A 7 Days Rwanda primates Safari taking you to watch mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park and chimpanzee tracking in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
This tour will start and end in Kigali.
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park.
Day 2: Gorilla tracking and cultural walk.
Day 3: Golden monkey tracking and transfer to lake Kivu.
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National park.
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Forest canopy walk.
Day 6: Nature walk and colobus monkey tracking.
Day 7: Transfer back to Kigali.
End of Tour.
Detailed Itinerary
DAY 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
On arrival in Kigali, your guide/driver will receive you from the airport and transfer you to Volcanoes National park. You will enjoy a spectacular scenic view en route to the Virunga Mountains. Dinner and overnight stay at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Luxury)/ Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/Davinci gorilla lodge (Deluxe) or similar.
DAY 2: Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park
Take your early breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas before heading for gorilla tracking in the forest. Tracking will take 1-6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. You will spend a maximum of one hour taking observations; photographs and watching them feed or play around. In the evening, you may go for a cultural walk to iby’wachu. Dinner and overnight stay at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Luxury)/ Le bambou Gorilla Lodge/ Davinci gorilla lodge(Deluxe)
DAY 3: Golden monkey tracking and transfer to Lake Kivu
You will take your breakfast and after a briefing at the park headquarters, head to for golden Monkey tracking. Enjoy them play in the forest in search of food. On return, transfer lake Kivu reaching early for an OPTIONAL boat cruise to the hot springs. Dinner and overnight stay at Kivu Serena Hotel (Luxury)/ Paradise malahide (Deluxe).
DAY 4: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After your breakfast, you will set off a scenic drive to Nyungwe forest national park in southern Rwanda reaching in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at One&Only Nyungwe House (high end)/Nyungwe Top View Lodge(Luxury) / Chimpanzee Lodge(deluxe).
DAY 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy walk.
Have an early breakfast and drive to the park headquarters to be briefed about the “dos and don’ts” while with the chimps before entering the forest. You will encounter the chimps and many other primates like the black and white monkeys and various bird species. In the afternoon, we can go for a forest canopy walk adventure where you will enjoy the scenic view of the entire Nyungwe Forest top. Dinner and overnight stay at One&Only Nyungwe House (high end)/Nyungwe Top View Lodge(Luxury) / Chimpanzee Lodge(deluxe).
DAY 6: Colobus monkey tracking and nature walk.
Take breakfast and head to the head quarters to be briefed and proceed to the forest with your guide to track the colobus monkeys. In the afternoon, you will go for nature walk to the waterfalls where you will encounter lots of bird species as well as monkeys enroute. Dinner and overnight stay at One&Only Nyungwe House (high end)/Nyungwe Top View Lodge(Luxury) / Chimpanzee Lodge(deluxe).
DAY 7: Transfer to Kigali and Departure.
Enjoy your breakfast and drive back to with en route visit to Murambi Memorial, Nyanza palace and Butare Museum reaching Kigali in the evening and transfer to the airport for your scheduled flight back home if on schedule.
End of the Tour
