Our 8 Days Rwanda Gorillas Chimps Lake Kivu and Cultural Tour takes you to track primates in Rwanda, to visit lake Kivu and to experience Rwanda Culture. Contact us today to book this safari and be sure to have a memorable experience in this land of a thousand hills.
8 Days Rwanda Gorillas Chimps Lake Kivu and Cultural Tour
Day 1: Arrival in Kigali & Kandt House Museum
On arrival at Kigali international airport, you are received by our drive guide who takes you to the booked hotel of your choice to check-in. This marks the start of the 8 Days Rwanda Gorillas Chimps Lake Kivu and Cultural Tour. He also briefs you on the tour highlights. Based on your arrival time you will do some Kigali city tour and visit Kandt House Museum. Richard Kandt was the first colonial governor of Rwanda, on behalf of Germany, until the early 1900s. At present, the Kandt House Museum in Kigali comprises three main parts. The first part presents Rwandan life in all its aspects – social, economic, and political – before the colonial period. The second part traces the experience of the Rwandan people during the colonial period. Following the Berlin Conference in 1884, the Germans ruled Rwanda until 1916, when the Belgians took over under the League of Nations Mandate after World War I. Richard Kandt’s life and deeds in Rwanda are covered here. The third part covers the history of Kigali, before, during and after the colonial era. Kigali was made the capital upon independence in 1962. If you reach Kigali very late you can combine Kandt House Museum and Kigali Genocide Memorial tours on the second day before your transfer to the Volcanoes National Park.
Return to your hotel for dinner & overnight stay.
Day 2: Kigali Genocide Memorial & Transfer to Volcanoes National Park cultural tour
Wake up, enjoy the breakfast at your hotel, checkout the hotel room and depart for Kigali Genocide Memorial, which, through education and peace-building, honours the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994. The three permanent exhibitions and burial gardens form part of a meaningful tribute to those who perished, and provide a powerful educational tool for visitors. During lunch time you will have the best chances of tasting local cuisines. After lunch, depart Kigali for Musanze home to the Volcanoes National Park.
Reaching there you are taken to the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village to get an insight into the authentic Rwandan cultural practices. After your cultural tour you will head to the booked hotel nearby Volcanoes National Park.
Day 3: Volcanoes National Park Mountain Gorilla Trekking & Caving
Unrivaled Gorilla trekking! Wake up, breakfast and drive the short journey to the park headquarters before 7:30AM where briefing, porters and tea and coffee will be given before starting the adventure into the forest. Local porters can be arranged and help with the guide to complete the gorilla tracking experience.
Tracking can be between 90 minutes and the whole morning depending on what family group is assigned. You will spend one hour with the gorillas – sometimes moving around to stay with the gorillas or following them. The guide will ensure you are in the best spots to take the most beautiful pictures and experience the breathtaking experience properly.
After your gorilla trekking tour return to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon you go for caving. There are 52 caves in the Northern Province with 15.2km of cave passages, most of which are developed from Cenozoic volcanic rocks. The longest cave in Rwanda is called Ubuvumo Bwibihonga, a multi-level system of parallel lava tubes. Musanze Caves is 2km long and the most frequently visited. It is on the Innes University grounds and lies in the volcanic region dating back 65 million years, where the lava flows contributed to the Albertine Rift Valley. The cave is part of the lava basaltic layers from the Bisoke and Sabyinyo volcanoes.
Day 4: Dian Fossey Tomb Hike & Transfer to Lake Kivu
Wake up, breakfast and drive the short journey to the park for your Diana Fossey Tomb Hiking. Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and anthropologist who committed her life to the conservation of the Mountain Gorilla by conducting an 18 year comprehensive study about the fateful ape. Dian was murdered in 1985 in her tent at her research institute by unknown murders where she was found lying in a pool of blood in the early morning of December 27, 1985 and buried at Karisoke, in a site that she herself had constructed for her deceased gorilla friends. She was buried in the gorilla graveyard next to Digit, and near many gorillas killed by poachers. Memorial services were also held in New York, Washington, and California. After this amazing hike at Karisoke, return to the hotel for lunch and get ready for your transfer to Lake Kivu. Lake Kivu in the west of Rwanda is surrounded by magnificent mountains and has deep emerald green waters covering a surface area of 2,700 km2. It is Rwanda’s largest lake and the sixth largest in Africa.
Relax by kayaking and swimming in the lake. Head to the hotel of your choice, dinner and overnight sleep.
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Day 5: Lake Kivu to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Wake up, enjoy your healthy breakfast at the hotel, checkout the hotel room around 10:00 and depart Lake Kivu for Nyungwe National Park. The drive lasts around three hours and offers some of Rwanda’s most beautiful scenery with en-route stopovers for photography and lunch along the way. Reaching in late afternoon hours, checking in the booked hotel, relax and enjoy some local drinks, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Nyungwe National Park chimpanzee trekking and Birding
No time to waste! Wake up early; enjoy your breakfast at your hotel & go for chimpanzee tracking in the Nyungwe Forest. After a short briefing by our professional 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.
One of the oldest rainforests in Africa, Nyungwe is rich in biodiversity and spectacularly beautiful. With us, the excursion will 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.
In the afternoon after lunch you start your bird watching within the park. Nyungwe National Park Birdwatching star attraction is undoubtedly the Red-collared Babbler and Rwanda is the only safe place to see this stunning bird. Other specialities include Rwenzori Turaco, Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Nightjar, Grauer’s Warbler, Regal, Blue-headed and Purple Breasted Sunbirds, Grauer’s Swamp Warbler and Neumann’s Warbler. All of these and more can be seen easily from a well-maintained network of trails with the help of the park’s expert bird guides. Return to your hotel; relax & refresh.
Day 7: Canopy walk & Transfer to the Rwandan Cultural Heritage Corridor in Huye.
Wake up early; enjoy your breakfast to be ready to start your canopy walk at 8:00AM. Experience the only canopy walk in East Africa. Getting to the canopy is about 2 hours from the starting point at Uwinka visitor Centre. This bridge adjourned between the huge trees one on the feel of the fresh air, 60m above the forest floor. Apart from the freshness in the air and the wonderful aerial view of the trees, you will also enjoy the sights of blue monkeys, L’Hoest monkeys, black and white colobus, the red tailed monkeys and the fantastic birds that fly across as you enjoy the walk. After this amazing canopy walk, depart Nyungwe National Park for Huye, the Rwandan Culture Heritage Corridor. Reaching Huye, former Butare in the southern part of Rwanda, you will check in the hotel. Walk around in this small town of Huye and return to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 8: Kings’ Palace & Ethnographic Museum Tours to Kigali City
Wake up at sunrise, have your breakfast, checkout the hotel room and proceed for a visit to the Ethnographic Museum and King’s Palace in Nyanza. A reconstruction of the traditional royal residence, the King’s Palace is a beautifully-crafted thatched dwelling shaped like a beehive. In olden times, Nyanza was the heart of Rwanda. According to oral tradition, it was the site of battles and power struggles. For a long time, the monarchy was mobile, moving the court between various locations. When it eventually settled in one place, Nyanza was the obvious choice. The capital of the kingdom had as many as 2,000 inhabitants, and huts built with the same methods as seen here. At the back live a few long-horned Inyambo cattle, descended from the king’s herd, whose keepers carefully tend and sing to them, keeping alive a unique tradition.
After your visit to the Kings’ Palace you will proceed with the Ethnographic Museum. The nearby Ethnographic Museum in Huye houses one of Africa’s finest ethnographic collections, and makes a good combination with the King’s Palace. A gift from Belgium’s King Badouin in the late 1980s, the Ethnographic Museum now houses one of Africa’s finest ethnographic collections. Seven galleries display historical, ethnographic, artistic and archaeological artifacts accompanied by visual aids, giving visitors a rich insight into the Rwandan culture. Inquire NowThe exhibits open with geographical and geological displays, moving on to items used in hunting, agriculture, animal husbandry, pottery, weaving and woodwork. Depart Nyanza for Kigali city & transfer to your hotel or airport.
End of the 8 Days Rwanda Gorillas Chimps Lake Kivu and Cultural Tour.
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