9 Days Rwanda Primate Adventure Safari

Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, Meet & Greet Services, followed by transfer to your Kigali hotel.

Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis: Kigali Serena Hotel or Park Inn by Radisson Hotel.

Morning, depart for Nyungwe Forest National Park, in southern Rwanda. 260km, 5.0hrs Enroute, visit Rwanda’s Cultural & Historic Towns - Nyanza & Butare, for their museums; Lunch at IBIS Hotel (or similar), in Butare Town.Arrive at your Nyungwe hotel in the late afternoon.

Overnight on Full-board basis: Nyungwe House Resort or Top View Hill Hotel

Morning, immerse yourself into the tranquility and awe-inspiring Nyungwe Forest in your search for the Chimpanzees. At the end of your one hour with these beautiful primates, return to your hotel for freshening up and lunch.Afternoon, take up the Adventure Canopy Hike- a metal bridge suspended 90metres above ground and 160metres long, across a forested gorge - thus giving you a bird’s panoramic view across the forest canopy.

Overnight on Full-board basis: Nyungwe House Resort or Top View Hill Hotel

Morning, enjoy trekking the beautiful but nonchalant Black & White Colobus Monkeys. Lunch at the hotel, followed by check-out.Mid-morning, drive north-west? along Lake Kivu shores, to central Lake Kivu town of Kibuye. 130km, 2.0hrs Lunch at the lake-shore Cormoran Lodge, and brief photo opportunity of the lake sceneries.Afternoon, drive further north and then east? to the Volcanoes Mountains region ? home to the Mountain Gorillas & Golden Monkeys. 250km, 3.0hrs

Overnight on Full-board basis: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge or Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Morning, enjoy the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime thrilling adventure - Mountain Gorilla Trek, in the volcanoes forest.After the mandatory one-hour duration with your gorilla family, drive back to your lodge - for freshening up and lunch.After lunch, relax at the lodge - as you re-live the fresh memories of your close encounter with human being’s closest relative in the wild.Late afternoon, enjoy a visit to the Iby’Iwachu Cultural Village (Gorillas Guardians) visit - for some insights into the transformed lifestyle of these families of former gorilla poachers; + traditional dance performance.

Overnight on Full-board basis: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge or Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Morning, undertake the Golden Monkeys Trek adventure in the volcanoes forest - trekking the only other member of the primate species, residing in the volcanoes forest.Freshening up and lunch at the lodge, followed by check-out - ready for your journey back to Kigali.

Then, bid farewell to the volcanoes mountains region and drive back to Kigali, arriving in the late afternoon for check-in at your hotel.

Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis: Kigali Serena Hotel or Park Inn by Radisson Hotel

Morning, embark on an orientation tour of Kigali City, including a visit to the Genocide Memorial Museum. Lunch at the Hotel Mille Collines - featured in the film Hotel Rwanda, regarding the 1994 Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis.Afternoon, depart Kigali and drive to the Akagera National Park in the east, bordering with Tanzania. 150km, 2.5hrs

Overnight on Full-board basis: Ruzizi Tented Lodge or Akagera Game Lodge

After early breakfast, drive into the park for Full-Day Game-viewing and photography opportunity traversing the different park terrain and sceneries, from south to the north. Picnic lunch.Late afternoon, drive back south, and to your lodge for an evening at leisure.

Overnight on Full-board basis: Ruzizi Tented Lodge or Akagera Game Lodge

Rest of the morning at leisure at the lodge. Lunch at the lodge, and then check-out.Afternoon, drive back to Kigali, with drop-off at the airport, for your evening outbound flight.

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