Day 1 -
ARRIVAL >> Drive to Volcanoes NP (115kms / 2hrs)
Arrive morning/lunchtime at Kigali International
Airport and be met by your Driver Guide for a brief of your Rwanda visits. The
Kigali city tours especially welcome you to this "Land of a Thousand
Hills". You will start with the Kigali
Genocide Memorial Centre and
thereafter proceed on to the City Centre for a quick lunch. Visit the
Caplaki Crafts market and after here start your 2-hr drive to Volcanoes
NP.
Dinner and overnight at either;
Budget – Best
View Hotel
Mid-Range – Ingagi Park View Lodge FB
High End – Sabyinyo Silverback lodge AI
Day 2 – RWANDA
GORILLA TRACKING (Time
taken to watch the Gorillas – 1hr)
Early breakfast and proceed
to the National Park headquarters for a Gorilla
tracking experience in the Volcanoes National Park. Once you spot them you are
allowed to spend an hour watching. This is perhaps one of the most breathtaking
wildlife experiences on earth!!! You get so close to these awesome giant
primates. Tracking the gorillas through the light mountain forest on the slopes
of the Virunga is a magical experience. You can request for a group of the family
desired as per time taken to trek, if possible. After Gorilla tracking return
to your Lodge for lunch and afternoon at leisure around the lodge or find enough time to admire your photos
on the Gorilla tracking activities or visit the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village and
mingle with the local community in the cultural activities and traditional
Rwandan dances. And thereafter dinner and overnight either at;
Budget – Best
View Hotel
Mid-Range – Ingagi Park View Lodge FB
High End – Sabyinyo Silverback lodge AI
Day 3 – GOLDEN
MONKEYS TREK + DRIVE TO LAKE KIVU at GISENYI TOWN (60 km / 1hr)
Another early breakfast
at the lodge and return to Volcanoes NP, this time for the Golden
Monkeys trek.
Entering
dense stands of bamboo interspersed with open glades; you will make your way
deep into golden monkey territory. Guides lead visitors to the habitat of
groups of ‘habituated’ golden monkeys – monkeys used to human presence. Though
viewing is kept to a maximum of one hour, travellers can get an up-close look at the golden monkey in its natural habitat. Back to the lodge
for an early lunch
and thereafter check out for a drive to Lake Kivu, in the NE of Rwanda. Check in at your hotel and in the afternoon enjoy a 1-HR boat ride on the Lake.
Visit popular spots like close Islands, hot springs and fishing spots where you
will meet and interact with fishermen. Thereafter back to the Hotel
for the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at either;
Budget – Palme Resort FB
Mid-Range – Hill View Hotel FB
High End – Kivu Serena Hotel FB
Day 4 – GISENYI
(RUBAVU) TOWN CITY TOUR + DRIVE BACK TO KIGALI (150 km / 3hrs)
Breakfast and check
out of the Hotel. Enjoy a Gisenyi City tour, to the border points of Petite and
Grand Barrier. From here you will be able to gain sights of the Congo DRC’s
Goma town…compare it with Rwanda’s Gisenyi town and learn more….. Pass
through the main streets and the markets as you drive out back to Kigali City. Lunch and
thereafter proceed on to Kigali Airport for your departure flight.