8 Days Rwanda Exclusive Safari Vacation
Visiting Akagera, Nyungwe Forest, Volcanoes
- Budget
- Chimpanzee
About 8 Days Rwanda Exclusive Safari Vacation
This 8 days Rwanda exclusive tour provides the chance to explore Rwanda in depth. Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes, canopy walk and chimpanzee tracking in Nyungwe Forest National Park, and game drives in Akagera National Park are on the agenda. In Akagera, see lots of wildlife including lions, giraffes, buffaloes, baboons and more on the african safari tours.
Experiences on this trip
How this trip travels
Day by day
8 days described below.
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Day 1
Arrive in Kigali
A representative from the Rwanda tours and travel agency is at the airport to welcome guests on their Rwanda safari and transfer them to Serena hotel, Kigali. Brief introduction of Rwanda and chart way of making the Rwanda safari rich and rewarding.
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Day 2
Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
Set off from Kigali city in the morning taking southern route to Nyungwe forest. Have brief stopovers en route and visit former King's Palace at Nyanza, National Museum at Butare where lunch is also had on the safari adventures. Arrive late afternoon and check in at Nyungwe Forest Lodge.
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Day 3
Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk
Take an early cup of coffee and with breakfast boxes set off to tourism office for registration and other chimpanzee tracking formalities. Then enter Nyungwe forest that harbors no less than a dozen primate and monkey and no more than 280 bird species, lots of plant and tree species, insects and reptiles on the safari tours. End the fantastic first Rwanda safari day with a tree canopy walk to have beautiful scenic views of forest from above.
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Day 4
Colobus Monkey Tracking, Transfer to Kibuye
Enjoy the comfort of the room and after a cup of hot breakfast head to the forests again with lunch boxes for colobus monkey tracking on the african safari vacation. Besides chimpanzees and colobus monkeys the forests have a lot of wildlife underneath that the ranger guides help identify and interpret. Enjoy a unique picnic lunch on the Rwanda tour in the forest and later proceed to Gisenyi, a lakeside town on the shores of Lake Kivu. Let the cool breezes of the lake wash away all forest fatigue.
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Day 5
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Relax, enjoy the morning and watch a stunning sunrise with extra bright sun-rays reflecting over the lake. Enjoy breakfast in the lawns and get mesmerized by the birds with their morning calls on the safari holiday. Get on the boat cruise later and get more Rwanda safari experiences and explore what is within the lake. Get back in time for lunch and have a brief relaxation before transferring to the hotel on the hem of Volcanoes National Park. Check in at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge and sleep to the roars from the forests.
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Day 6
Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda
To many travelers this is the day to live their dream of safari to Rwanda and possibly the best wildlife experiences that bring them more personal with nature on the african safari tours. Take a very early cup of coffee and a snack and with lunch boxes the driver escorts guests to tourism offices for briefing, check gorilla trek preparedness and complete all formalities. The steep, thickly forested Volcanoes National park reaching beyond 7,000 ft in some areas is at disposal to explore with the ranger guides in the lead.
The Rwanda gorilla trekking experience is quite challenging and not a sweet cup of tea for every Tom and Dick. Whoever gets over this highly entertaining and exciting exercise confesses of wonderful conquering feelings and experiences never encountered anywhere else on the safari adventures. In the afternoon take the Iby'Iwacu community walk and interact with cheerful, welcoming Rwandan people and share wonderful everyday life experiences.
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Day 7
Transfer to Akagera National Park
Enjoy the Rwanda safari with a nice morning sleep and shake off adventure fatigue. Take breakfast in the lawns and breathe in the pure Kigali fresh air. Take a brief city tour, visit the Rwanda Genocide Memorial Centre and have lunch in an upscale restaurant on the safari vacation. After lunch transfer to Akagera National park and check in at the safari camp. Do an evening game drive to increase the number of wildlife views on the Rwanda safari.
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Day 8
Morning Game Drive, Boat Cruise and Return to Kigali
Wake up at first light and take a hot cup of coffee and get onto the waiting safari car. Go on a ranger guided game viewing drive in the plain grasslands on the african safari holiday. With luck view lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, elands, many other mammal and bird species. Go for an exciting boat cruise after lunch on Lake Ihema to explore Rwanda water wildlife species before checking out of park and onto Kigali for the evening outbound flight marking end of the tour into Rwanda.
