6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip (Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife Tour, Chimpanzee Tracking Trip)

This 6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip (Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife Tour, Chimpanzee Tracking Trip) will give you the two ultimate safari experiences i.e., game drives in Akagera national park and gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park. The Akagera national park is the only Savannah Park in Rwanda hosting several big mammals, the most sought-after being Lions, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Zebras and Hippos which will provide great photographic moments after this experience proceeds to the volcanoes national park for an unforgettable encounter with the mountain gorillas.

6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip Highlights

• Day 1: Arrival – Kigali International Airport
• Day 2 : Kigali – Vol canoés National Park
• Day 3: Kigali – Akagera National Park
• Day 4: Akagera National Park – Nyungwe Forest National Park
• Day 5: Nyungwe Forest National Park
• Day 6: Departure

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Detailed 6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip

Day 1: Arrival – Kigali international Airport

On arrival at Kigali International airport, connect to the hotel. Relax and take lunch. Then take an enjoyable tour of the city. Stopover at the genocide memorial sites and other places of interest. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Kigali – Volcanoes National Park

In the morning after breakfast, drive to the park for a briefing on the gorilla sanctuary. The whole day is dedicated to tracking, because it hard to predict how long it may take you to reach a group of mountain gorillas.

Packed lunch. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is only one hour and it is advisable to carry only non-flash cameras. After seeing the gorillas, return to your hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 3 of 6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip: Kigali – Akagera National Park

Drive to Akagera National Park for an afternoon game drive, to see many night birds and animals. After this, commute back for dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Akagera National Park – Nyungwe Forest National Park

Morning games drive for a close encounter with animals such as zebras, several antelope species and giraffes. Later drive out of the park, stopping for lunch at Kigali town and continuing to Nyungwe Forest National Park.

This Nyungwe Forest National Park boasts of many primate species like, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, the wild chimpanzees and many others. Therefore, a night walks this evening in search of the shy forest dwellers is rewarding and worthwhile. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5 of 6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip: Nyungwe Forest National Park

Primate walk in search of the primates accompanied by park rangers and trained guides. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Departure

Take an early morning breakfast before leaving for Kigali airport. One can visit the craft villages and shop around at other places with the help of the driver/ guide to buy souvenirs but this will depend on your time of departure. Leave for the airport in plenty of time for your flight.

End of 6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip

Akagera National Park

Tariff per person (including gorilla tracking):

The tariff includes:

• Accommodation in hotels or lodge, in double room, full board treatment excluding drinks.
• All the transfer in private means 4×4 Land Cruiser or minibus.
• -English speaking Driver/Guide.
• Entrance fees, taxes and “gorilla permit”.

 The tariff does not include:

• Air ticket.
• Tourist insurance
• Entrance visas: 60 USD for Rwanda.
• Drinks and tips.
• Everything not directly mentioned in the program itinerary.

6 Days Rwanda Wildlife Trip Terms and Conditions

Reservations

• We require a deposit of 50% of the total tour cost for the clients to safeguard the reservations and gorilla permits.
• The balance should be paid 1 month prior to the arrival.
• For bookings coming one month before departure, we shall require the full payment of the tour costs.
• The payment is made by international money transfer to the company bank account in Uganda.

Important Information

• Tour tariffs are based on all known costs and rates of exchange at the time of the transfer, any significant changes beyond our will be immediately communicated to our clients.
• We also retain the right to alter any arrangements due to local conditions. We also retain the right to refuse any person from participating or continuing any tour if that person causes or is deemed to cause hazard or inconvenience to other clients and to our environment and ecosystems.
• Please note that in Uganda US dollar banknotes series before year 2006 are accepted only with a low exchange rate, therefore clients are advised to travel to Uganda with more recent banknotes series.  The same applies to banknotes below 50 USD.