6 Days Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park Safari

6 Days Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park Safari

This 6 Days Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park Safari will open to you the best wildlife experience in Rwanda exploring the top national parks in the country. While you visit Akagera National Park, you will get to track the big five animals in Rwanda and also get to participate in the boat cruise on lake Ihema. When you visit Nyungwe national park, you will get to participate in chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda and when you visit volcanoes national park where you will embark on gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park which will give you access to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas that can be seen when you embark on the Rwanda safari. Continue with the detailed itinerary for more activities that you will get to participate in.

Highlights of your safari

Day 1: Arrive in Kigali, transfer to Akagera National Park and boat cruise

Day 2: Full day game drives

Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

Day 4: Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk.

Day 5: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Day 6: Gorilla trekking and transfer back to Kigali

Detailed itinerary

Day 1 : Arrive in Kigali, transfer to Akagera National Park and boat cruise

You will be met by your driver guide at your agreed location in Kigali to transfer to Akagera national park where you will arrive in time to embark in an early morning game drives that will give you the chance to watch a number of game animals especially the herbivores like the elephants grazing within the plains, the rhinos, you will also get to see a number of remarkable views for the park and a number of rewarding attractions after your  game drive you will transferred to the lodge for lunch and refreshments and later on participate in the afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema where you will see game like hippopotamuses, Crocodiles and many bird species like the endangered shoe bill stork, African King fishers catching their prey from the Lake that live around the lake and the surrounding swamps. After dinner, you will participate in the night game drive which will give you rewarding safari experiences watching how the park comes to life when the sunsets, notable animals that you will get to watch during the night game drive include the big cats like the leopards, the lions catching their prey.

 Transfer to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. Akagera game lodge(mid-range), karenge bush camp (budget)

Day 2: Full day game drives

Rise up early and go for a game drive with great anticipation of seeing the different animals which rise early to graze and predators looking for their early morning kill. After the game drive, return to connect with your driver guide and drive back to your lodge for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will embark in the evening game drives and get to watch a number of wildlife species that you might have missed out during the morning game drives which will give you clear views of the early risers in the park like the elephants, rhinos, oribi and many other rewarding attractions. in the evening game drives you will get the chance to watch a number of carnivores hunting for their prey as you watch a number of herbivores heading back to their hiding spots. Dinner and overnight at Akagera Game lodge

6 Days Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park Safari
Akagera National Park game drive

Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

Breakfast will be served early meet your driver guide for your transfer to Nyungwe forest you will be driven southwards to Nyungwe forest National park, watching a number of rewarding attractions like the rolling hills of Rwanda, the homesteads and so on. You will have a stopover in Butare, where you will visit the national museum of Rwanda, the king’s palace in Nyanza with lunch en-route. After head to your lodge/ hotel for dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Top Hill View Hotel (mid-range) Gisakura Visitor Center (budget)

Day 4 : Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk.

Enjoy breakfast and go for a briefing about the endangered chimpanzees before entering the forest in search of the active and playful fellows in Nyungwe Forest. The Chimpanzees are much easier to spot as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. Chimpanzee tracking usually takes about 3 hours. On finding them, spend an hour while taking pictures and videos.  You will then return to your hotel to freshen up, have lunch then check out and later in the afternoon participate in After lunch, you will go on a walking trail that will take you to the Canopy Walk swing bridge 50 meters in length that is suspended from large trees. You will be able to see the amazing rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you there after connecting to your accommodation to spend the evening at leisure.

Day 5: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will embark on your way to Volcanoes National Park, having lunch at en-route. On reaching, you will participate in the iby’iwacu cultural tour, which will help you understand more about the Rwandan culture. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel. Amikus hotel(budget) Tiloreza hotel (mid-range)

Day 6: Gorilla trekking and transfer back to Kigali

After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up from your hotel. our guide will meet you after having your breakfast and your lunches packed and he will take you to Kinigi Headquarters, where you are expected to be given a brief before starting the gorilla trek. This brief is done at 7 am. You are given guidelines during this brief before you are allowed to start the trek. This gorilla trek can take anywhere from 2 hours to half a day as its unpredictable. When you finally find the gorillas, you will have to maintain a 7-meter distance and you are allowed one hour to admire and take photos of the gorillas. During the time you spend with the gorillas you will get the opportunity to understand a number of their rewarding features like how they co-exist with one another, you will get to watch the durty of the dominant silverback whose role is to mate with the adult females to increase the members of the family, raid other gorilla families for their members, you will watch the juveniles grooming one another for a rewarding safari experience. After the trek, you will then embark on your journey back to Kigali and the end of your 6 Days Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park Safari.

QUOTATION BASED ON 1 PAX

3,553 USD Per person in a single room budget accommodation

4,153 USD per person in a single room, mid-range accommodation

Quotation Includes;

  • Chimpanzee permit
  • Gorilla trekking permit
  • Park entrance fees
  • all accommodation as per itinerary
  • safari vehicle (with popup roof) & Fuel
  • Full time English speaking driver/ guide
  • Park entrance fees
  • Boat cruise
  • Vehicle entrance fees
  • Bottled mineral water while on safari
  • All activities as indicated
  • meals

Excludes;

  • All optional activities as indicated
  • Tips
  • Visa fees
  • Air tickets
  • All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
  • Anything else not included in the itinerary