Our 10 Days Best of Rwanda Safari Tour will lead you to the best of our handpicked routes to the most amazing destinations of Rwanda. The country is popularly as “the land of a thousand hills” you will enjoy the overview and back drops of the Mountains as you move around the conservation areas, the parks are a mixture of different vegetative covers including savannah, forest and montane types.
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali
Upon arrival, you will be welcomed by our company representative who will transfer you to the hotel that has been booked for your dinner and stay overnight at
Luxury: Kigali Serena hotel
Meal plan: full board
Day 2: Transfer to Akagera National Park
You will have a morning breakfast after which our guide will brief you then head for the Kigali city tour, visiting the different markets and the genocide memorial site, have lunch and transfer to Akagera National Park arriving in the late evening for dinner and check in at
Luxury: Akagera game lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Game Drives and Boat Safari
Early morning breakfast after which we will head to the park premises in search of wildlife, it normally takes places in the northern park where most animals inhabit expect to see zebras, giraffes, antelopes, returning to the lodge for lunch and an optional afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema, you will have beautiful views of the lake and more sightings of wildlife.
Luxury: Akagera game lodge
Meal plan: full board
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Nyungwe Forest National Park is home to chimpanzees, the thick dense forest is popular for the canopy walk, we will leave via Kigali to the national park, stopping over in Rwanda to visit the national museum, we arrive in the later afternoon for dinner and stay overnight at
Luxury: one and only Nyungwe
Meal plan: Full board
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk
Following an early morning breakfast, we will head to the rich forest’s park center for a morning briefing after which we will start off a trail to track chimpanzee, chimpanzee is closet of mankind among primates, it has 98% resemblance of the human DNA, very social and communicable animals, other primates of the park include colobus monkey, l’hoest monkey, red tailed monkeys to mention a few, return after the chimp trek to the lodge for lunch and later we will head for the canopy walk the bridge is suspended over 200m above the ground , dinner and stay overnight at
Luxury: one and only Nyungwe
Meal plan: full board.
Day 6: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
We transfer to volcanoes national park home to mountain gorillas it is one those few places to find mountain gorillas –gorilla beringei beringeiwhile on the ride to the park, you will enjoy scenic views of surrounding back drops of mountains having stop overs for pictures driving for approximately 6 hours’ drive arriving for dinner and stay overnight
Luxury: Virunga lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 7: Gorilla Trekking and Relaxation
Following breakfast, we will transfer to the Virunga park to meet mountain gorillas the trek begins with a briefing at the Kinigi headquarters, after which the park ranger will lead you to the forest, habituated gorilla families are tracked in groups of eight and 1 hours is allowed with the mountain gorilla it can last 2 or more hours depending on how far they have moved returning for lunch and an afternoon relaxation at the lodge
Luxury: Virunga lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 8: Cultural Encounters and Transfer to Lake Kivu
Early morning breakfast after we will visit the community, you will learn the Rwandan cultural ways from their dances to food, customs and norms, learn how to use a bow and arrow, and if you like to join them it is possible for you, after this adventurous experience, we will transfer to lake Kivu to finish our great adventures accommodation at
LUXURY: Lake Kivu Serena hotel
Meal plan: full board
Day 9: Lake Kivu experiences
We will have a relaxed day at lake Kivu, we will enjoy boat cruise on the lake, visit the Rwanda Congo border, ad relax at the lake side, dinner and stay overnight at
LUXURY: Lake Kivu Serena hotel
Meal plan: full board
Day 10: Transfer to Kigali for departure
On this last day, we will first have breakfast before we transfer to Kigali airport for transfer back home safely.
End of the 10 Days Best of Rwanda Safari Tour.
The 10 Days Best of Rwanda Safari Tour includes;
- All ground transportation.
- Park entry and conservation fees.
- Water on board.
- Lunch.
- English speaking guide.
- Chimpanzee permit.
- Gorilla permit.
- Boat cruise fees.
However, the 10 Days Best of Rwanda Safari Tour excludes;
- Meals not included in the travel plan.
- Accommodation before and after the trip.
- Visa fees and air tickets.
- Tips and gratitude given to hotel staff and tour drivers.
- Items of personal nature.