7 Days Best of Rwanda Tours

7 Days

Price - $On Request

Places Covered

Volcanoes National Park, Parc Volcanoes, Nyungwe Forest

Highlights

  • Enjoy the Nature And Natural Beauty Of Africa.
  • Witness The Best Part Of Safari.
  • Make Memories For Life Time.

At Discover Virunga Ltd, we tailor all our safaris to meet your adventure needs. Our 7 days best of Rwanda will expose you to most of interesting natural features in Rwanda. With the itinerary below, you will experience the deep Parc volcanoes that habit the remaining mountain gorillas in Africa, visit to the Dian Fossey centre, the Nyungwe tropical forest home to chimps and other primates, birdlife species, visit the Rwanda genocide centre an album or store for skulls of thousand Rwandans’ who lost their lives over the political era between the two indigenous tribes, the Hutus and the Tutsi group.

Day 1: Arrival Kigali and transfer to Volcanoes National Park.

You will be met at the Kigali International Airport by our Discover Virunga Ltd safari driver-guide. Drive the three hours North of Kigali to Kinigi through Ruhengeri. Enjoy the rolling hills for which Rwanda is well known, approximately driving for 3 hours.

Overnight at the Igangi Park View Safari Lodge

Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Tracking

After breakfast, you will depart for the headquarters of the Park where your driver-guide will accomplish the necessary formalities for you. You will meet your ranger guide(s) for a briefing and enter into the forest to begin your day’s activity. After the trekking, lunch and transfer to Kigali. On your way back to the lodge after trekking, a few stops will be made to admire the scenery. Rwanda is the country with over thousand hills!

Overnight at Igangi Park View Safari Lodge

Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Dian Fossey Trek

Early morning breakfast, trek to the renowned Dian Fossey Research centre and Grave Yard, where Dr. Fossey, a distinguished primatologist spent close to two decades bringing into the light, learning and safeguarding the endangered Rwanda Mountain Gorillas.

Overnight at the Mountain Gorillas Nest Lodge

Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Parc Volcanoes-Nyungwe Forest

Dawn breakfast, after depart to the Nyungwe Forest. This Forest has a diversity of surroundings including montane forest, bamboo, grasslands, swamps and bogs and is very mountainous as well. It gives some of the most excellent Golden Monkey trekking experiences over the canopy trekking trail in East Africa.

Overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge/Gisakura Guest House.

Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking

Early morning breakfast, and then go for the morning Chimpanzee trekking experience in the jungle in search of colonies of habituated Golden Monkeys. Other animals in the forest include the grey-cheeked mangabeys, blue monkeys, Angolan Columbus, L’Hoest monkeys and owl-faced monkeys.

Overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge/Gisakura Guest House

Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Nyungwe -Visit Genocide Memorial

After your morning breakfast return to Kigali for an ample tour to the genocide memorial centre.

Overnight at the Hotel des Mille Collines

Meal Plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Kigali Departure

Today is reserved for departures either back home or to your next destinations

End of services, Meal plan: Breakfast

Inclusions :

  • All meals as specified in the itinerary (hotels in Arusha, Nairobi, Kampala or Entebbe are B&B)
  • Drinks as stipulated in itinerary
  • Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
  • Water in the vehicle for overland sectors
  • All ground transportation and transfers as indicated, which are inclusive of fuel
  • Activities as indicated in the itinerary 
  • Game drives
  • Ranger guide fees
  • Park, conservation and community bed night fees 
  • All applicable taxes, administration and banking fees
  • AMREF flying doctors’ emergency evacuation program
  • Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits per person as specified in the itinerary. 
  • Gorilla & Chimpanzee tracking is subject to availability of permits, which are limited to 8 per gorilla group per day and 6 per chimpanzee track per ½ day.
  • Any Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits required need to be paid for upfront when booking. As soon as funds clear in our account, we will go ahead and purchase.  
  • Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits cannot be held with the Uganda Wildlife Authority in advance of payment and Rwanda Development Board – they are only secured once physically paid for.
  • Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits are always 100% non-transferable and non-refundable.
  • There is a minimum age limit for gorilla tracking which is strictly 15 years.

Exclusions :

  • International flights and applicable airport departure taxes 
  • All passport and visa fees (Visa: US$ 50 per person for entry into Kenya – easily obtainable at the Airport) 
  • Meals not specified (including lunch and other meal stops between properties on overland sectors)
  • Drinks where not stipulated in itinerary
  • Items of a personal nature: fax, telephone, etc. 
  • Laundry in Entebbe/Kampala 
  • Gratuities for guide/driver/hotel staff 
  • Any extras and additional activities not mentioned in the itinerary 
  • Travel/medical insurance
  • Trip cancellation, travel delay or baggage insurance. 
  • Charges incurred as a result of delays beyond our control. 
  • All statutory increases beyond our control.

Per Person Sharing a Double/Twin: US $4,512.00

Per Person on Single occupancy: US $4,881.60

Availability:

Safari itinerary bookings and availability can only be guaranteed once the full invoiced deposit payment has reached our account.

Safari Price:

We try to make our prices as all-inclusive as possible so that our clients do not need to reach for their wallets. Where there are overland sectors, the 4×4 Safari Vehicles and safari guide will be at the clients’ exclusive use which provides great flexibility. The guide will accompany clients on all overland sectors, assist with check-in at accommodation and share his knowledge on the flora and fauna of Uganda | Kenya | Rwanda | Tanzania

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