7-DAYS BEST OF PRIMATES IN RWANDA

On arrival, our driver-guide will be waiting to transfer you to the hotel in Kigali for an overnight stay. He will brief you about the tour and what time to pick you the next day. 

Mid-range accommodation: – Heaven Boutique Hotel (En-suite Rooms)

Luxury accommodation: – Kigali Serena Hotel (En-suite Deluxe Rooms)

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and head to Kigali City for sightseeing with visits to a local market as well as other monuments in the city.

During the city tour, we will also get to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which is such an emotional and touching experience. We will then have lunch and then embark on the journey to Volcanoes National Park arriving at the lodge later in the evening.

Travel time: ± 3 hours

Mid-range accommodation: – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (En-suite Cottages)

Luxury accommodation: – Virunga Lodge (En-suite Standard Bandas)

Early in the morning after breakfast, we will transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing and then later you will enter the rainforest and along the montane slopes of Virunga. This remarkable experience of searching for the famous Mountain Gorillas is strenuous thus requires one to be physically fit, however, the thrill of encountering these humble and gentle giants erases the poor memories you went through while finding them. You will spend one hour with them as you take photos and learn about their behaviors. Depending on how long it takes to track the gorillas you will be either back at the lodge for a late lunch or dinner and then spend the rest of the day relaxing at the lodge.

Mid-range accommodation: – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (En-suite Cottages)

Luxury accommodation: – Virunga Lodge (En-suite Standard Bandas)

Today you will be taken from one side of the national park to another, here you will be taken on a guided walk into the thick bamboo thickets in search of the one of the rarest and most beautiful of all African primates. The golden monkey with black limbs, tail tips and crown are endangered and up until 2002 they were only known from one small location in Rwanda. This population (around 200 individuals) has been studied and habituated since 2002 making it one of the few habitants for these endangered species.

Mid-range accommodation: – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (En-suite Cottages)Luxury accommodation: – Virunga Lodge (En-suite Standard Bandas

This morning you will leave Volcanoes National Park for Nyungwe Forest National Park with a stop for lunch in Butare where there is a very nice museum to check out to learn about the culture and history of Rwanda. After lunch you will continue with the journey to Nyungwe forest arriving later in the afternoon/evening. As you drive through the park, you should be able to see some beautiful Angolan colobus monkeys. Your evening meal will be at your accommodation.

Travel time: ± 6 hours

Mid-range accommodation – Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel (En-suite Rooms)Add USD $ per person per night to stay at One & Only Nyungwe House

Today you will once again enter the rainforest, an exceptional place for primates and boasting 13 species (20% of Africa's total). This morning you will track down a troop of chimpanzees to learn more about the behaviors. In the afternoon, you will go for a canopy walk through this beautiful rain forest. Here, you will have a chance of spotting some of the other primate species, birds and mammals that inhabit the forest. This forest is home to about 275 species of birds of which an impressive 25 are endemic, 270 species of trees and shrubs, 100 different orchids and many large mammals such elephants, leopards, servals, golden cats, bush pigs and black-fronted duiker. There are loads of walking tracks in the park and the experienced guides will show you the best ones for particular wildlife. Thereafter, we will bring you back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Mid-range accommodation – Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel (En-suite Rooms)

This morning you will be taken to Kigali, where you will be transferred to the airport in time to catch your return flight back home.

Accommodation – None

Travel time: ± 6 hours

Meals - Breakfast and Lunch only