6 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari

You can follow mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park during this 6-day gorilla and wildlife safari in Rwanda. You can also go on game drives in Akagera National Park to see the Big Five. You will enjoy wonderful nature walks, cultural outings, and bird watching. This all-inclusive 6 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari will begin and finish in Kigali.

Day by day

DAY 01:  Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Our safari guide will meet you at the airport in Kigali and take you to Volcanoes National Park. The trip north passes through Rwanda’s stunning terraced hillsides, which showcase the country’s stunning terrain of more than a thousand hills.

DAY 02: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park

You will drive to Parc National des Volcans’ park headquarters following breakfast. After receiving a briefing from the ranger guides, you will begin your gorilla trekking in the light mountain forest on the Virunga slopes with a packed lunch. After tracking, you might be able to go to Ibyiwacu Ex-Pocher’s village to see a cultural show.

DAY 03: Golden monkey tracking in Volcanoes National Park and Visit the Diana Fossey Tomb

You will have a golden monkey track after breakfast. The most endangered primates in the Volcanoes are these golden monkeys. Following lunch, you will go to Karisoke, the burial site of Dian Fossey, a woman who conducted extensive research on African mountain gorillas. The same location where she was buried is also where she buried Digit, her amiable gorilla. You will return to your hotel after the visit.

DAY 04: Drive to Akagera National Park for an evening game drive and overnight

Following breakfast at your lodge, you will travel to Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda, which borders Tanzania. This park features stunning undulating plains with rolling grasslands, lighter acacia woodland, and dense, broad-leafed woodland, as well as a vast network of lakes connected by papyrus swamps that form a vast wetland.

DAY 05: Game drives and boat trip on Lake Ihema

Take a game drive in the park early in the morning. Hippos, elephants, buffalos, giraffes, hyenas, crocodiles, and several other creatures, as well as birds, will be seen during the game drives. Following a late breakfast, you could choose to spend some time in nature or unwind at the lodge before the afternoon canoe trip on Lake Ihema.

DAY 06: Drive to Kigali for a city tour and Transfer to the Airport for your departure flight

To wrap up your six-day gorilla and game safari in Rwanda, you will drive back to Kigali after breakfast and be dropped off at the airport. Depending on when your flight departs, you will eat a local lunch before heading to the airport.

End of your safari