6 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Gorilla Safari
Enjoy an adventurous mountain gorilla trekking experience and wildlife viewing while on a 6 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Gorilla safari. This safari takes you into exploring two national parks including Volcanoes national park that is known as home to the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. Volcanoes national park is the only spot in Rwanda where gorilla trekking safari takes place due to the fact that it is home to a sizeable number of the remaining gorillas in the world second to Bwindi Impenetrable national park with the largest population of mountain gorillas in the wild.
Mountain gorillas trekking in volcanoes national park is very rewarding due to the dramatic nature of the park that is slightly easy to trek through while on the lookout of the habituated mountain gorillas in the wild. Visit Akagera national park another magnificent national park to visit while on this 6 days Rwanda gorilla and wildlife safaris.
The park is basically famous for its stunning vegetation cover that hosts lots of wildlife species including mammals like leopard lions, Elephants, water-buck, and Cape eland, Giraffes, Buffalos, klipspringer, impala Oribis, Topis, roan antelope, and duiker, as well as Nile crocodiles and schools of hippos basking in the sun along the shores lake Ihema. And primate species like Vervet monkeys, olive baboons, blue monkeys, and bush babies.
The park is also home to several bird species such as the elusive shoebill, African Wattled Plover, Long-crested Eagle, Augur Buzzard, papyrus Gonolek, fish eagles, Cattle Egret, Giant Kingfisher, Long-toed and Water Thick-knee, Sacred and Hadada Ibis, Fan-tailed Widowbird and Caruthers Cisticola African Openbill stock, Grey Crowned Crane, Giant Kingfisher, papyrus Gonolek, Senegal Lapwings, Hamerkop, and Pied Crow, Black-headed and Viellot’s Black Weavers among others.
Tour highlights
Kigali City Tour
Tour to Genocide memorial site
Game Drive in Akagera National Park
Boat Cruise on Ihema Lake in Akagera National Park
Mountain Gorilla Trekking In Volcanoes National Park
Tour to Dian Fossey Memorial Site
Price Includes:
- Ground transport per 4WD
- Bottled water
- Full board accommodation
- Park entrance fees
- Game drive
- Boat trips
- Service of an English-speaking driver-guide
- All mentioned activities except for the optional ones
Price Excludes:
- Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- Tips to porters and driver/ guide
- Insurance
Itinary in details
- Day1Arrival and Transfer to the HotelToday you start the amazing experience of touring Rwanda on this wildlife and gorilla safari. Dav Safaris driver guide will pick you up from your hotel or at the Kigali international airport on your arrival.
- Day2Kigali city tour Excursion and Transfer to Akagera National ParkAfter breakfast, we take the Kigali city tour visiting key areas like Genocide Memorial, craft centers, Kandt National Museum, etc. You can choose which sites to visit because in the afternoon we journey to Akagera national park after having lunch in the city. Akagera National Park is located in eastern Rwanda; our journey will be about 2 hours arriving late afternoon continuing to the lodge for check-in. You can have short stopovers en route to Akagera Park for photo moments of the beautiful landscape and people.
- Day3Exploring wildlife in Akagera national parkWe arise early and leave right after breakfast to explore Akagera national park in search of the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species, and recently the re-introduced Lions. Most of the game drives happen in the northern part of the park where we will spend the better part of the day and return to the lodge later that afternoon. Akagera national park is the biggest in Rwanda with beautiful scenery and landscape. It has varied habitats for wildlife and a birders haven with over 500 species in the park. There are also opportunities to explore the park on foot together with a ranger by taking a nature walk, this can be incorporated on request especially in the afternoon. You have opportunities of a boat safari on Lake Ihema to watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores.
- Day4Transfer to Volcanoes national parkAfter breakfast, we relieve the great wildlife safari experience in Akagera national park before transferring to the volcanoes national park where the massive gentles giants inhabit. It is a natural habitat for the mountain gorillas providing the perfect environment and food for the gorillas. Volcanoes national park is located in northern Rwanda about 2 hours from Kigali in Kinigi, Musanze. The drive from Akagera national park to Musanze will be through Kigali city, enjoying several villages with great landscape views. You can ask the driver to stop for picture moments at different viewpoints as you see the endless hills and understand why indeed Rwanda is referred to as ‘the land of a thousand hills. We will arrive at the lodge later that evening ready for the gorilla hike the next day.
- Day5Rwanda Gorilla trekking safari AdventureAfter a good restful night, your whole agenda today is tied to meeting the mountain gorillas in the lush and dense jungles of the Virunga ranges – precisely the volcanoes national park. Your driver-guide will transfer you to the briefing place right after your early breakfast to listen from the ranger guide on how to behave while in the park and divide you into the different gorilla groups. In the meantime, as you wait for the briefing enjoy the Rwandan cultural dances and the freshly brewed Rwandan coffee. After a briefing from at the visitors Center – you embark on the trek that will eventually bring you to the gorillas in their natural habitat. The trek can last from an hour to several hours depending on where the gorillas nested the previous night – you need to be relatively fit to enjoy this experience. Depending on the time the gorilla tracking lasts, you have an opportunity to visit the Gorilla Guardians village for a taste of the Rwandan culture.
- Day6Transfer to Kigali cityWe hope that you have had a fantastic time exploring the wildlife and culture of Rwanda and will look back at these memories with a smile. This is the last day of your safari, after a lazy morning we start the journey to Kigali for your return flight or hotel. If your flight is later in the night you can add an optional activity like golden monkey trekking, hike one of the virungas, visit Dian Fossey’s tomb and learn more about her conservation work.