7-Day Rwanda Primates and Wildlife Safari

On this day, you’ll wake up for breakfast and then report to the park headquarters at 7:00 am. You’ll undergo a briefing about the rules and regulations of gorilla trekking. Afterwards you’ll be assigned a gorilla family to trek with seven other visitors. You’ll be accompanied by a ranger and guided to the forest to start searching for the gorillas, an activity that takes between 3o minutes to 6 hours, depending on the movement of the gorillas. After finding the gorillas, you will spend an hour in their presence, taking pictures and monitoring their behavior. Then, you’ll trek back to the starting point to be awarded a certificate for participation in the conservation of these primates. You’ll have lunch and relax at your lodge for the rest of the day.

Dinner and overnight at Isange Paradise Resort or Ingagi Park View Lodge (Upgrade)

Today you’ll wake up to an early morning breakfast. You’ll then head to the park headquarters for a briefing about golden monkey trekking rules. After the briefing, you’ll start the trek in search of these beautiful primates with gold-colored fur on their bodies. You’ll enjoy seeing them playing in the branches of bamboo trees or potato fields. After, you’ll return to the lodge for lunch. Afterwards you’ll embark on a journey to Akagera National Park, Rwanda’s only savannah park. You’ll check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Dinner and overnight at Mantis Akagera Game Lodge

You’ll have an early morning breakfast, and then set off for a morning game drive in the savannah of Akagera. You’ll see a variety of animals grazing, which may include the big 5 animals (buffalo, lions, leopards, rhinos, and elephants) plus other animals like zebras, wild dogs, warthogs, and more. You’ll return to the lodge for lunch and a bit of relaxation. Then, after, you’ll embark on a boat cruise on Lake Ihema. You’ll see a variety of animals that will have come to cool off and quench their thirst in the hot hours of the day. You’ll also see crocodiles basking in the sun and waiting to get some food. After, you’ll return to the lodge for dinner, overnight, and relaxation.

Dinner and overnight at Mantis Akagera Game Lodge

On this day, you will wake up for breakfast at ease, and then embark on a 5-6 hour journey to Nyungwe National Park. Nyungwe is the largest tropical rainforest in Rwanda, and it is home to about 12 primate species. You’ll pass through several tea plantations, making for good landscape views. Upon arrival in the late afternoon or early evening, you’ll check in at the lodge for well-deserved relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Dinner and overnight at Uwinka Guest House or Nyungwe Top View Hotel (Upgrade) 

On the 6th day of your tour, you’ll head to the park headquarters for a briefing about chimpanzee trekking. The briefing will prepare you for your close encounter with chimpanzees in their habitats. After forming small groups, you will enter the forest in search of the chimpanzees. Following their sounds and movement, you’ll find them and spend an hour in their presence, monitoring how they behave and taking pictures. After an hour in their presence, you’ll return to the starting point, then return to the lodge for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon canopy walk – a suspended bridge that allows you to see a variety of bird species and the forest canopies for 2 hours, rewarding you with fascinating views of the forest. After that, you’ll head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Dinner and overnight at Uwinka Guest House or Nyungwe Top View Hotel (Upgrade) 

You’ll have breakfast, check out of the lodge, and board a vehicle for your journey to Kigali. You’ll be dropped off either at the airport or any other place that you will suggest. This will mark the end of the 7-Day Rwanda Primates and Wildlife safari.