• High-end accommodation
• From $7600/person all inclusive
• Based on 2 people sharing
• This tour is suitable for children of 15 years and older
  Private tour

Rwanda is an exciting destination to visit. Besides the prominent mountain gorillas, the land of a thousand hills has much potential to offer as a tourist destination.

The  13 days remarkable safari to Rwanda discover  will not only introduce you why Rwanda is really a remarkable tourist destination in Africa but also why it is called a land of thousands hills and thousands smiles.

Within 13 days Rwanda discovering, be prepared to leave your soul here, I am sure you will love to come back again and again.

During the safari you will enjoy:

• - Mountain Gorillas tracking and Volcanoes region exploration
• - Dian Fossey tomb trail or Golden monkey trekking
• - Bisoke volcano hiking
• - Guided tea tour experience
• - Guided coffee tour experience
• - Lake Kivu exploration and Congo Nile Trail safari
• - Nyungwe Forest chimpanzee trekking and canopy adventure
• - Wildlife spotting in Akagera National Park including the Big 5 and boat ride on Lake Ihema
• - Visit Rwanda museums and enjoy our history and culture
• - Kigali city tour and genocide memorial site visit.Souvenirs shopping.

Day 1: Arrival

You will be met by Attractive Safaris’s representative at the Kigali international airport then transfer you to your hotel in Kigali

• Accommodation: Hôtel des Mille Collines (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 2: Kigali –Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast, visit Kigali genocide memorial site.

Then follow the road to Volcanoes National Park to be ready for tomorrow's gorilla trekking. Along the way, enjoy the magnificent view of the landscapes of the Land of a Thousand Hills.

After lunch in Musanze Town, visit the volcanic Burera and Ruhondo Twin Lakes.

• Accommodation: Amarembo Gorilla Village Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 3: Mountain Gorillas tracking

Early breakfast before proceeding to the park head quarters where visitors assemble at 07.00 for a briefing on how to “behave “while in the company of a gorilla group. You will meet your guide here and proceed to the starting point of the trek to our allocated group of gorillas. The length of the trek varies depending on where the gorillas are as well as what the weather conditions are. Once the group of gorillas have been spotted and approached thanks to the trackers, at a distance of 5 meters maximum, so as not to disturb them, you spend one hour with the gorillas which is a truly amazing experience “and return to your lodge.

Easygoing and peaceful, gorillas seem totally indifferent to your presence and continue their lives, playing, rolling, delousing, sleeping ... and feeding in their plant world. Sometimes they come very close to us, until they touch us ... It's a unique, fascinating moment

After tracking, visit Iby’iwacu cultural village a life museum for folkloric culture.

Optional activities for those who can’t afford gorilla tracking (1500$): Dian Fossey tomb trail (75$) or Golden monkey trekking (100$).

• Accommodation: Amarembo Gorilla Village Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 4: Bisoke Volcano hiking

Morning: Climb the Mount Bisoke (3711 m), one of eight volcanoes in the Virunga range. You will discover during the hiking of Mt Bisoke, a huge panoramic view of the chain of 8 volcanoes on the borders of Uganda and Congo, the highest of which is the Karisimbi with 4,507m.

Accompanied by a National Park guide, you will gradually climb through the different levels of vegetation, from bamboo to the equatorial forest, to heather and giant groundsel. Perhaps you will have the chance to meet mountain gorillas ... Three to four hours of walking will be necessary to climb the 1200 meters of vertical drop, before reaching the summit where a lake occupies the summit crater. The view covers the surrounding volcanoes, including Nyiragongo, still active.

Hiking time (ascent and descent): 6h

Optional activities for those who can’t climb Bisoke (75$): Dian Fossey tomb trail ($75) or Golden monkey trekking ($100).

• Accommodation: Amarembo Gorilla Village Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 5: Lake Kivu day relax

After breakfast, follow the road to Gisenyi. On the way,  have Guided Tea Experience: Tea plantations spanning several hectares, farmers offer tea growing experiences, from seed to delivery of the tea leaves to the factory, including an experience practice of collecting tea leaves with workers and experience of tea processing at the Pfunda factory.

After lunch in Gisenyi town, relish the beauty of Lake Kivu at the beach, swimming, relaxing, lazing and other lake activities.

• Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 6: Gisenyi- Kibuye

After breakfast, start your trek towards Kimbiri, where you will “experience coffee”, from sowing to a cup of coffee, visiting the plantations, sorting, drying, and finally roasting. Then touring along the Lake Kivu, enjoy the nature at Crete Congo-Nil with a good view of Lake Kivu and its surroundings, on a clear day, you can see the chain of volcanoes including Karisimbi with the highest peak in Rwanda at an altitude of 4507 m.

• Accommodation: Cleo Lake Kivu Hotel (Luxury hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 7: Exploration of Lake Kivu Islands

Today, enjoy the boat ride on Lake Kivu: visit Napoleon, peace and monkey Isles, these isles visit is worth more for bat watching.

• Accommodation: Cleo Lake Kivu Hotel (Luxury hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 8: Nyungwe Forest visit

After early breakfast, drive to Nyungwe national park for Canopy walk. Along the way, enjoy the panoramic view of the breathtaking landscapes of Lake Kivu.

PM: Canopy walking.

• Accommodation: Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 9: Chimpanzee trekking.

After breakfast, drive to the park head office in Nyungwe for Chimps trekking   for a day worth visit. Within this oldest park in Africa about thirteen different primates are represented including two troops of which are habituated to human contact.

After lunch (picnic), enjoy the canopy walk adventure.

• Accommodation: Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 10: Cultural day tour

A.m: After early breakfast drive to Butare and visit ethnographic Museum. It is believed that this house is one of the most Africa’s finest ethnographic collections, artistic, and artifacts accompanied by visual aids, giving visitors a rich insight into the culture of Rwandans.

Pm: After lunch in Butare town, then drive to Nyanza and visit Rukari King’s palace for monarchs and learn more about the diversity of Rwandan culture and lives in the past years. Then follow the road to Kigali.

• Accommodation: Hôtel des Mille Collines (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 11: Wildlife game drive in Akagera National Park

Very early morning (5: 00 am) drive to Akagera for a full day excursion in Akagera National Park (Lion, Giraffe and zebra, herds of elephant, Rhinoceros and buffalo, antelopes, impala, oribi and secretive bushbuck, as well as the ungainly tsessebe and the world’s largest antelope, the statuesque Capeeland…)

Lunch: picnic boxes, fruits, juice and water.

• Accommodation: Mantis Akagera Game Lodge (4-star hotel) or similar.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 12: Boat ride on Lake Ihema

After breakfast take boat for ride in Lake Ihema for discovering aquatic animals including hippopotamus, crocodiles, birds, etc.

After lunch driver back to Kigali

• Accommodation: Hôtel des Mille Collines (4-star hotel) or similar
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

Day 13: City tour and Souvenir Shopping and Departure.

For this last day of the tour, do souvenir shopping then after lunch at restaurant in Kigali and transfer to the airport for your scheduled flight.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Drinks: All local drinks at meals, coffee or tea

 End of the safari.

Included in the price:          

• * Kigali Airport transfers
• * Transportation: safari Jeep 4x4
• * Accommodation: 12 nights in sharing room
• * Meals: all meals as specified day by day
• * Drinks: Mineral water, all local drinks, coffee or tea,
• * Professional driver/guides allowances
• * Visit Burera - Ruhondo Twin Lakes fees.
• * Mountain gorillas visit permit or optional activity
• * Visit Iby’iwacu cultural village fees
• * Bisoke Volcano hiking permit
• * Tea tour experience fees
• * Coffee tour experience fees
• * Lake Kivu Boat ride fees
• * Nyungwe activities fees (chimpanzee trekking and canopy)
• * Butare ethnographic and Nyanza kings’ palace museums visit fees
• * Akagera entry fees (game drive and Lake Ihema boat ride)
• * Mineral water

Excluded in the price:

• * International flight tickets
• * Visa fee if applicable
• * Comprehensive travel insurance
• * Additional local beverages out of food
• * Drinks: premium imported brands and champagne, local drinks apart from meals
• * Tips (around US $ 10 / pers. / per day)
• * Laundry
• * Other personal expenses

Price per person sharing (in USD):

Single room supplement is $650 /person

Payment terms

Payment is made in Dollars or Euros at the current exchange rate from dollar to euro. A deposit of 50% of the price is paid to confirm the trip. The balance (50%) must be paid at least 30 days before the arrival of the group. When you make a deposit you accept our terms and conditions.

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This tour starts and ends in Kigali. The client can be picked up and dropped off at the airport or hotel in Kigali city. Please inform about the same at the time of booking.

• * Before or after trip, airport transfer can be arranged at an additional cost.
• * This tour is suitable for children of 15 years and older.
• * The exact order, content and rate of this tour are subject to availability. Alternatively, a similar hotel can be booked.
•  * A valid passport proof of the Traveler is mandatory to avail this service.
• * Travel insurance is mandatory and obtaining it for the days you are visiting is your responsibility. Please email us your proof of insurance before arriving for the trip.
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