6 Days Gorilla & Wildlife Tour in Rwanda

OVERVIEW

This trip is meant for those with a very limited time and still want to make most of it. It is very important to note that the success of this depends on the time of your flight on the last day of your trip. We strongly recommend that you book this trip only if you are sure that your flight is at 8pm or after. Should you fail to find a flight on your last day, consider an extra night. This activity filled is what you need to explore Rwanda in the shortest time possible. It begins with a city tour and genocide memorial visit and ends with gorilla tracking in Volcanoes National Park.

NOTES

Highlights
  • Road Trips
  • Kigali City Tour
  • Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

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YOUR ITINERARY

Today you will be met by a representative of Big Apes Africa and drive to Akagera. This drive is about 2 hours of which the last 45min is mainly done on dirt but paved road. After Lunch, embark on a trip to explore L. Ihema in Akagera National Park for about two hours.
After an early breakfast, pack your lunchbox and water and drive towards the Northern Sector of the park via Mulumba Hills overlooking Tanzania. You will have a picnic lunch in the open savannah plains while viewing some animals.
After an early breakfast, drive to Volcanoes National Park the home of Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda.
After an early breakfast, you will drive to the briefing point in the forest of Volcanoes National Park to get to be enlightened about your adventure with the Mountain Gorillas. You are advised to carry enough drinking water and a lunch box. You can hire a potter to carry your bag and give you a hand in slippery or steep parts of the forest. After the briefing, you are distributed into small groups and led by a park ranger into the forest.
Today, we visit the cultural village of Iby’Iwachu for a great performance from a reprica of the Kings palace of Nyanza and you could become a King or Queen for the day. Performances such as Kinyarwanda traditional marriage, the medicine man, Black Smith and local food grinding on a curved stone. Continue to Gisenyi for a one hour drive and have a City Tour. Drive along L.Kivu overlooking DRC with a relaxation and swimming in the white sand beach.
After the tour of L.Kivu, embark on your return journey to Kigali with a drive around town and later continue to Kigali International Airport for your return journey back home or onward journey.