12 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Experiences

Welcome to Rwanda! Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be met by our  representative. Outside customs and immigration hall, Safari briefing and introduced to your driver guide. Transfer to Retreat hotel. Overnight at Retreat hotel (BB)

City tour. Today morning after breakfast at 10:00am, you will head for a city tour. Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda commemorates the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The remains of over 250,000 people are interred there. There is a visitor center for students and whose wishing to understand the events leading up to the events of 1994. The Center is a permanent memorial to those who fell victim to the genocide and serves as a place in which the bereaved could bury their family and friends, and a clear reminder of the cost of ignorance

History; In April 1994 reports of systematic mass murder within Rwanda began to filter out of Rwanda and circulate throughout the world. Little, sadly was done to halt the mass killing. To outsiders the genocide was represented as tribal-based ethnic violence, with the Tutsis the victims and the Hutu’s as the perpetrators. Precisely how many people were actually murdered may never be known; estimates vary between 500,000 and over a million. The number of people killed is widely accepted as being somewhere close to 800,000. After return to the hotel for overnight stay and dinner.

Lunch will be at Africa bite restaurant and later after the city tour they will head back to the Retreat Hotel. Dinner and overnight at Retreat Hotel (BB)

Approximately 3hrs drive

After your breakfast at 07:30 am you will check out and transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel for your shuttle transfer to Akagera National Park. Upon arrival at the camp, you will briefed by the camp manager on your three days program.

Akagera National Park

Akagera National Park is located in the north east of Rwanda along the border with Tanzania. It is named after the Akagera River that flows along its eastern boundary and feeds into a labyrinth of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema. The rolling hills of Acacia and Brachystegia Woodland coupled with scattered grassland and swamp-fringed lakes along the meandering Akagera watercourse combine to create a park of breath-taking scenic beauty.

Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Magashi (FB)

Approximately 3hrs drive

After your breakfast at 07:30 am you will check out and transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel for your shuttle transfer to Akagera National Park. Upon arrival at the camp, you will briefed by the camp manager on your three days program.

Akagera National Park

Akagera National Park is located in the north east of Rwanda along the border with Tanzania. It is named after the Akagera River that flows along its eastern boundary and feeds into a labyrinth of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema. The rolling hills of Acacia and Brachystegia Woodland coupled with scattered grassland and swamp-fringed lakes along the meandering Akagera watercourse combine to create a park of breath-taking scenic beauty.

Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Magashi (FB)

Approximately 3hrs drive

After your breakfast at 07:30 am you will check out and transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel for your shuttle transfer to Akagera National Park. Upon arrival at the camp, you will briefed by the camp manager on your three days program.

Akagera National Park

Akagera National Park is located in the north east of Rwanda along the border with Tanzania. It is named after the Akagera River that flows along its eastern boundary and feeds into a labyrinth of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema. The rolling hills of Acacia and Brachystegia Woodland coupled with scattered grassland and swamp-fringed lakes along the meandering Akagera watercourse combine to create a park of breath-taking scenic beauty.

Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Magashi (FB)

Return to Kigali -Drive to the volcanoes national park (2hr30min) On this day when you return from Akagera you will meet your guide at Kigali Serena Hotel for a short break before transferring to Volcanoes National Park.

 Parc National des Volcans: In the heart of Central Africa, so high up that you shiver more than you sweat,” wrote the eminent primatologist Dian Fossey, “are great, old volcanoes towering up almost 15,000 feet, and nearly covered with rich, green rainforest – the Virungas”. Situated in the far northwest of Rwanda, the Volcanoes National Park protects the steep slopes of this magnificent mountain range – home of the rare mountain gorilla – and the rich mosaic of montane ecosystems, which embrace evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, swamp and heath. The mysterious rainforest is alive with the calls of colourful birds and chattering of the rare golden monkey, and littered with fresh spoor of the mountains’ elusive populations of buffalo and elephant. Through gaps in the forest canopy, the magnificent peaks are glimpsed, easily accessible and among the highest in Africa, beckoning an ascent.  Dinner and overnight at Bisate lodge (FB)

Early/packed breakfast at your lodge; 0600 hrs: transfer to the Volcanoes National Park HQs 0700 hrs: Registration, where the park staff determines which group of gorillas you will visit. The park staff discusses your fitness level and advises you of the trekking times and conditions to the various groups based upon their location in the park the previous evening. There are a total of 80 gorilla permits available each day with a maximum of eight trekkers visiting any one group.

Once the trekkers are put into groups, each group’s Lead Guide briefs the trekkers of the trekking procedures as well as the “do’s and don’ts” while in the presence of gorillas. After the briefing, trekkers return to their respective vehicles for the drive up the mountain to the starting point.

Porters may be hired for the trek to carry your backpack and gear. The cost, US$10 per person/per day. We advise that you utilize this service.

The cost, US$10 per person/per day in case of need a porter. We advise that you utilize this service.

You will be allowed an hour with these wonderful creatures. After the trek, you will return to the lodge for lunch and then rest of afternoon at leisure.  Dinner and overnight: Bisate Lodge. (FB)

Second Gorilla trekking/Golden monkey trek: Have an early breakfast, 0630 hrs; Transfer to the Volcanoes National Park’s Office to undergo the now familiar gorilla trekking formalities. Then enter the forest for the second trek, visiting a different family from yesterdays. After the trek, rejoin your driver Guide for a transfer back to Bishop House.

Later in the afternoon, you will visit the little known but compellingly beautiful twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo and have a cup of Rwandan coffee while admiring the scenic view.

Dinner and overnight: Bisate lodge. (FB)

Helicopter transfer to Nyungwe national park. In the morning after your breakfast you transfer to Nyungwe house.

Nyungwe National Park: Located in the South West corner of Rwanda, Nyungwe National Park is an untouched natural rainforest that is filled with exciting biodiversity. Covering over 1000 square kilometres, Nyungwe is surely one of the world’s most beautiful and pristine mountain rainforests. It’s believed to be one of Africa’s oldest forests, staying green even through the Ice Age, which explains its diversity. Home to habituated chimpanzees and 12 other primates species (including a 400-strong troop of habituated Ruwenzori Black & White Colobus), it’s also a birder’s paradise with over 300 species, including 16 endemics, and is home to 75 different species of mammal.

Upon arrival you will check in at the lodge which located within the tea plantation you will visit the farm and do the harvesting until to the point of testing.  Dinner and Overnight at Nyungwe house. (FB)

Day 10, 11: 2021 Chimp trek Nyungwe National Park- Canopy walk. Early in morning, hike into Nyungwe Forest, the natural habitats for a huge population of Chimps. Chimpanzees are great apes that are closely related to humans. Nyungwe Forest hosts these intelligent primates who are an endangered species. Later after the trek you will return to the lodge in time for lunch.

In the afternoon, you will go for the canopy walk as another option which offers a splendid view over the lush forest with its magnificent biodiversity. Hard wood trees dominate the upper canopy while the lower part is beautified with a large selection of orchids, flora and fauna that flourish better in the higher altitudes Dinner and Overnight at Nyungwe house. (FB)

Helicopter transfer to Kigali – Departure. Today, you will have breakfast and check out for helicopter transfer to Kigali upon arrival lunch will be at heaven boutique restaurant and a last-minute shopping before you head to the airport for your departure flight departure time.