12 DAYS SAFARI – DISCOVER RWANDA

"Murakaza neza" - Welcome to Rwanda! We will be waiting for you at the airport and drive you to your accommodation. Here you can recover from your arrival and organize the day according to your wishes. Overnight at Cozy Safaris – Bed | Breakfast

After you have done with your breakfast at the hotel, our driver guide will drive you start the day activity which include Kigali Genocide Memorial Center after experiencing the brutality killing of thousands of Rwandan innocent Tutsi in 1994 you will also continuously visit the Presidential Museum, thereafter go for lunch. After having your lunch, embark on a drive to the eastern part and visit Reconciliation village whereby the Killers are living in harmony with the survivors of Genocide. Dinner & Overnight at Cozy Safaris – Bed | Breakfast

After morning breakfast, transfer to Nyungwe National Park on the way you will have a stopover to pay a visit to the King’s palace in Nyanza and Rwesero Art gallery thereafter you will proceed to Butare for lunch, after having lunch before heading straight to Nyungwe National Park please visit National Museum of Rwanda. Then embark on the drive to Nyungwe natural forest as you enter the forest you will be welcomed by fresh breeze and many different bird species, the forest is a home to many different types of monkey that found in the Nature of Nyungwe park. Dinner & Overnight at Nyungwe Top View – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner 

Nyungwe National Park lies in southwest Rwanda, partly abutting the Burundi border. It's a vast area of mountain rainforest, home to many species of chimpanzees, plus owl-faced and colobus monkeys. The Canopy Walkway, part of the Igishigishigi Trail, is a high suspension bridge with views over the valley and surrounding forests. A trail runs to the Kamiranzovu Marsh, with its birdlife, orchids and waterfall. Dinner & Overnight at Nyungwe Top View – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Wake up early to go chimpanzee tracking in the Nyungwe Forest. After a short briefing by your guide, walk through stunning tea plantations before entering the thick luscious forest. There are over 13 species of monkey found in the forest and excellent birding opportunities with over 100 species of butterflies and the occasional chameleon. The excursion can last from one to four hours but you will definitely hear the chimpanzees from the moment you enter the forest. Once found you will stay for an hour with the chimpanzees, watching them play, fight and eat in the atmospheric forest. Return to your hotel to relax and refresh. Dinner & Overnight at Nyungwe Top View – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner 

After long trekking in Nyungwe today you will head for a relaxing vacation in Gisenyi on lake kivu. However, on your way from the forest you do a Lake drive interacting with the local people along the shores before checking in at your accommodation in kivu. Dinner & Overnight at Malahide Paradise Hotel – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Today will be beach time along the lake kivu and a visit to the Gisenyi town and interact with the local people as you head for your boat cruise overlooking Goma town in Congo & along the border of Rwanda and Congo. After lunch you will depart for Kinigi in the Volcanoes Dinner & Overnight at Davinci Gorilla Lodge – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Rise up so early in the morning and have your breakfast. Again be pick up by our drive guide drive to volcanoes national park for briefing thereafter embark on the drive to where the hike starts from, a cultural and historic tour beginning with the Dian Fossey grave situated at Karisoke research center where she spent over twenty years studying about mountain gorillas until she was killed by the poachers. On the way to and from Karisoke, through the volcanic peaks of Karisimbi and Bisoke, you may or may not encounter a lot of wildlife. Dinner & Overnight at Davinci Gorilla Lodge – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Have your early morning breakfast and assemble at the volcanoes national park head offices in Kinigi for registrations and gorilla briefing to follow to visit a Gorilla family. Relax in the afternoon as we wait for Cocktails, have dinner with Veterinarians from the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, and acknowledge us about ongoing efforts to protect the Mountain Gorillas. Overnight at Davinci Gorilla Lodge – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Like gorilla trekking, also golden monkey takes the same briefing and they are trekked in the same national park in Rwanda (de Volcanoes National Park). This takes place at the same time with the Gorillas though it’s a two –three hours’ activity. After lunch you may decide either to visit the twin lake or the banana village for a local beer before retiring back to your lodge. Dinner & Overnight at at Davinci Gorilla Lodge – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

After breakfast, you will drive to Kigali where you will visit the Nyamirambo Women center where you will indulge in the local activities like learning the Kinyarwanda language, local life, insight in culture, history and daily life, you will also have cooking class with Aminatha on how to prepare the local foods. After you could buy the local spices to take back home. Dinner & Overnight at Cozy Safari – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Depending on your time of departure, you will have breakfast at will then after your driver guide can drop you at the airport to catch your flight back home. Meal Plan – Breakfast.