The 5 day Rwanda safari will take you to Rwanda where you will have a detailed adventurous journey.
During this trip, you will visit Akagera National Park and Volcanoes National Park. Akagera National Park is a popular game viewing destination in Africa.
The park is a renowned big 5 destinations. Apart from the big 5, other wildlife species to expect in Rwanda include waterbuck, bushbuck, cape elands, impalas, hippopotamus, crocodiles and others species. During the visit to Akagera, you will witness in a great game viewing experience and the boat cruise.
Volcanoes National Park is among the most visited National Park in Rwanda. The park is home to the Mountain gorillas and many other wildlife species such as the Golden monkeys, spotted hyenas, black and white colobus, baboons, red-tailed monkeys and others. Gorilla trekking is the prime tourism activity in the park.
If you want to explore other destinations such as Nyungwe forest National Park, Lake Kivu and other destinations, our tour guide will be able to take you there.
Our team of tour guides is excessively knowledgeable about each tourism destination in Rwanda, you will be guided so well.
About the airport pickup, we shall pick you up from Kigali International airport to your hotel in Rwanda
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera National Park.
Early in the morning, our tour guide will drive you to Kigali city where you will participate in the city tour.
You will witness the Kigali genocide memorial, the former presidential palace, and other attractions. Afterwards, you will be driven to Akagera National Park. After 2 hours of driving, you would have reached in Akagera.
Upon arrival, you will check in your lodge, have some lunch and later take the afternoon boat cruise along Lake Ihema. The park was named after Akagera River which flows through the park. During the boat cruise, you will witness the hippopotamus, crocodiles, and other bird species. In the evening, you will return to the lodge where you will be served with the perfect dinner.
Day 2: Full day game drive
During this day, you will wake up in the morning; you will wake up in the morning and go to the park for a game drive until evening. You will witness various wildlife species. And by evening hours, you would have enjoyed a wonderful experience.
Our tour guides are knowledgeable about Akagera National Park, they will offer their great help. In addition, we have wonderful 4×4 safari cars that have a popup rooftop and window seats which enable you to have an intensive game drive.
The cars have a great charging system which enables our clients to charge their wonderful gadgets such that they don’t miss out on any photo taking opportunity
Day 3: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Early in the morning, you will go for a morning game drive and after breakfast, you will take a tour to Volcanoes National Park.
Upon arrival in volcanoes, you will check in your lodge, have lunch and afterwards, you will take a nature walk through nearby forests around the crater lakes for a wonderful scenic viewing, bird watching and photography.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking
Early in the morning, you will visit the park headquarters for briefing at around 7am. You will be briefed about what to expect during the gorilla experience.
All Questions will be answered. There are approximately 10 habitable gorilla families in Volcanoes National Park.
You will select the gorilla family depending on your level of fitness. Afterwards, you will start trekking through volcanoes with the help of the armed park rangers.
The park ranger will assist in locating the gorillas. Upon witnessing the gorillas, you will be allowed a period of one hour with the gorillas where you will witness their various behaviors.
Some of those behaviors include jumping from tree branches, teasing each other, feeding, mating and many more. You will take as many photos as you can and afterwards, you will return to the park headquarters where you will meet the tour guide who shall drive you back to the lodge
After having meals, around the evening hours, you will drive to Iby’iwacu cultural village where you will witness various cultural aspects of Rwanda. In the evening, you will return to the lodge and have dinner
Day 5: Mt. Bisoke tour and later return to the Kigali
Early in the morning, you will take a hike to Mount Bisoke. Mt. Bisoke has a great crater lake on the top, you will take great photos and later, you will start your tour back to Kigali and this will mark the end of this wonderful 5 day tour.