Detailed 5 Days Rwanda Primates Safari

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Depending with the time your flight touches the ground in Kigali National airport; our guide might pick you from the airport and have a direct transfer to Volcanoes National Park.

Picking you from the airport or your hotel in Rwanda, after your morning breakfast, our guide will be there to pick you.

After briefing of the 5 Days Rwanda Primates Safari, you will begin the trip, through the terrace hills of Rwanda to Volcanoes National Park, home to the endangered mountain Gorilla. On arrival you head straight to your lodge to check in. later have dinner and rest

Recommended Accommodation:

• Sabyinyo silverback lodge
• Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
• Hotel Muhabura
• Meal Plan: lunch and dinner

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Experience

This is the first day of 5 Days Rwanda Primates Safari to experience the wild since you came. After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters- Kinigi for a briefing about the endangered mountain gorilla trekking by the park warden.

Along with your trekking gear enough drinking water, and packed lunch, the driver will drop you off at the starting point to trek the gorillas together with the ranger guide.

This activity may take between 1-8 hours searching for the gorilla depending on their movement. However, by meeting them, is so rewarding and you will spend a maximum of an hour with the up close in their natural habitat, take your time observing them as you study them go on with their daily life. Take as many pictures and videos as your camera film can hold

After spending your time with these fascinating mountain gorillas, return to the base or starting point and meet up with your driver to take you back to your lodge for either lunch or refreshment.

After lunch depending on the time, you got done with trekking; you may opt for a cultural walk Toby iwachu Cultural village a Non-profit Umbrella Organization that aims at improving the lives of reformed poachers and communities around Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park through provision of conservation incentives, supporting community enterprise development and livelihoods-based projects.

It’s a rewarding place where you will be guided around the place as you enjoy the Kinyarwanda traditions including the Intore dance, traditional ceremonies and guided community walk. Return to your lodge and refresh. Later have dinner and overnight

Recommended Accommodation:

• Sabyinyo silverback lodge
• Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
• Hotel Muhabura
• Meal Plan: full board

Day 3 of 5 Days Rwanda Primates Safari: Stopover at Lake Kivu and Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will check out and transfer to Nyungwe National Park with stopover at Lake Kivu.

Enjoy the morning breeze at the shores of the lake; this is like an hour drive to Rubavu. Spend approximately an hour there and then return on the road to proceed with your 4-5 hours drive to Nyungwe National Park with lunch en route.

Nyungwe forest is the oldest and largest forest rain forest in East Africa. Arrive in the park in the late afternoon and straight head to your lodge to check in. You will have time to relax as you reminiscence for the tomorrow’s events. Later have your dinner and rest

Recommended Accommodation:

• Nyungwe forest lodge
• Nyungwe top view hill hotel
• Gisakura guest house
• Meal plan: full board

Day 4: Chimpanzee Trekking and Afternoon Canopy Walk

After an early breakfast, brace yourself for another tiresome yet exciting experience. Go for briefing about the endangered chimpanzee before entering the forest in search of the active playful fellows in Nyungwe forest.

The chimpanzees are much easier to spot as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. Chimpanzee trekking usually takes 3 hours. On finding them, spend an hour while taking pictures and videos.

You will then return to the starting line and meet up with your guide to drive you back to your lodge for lunch and refreshing. After lunch, you will go on a walk-a swing bridge 50 meters in length that Is suspended from large trees.

You will be able to see the amazing rain forest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you. Before night fall, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight

Recommended Accommodation:

• Nyungwe forest lodge
• Nyungwe top view hill hotel
• Gisakura guest house
• Meal plan: full board

Day 5: Transfer Back To Kigali Or Airport Drop Off

Wake up on your favorable morning time and have breakfast, this time a little relaxed. Check out of the lodge and embark on 4 hours drive back to Kigali with an en route visit to Nyanza King’s Palace and Rwanda National Museum in Huye and Murambi genocide museum.

Arrive in Kigali and also visit the craft shops and the Kigali genocide memorial. Have lunch and go to your hotel or transfer to the airport for your flight if you’re returning home that very day

Meal Plan: breakfast and lunch

End of the 5 Days Rwanda Primates Safari