7-day-Safari Primates of Rwanda

Arrival at Kigali Airport. Your guide will be there waiting for you. Pick up and proceed to your accommodation.

Drive to Nyungwe, stopover enroute at Nyanza Hill and the King’s palace, Proceed Butare (Huye) for the National Museum of Rwanda. Lunch in Huye.

Arrive in Nyungwe afterwards for dinner and overnight.

Travel time: 250 km, 6 hours

Chimpanzee tracking in the morning.  Choose 1 activity for the afternoon.

 Activities in the afternoon to choose from;

• Waterfall walk
• Canopy Walk
• Primate walk (Angolan Black Colobus monkeys)

Nyungwe Forest is East Africa’s largest forest, with 13 monkey species, including chimpanzees, Angolan Black Colobus, Mona Monkey and Owl Faced Monkeys

Today we will drive to Gisenyi via Kibuye with nice view of lake Kivu . On the way we will pass through the area Gishwati which has a huge tea plantation. Late lunch at the lodge.

Afternoon at leisure or go for an optional boat trip on lake Kivu and reach the hot springs, enjoy the African massage with warm clay while at the hot springs.

Travel time: 180 km, 6 hours

Relax at the lodge in the morning or go for a nature walk along the shore. Visit the boarder if interested. Before proceeding to Volcanoes National Park.

Volcanoes National Park is a unique jungle, with many monkey species, including the endemic Golden Monkeys. Volcanoes National Park is part of the Virunga Mountains, covering Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, and one of the two places in the world where you can find Mountain Gorillas!

Travel time: 70 km, 1,5 hours

Gorilla tracking!!! Early morning departure with your ranger to search for one of the world’s most interesting and endangered animals, the Mountain Gorilla! You will spend one hour with one of our closest relatives. An experience you will never forget.

Note: it’s also possible to do Diane Fossey instead of Gorilla Tracking (optional).

Today we will drive back to Kigali, It is possible to do Golden Monkey tracking and proceed to Kigali for flight (Optional)

When you reach Kigali you will you do a city tour including the Genocide Memorial, Belgium Peacekeeper Memorial, visit the local market. visit presidential Palace Kigali tourist urban park. visit Kigali cultural village if time allows for the souvenirs.

Afterwards transfer to Kigali Airport for your outbound flight.

Travel time:105 km, 3 hours