RWANDA ALL PRIMATES Highlights Package for 6 Days & 5Nights

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  • Key Highlights: Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum/Rwanda Historical Towns/Chimps &Colobus Monkeys Treks/Canopy Hike/

Gorillas & Golden Monkeys Treks/Cultural Village/Dian Fossey Museum

 

Vehicle:                       4×4 Safari Landcruiser
Starts:                           Kigali
Ends:                            Kigali
Meals:                          As indicated in the below program outline

 

PROGRAM DETAILS:

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  1. Recommended hotels/lodges featured in this program – alternatives may be provided per client preference, at the applicable rate
  2. *Budget (2star) or 3star options – only on the specific booking requests

 

 

Important Tips – In preparation for your trek activity

Volcanoes Mountains is a high altitude area of over 2,400 meters above sea level.

It is extremely chilly in the early mornings and evenings – warm clothing is therefore necessary.

While trekking, it can rain unexpectedly – it is necessary therefore to have:

  • Water-proof clothing (jacket, with hood + trousers)/ Waterproof Zip-Lock bags for Cameras/Film/Passports/Money, e.t.c.;
  • Hand Gloves (warm and water-proof), to keep hands warm and dry, as well as protect from stinging nettles;
  • Hiking boots – with good mud grip are most appropriate, especially in wet weather;
  • Gaiters – to protect your trek trouser legs and boots against mud/wetness/Small hand/face towel, to wipe the sweat off your face.

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Tour Plan

Arrival in Kigali + Overnight Arrival at Kigali International Airport. Meet & Greet Services, followed by transfer to your Kigali hotel. *subject to Covid-19 protocols Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis: Top-range 5Star:  Kigali Serena Hotel  www.serenahotels.com Mid-range, 4Star:  Park Inn by Radisson Hotel www.parkinn.com
Kigali-City Tour/Leisure Morning, orientation tour of Kigali City, including a visit to the Genocide Memorial Museum.  Lunch at the Hotel Mille Collines - featured in the film “Hotel Rwanda”, regarding the 1994 Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis. After lunch, more familiarization with Kigali's environs, including the Local Markets; New and Old Kigali; Suburbs; Malls; and Art Centres Rest of the afternoon and evening at leisure at your hotel. Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis: Top-range 5Star:  Kigali Serena Hotel  www.serenahotels.com Mid-range, 4Star:  Park Inn by Radisson Hotel www.parkinn.com
Kigali/Nyungwe Forest National Park Early morning after breakfast, depart Kigali and head to the south of the country, destined for Nyungwe Forest National Park. 260km, 5.0hrs En route, visit Rwanda’s Cultural & Historic Towns of Nyanza & Butare, with museum visits. Lunch at one of Butare Town’s popular restaurants. Afternoon, complete your journey to the Nyungwe Forest region, arriving at your lodge in the early evening. Overnight on Full-board basis: Top-range, 5Star:  Nyungwe House Resort www.oneandonlyresorts.com Mid-range, 4star:  Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel  www.mantiscollection.com
Nyungwe Forest – Chimps Trek/Canopy Hike Morning, immerse yourself into the tranquility and awe-inspiring Nyungwe Forest, in your search for the Chimpanzees. Upon sighting them, you remain in their presence for only one hour. At the end of your one hour with these wonderful primates, return to your hotel for freshening up and lunch. Afternoon, take up the Adventure Canopy Hike– a metal bridge suspended 90metres above ground and 160metres long, across a forested gorge - thus giving you a bird’s panoramic view across the forest canopy. Overnight on Full-board basis: Top-range, 5Star:  Nyungwe House Resort  www.oneandonlyresorts.com Mid-range, 4star:  Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel  www.mantiscollection.com
Nyungwe Forest – Colobus Monkeys Trek/Kibuye – Lunch/Volcanoes National Park Early morning, enjoy trekking the beautiful but nonchalant Black & White Colobus Monkeys. Freshening up and lunch at the hotel, followed by check-out. Mid-morning, depart Nyungwe Forest region and drive north-wards – parallel to Lake Kivu shores, for central Lake Kivu town of Kibuye.130km, 2.0hrs Lunch at the lake-shore Cormoran Lodge, and a brief photo opportunity of the lake sceneries. Afternoon, proceed further north and then east, to the Volcanoes Mountains region – home to the Mountain Gorillas. 250km, 3.0hrs Overnight on Full-board basis: Top-range, 5Star:  Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge  www.governorscamp.com Mid-range, 4star:  Mountain Gorilla View Lodge  www.3bhotels.com
Volcanoes Forest-Gorilla Trek/Cultural Village Visit Morning, enjoy the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime thrilling adventure - Mountain Gorilla Trek, in the volcanic forest. After the one-hour audience with your gorilla family, drive back to your lodge – for freshening up and lunch. After lunch, relax at the lodge – as you re-live the fresh memories of your close encounter with a human being’s closest relative in the wild. Late afternoon, enjoy a visit to the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village (Gorillas Guardians) visit - for some insights into the transformed lifestyle of these families of former gorilla poachers. Overnight on Full-board basis:  Top-range, 5Star:  Sabyinyo Silverback Lodgewww.governorscamp.com Mid-range, 4star:  Mountain Gorilla View Lodge  www.3bhotels.com
Volcanoes Forest-Golden Monkeys Trek/Kigali/Depart Morning, undertake the Golden Monkeys Trek adventure in the volcanoes forest – trekking the only other member of the primate species, residing in the volcanoes forest. Freshening up and lunch at the lodge, followed by check-out - ready for your journey back to Kigali.
  • Before exiting the Volcanoes Mountains base town of Musanze, make a brief stop-over visit to the DIAN FOSSEY MUSEUM, in the town.
No Entrance fee, but donations are welcome Shortly after, bid farewell to the volcanic mountains region and drive back to Kigali - arriving in the late afternoon, with onward transfer to the Kigali International Airport for your evening outbound flight.

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