Monkey Trek, Trekking to see the golden monkeys is another highlight of Volcanoes National Park, The Golden Monkey is a local, Subspecies of the widespread Sykes Monkey, This afternoon you will visit the ibyiwacu village for a Rwandan cultural, Experience, Ibyiwacu is changing the traditional perception of what constitutes tourism by turning fate into fame through, Sharing various aspects of rural cultures and livelihoods into tourist attractions and creating income generating activities for Rural poor people that have reformed from living on bush meat and poaching for generations.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
  • Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Depart

Depart

Rise early by wake up call. Check out of the hotel. Transfer to the Kigali International Airport and assisted in check in for your outbound flight.

Wishing you an excellent safari!

Main Destination:
Kigali
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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  • This tour is offered by Golden Rwanda 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.