Akagera big-game drives, Nyungwe chimpanzee tracking, a canopy walk and Lake Kivu.
- Duration
- 7 Days
- Style
- Gorilla & Primates
- Country
- Rwanda
- Format
- Private
7 days · Gorilla & Primates
At a glance
- 7
- Days
- 6
- Nights
- 3
- Places to stay
- Private
- Group
Where you'll stay
- Chez Lando Hotel
- Akagera Game Lodge
- Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
4 stops across Rwanda
- 1KigaliDays 2–7
- 2AkageraDays 3–4
- 3NyungweDays 5–6
- 4Lake KivuDay 7
Every day is flexible — we tune the pace, lodges and game drives to you.
Arrival and Transfer to Hotel
On arrival at Kigali International Airport you are met by your safari driver-guide, welcomed to the land of a thousand hills and transferred to your accommodation.
Where you stay
Chez Lando Hotel
Meals
Dinner
Kigali City Tour
After breakfast you tour Kigali, visiting the convention centre and a local market where you interact with local people, followed by lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon you visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, with video clips from survivors, before returning to your hotel.
Where you stay
Chez Lando Hotel
Meals
Full board
Transfer to Akagera National Park
You are driven (about 2 hours) to Akagera, Rwanda's only savannah park and known for big-five game viewing in the east on the Tanzanian border. After lunch at your lodge you take a sunset boat trip on Lake Ihema to see hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes and birds such as pelicans, pied kingfishers and darters.
Where you stay
Akagera Game Lodge
Meals
Full board
Full-Day Game Drive
You set out early with a packed lunch for a full-day game drive, catching the sunrise and the early risers. The park rewards you with lions, elephants, buffaloes and more before you return to the lodge in the evening.
Where you stay
Akagera Game Lodge
Meals
Full board
Transfer to Nyungwe
After breakfast you drive west (about 6 hours), visiting the Royal Palace Museum and the Ethnographic Museum in the Southern Province with lunch en route. You reach Nyungwe National Park in the afternoon and relax.
Where you stay
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Meals
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk
After an early coffee you go to Nyungwe, known for 13 primate species, for the briefing and chimpanzee trekking, with one hour allowed with the chimpanzees once found. After lunch you walk the suspended canopy bridge for a view over the forest and a chance to spot more primates.
Where you stay
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Meals
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Lake Kivu and Return to Kigali
After breakfast you transfer to Lake Kivu for a sunset boat trip of about two hours on the lava lake, then drive back to Kigali to catch your evening flight.
Meals
Breakfast & lunch
This journey is priced to your dates, group size and lodge choices — tell us what you have in mind and we'll send a personal quote within 24 hours.
Included
- Transportation in a 4x4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation with meals as listed
- Canoe ride
- Chimpanzee permit
- Canopy walk
- Museum visit
- En-route lunch
- English-speaking driver/guide
- Park entrance fee
- Bottled mineral water
- Game drives
- Boat trip
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