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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 –City tour

Arrival –City tour

In the morning after breakfast, you will have a city tour where you will Visit Namata and Ntarama genocide memorials, Gisozi genocide museum, the city and craft shop. After the guide will drop you to the Hotel in Kigali for your Dinner and Overnight.

Main Destination:
Kigali (Rwanda)
Accommodation:
Five to Five Hotel
  • Budget hotel located in Kigali (Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Kigali-Nyungwe, Enroute Visit the Nyanza Kings palace/Murambi

Kigali-Nyungwe, Enroute Visit the Nyanza Kings palace/Murambi

Early in the morning after breakfast, the driver guide will pick you from your hotel and transfer to Nyungwe national park. You will have a stopover at Nyanza Kings palace/Murambi genocide memorial. Lunch en route. Enjoy the Different sceneries along the road.

Main Destination:
Nyungwe Forest 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:
Gisakura Guest House
  • Budget guest house located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk

Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk

After breakfast you will go for chimpanzee tracking. You may spot other Primates such as the Lhotse’s monkey and the grey-cheeked Mangabey are often sighted. The birds are spectacular, though as in most tropical forests, on the way you may also spot birds. Enjoy the chimpanzees in their natural environment. In the after lunch, go for a canopy walks which is the first of its own in East Africa. Recently, this is a wonderful vantage point to view the incredible Biodiversity of this rare forest. It will give you an opportunity, to view most of attractions from up, you will see primate like monkeys face to face in the canopies.

Main Destination:
Nyungwe Forest National Park (Chimps)
Accommodation:
Gisakura Guest House
  • Budget guest house located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Drive from Nyungwe to Volcano National park

Drive from Nyungwe to Volcano National park

In the morning, after breakfast, the guide will drive you to Volcano national park. Lunch enroute. Enjoy Different sceneries around along the way. On this day, it will be just Transfer from Nyungwe National to Volcano National park. After, the guide will drop you to the Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

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:
Hotel Muhabura
  • Budget hotel located just outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Dian Fossey – Ibyi’wachu cultural village

Dian Fossey – Ibyi’wachu cultural village

Dian Fossey was an American as an American zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist who undertook an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups over a period of 18 years. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by anthropologist Louis Leakey. Her 1983 book, Gorillas in the Mist, combines her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center with her own personal story. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name. Unfortunately Fossey was murdered in 1985; inside her research Centre and was buried near her Favorite gorilla digit. You will visit her grave and experience the practical part of her work. After go for Ibyi'wachu cultural village, they Perform Kinyarwanda dance and songs. You will be excited as they Demonstrate Kinyarwanda culture.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Hotel Muhabura
  • Budget hotel located just outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Golden Monkey trekking – Drive to Uganda’s Mgahinga national park

Golden Monkey trekking – Drive to Uganda’s Mgahinga national park

Have breakfast early morning and proceed for golden monkey tracking, this is another existing activity, get face to face with the Beautiful golden monkeys. You will see them play as they jump from one branch of tree to the other all this will be fun and memorable for your African adventure tour. After Lunch, the guide will drive you to Uganda’s Mgahinga National park.

Main Destination:
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to January
High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
Best Weather Jun to Aug and Dec to Jan (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP

GorillaCommon
ElephantOccasional
BuffaloOccasional
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LionNone
ZebraNone
HippoNone
Accommodation:
Ikoro Hotel
  • hotel located near Kisoro (Town in Gorillas, Uganda, outside Mgahinga Gorilla NP)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Gorilla Trekking in Mgahinga—Departure

Gorilla Trekking in Mgahinga—Departure

Have breakfast, thereafter continue to the park headquarters for briefing about the mountain gorillas in the mist and the park as well, and after enter into the jungle to search for the mountain gorillas stay with them for about an hour while taking the unforgettable photographs. Then after return to the park offices for your gorilla trekking certificate. After lunch cross back to Rwanda and drive back to Kigali for your flight back.

Main Destination:
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
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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