13-Day Rwanda Adventure Combining Three National Parks (Akagera, Volcanoes, Nyungwe)
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This 13-day trip highlights Rwanda’s best experiences, combining stunning nature, wildlife, and adventure activities for the ultimate Rwandan safari experience. You will visit three National Parks (Nyungwe Forest, Volcanoes & Akagera), trek a number of primates including two great apes, traverse hillsides, forests, and bodies of water & have the chance to try to find the big 5 animals.
Included/Excluded
- Emergence evacuation fees
- Ground transport in a 4WD Jeep
- Bottled water, boat ride
- Park entrance fees (Gorillas, Chimpanzees, and Golden Monkey Permits)
- Game drive, accommodation based on FB
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide
- Pick up and drop off after the trip
- All mentioned activities.
- Extras accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- Tips to porters and driver/ guide
- Insurance and flights tickets
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
You will be met and greeted by your Golden Rwanda Safaris driver-guide upon your arrival at Kigali International Airport. He or she will brief you on your safari before transferring you to your hotel for your overnight stay in Kigali at the Governor’s Residence House or Kigali Serena Hotel.
Pick up in Kigali and drive to Nyungwe National Park. On the way, you will visit the Nyanza King Palace Museum and the ethnographic museum in Huye and Lunch Butare. Afterward, transfer and cross Nyungwe forest, check in for an overnight stay, and wait for dinner at Nyungwe Top View Hotel.
After breakfast, you will enter the Nyungwe forest to track the Nyungwe Chimpanzees. A walk into the woods with our knowledgeable guides versed in botany, ornithology, and interspecies relationships will be a whole new learning experience for you. You will return to the hotel for lunch after lunch, go for a canopy walk, and have your overnight at the Lodge.
Early in the morning, you will head to Kibuye via Gisakura after the hikes of the Nyungwe waterfalls. Along the way, you will enjoy the thousands of beautiful green hills that make up our country and views of Kivu Lake. Your overnight will be at the Lodge, where you can access the beach of Lake Kivu with the idea of the sunset. Accommodation: Cormoran Lodge.
Today, you will transfer to Gisenyi by speed boat or vehicle (the choice is yours). Along the way, you will explore the beautiful views of the different islands along Lake Kivu and some Congolese hills. Your overnight will be at the Lake Kivu Serena Hotel.
After breakfast, you will spend part of the day relaxing and swimming at Kivu Serena Beach, Kayaking, cycling, and hiking) Afterward, you will drive to Musanze, the base town, to visit mountain gorillas. Check-in at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel Meals plan
Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will be transferred to Volcanoes National Park for your first gorilla trek. Before walking, you will arrive at the main office at 7:00 am for a short briefing and coffee break. Your overnight will be at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel.
A trek to the Dian Fossey tomb site starts in the morning, and hikers first gather at the park office at 7:00 am to meet the park official for an early morning briefing at around 8:00 am; they depart for 30 minutes towards Mount Bisoke where the actual treks begin just outside Volcanoes National Park, As you continue, you will come across a stone wall that marks the boundary of the park You will come back to the start point where you will meet our guide after that back for Have lunch and visit of Diane Fossey Research Center, overnight stay at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel.
Another day of trekking Golden Monkey trekking. After breakfast, assemble at the park headquarters for briefing. You will meet your guide, who will guide you during the day after you will return to the lodge for Lunch. Afternoon Enjoy seeing a cultural village (Gorilla Guardians Village) and then overnight at the Hotel Five Volcanoes boutique hotel.
After breakfast, your Diver Guide will pick you up and transfer you to Akagera National Park via Kigali for an overnight stay at Ruzizi Tented Lodge. Â After the lodge and park entrance formalities, go for a sunset boat at Lake Ihema, after transfer back to the lodge for Dinner.
Eastern Rwanda is on the border with Tanzania, which African Parks manage, and this has done a great job with conservation. In the past, there was lots of conflict between people and the park, but this was solved by fencing off part of the park and introducing community tours where visitors are encouraged to visit the communities and benefit accordingly. Akagera National Park is the only Savannah park in Rwanda and is home to several mammal species, including Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Hippos, Kobs, Zebras, Bushbucks, Waterbucks, and most recently, Black Rhinos have been introduced from South Africa, making Akagera national park officially a big five park like it was many years ago. It is also home to numerous bird species in several habitats, including woodland, swamps, lakes, and Savannah. Overnight stay at northern Karenge bush camp.
After breakfast, drive back to Kigali for a city tour, Including the Kigali Genocide memorial and other tourist sites, and shopping for souvenirs before the departure flight back home. Bye, Kigali.
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