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10 Days Rwanda Safari - Gorilla Tour & Wildlife Viewing

By Silverbird Tours Agency
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$12,568 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 10d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The 10-day Primate and Wildlife safari is a magical and incredible adventure to ideal destinations to unplug and enjoy the beauty of nature.

Uncover Rwanda’s unique and diverse wildlife wonders that will offer you exciting and memorable experiences especially the enchanting gorilla trekking and golden monkey tracking in Volcanoes Park, charming chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest NP as well as the Big 5 encounter in Akagera Game Park.

Activity location

  • Akagera National Park
    • KN 4 Avenue
    • Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Akagera National Park
    • KN 4 Avenue
    • Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

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10 Days Rwanda Safari - Gorilla Tour & Wildlife Viewing in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 10 days10d
    10d
  • Opening hours: Sun 5:00 am-10:00 pm
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
AU$12,568.03 x 1 AdultAU$12,568.03

Total
Price is AU$12,568.03

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private transport
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Landing and facility fees
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Gorilla trekking Permits
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Flights
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal Expenses

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Pick up from Hotel, Visit the Genocide Memorial & later transfer to Akagera National Park
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Akagera Rhino Lodge
Akagera National Park
  • 12h
Upon arrival at the Airport, you will be welcomed by our driver guides who will believe you about the safari and then go for a Kigali city tour, taking you through exploration at the Kigali genocide site, and local markets. After you will have your lunch and then drive to Akagera in Eastern Rwanda and check in at the lodge, relax, and prepare for the next day’s activities.
Day 2: Akagera National Park exploration
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Akagera Rhino Lodge
Akagera National Park
  • 6m
  • Admission ticket included
You will wake early morning, have breakfast, and then go for a sunrise game drive that will give you a glimpse of the herbivores actively grazing against the sunrise. The game drive in Akagera is an incredible activity that offers breathtaking views of the African Big Five that is Elephant, Lion, Rhinos, Buffaloes, Leopard as well as other animals such as giraffes, and antelopes, birds which create a memorable experience of a lifetime. Afternoon you will have a launch or boat cruise along Lake Ihema that gives a spectacular view of crocodiles, a school of hippos, water birds, and other species of wildlife which will fill you with the essence of nature. Then you will get back to the lodge, relax, and have dinner and later a night stay.
Day 3: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch
  • Accommodation: Karisimbi Cave Resort
Volcanoes National Park
  • 12h
  • Admission ticket included
After breakfast, you check out of your lodge, meet your guide, and then embark on a 5-hour journey through green rolling hills and spectacular landscapes to Volcanoes National Park, a paradise to the Majestic mountain gorillas. Check-in at the lodge, relax and prepare for tomorrow’s activity.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch
  • Accommodation: Karisimbi Cave Resort
Volcanoes National Park
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer to park headquarters at Kinigi for a briefing about mountain gorilla trekking from the Park warden and rangers. Along with your trekking gear, drinking water, and packed lunch, you will embark on the captivating gorilla trekking in the jungle forests of the Volcanoes National Park which may take 1- 7 hours to search for awesome primates depending on their movement. On encountering the giant primates, you will have a rewarding and exciting magical hour to learn and watch the charming gorillas as they interact, play, mate, feed, build nests, and groom each other. Meeting the closest relatives of human beings is an adrenaline-pumping activity that offers a once-in-lifetime experience while on your African wild safari.
Day 5: Golden monkey tracking and Iby'iwacu Cultural Village experiencez
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: lunch
  • Accommodation: Karisimbi Cave Resort
Volcanoes National Park
  • 4h
  • Admission ticket included
After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing from the park warden about the endangered golden monkey tracking. After you will connect tracking trails leading into the Bamboo forest searching for the rare golden monkeys which will take you 1-4 hours, Looking left and right, east and west, you will have ecstatic views of other primates like the red-tailed monkey, Vervet monkeys, Black & white monkeys as well as colourful birds among others. On meeting the endangered golden monkeys, you will have one charming hour to watch and study these monkeys as they interact, play, feed, and groom each other. In the evening, you will immerse yourself into the customs, traditions, and cultures of the surrounding community at Iby’Iwacu cultural village interacting with local people with their authentic cultures, and behavioural patterns such as the traditional cattle milking, art and crafts, local beer brewing, and honey harvesting.
Iby'iwacu Cultural Village
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
In the evening, you will immerse yourself into the customs, traditions, and cultures of the surrounding community at Iby’Iwacu cultural village interacting with local people with their authentic cultures, and behavioural patterns such as the traditional cattle milking, art and crafts, local beer brewing, and honey harvesting.
Day 6: Dian Fossey Gravesite hike
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Karisimbi Cave Resort
Karisoke Research Center - Dian Fossey Camp
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
After breakfast, you will go for an adrenaline-pumping hike to Dian Fossey's gravesite for about 2-4 hours. Dain Fossey was an american primatologist known for extensive study of the mountain gorillas. This trek gives insight into Dian Fossey and her legacy on gorilla conservation. After, return to relaxation and overnight in the lodge.
Day 7: Transfer to Lake Kivu
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu resort
Lake Kivu
  • 8h
  • Admission ticket included
You will have your breakfast, check out of the lodge, and leave Volcanoes National Park for Lake Kivu. You will arrive at Lake Kivu early, have lunch at the lodge, and then chill and relax at the lake with a fresh breeze and vistas and white sand swimming.
Day 8: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu resort
Nyungwe Forest National Park
  • 12h
  • Admission ticket included
After enjoying a delicious breakfast, you will go for a boat ride along L. Kivu which will give scenic views of the hippos, crocodiles, birds as well as other wild animals at the banks of the lake. Later, you will embark on the 4-hour journey to Nyungwe Forest National Park which shelters 13 primate species. Check-in is one hour at the lodge.
Day 9: chimpanzee tracking and Canopy walk experience
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Maravilla Kivu resort
Nyungwe Forest National Park
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Enjoy breakfast in the morning and then gather at Uwinka Reception for a briefing about chimpanzee tracking rules. After the briefing, you will meet the park ranger and guides who will take you on a trek for 1- 4 hours in the forest to meet chimpanzees which are normally spotted as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. On finding the awe-inspiring primates, you spend one-hour taking pictures and videos of a large-changing experience.
Nyungwe Canopy Walk
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
In the afternoon, you will go on a walking trail that will take you to the Canopy Walk- a swinging bridge 50m in length that is suspended from bird trees. You will be able to see the captivating rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you. Then return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 10: Transfer Back to Kigali
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Kigali City Market
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
After having your breakfast, you will take 6 hours’ drive through beautiful landscapes, farmlands, local markets and communities, and towns then to Kigali and connect to the airport for departure.

Location

Activity location

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    Akagera National Park
    • KN 4 Avenue
    • Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

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    Akagera National Park
    • KN 4 Avenue
    • Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

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