6 Days Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari – Rwanda Safari Package
Day 1: Pick up and Kigali City Tour
upon arrival at Kigali airport, our driver guide will pick you up and transfer to Kigali for a city tour. You will tour various sites in the city such as the Kigali convention centre, National Museum, presidential palace, and the Kigali genocide memorial centre among others. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
Day 2:Transfer Nyungwe Forest
After morning breakfast, drive for 6-7 hours to Nyungwe forest national park in the south western part of the country via the rolling hills across Rwanda. You will have lunch en-route and reach at the lodge in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Day 3: Chimp trekking in Nyungwe forest – Kibuye City
After breakfast, transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and then hike into the forest to trek the chimpanzees. You will also encounter other animals such as the Elephants, Colubuses, Blue Monkeys and many bird species. In the afternoon, drive for 2 hours to Kibuye for a city tour and then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Kibuye- Volcanoes national park in Kinigi (PNV)
Early morning breakfast and then transfer to volcanoes national park in Kinigi via Gisenyi in Ruhengeri. You will pass via tea plantations with a spectacular views of the neighboring communities and and beautiful scenaries reaching in the evening. The distance from Kibuye to Volcanoes is roughly 3-4 hours drive. Dinner and overnight at lodge.
Day 5: Gorilla tracking
Wake up early and transfer to volcanoes national park headquarters in Kinigi for briefing about gorilla trekking. At 8:30am, transfer to trekking starting point and then hike into teh forest with the lead of the armed of armed of guide. You will spend an hour with the mountain gorillas and then descend back to the lodge. In the evening, you may go for cultural encounters and interact with the local people. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 6:Departure
Wake up early, have morning breakfast and then return to kigali for a return flight.
