7 Days Rwanda Primates Trip

Day 1: Arrival day

This is the first day of this trip and since you are jetting in around 7:30 pm, you will be met and we welcomed by our driver-guide. Then you will be driven to Hotel Okapi for dinner and overnight. Meals on H/B

Day 2: Drive to Volcanoes national park.

On this day you will wake up in the morning and have a relaxed breakfast. Then you will head for a city tour to various places of interest in the city like the Genocide memorial, parliament, Science university, and then to the local markets. You will break off for lunch and some refreshments. Then you will head for a 2 hours drive to the volcanoes national park where you will reach in the evening and check-in for dinner and overnight mountain gorilla view lodge. Meals on F/B

Day 3: Gorilla trekking day

On this day you will wake up very early in the morning and have your breakfast. Then you will head to the park headquarters for a briefing about the dos and don’ts when in the company of these primates and allocation of gorilla family to trek. Then you will head to the forest for the actual gorilla trekking experience. This trek takes between 2-6 hours looking for these primates depending on their movement. After coming across them, you will be accorded one hour to interact and take pictures of them. Then you will head back to your hotel after being filled with this experience for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Day 4: Drive to Nyungwe forest national park

On this, you will wake up very early in the morning and have your breakfast. You will jump onto your safari jeep and drive for 7-9 hours in the southern part of the country with an en-route luncheon. You will reach late in the evening and check-in for dinner and overnight at Nyungwe hilltop view hotel. Meals on F/B

Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking

You will wake up early enough and have your breakfast. Then you will drive for 1hour to Kyamudongo forest which is the actual chimpanzee tracking spot. You will get into the forest and start the actual chimpanzee tracking experience. You will then return to your hotel for lunch and some refreshments. In the afternoon you will go for a nature walk that will take you till late evening where you will go back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Departure day

This is the last day of this trip and you will have an early breakfast and then start on your drive back to Kigali with an en-route luncheon where you will reach late in the evening and since your flight is on this date you will be dropped at the airport and this will mark the end of this trip.

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