5 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Tour in Rwanda
Take part in this 5 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Tour in Rwanda where you will visit the Volcanoes National Park known for gorillas and Akagera National Park for wildlife viewing. These two destinations will reward you with top-notch wilderness experiences through undertaking gorilla trekking, game drives, and boat cruise encounters. There is a lot to discover while carrying out such experiences and among others are gorillas, lions, zebras, warthogs, buffaloes, Masai giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, birds like the shoebill stork, vultures, and eagles among others.
Also, you will take a short city tour in Kigali on your last day, to visit historical sites like the Presidential Palace Museum, local markets, Kigali genocide memorial grounds, and Richard Kandt Museum.
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Welcome to the land of a thousand hills! Your dedicated tour driver/guide will pick you up from the airport and then transfer you straight to Volcanoes National Park in Northern Province. This park is one of the conservation areas where you can find the last refuge for endangered mountain gorillas. It’s known to be a historical destination where the habituation of gorillas started with Dian Fossey who was a female primatologist and dedicated her life to conserving, protecting, and creating awareness about mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda, and D.R. Congo. She also founded a research center in 1980 located amid two misty volcanic mountains – Bisoke and Karisimbi, hence the Karisoke research center. You will arrive at the lodge in the evening for dinner and relax for the rest of the day.
Day 2: Gorilla trekking experience
This is the long-awaited day, as you trek the remaining endangered mountain gorillas on this day after breakfast at the lodge and briefing at the park offices. The park guide will help you easily trek the location of mountain gorillas within 1 to 7 hours. Other than the mountain gorillas, you will meet other park attractions including unique bird species, lush vegetation, and small primate animals like red-tailed monkeys, colobus monkeys, and Vervet monkeys.
The adventure takes about 1 to 7 hours but an hour will be included while in the presence of these beautiful apes. You will head back to the lodge after the activity and this will be the end of the day. Mark the end of your amazing day 2 of the 5 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Tour in Rwanda.
Day 3: Transfer to Akagera National Park
In the morning, have breakfast and take a drive to Akagera National Park. This park is the only savannah conservation area in Rwanda that hosts big 5 mammals and this will be discovered during the next day’s game drive and boat cruise.
Akagera National Park gets its name from the Akagera River which runs on the border of Tanzania and Rwanda, the park is characterized by swampy vegetation, woodland, mountains, and savannahs where wildlife roams around the park. Arrive and head to the lodge booked.
Day 4: Game drive and boat cruise in Akagera National Park
Begin the day with a 2 hours game drive in the savannah plains that will create memorable experiences where you will encounter different animals like zebras, lions, Masai giraffes, and warthogs among others. There are also different bird species that you can enjoy such as the shoebill stork, vultures, and eagles among others but also the beautiful scenery of endless plains.
Head out for another exciting activity of a boat cruise where you will be able to explore water dwellers like crocodiles, and hippos among others. This will also last for 2 hours and you will head out to the lodge for your dinner and nap.
Day 5: Transfer to Kigali Airport
Leave your accommodation and head to Kigali after breakfast this will be accompanied by a short city tour where you will visit main attractions like the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, the presidential Palace, and the local markets. Head out to the airport in Kigali to catch up with your scheduled flight back home and this will be the end of this 5 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Tour in Rwanda.
