Day 1:
Arrival
Arrive at
Kanombe International Airport you are met by your host. Transfer to Akagera Game Lodge for dinner & overnight BB
Day 2: Game
viewing Safari (Akagera Park)
Before
breakfast, you will have an early morning game drive and have a chance to see
animals like Butchell's Zebra, lions, elephants, topi etc and over 525 species
of birds including the shoe billed stock, African jacana, sacred ibis, goliath
heron etc. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat ride lake Ihema before
driving to Kigali. On arrival, refresh and have dinner. Overnight at East
African Villas
Day 3:
Drive to Nyungwe Forest
Early
morning after breakfast head to Nyungwe National park. You will have lunch in
Butare or get to your appointed accommodation in time for lunch. Optional stops
at the King’s palace and the national museum. Check in at Gisakura Guest House.
You may have chance to see the colubus monkeys and birds including the
Ruwenzori turaco outside the guest house. Dinner and overnight at Gisakura
Guest House.
Day 4:
Chimpanzee tracking
Early
breakfast at around 4:00 am, make your way to
Nyungwe forest and search of Chimpanzee. You will have a chance to
visit mans closest relative. Return to the lodge for lunch. Afternoon,
drive to Kibuye. Dinner and overnight at Moriah hotel.
Day 5:
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Breakfast
at 7am then start the drive to Musanze following the 5 hour drive along the
thrilling Congo-Nile Trail which goes through a dirt road taking you via the remotest villages of
Rwanda OR take a six hour drive on a tarmac road through Kigali to Musanze.
Overnight at Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge.
Day 6:
Gorilla Tracking (Safari Volcanoes NP)
Wake up
early at 5:30am for breakfast then drive to the park headquarters .You are briefed
and grouped to prepare for an encounter
with the gorillas. En route you will be able to see pyrethrum plantations and
on arrival at the edge of the forest, the lead tracker will pick you up to lead
you inside the jungle to encounter the rare mountain gorillas. Hike up through
the bamboo forest to spend a magical hour in the company of the gorillas. After
tracking, return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch drive to Kigali. Dinner
and Overnight at East African Villas
Day 7:
Kigali City tour
After a hearty breakfast, head for a city tour. Visit the city and curio markets,
and then have lunch. In the afternoon, you will transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home.
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