9 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition. The greatest chimpanzee tracking, gorilla trekking, and wildlife tours in Rwanda are provided by 9 Days Rwanda Safari. Nyungwe Forest National Park, Volcanoes National Park, and Akagera National Park are all visited within a 9-day Rwandan tour. 9-Day Safari in Rwanda
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. With the opportunity to spend up to an hour with the mountain gorillas and explore their habitat, Gorilla Safaris Rwanda provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 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.
Safari Highlights: Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
– 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
Quick Tour Details
Number of People: Tailored
Number of Days: 9 Days
Start/End: Kigali, Rwanda
Availability: All year throughout
Activities: Mountain Gorilla Trekking, Game drive, Chimpanzee trekking, Golden Monkey trekking, morning Game drive, evening boat cruise and Wildlife
Destinations: Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Lake Ihema
Price: Request a Quote for this Trip
Highlights: 9 Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport, short Kigali city tour, and transfer to hotel
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 4: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park.
Day 5: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park.
Day 6: Golden Monkey trekking or hiking Mount Bisoke in Volcanoes National Park.
Day 7: Drive to Akagera National Park and have an evening boat cruise on Lake Ihema
Day 8: Half day Game drive in Akagera National Park
Day 9: Return to Kigali International Airport, end of 9 days Rwanda safari
Detailed Itinerary: 9 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
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 nine-day Rwanda Safari Adventure in Rwanda. Because the guide will be carrying a plaque with your names on it, you can quickly identify them. Your local 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: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
After a leisurely breakfast on the second day of your Rwanda Safari Adventure, 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 3: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk 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. Following the hike, you head back to the starting location and meet the driver-guide for a ride to the hotel for rest and lunch. You spend roughly two hours on a canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest in the evening.
You later go back to the hotel to unwind and eat dinner. You spend the night at the lodging from the previous night.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner
Day 4: Transfer 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 Safari Adventure
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park
After breakfast, you are driven to the park headquarters by your driver-guide, who will take you up at the lodge. The park warden gives you a tutorial on the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking in Rwanda when you first arrive at the park headquarters in Kinigi. The park ranger guide will drop you off at the trekking starting site for the gorilla hike around 8:30 am. One gorilla family is assigned to each of the eight people who have a Rwandan trekking permit, which costs USD 1500 per permit. With armed ranger guides, each of the eight people treks through the bamboo forest for two to six hours. But you only get to spend an hour (60 minutes) with the mountain gorillas.
The duration of the walk varies based on the movements of the gorilla groups, but it is easy to trek because the Rwandan population is known to go shorter distances. You spend an hour with a gorilla family before walking back to the park’s main office to meet the tour guide for a ride back to your hotel. Rwanda Safari Adventure
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Golden Monkey trekking or hike Mount Bisoke in Volcanoes National Park
You will hike with golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park in the morning, where they live alongside mountain gorillas. Golden monkeys are easily recognised by their colour and have distinctive personalities. For the pre-tour briefing, you need to arrive at the park headquarters as early as 7:00 am. Rwanda is home to two groups of golden monkeys, the largest of which is situated on Mount Sabinyo, the park’s most visited area with between 80 and 100 monkeys. You are driven back to your accommodation for lunch after your excursion. You have a leisurely evening. Hiking Mount Bisoke, a dormant volcano in the Virunga Mountains, is an optional activity for this day.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge
Day 7: Drive to Akagera National Park and have an evening boat cruise on Lake Ihema
After breakfast, you are transported to Akagera National Park from the gorilla foothills. You get there in time for lunch, eat, and then unwind while you wait for a boat trip. Hippos and crocodiles can be seen in the water during the Lake Ihema boat excursion. The lake’s borders are home to wildlife such as buffaloes and elephants. Following the boat ride, you check in, have dinner and spend the night at a reserved lodging facility.
Accommodation options: Luxury: Ruziza Tented Camp, Mid-range: Akagera Game Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Half day Game drive in Akagera National Park
After breakfast in the morning, you go on a game drive over the picturesque savannah plains for around four hours, depending on your interests and animal sightings. The big five game—buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, lions, and leopards—are among the creatures that are visible. Giraffes, zebras, hyenas, cape bushbuck, topis, oribis, roan antelopes, duikers, impala, cape eland, and many more are among the other wildlife species. You either have another game drive or spend the evening relaxing. You stay the night at the hotel that was previously reserved.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Return to Kigali International Airport, end of 9 days Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
Depending on when you are leaving, you have breakfast at your leisure on the final day of your trip. A journey to Kigali International Airport for a departure flight will be arranged by your driver guide. If you would like to buy anything, you might ask your guide to take you to some of Kigali town’s craft stores.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of 9 Days Rwanda safari
Safari inclusions; Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
English speaking driver-guide
Entry fees and taxes including 2 gorilla permits
Safari van
Lunch
Water on board
3 nights’ accommodation
Safari Exclusions; Rwanda Wildlife and Primate Expedition
Any purchases of personal kind
Any changes to the Itinerary
International flights and visas