Gorillas and Primates

7 days—Gorillas and Primates

$3895-6585 USD

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Safari summary

Rwanda’s capital and biggest city stretches across undulating lush hills surrounded by towering mountains, the largest of which is Mount Kigali, rising 1850 metres above sea level. Kigali is the country’s financial, commercial and cultural hub, served by an international airport and featuring a wide range of accommodation options, restaurants and points of interest, including the Kigali Genocide Centre, an atmospheric market and numerous craft shops. With its interesting architecture, busy streets, meandering boulevards, and green hillsides, Kigali is said to be one of the most attractive cities in Africa and is definitely worth a visit.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Hiking \| trekking
	Activity level	Strenuous activity
	Best months	January, February, June, July, August, September, October, December
	Countries	Rwanda
	Parks	Nyungwe Forest Volcanoes

Fine details

Safari highlights

Hiking | trekking
Primate trekking

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
All drinks
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Arrival

Meet and greet at Kigali International Airport where your Rwanda Adventure Safari starts by our representative who will warmly welcome you and facilitate seamless arrival formalities. Your will then be transferred to your hotel where you will be briefed about your adventure safari. Depending on the time of arrival you are advised to have money Changed on this day ,If time allowing you may go for a city tour. All activities today are at your own cost.

Urban City Blue Hotel Kigali

Nyungwe National Park

Nyungwe Forest

After breakfast you will be collected by your guide and transferred to Nyungwe Forest National park, about 6 hours’ drive away from Kigali. Nyungwe Forest National Park’s glorious sense of expansiveness is among its most striking features. The 970 km² of rainforest, bamboo, grassland, swamps and bogs in the majestic hills of southeast Rwanda is the largest remaining ‘island’ of montagne forest in East and Central Africa. Visit the palace on the way. Lunch enroute

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

Chimps Tracking& Canopy walk

Nyungwe Forest

Arise at dawn then 0430 hrs: transfer to the Forest for a Chimpanzee tracking experience. Although it is possible to track and see chimpanzees in Nyungwe forest, this is in very hilly terrain (high ridges and deep valleys) in a rainforest and the Chimps themselves only semi-habituated and tending to move far and wide over a large area. In the afternoon, you will Abe taken for a canopy walk in the forest whereyou will have time with the primates as the swing in the tree branches.

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

Kibuye

After breakfast, you will travel to Kibuye on the shores of Lake Kivu. You will arrive at your lodge for a late hot lunch and after lunch you will go for a boat cruise.

Cormoran Lodge

Volcanoes National Park

Volcanoes

After breakfast, you will head for Volcanoes National Park, a home of Mountain Gorillas in the “The Land of a thousand hills”. You will drive through idyllic scenery. You will arrive in time for lunch and have restful afternoon.

Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Gorilla Trekking

Volcanoes

After breakfast, you will be collected by yourguide and transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing of your gorilla tracking experience and allocation of your trekking porters, you will the start your gorilla trekking adventure. Upon sighting the gorillas, you will stay with them for an hour as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting; raising their young. Coming face to face with a giant silverback must truly be one of the greatest wildlife adventures!

Mountain Gorilla View Lodge