10 Days Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
A 10-days Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience provides the ideal thrilling experience. A 10-day itinerary in Rwanda that includes visits to Lake Kivu, the Nyungwe Forest, the Volcanoes and Akagera, and Kigali City. Nyungwe Forest National Park, Volcanoes National Park, and Akagera National Park are all visited during a 10-day Rwanda Safari. There will be a game drive on the savannah plains and a boat trip on Lake Ihema as part of a wildlife tour at Akagera National Park. The park is renowned as the most picturesque in Africa and is made up of savannah grasslands, papyrus swamps, undulating plains, and lakes surrounded by forests.
The Nyungwe Forest is Rwanda’s top destination for canopy walks and chimpanzee trekking. In all of East Africa, Nyungwe boasts the best canopy walk. You will proceed to Volcanoes National Park for gorilla trekking after leaving Nyungwe Forest. Trekkers have the opportunity to spend up to an hour with the mountain gorillas and experience a once-in-a-lifetime Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience.
Safari Highlights: Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
– Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park
– Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park
– Golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park
– Game drive and boat cruise in Akagera National Park
– Boat cruise on Lake Kivu
Quick Tour Details: Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
Number of People: Tailored
Number of Days: 10 Days
Start/End: Kigali, Rwanda
Availability: All year throughout
Activities: Mountain Gorilla Trekking, Game drive, Chimpanzee trekking, Golden Monkey trekking, evening Game drive, afternoon boat cruise and Wildlife
Destinations: Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Lake Ihema, Lake Kivu
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Highlights: 10 Days Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
Day 1:Arrival at Kigali International Airport, short Kigali city tour, and transfer to hotel
Day 2: Drive to Akagera National Park and have an evening game drive
Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema in Akagera National Park
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest.
Day 6: Canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day 7: Transfer from Nyungwe Forest to Volcanoes National Park
Day 8: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park
Day 9: Golden Monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park and transfer to Lake Kivu
Day 10: Boat cruise and return to Kigali International Airport for a departure flight.
Detailed Itinerary: 10 Days in Rwanda
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport, short Kigali city tour, and transfer to hotel
Africa Reveal Safaris guide will meet you at Kigali International Airport on the first day of your ten-day stay in Rwanda. Because the guide will be carrying a plaque with your names on it, you can quickly identify them. Your guide will take you to Kigali for a city tour and lunch once you have met and greeted each other. You will then be taken to a reserved hotel in Kigali city following lunch. After checking in, you unwind, have dinner, and spend the night.
Meal Plan: Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Serena Hotel Kigali, Mid-range: Hotel chez Lando, Budget: Iris Guest House
Day 2: Drive to Akagera National Park and have an evening game drive
After breakfast in Kigali, you will go to Akagera National Park by car for approximately two and a half hours. When you get there in time for lunch, you eat and then unwind before the evening game drive. In the afternoon, you go on a game drive through Akagera’s savannah plains. Buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, lions, and leopards—the big five game—are among the creatures that are seen. Other wildlife species include roan antelopes, duikers, impala, cape eland, giraffes, zebras, hyenas, cape bushbuck, topis, oribis, and many more. You head back to the hotel or lodge you reserved in the evening to unwind, eat dinner, and spend the night.
Accommodation options: Luxury: Ruziza Tented Camp, Mid-range: Akagera Game Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema in Akagera National Park
After breakfast in the morning, you go on a game drive in the beautiful savannah plains for approximately four hours, depending on your interests and animal sightings. You then return to your lodge for lunch, and in the afternoon, you take a boat ride on Lake Ihema, where you can see hippos and crocodiles in the water and other wildlife like elephants and buffaloes along the lake’s shores. Following the boat ride, you check in, eat dinner and spend the night at a prearranged lodging facility.
Accommodation options: Luxury: Ruziza Tented Camp, Mid-range: Akagera Game Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After a leisurely breakfast, you will be driven to Nyungwe Forest National Park. From Kigali city to Nyungwe Forest, the travel takes roughly four to five hours. You settle into your lodge upon arrival, eat lunch and unwind in the evening.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge / One & Only Nyungwe Forest House, Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel, Budget: Gisakura Guest House
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest
chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest National park
After breakfast in the morning, you will be driven to the park’s headquarters to begin your chimpanzee trekking adventure. You continue to wander until you come to the location of the chimps’ last night’s sleep. The speed at which chimpanzees leap and play impacts how many pictures you capture and how much time you spend looking at them. You can watch them making noise as they bounce from tree to tree at fast speeds.
You meet the driver guide at the starting site of the hike to be transferred to the hotel for lunch and rest.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge / One & Only Nyungwe Forest House, Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel, Budget: Gisakura Guest House
Day 6: Canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park
You will have the opportunity to explore the best canopy walkway in East Africa this morning at Nyungwe Forest. The canopy walk is accessible by foot from the park headquarters, where you are driven. It takes almost two hours to stroll on the suspension, which is about 70 meters above the woodland floor. You later go back to the hotel to unwind and have lunch. You unwind during the evening.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge / One & Only Nyungwe Forest House, Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel, Budget: Gisakura Guest House
Day 7: Transfer from Nyungwe Forest to Volcanoes National Park
After a leisurely breakfast in Nyungwe Forest, you will be driven to Volcanoes National Park. Arriving in the afternoon, the travel takes roughly five to six hours. You arrive at the lodging establishment of your choosing. Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park
Following breakfast, your driver-guide picks you up from the lodge for a drive to the park headquarters. Arriving at the park headquarters in Kinigi you first have a briefing on the dos and don’ts of Gorilla trekking in Rwanda by the park warden. By 8:30 am, the park ranger guide will transfer you to the trekking starting point for a gorilla trek. A total of 8 tourists with a trekking permit of Rwanda which costs USD 1500 per permit are allocated one gorilla family. Every 8 individuals take about 2-6 hours in the jungle trekking through the bamboo forest along with armed ranger guides. However, only 1 hour (60 minutes) is spent in the presence of the mountain gorillas. Although the duration of the walk varies based on the movements of the gorilla groups, the Rwandan population is known to travel shorter distances, making the trek easier. You stroll back to the park headquarters after spending an hour with a gorilla family, where you meet the tour guide to be taken back to your accommodation. Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Golden Monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park and transfer to Lake Kivu
You will trek for golden monkeys in the morning at Volcanoes National Park, where they live alongside mountain gorillas. Because of their colour, golden monkeys are easily recognised and have distinctive personalities. To receive a briefing prior to the walk, you must arrive at the park headquarters as early as 7:00 am. There are two golden monkey troops in Rwanda, the largest of which is located on Mount Sabinyo, the park’s most visited area with between 80 and 100 monkeys. Following your hike, you are driven back to your hotel for dining. You are taken to Lake Kivu in the evening, where you will stay overnight along the lake’s shores. Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel, Mid-range: Paradise Malahide, Budget: Stipp Hotel
Day 10: Boat cruise and return to Kigali International Airport for a departure flight.
Your 10-day journey of Rwanda will conclude with an early-morning boat ride up to the coffee island. You eat breakfast and explore the lovely surroundings. Following breakfast, you head back to Kigali International Airport to catch your flight out of the island.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
End of 10 Days Rwanda Safari
Inclusions: Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
English speaking driver-guide
Entry fees and taxes including 2 gorilla permits
Safari van
Lunch
Water on board
3 nights’ accommodation
Exclusions: Rwanda Ultimate Wildlife and Gorilla Safari Experience
Any purchases of personal kind
Any changes to the Itinerary
International flights and visas