July 5, 2024
7-Day Discover Rwanda Primates in Luxury Safari
This 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari is what makes Rwanda such a wonderful country, our Complete 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari covers a mixture of its natural beauty and its fascinating culture. This tour really does have it all. Not only do you get to see Rwanda’s famous mountain gorillas and chimpanzees, but you also get to mix in engaging cultural experiences and your choice of a variety of optional activities to make the trip your own. If you’re looking to soak in as much of Rwanda’s stunning natural beauty as humanly possible.
7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari Highlights
- Day 1 – Arrival Kigali – Kigali Serena Hotel
- Day 2 – Kigali – Nyungwe National Park – Nyungwe House
- Day 3 – Explore Nyungwe Forest National Park – Chimpanzee Trek – Nyungwe House
- Day 4 – Nyungwe Forest National Park – Lake Kivu (Gisenyi) – Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
- Day 5 – Lake Kivu (Gisenyi) – Volcanoes National Park – Gorilla’s Nest Lodge
- Day 6 – Volcanoes National Park – Gorilla Trek – Gorilla’s Nest Lodge
- Day 7 – Depart
7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari Itinerary
Day 1 – Arrival Kigali – Kigali Serena Hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met by Wild Village Safaris guide, outside the airport arrivals section and transferred to your hotel. Visit the genocide museum and enjoy a city tour of Kigali. Lunch in Kigali. Overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel.
- Main Destination: Kigali International Airport (Airport/Airstrip)
- Accommodation: Kigali Serena Hotel, Luxury hotel located in or near Kigali
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2 – Kigali – Nyungwe National Park – Nyungwe House
After Breakfast at the hotel. Depart to Nyungwe national park. Visit the King’s Museum for a short tour and discovery have lunch and en route via Kigali. After transfer to Nyungwe forest arriving in the early evening. Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe House.
- Accommodation: One & Only Nyungwe House – Luxury+ lodge bordering Nyungwe NP without fences
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3 – Explore Nyungwe Forest National Park – Chimpanzee Trek – Nyungwe House
Go Chimpanzee Tracking
You’ll rise early for breakfast as you go off in search of Rwanda’s enigmatic and endangered chimpanzee population. With only four hundred chimpanzees in the country, there’s no guarantee you’ll see chimps during your day’s hike, but your guide will do all he can to get you a glimpse of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Even if you aren’t lucky enough to spot a chimpanzee, the national park is a wonderfully diverse place that you’ll get a chance to explore both in the morning in your hunt for chimpanzees and after lunch. In the afternoon, you’ll go in search of another of the park’s primate residents – the cheeky black and white colobus monkey. These playful primates are an easier hike than the chimpanzees, and you’ll delight in their antics. Overnight at Nyungwe House.
- Accommodation: One & Only Nyungwe House – Luxury+ lodge bordering Nyungwe NP without fences
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4 – Nyungwe Forest National Park – Lake Kivu (Gisenyi) – Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
You’ll start your 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari Day with your choice of a guided waterfall walk or a walk along the Nyungwe Forest National Park’s famous elevated canopy walk. Both offer a unique perspective on this beautiful park, and you’ll find a new appreciation for Rwanda’s natural beauty as you move through this dense forest. After your morning activity, you’ll make your way to Karongi on the shores of Lake Kivu. The drive to this beautiful city takes you along one of the most scenic stretches of road you’ll ever encounter – wending your way through hills and valleys along the way. Dinner and Overnight at Lake Kivu Serena Hotel.
- Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel – Luxury hotel located in or near Lake Kivu
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5 – Lake Kivu (Gisenyi) – Volcanoes National Park – Gorilla’s Nest Lodge
Depart to Ruhengeri arriving in the early afternoon. Arrive at Ruhengeri, the base for Gorilla trekking at the Volcanoes national park. The town itself, located only 25km from Uganda boarder, is relatively a small city of about 70,000 people. The constant flow of humanity is quite remarkable. The Town has great views of the surrounding volcanoes. People are very friendly here and although a former Belgian colony (and thus French-speaking), many people speak English here.
Afternoon visit the Ibyiwacu cultural village. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla’s Nest Lodge.
- Accommodation: One & Only Gorilla’s Nest Lodge – Luxury resort located just outside Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6- Volcanoes National Park – Gorilla Trek – Gorilla’s Nest Lodge
Rwanda Gorilla Trekking
Early breakfast at your hotel, you’ll proceed directly to the Volcanoes National Park‘s headquarters to meet your 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari guides. After completing the briefing, you’ll embark on the once in a lifetime experience of tracking the enigmatic mountain gorillas. There is no guarantee how long or difficult your tracking experience will be as it depends on where the family of gorillas is and on weather conditions, it can take anywhere from two up to six hours of trekking through the mountain forest at relatively high altitudes.
Fitness is definitely recommended for those wishing to undertake the excursion. One of the most memorable experiences you’re likely to ever have, you’ll be allowed an hour of close contact with the gorillas once you’ve found them. You’ll be privileged enough to come within mere metres of a family of these rare and beautiful animals, observing their family dynamics and getting to learn a bit about each gorilla’s distinct personality in serene silence. Overnight Gorilla’s Nest.
- Accommodation: One & Only Gorilla’s Nest Lodge – Luxury resort located just outside Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7- Depart
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart from foothills of the Virunga volcanoes and drive south past banana plantations on a scenic drive to Kigali. Everything and everywhere, sheer green and hanging on the hills; Rwanda truly – land of a thousand fertile green hills. Transfer to Kigali International airport for your departure back home.
- Main Destination: Kigali International Airport (Airport/Airstrip)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari)
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- You’ll be dropped off at the airport.
- Important to Know
- Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
- This 7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari is unavailable for children.
7-Day Rwanda Primates Safari Inclusions and Exclusions
Package Include:
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
- Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)
- All activities (Unless labelled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labelled as optional)
- All flights during the tour
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water (On all days)
Package Exclude:
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tips)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
