The art of travelling on a luxury has been made easier for your, where you do not need to stress your self-doing the trip arrangement, as all has been well taken care for you. This 9 Days Luxury Primate and Wildlife Safari is a perfect way to visit and explore all the 3 Rwandan Parks, within 9 days. You will have a taste of the most organic meals, with fresh ingredients, pamper yourself on the world most known luxury accommodation brand, as you fly over, to shorten your transfers. Travel and feel taken care off, enjoy adventure in a luxury style. Request a Quote
Itinerary summary
DAY 1: AIRPORT TRANSFER TO HOTEL
DAY 2-3: FLY TO AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK.
DAY 4: FLY TO NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK.
DAY 5: CHIMPANZEE TREK & CANOPY WALK AT NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK.
DAY 6: TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
DAY 7: GORILLA TREKKING AT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
DAY 8: GOLDEN MONKEY TREK AT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
DAY 9: AIRPORT TRANSFER.
Detailed Itinerary.
Day 1: AIRPORT TRANSFER TO HOTEL
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company guide who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, an later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight stay at Kigali Serena Hotel, one of the best Five star hotel in Kigali, located in the hearts of the city, at quiet ambience. Meal Plan: Dinner.
Day 2 & 3: FLY TO AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK.
After enjoying your relaxed buffer breakfast at the hotel, you will check out and be transferred to the airport for your flight to Akagera National Park, which is roughly just 15 minutes flight, and you will enjoy a beautiful country side aerial view of Rwanda, landing in the hearts of Akagera. Akagera National Park is the only savannah park in Rwanda, located in the Eastern park of Rwanda bordering with Tanzania. The park harbors, a number of wildlife such as Zebras, Warthogs, giraffes, Topis, Water bucks, and much more including the Big Five. Number of bird species can be sighted as well. You will be welcomed by your guide who will transfer your to your lodge, thus Magashi Tented Camp. One of the newly introduced luxury accommodation in the Akagera, and only tented camp pioneering sustainable and authentic ecotourism in Rwanda, and the only accommodation in the southern part of the park, creating a unique sense of seclusion, comfort, privacy and space, with spacious rooms, seated just adjacent to the showers of Lake Ihema, giving a great chance to spot hippos, crocodiles and number of wildlife from your lodge. Lunch and dinner will be served on time, as you enjoy a luxury retreat. You will have choices of activities to choose from, and do at your own leisure, range from nature walk, Night and day game drive on an open safari land cruiser, with a great overview, plus a wonderful boat trip at Lake Ihema, where you spot, a number of hippos and crocodiles, including bird life. You will spend two nights in this beautiful accommodation, emerge you self in one of the most impressive natural environment, with a quiet kind of setting. This place will give you’re a total setting to relax your mind, as your only in contact with sound of nature. Meal Plan: Full board.
Day 4: FLY TO NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK.
Today, you will catchup with your next flight to Nyungwe National Park, which is one of the tropical national park, known as home to primates, harboring over 13 primates species including the great chimpanzees. You will be transferred to the airfield to board off, for Nyungwe, via Kigali airport en route to Nyungwe. On arrival, you will find your guide waiting for you, to transfer you to your booked accommodation at One & Only Nyungwe House, belong to One & Only luxury accommodation brand, known worldwide. The facility was set for a high end market, to give a personalized kind of retreat, to the luxury market. Your sense of discovery, has just started to be unveiled, as you explore one of the most visited, Rwanda Park. You can choose to visit the beautiful tea gardens around with your guide, or just relax and enjoy your time in your villa. Meal Plan: Full Board.
Day 5: CHIMPANZEE TREK & CANOPY WALK AT NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK
Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee on a buffer kind of setting, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch and some short refreshment before heading for a canopy walk in the afternoon. This 70 meters suspended metallic bridge will give you a great overview of Nyungwe forest and on a luck day spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a roughly 1 and half hours walk on this bridge, that gives you, a cool tree top view and later return in the afternoon for dinner and overnight stay at One & Only Nyungwe House. Meal Plan: Full Board.
Day 6: TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
On getting done with your buffer breakfast, you will flight to Volcanoes National Park, for an epic stay, and gorilla trekking on the next day. This is rough a 20 minutes flight that will reward you with a great aerial view of Congo and Lake Kivu. You will be well received by your guides and transfer to Bisate lodge. This is one of the most highly demanded luxuries lodge, with a lodge like a bird next, with a personalized retreat. You will really feel lost into nature, with a great view of the great Virunga volcanoes. The lodge is a destination of its own, as you just admire its setting of the bungalow’s, with fine African art, a natural retreat. You will just enjoy your time for today. Meal Plan: Full Board.
Day 7: GORILLA TREKKING AT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
After a good night’s rest and breakfast, we set off on our walk to Barafu camp at 4640m. The climb will take us across desolate screed slopes with no vegetation around us at all. It’s a tough steep walk made more difficult by the altitude. On arriving at camp we eat and spend the afternoon resting as we prepare for a long night and day ahead. It is important to keep hydrated and warm. We have an early dinner and then try to get some sleep as we will be getting up between 11 pm and 12 pm to start the climb to the summit.
Day 8: GOLDEN MONKEY TREK AT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
After your buffer breakfast, you will check out of the lodge, and head off for a golden monkey trekking, with a pre- briefing exercise at the park headquarters’. Just like the gorilla trekking, the golden monkey trek, as well follow the same procedures, however less strenuous like the gorilla trekking. An hour of interaction with the golden monkey, will be allocated as well. You will head cultural visit at Iby’ Iwacu gorilla guardian site, for a cultural experience before you drive for lunch. In the afternoon, you will fly back to Kigali. Dinner and overnight stay at Kigali Serena Hotel. Meal Plan: Full Board.
Day 9: AIRPORT TRANSFER.
After your morning breakfast, depending on your flight time, you will be transferred to the airport to catchup with your flight back home, patched with great memories of your ample time with us, in Rwanda. We look forward for your next visit, or recommendation to family and friends. We wish you, a safe flight, and great stay. End of the 9 Days Luxury Primate and Wildlife Safari.
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What is included in the 9 Days Luxury Primate and Wildlife Safari?
Items that are included in the cost of tour price. Request a Quote
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Flight transfer fares
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permits ($1500), per person to be paid in advance
- 1 Chimpanzee permit, per person
- 1 Golden Monkey permit, per person
- Cultural experience
- Drinks
- Boat ride at Lake Ihema
- Game drives in Akagera
- Boat ride on Lake Kivu
- Park entrance fee
- Laundry
- Domestic flight fares
- Canopy walk
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
- Porter fee while trekking.
What is not included in this tour?
Items that are not included in the cost of 9 Days Luxury Primate and Wildlife Safari price.
- The package excludes expenses of personal nature like: International Air fare, Visa, tips to local guides, telephone, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.