Rwanda Gorilla Trekking - Rwanda Safaris

On this 10-day Gorillas and wildlife safari, you will visit Kigali city and Volcanoes National Park, which is one of the best places in the world for gorilla trekking safaris in Rwanda and one of the best wildlife destinations on the African continent. Rwanda and Kenya are both home to some of the best wildlife destinations in the world. Visit Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, the best wildlife destination in the world, which is also home to the Big Five (lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, cape buffaloes, and elephants) and the Great Wildebeest Migration every year. Another place to go is Amboseli National Park, which has enormous herds of elephants and the stunning backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.

You get the chance to visit Rwanda's national park of the volcanoes on a gorilla trekking safari. In Rwanda's northwest is where you can find the Volcanoes National Park. Its 62 square miles are made up of rain forest and 5 of the 8 volcanoes that make up the larger Virunga region. Muhabura, Karisimbi, Sabinyo, Bisoke, and Gahinga are some of these mountains. The Mgahinga National Park in Uganda and the Virunga National Park in Congo are on either side of the park.

The Rwandan Volcanoes National Park has gained notoriety as the previous home of Dian Fossey, a renowned primatologist, as well as the habitat of Mountain Gorillas and Golden Monkeys.

The best National Parks and Reserves in Kenya are included in this safari. See the renowned Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru with its various animals, and Amboseli National Park, which is renowned for its views of Mount Kilimanjaro and large populations of elephants.

For those who want to see gorillas and the best of Kenya's big five, this extensive safari across Rwanda and Kenya is perfect. Beginning at Amboseli, where the beautiful Mount Kilimanjaro dominates the landscape, and continuing through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park, before arriving in the Masai Mara, a region famed for its big cat population.

Travel is done in a private vehicle with a professional driver-guide for your group (minimum 2 people). Adaptable departure times (any day).

You will have an incredible experience in the stunning Akagera wilderness on this safari tour to Akagera National Park, where you will view a variety of wild animals and birds in Rwanda. Since Rwanda is mostly covered in hills, mountains, and forests, Akagera National Park is unique in that it safeguards the sole savanna ecosystem in the country. After an exciting border crossing trip through South Western Uganda, this safari also takes you through Kigali city to Volcanoes national park for golden monkey trekking. There, you will engage in another magnificent experience with gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park.

Akagera National Park is located in eastern Rwanda , close to the Tanzanian border. It is characterized by savannah, low mountains, wetlands, and woods. Wildlife like zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, and hundreds of bird species, including the uncommon shoebill stork, are protected by the varied terrain. Hippos and crocodiles live in the enormous Lake Ihema in the park's southern region. A rare and endangered species, golden monkeys can only be found in the Virunga mountain range, which spans the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. The only two nations where travelers can trek to see these stunning monkeys up close are Rwanda and Uganda. The bamboo forests and other vegetation at the foot of the volcano slopes are home to the golden monkeys. The monkeys' main sources of food are young bamboo leaves, bamboo branchlets, and bamboo shoots. In Volcanoes National Park, there are two habituated tribes of golden monkeys, with the bigger troop in Sabyinyo volcano having 80 to 100 members.

After acquiring a gorilla permit in Uganda or Rwanda, travellers can engage in the outdoor activity of gorilla trekking and spend an hour with mountain gorillas. Gorilla trekking in the lush woods of Uganda and Rwanda is an experience that is on the bucket list of every East African safari traveler. Making wonderful recollections of viewing mountain gorillas has been a priority for Dav Safaris.

The lush rainforest that is Kibale National Park in southwest Uganda is home to a variety of wildlife species that draw many tourists to the country. This national park has made a significant contribution to Uganda's tourism economy because it is home to certain critically endangered species that draw tourists. Chimpanzees are apes that have been domesticated in Kibale Forest National Park and share 90% of our DNA. A total of 4950 chimpanzees live in Uganda, and 1500 of those are in Kibale National Park. The same hour is spent visiting chimpanzees as is spent going on a gorilla walk.

5 Days Cultural and Historical Tour Rwanda will take you to several culturally significant places. Following the 1994 massacre in Rwanda which was exhibited as inter-tribal genocide, a number of genocide memorial sites have been included in the historical sites of Rwanda since the genocide will forever be remembered in Rwanda’s history and the whole world at large.

This 5 days cultural and historical tour in Rwanda includes visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, National Museum of Rwanda, Presidential Palace Museum, Rwesero Arts Museum, Nyanza Royal Palace, Museum of Rwandan Ancient History, Museum of Natural History, and Kibeho Shrine. This 5 Days cultural and historical Tour package offers you an enormous chance to explore grandeur treasures as such to the ancient history of Rwanda. These rich and legendary historical treasures are conserved and protected within different museums.

The rich culture and history of Rwanda is a very important aspect that forms the true and authentic identity of the Rwandan community. The 5 Days cultural and historical Tour in Rwanda dates back to 400 years ago to the ancient kingdom era, colonial and post-colonial times, these for long have not been explored to attract tourists and create awareness on the Rwandan communities.

This cultural and historical tour inside these museums will give you a chance to experience why Rwandese believe that their society has strong majestic power and wonderful mysteries. You will spend a day observing and learning about their ancient traditions and lifestyles. This tour specifically targets cultural and historical seeking travelers, however, it can be adjusted and include wildlife and mountain Gorillas trekking In Rwanda.

On this safari visit Nyungwe forest, one of the oldest montane rainforests in Africa, Nyungwe has a wide range of biodiversity and offers scenic views. The mountainous region is teeming with a variety of wildlife species including over 400 chimpanzee individuals as well as 12 other species of primate-like the L’Hoest’s monkey endemic to the Albertine Rift, olive baboons, colobus monkeys among others. Primate tracking is a key adventure here and tops most visitors’ lists, but it’s worth lingering a little longer to relax and take in the primal atmosphere of the exciting dense rainforest. The park is blessed with a variety of flora species counting to about 1068 species of plant, also presents a better bird watching experience with over 322 bird species like the endangered Red-collared Babbler and other 29 other Albertine Rift Endemic specie and 120 Butterflies species. There are 75 recorded mammal species in Nyungwe like the mongoose, serval cat, congo clawless otter, and leopard among others. Enjoy a picturesque moment include nature walking up to the Isumo waterfall and along the Canopy Walk of the suspension bridge. Sights of the tea plantations on the edges of the park habituated troop of Ruwenzori colobus monkeys as well as the elusive forest fringe birds. Visit Lake Kivu, which is part of the great east African rift valley in the west of Rwanda and surrounded by fascinating mountains and covering a surface area of 2,700 km2. It is Rwanda’s largest lake. This safari takes you to Nyungwe forest national park and the magnificent lake Kivu, the safari is available throughout the year and starts on any day.

Nyungwe National Park is among the 3 existing national parks in Rwanda and home to the man’s closest cousins-the chimpanzees. It’s the best destination for the primate’s safari in East Africa especially the Chimpanzees. Nyungwe forest is one of the expansive remaining montane forests in Africa and the forest has been in existence since the Ice Age period. It is also highlighted by some researchers that it is one of the sources of the great River Nile because of the alternating hilly, mountainous, and flat terrains in the forest.

Nyungwe forest national park was established as a forest reserve in 1903 before it was fully ranked as National Park in 2004. Nyungwe forest national park occupies an area of about 970 square kilometers and is situated in the southwestern part of Rwanda closer to the Cyangungu town near Lake Kivu and adjacent to the borders of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nyungwe forest National Park canopy walk is the most breathtaking experience in East Africa; it is the only national park where tourists experience incomparable adventure on a canopy walk.

The canopy walk begins at the Uwinka Visitors Center and goes through a hanging setting that is about 45 meters above the ground. From these heights, visitors enjoy the stunning views of the dense rainforest, animal, and bird species. The canopy walk is very entertaining, exciting, and adventurous, though scary for those with a fear of heights. This safari is available throughout the year and starts on any day of the week. This tour starts and ends in Kigali city, pre and after safari, accommodation can be arranged on request and comes with a complimentary airport transfer.

Akagera national park is situated in eastern Rwanda and occupies 2500 sq km of mainly Savannah land. The park is named after the Kagera River that flows along the Tanzania border. The river flows into Lake Ihema and other smaller lakes in and near the park. The park conserves an African Savannah landscape of open grassland and a dozen swampy lakes covered by acacia and shrubs. It has dramatic levels of biodiversity and forms an expansive protected wetland.

The park is the only Savannah national park in Rwanda and offers the best experience with large mammals while on safari. Akagera national park is habitat to a variety of wildlife species like the African elephants, Cape buffalos, Rothschild’s giraffe, zebras, leopards, hyenas, lions, Topis, roan antelope and duiker, Oribis, water-buck, klipspringer, impala, and Cape eland, as well as schools of hippos and Nile crocodiles basking in the sun along the shores lake Ihema. And primate species like Vervet monkeys, olive baboons, blue monkeys, and bush babies.

Akagera national park is home to over 500 bird species such as the remarkable shoebill, African Wattled Plover, Giant Kingfisher, papyrus Gonolek, African Openbill stock, Grey Crowned Crane, Senegal Lapwings, Squacco Herons, African Darter, Long-toed and Water Thick-knee, Hamerkop, Sacred and Hadada Ibis, Augur Buzzard, Long-crested Eagle, fish eagles, Cattle Egret, Fan-tailed Widowbird and Caruthers Cisticola and Pied Crow, Black-headed and Viellot’s Black Weavers, Grey-backed Fiscals among others. On this safari, we shall have a boat cruise along Lake Ihema, the game drives in the park, and a nature walk around the park. The park is 2 hours drive east of Kigali city. This safari is available throughout the year and starts and ends in Kigali.

Enjoy 3 Days Cultural Tour in Rwanda, this offers to you exceptional authentic cultural experience in Rwanda, on this you will have a versatile culture adventure starting with an excursion at Ibyiwachu cultural village, this local-based group of former poacher presents an excellent lection about the local community lifestyles through art crafts, poems, traditional elementary construction activity, cultivation, social background Traditional dance performances among others.

This safari also gives you an opportunity to encounter the gentle giants (Mountain gorillas Trekking) in their natural habitat and this comes along with visiting Dian Fossy’s monument who was a conservationist and she was killed by poachers due to her formidable strength to protect the mountain Gorillas, and it is believed that if it was not for her efforts Mountain Gorillas would be in extinction. This cultural tour also takes you to the stunning Kigali city tour which is African cleanest city doubled with the best cultural and historical amenities of east African, this you will visit the genocide memorial site in Kigali, tour the local community markets, community walks, and Kigali sightseeing drive before heading to the airport or any point of call by you.

With an exciting safari into the dense rainforest for mountain Gorillas trekking and cultural visits accompanied by round road trips, all these ensure mouthwatering adventure. This tour can be customized in response to your desired number of days on the safari, dates of travel, and accommodation preference to the luxury hotels or budget hotels besides the prescribed midrange hotels in the itinerary.

This 3 Days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda, offers you a chance to go to the majestic volcanoes national park. The Volcanoes National Park is situated in the northwestern part of Rwanda. It occupies an area of 62 square miles consisting of rainforest and 5 of the 8 extinct volcanoes found in the expansive Virunga region. These mountains include Muhabura, Karisimbi, Sabinyo, Bisoke and Gahinga.

The park is adjacent to Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park and Congo’s Virunga National Park. The Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda has been made famous as the monument of Dian Fossey (the great primatologist) and as home to the endangered Mountain Gorillas and the elusive golden monkeys. The volcanoes national park was first established as a park in 1925 as part of the wider Virunga Conservation area to protect the endangered mountain gorillas around Mount Mikeno, Karisimbi, and Bisoke. After some time its boundaries were marked to be part of only Rwanda. By 1967, the park became famous around the world as the base of Dian Fossey.

She worked tooth and nail to protect the mountain gorillas in the park and informed the world about their plight and possible extinction. Although she was murdered in 1967, Fossey is still remembered for establishing groundbreaking discoveries in gorilla research, and not being her efforts, it is believed that mountain gorillas would be extinct by now. Besides Mountain gorillas and golden monkeys, the Volcanoes National Park is also a habitat for the black-fronted duiker, bushbucks, elephants, forest buffalos, and the spotted hyena, and over 178 bird species are recorded in the park.

This 3 Days gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda includes a Kigali city tour and a tour to the Iby’iwacu Cultural Village. While at the village, you will observe and learn about the Rwandan culture and be entertained by cultural performances, folk stories, and traditional songs. Rwanda gorilla safaris start and end in Kigali with a tour to the Gisozi genocide memorial site to learn about the hectic events that happened during the tragic Rwandan genocide.

On this safari visit, one of the oldest African montane forests is located southwest of Rwanda adjacent to the border of Burundi in the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west. It is believed that the forest is the true source of the great river Nile because of its hill nature with a water stream stretching all the way into the Lake Victoria basin. Nyungwe is one of the 3 national parks in Rwanda and occupies about 970 square kilometers; the ecosystem of the forest is also supported by the dramatic Lake Kivu.

The forest is home to over 400 chimpanzee individuals alongside other 12 primate species like the colobus monkeys, vervets, olive baboon, and forest buffalos and antelopes. This tour also offers majestic views of the scenic Lake Kivu; you will also have a cultural tour to the Butare Museum and the King’s palace. Also engage in canopy walk which is the most exciting adventure not anywhere in east Africa, where guests can have a spectacular view of the forest and spot animals around, the canopy is 45 feet high this gives you a clear round view of the forest though it can be intense for those who are aero-phobic. This safari starts and ends in Kigali and as well is available throughout the year.

The 2-day Gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda starts and ends Kigali to Volcanoes National Park. During this safari, you will encounter the endangered Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat of volcanoes national park which is 3 hours drive away from Kigali in the North West corner of Rwanda. The flourishing lush slopes of these extinct Virunga volcanoes offer a dramatic natural setting for the most thrilling wildlife experiences. There are 97% chances of seeing mountain gorillas in volcanoes national parks.

The park is also home to the elusive golden monkeys, buffalos, colobus monkeys among others. You will also tour Kigali city, here we shall have all the proposed sites shared by your safari guide and you have the chance to choose which you prefer most to visit and which should be eliminated from the list. Engage with the safari guide concerning your interests around the city for example the tour to the genocide memorial, museums, local markets and monuments.

This tour will take you to visit the most popular cultural and heritage sites in Rwanda; you will also encounter unique authentic experiences regarding the culture, religion, historical and traditional lifestyle of the people. Rwanda is predominately occupied by 3 tribes since ancient times about 1000 years AC and these are the Batwa forest pygmies’ community who are the first inhabitants of the great Virunga corridor and later joined by other Bantu descendants among which are the Bautu and Baima communities.

This tour offers to you a glimpse about what happened during the 1994 massacre on your visit to the famous genocide memorials in Kigali city, you will also experience Rwandese Traditional Construction activity, Kigali city tour where you will visit the local markets, museums, religious cathedrals, and observe and learn about their influence in shaping the political-social history of this country and last, have a community walk around Kigali for more enlightenment about the lifestyle of the people, as well this will come along with the exceptional birding experience in Rwanda’s capital. This particular tour can be customized to suit your varying needs and preferences depending on your budget, time, and the number of travelers.

This cultural tour starts and ends in Kigali, and highly favor those with limited time to travel to other cultural destinations in Rwanda, however, this can be an extension to the long wildlife safari in Rwanda or Uganda. On this day Tour anticipates experiencing various activities such as a tour of the Ndaba rock and its magnificent waterfall and boat cruise on Kivu Lake and visiting various islands, observing and experiencing the colonial period history in Rwanda, besides Kigali city tour there is a chance to visit Karongi historical area.