10 Days Best of Rwanda Safari Adventure
10 Days Rwanda Safaris is one should embark on, especially if you are interested in touring the top destinations in this incredible country. This 10 Days Best of Rwanda safaris was fashioned to give you the finest of Rwanda.
Highlights: 10 Days Rwanda Safaris
- Day 1: Transfer to Rwanda
- Day 2: Drive to Akagera National Park
- Day 3: Engage in a Boat Safari
- Day 4: Nyungwe National Park
- Day 5: Involve yourself in the activity of Chimpanzee Tracking
- Day 6: Waterfall Hiking
- Day 7: Transfer to Lake Kivu
- Day 8: Drive to the remarkable Volcanoes National Park
- Day 9: Enjoy the exhilarating activity – Gorilla Trekking
- Day 10: Departure
Details: 10 Days Rwanda Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Rwanda
On your arrival at Kigali International Airport, the driver guide will pick you & transfer you to where you will check in a hotel/lodge. Reliant on the time you will have arrived, an elective city trip to sightsee the city (Kigali) & tour the Genocide memorial, can be decided, may also be able to tour some of Kigali’s craft markets to glance at the Pottery, Carvings, Batik, Weaving, Sculpture, Musical instruments, Leather & Fabrics. Dinner & overnight stay
Accommodation – Hotel le Garni Kigali
Day 2: Drive to Akagera National Park
Breakfast, then drive to Akagera National Park, positioned in the Northwest of Rwanda close to the boundary of Tanzania, recognized with Savannah in the west, Kagera River in the northeast of Rwanda.
It shelters a range of wildlife such as Herds of Elephant, Buffalo which appear from the Woodland to drink at the lakes, while you might stagger a Leopard, spot a Hyena/ even a Lion. Giraffe & zebra hangout in the savannah and more than a dozen types of antelopes reside in the park, plus over 500 Bird species, have lunch then later engage in a long game drive in Akagera National park. Check-in, Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – Rusizi Tented Camp
Day 3: Engage in a Boat safari & transfer back to Kigali.
Enjoy your breakfast, then set off for a Boat Trip on the Ihema River to spot a variety of water birds like Cormorants, Fish eagles, kingfishers, etc. Then transfer back to your lodge, have lunch and drive to Bugesera district, south of Kigali, via a good looking country-side not often toured in by travelers.
In the small town of Nyamata, you will visit a Genocide memorial church, then transfer back to Kigali where you shall sight the Genocide Memorial in the city center to know more about this catastrophe in case you missed this on your first day. Check-in, Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – Hotel le Garni Kigali
Day 4: Nyungwe National Park
As you transfer to Nyungwe Forest you will possibly drive through the town of Butare (135km), where you will get an opportunity to sightsee the Butare National Museum unveiling/exhibiting an array of ethnographic entities that will open your eyes about the custom, norms, lifestyle culture wise of the Country-Rwanda. Check-in, Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – One & Only Nyungwe House
Day 5: Involve yourself in the activity of Chimpanzee Tracking
on day 5 of 10 Days Rwanda Safaris, have your Breakfast, then proceed to Nyungwe Forest National Park offices where you will be briefed on the set of tips that you have to follow while tracking these endangered species (chimpanzees) in their natural homes, once located, there you have a chance to adventure more about their ways, body behaviors (gestures) & also take a moment to have as many photos as you can.
While on this activity (chimpanzee trek), you can also be able to spot other different primates like L’Hoest monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, to mention but a few, plus the varied bird species such as the long-tailed bluebird, paradise flycatcher, the Great blue turaco, etc. Return back to your lodge, relax, have lunch.
Get ready for the afternoon canopy walk where you will spot several species that reside in Tropical Rainforest National park. On this walk (Canopy walk) you will have a chance to have a glimpse at various plants, colorful butterflies, birds among others. Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – One & Only Nyungwe House
Breakfast, then proceed to Nyungwe Forest National Park offices where you will be briefed on the set of tips that you have to follow while tracking these endangered species (chimpanzees) in their natural homes, once located, there you have a chance to adventure more about their ways, body behaviors (gestures) & also take a moment to have as many photos as you can. on day 5 of 10 Days Rwanda Safaris, While on this activity (chimpanzee trek), you will also be able to spot other different primates during your 10 days in rwanda like L’Hoest monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, to mention but a few, plus the varied bird species such as the long-tailed bluebird, paradise flycatcher, the Great blue turaco, etc. Return back to your lodge, relax, have lunch.
Get ready for the afternoon canopy walk where you will spot several species that reside in the Tropical Rainforest National park. On this walk (Canopy walk) you will have a chance to have a glimpse at various plants, colorful butterflies, birds among others. Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – One & Only Nyungwe House
Day 6: Waterfall hiking
In case you missed the Canopy Walk you can still choose to embark on it or remain at your lodge. Relax off by engaging in swimming. Then in the afternoon go for the Waterfall hiking, it’s a 3 – 6 hrs round tour, reliant on how normally you stop to sightsee & whether you decide to transfer a little further/ walk from the headquarters’
Following the road to the vehicle park before digging into the forest is the first part of your training. You will have to cross several streams before making an abrupt origin to the base of the small, uplifting waterfall. Monkeys are normally spotted along the way & the steep slopes provide outstanding views into the Canopy.
Accommodation – One & Only Nyungwe House
Day 7: Transfer to Lake Kivu
Breakfast, then transfer north from the Nyungwe’rainforests. This lake (Kivu) forms the boundary between the countries of Rwanda & DR Congo, it also has gotten the finest inland beaches you can ever love to spot, still, you can have an afternoon walk around & along the beach, just to relax, check-in, Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – Rushel Kivu
Day 8: Drive to the remarkable Volcanoes National Park
Safari rwanda, Enjoy your breakfast, then transfer to the Northeast of Musanze close to the Virunga Volcano series, around here you will spot Rwanda’s Musanze caves that age back 65 million years & rest within the volcanic section where lava flow layers long ago formed the Albertine Rift Valley.
These caves provide easy hiking 2km in distance & have wonderful opinions of dropping lights from the surface, exclusive rock formations, & a colony of bats, lunch stopovers in Musanze town, then proceed to Volcanoes National Park, check-in, Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – Mountain Gorillas’ Nest lodge
Day 9: Enjoy the exhilarating activity – Gorilla Trekking
Breakfast, leave with your packed lunch, then transfer to the park’s headquarters for briefing, get divided into groups, outlined for you the Dos & Don’ts of the activity, then the guide will take you as close as possible to the basis of your tracking activity, then you will track these gentle giants (Gorillas) of one of the habituated groups.
This activity (Gorilla Tracking) takes a duration of about 2- 8 hours &once located, you are permitted to spend 1hr, watching them, taking photos, etc. What an expressive experience. Dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation – Mountain Gorillas’ Nest lodge
Day 10: Departure
Enjoy your morning breakfast, check out & then embark on your journey, transferring to the Airport (Kigali International Airport), right in time for your departure flight back home & hence concluding your 10 Days Rwanda Safaris.
