Day 1: Arrival – Kigali
After arriving Kigali airport, you will meet our guide and transfer you to hotel where you will enjoy pampering all hotel service, fast internet and rest time before leaving for a trip on the next day.
Accommodation: Four points by Shelton Kigali
Day 2: Kigali- Nyungwe Canopy walk
After breakfast you will head out toward southern province. few stopovers are on rendezvous of today, like the one at King palace Nyanza. When arriving to the Nyungwe forest, you’ will be amazed to drive in middle of this rain forest. THE Time of Canopy walk is arrived. The high and longest bridges, on the top of the trees that you can really sense the size and how magnificent is this Natural Forest. After this phenomenal walk continue to your overnight hotel near of Kivu.
Accommodation: Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel
Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking
A special day where you will start early in morning to trek the unique creation “Chimpanzees family “. The length of the trekking is unknown, for it depends where they decided to spent the night, and where to have their breakfast. For an hour you can see the Chimpanzees eating, playing, all natural, with no middle interfere. After a couple hours of resting and lunch, go to explore the Rwandan tea plantation.
Accommodation: Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel
Day 4: Nyungwe National Park – Kivu Lake
A breakfast at your hotel is one lifetime experience. Where you are enjoying not only your breakfast but the atmosphere of your hotel. After, hit the road to Gisenyi via Kibuye with a specular view of Lake Kivu on one side and high mountains on other side. Few stops on local village markets on your way are highly recommended. Arriving to Kibuye you’ll have a boat tour to different islands (Napoleon, Amahoro, and Monkey) then continue to the north of Lake. End the day with the local fisherman when they are out for their daily Night fishing.
Accommodation: Serena Kivu Hotel
Day 5: Congo Nile Trail
Morning fishing before breakfast then start the famous Congo Nile trail with guide (a local guide) where he/she’ll give you briefings on walk before starting. Visit local villages, spend time with Rwandan people, and pick up some Kinyarwanda words are on the schedule of today! After a couple of hours walking, you’ll head to Rubavu for the lunch or afternoon coffee, and enjoy the lake beach and boat tour
Accommodation: Serena Kivu Hotel
Day 6: Kivu – Volcanoes National Park
After a delicious breakfast near of the lake Kivu, hit the road to Northern Province where you’ll have a breathtaking scenery of volcanoes in your background. Afternoon visiting the culture village, where you’ll discover traditional Medicine, traditional cooking and banana beer.
Accommodation: Amarembo gorilla village
Day 7 : Volcanoes National Park – Mountain Gorilla trekking
A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS It is the most important national park in Rwanda and among the most important in the whole world, 160 square kilometers of rainforest surrounded by five powerful volcanoes, it is the habitat of the last mountain gorillas in the world, the historical base of primatologist Diane fosey. After breakfast you will drive to the starting point, from where you will set off on a walk into the depths of a tangled rainforest, accompanied by rangers who are good at tracing the footprints of mountain gorillas. With the help of machetes for levelling the road, patience and patience we will locate the gorillas, with whom we will stay for about an hour, you will learn to get to know their special character and way of life. you will watch them as they search for food, play, clean each other and enjoy the tranquility of the forest, an intimate encounter that will be an unforgettable one-time experience., after that amazing experience, head to the twin lake (Ruhondo & Burera) for relaxing. Then drive back to Kigali.
Accommodation: Marriott Hotel
Day 8: Kigali – Flight back home
A full day in Kigali city. where you ‘ll overlook how clean and safe is this city. Visiting Genocide memorial and the bustling Kimironko market to pick up some last-minute souvenirs according your flight time.
Safe Journey