Rwanda Intrepid All Primates & Wildlife Adventure for 9 Days& 8 Nights

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 Resortwww.oneandonlyresorts.com Mid-range, 4star:  Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel  www.mantiscollection.com

Nyungwe Forest – Chimps Trek/Canopy Hike Morning, immerse yourself in 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

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 Lodge  www.governorscamp.com Mid-range, 4star:  Mountain Gorilla View Lodge  www.3bhotels.com

Volcanoes Forest-Golden Monkeys Trek/Kigali 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 Then, bid farewell to the volcanic mountains region and drive back to Kigali, arriving in the late afternoon, for check-in 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-City Tour/Akagera National Park Morning, enjoy an 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. Afternoon, depart Kigali and drive to the east, destined for Akagera National Park - forming Rwanda’s eastern border with Tanzania. 150km, 2.5hrs Overnight on Full-board basis: Top-range, 5star:  Ruzizi Tented Lodgewww.ruzizilodge.com Mid-range, 4star:  Akagera Game Lodge   www.mantiscollection.com

Akagera National Park – Full Day Game-viewing After early breakfast, drive into the park, for Full-Day Game-viewing and photography opportunity – traversing the different park terrain and sceneries, from south to north of the park, with packed lunch provided by the lodge. Late afternoon, drive back south and to your lodge, for an evening at leisure. Overnight on Full-board basis: Top-range, 5star:  Ruzizi Tented Lodge  www.ruzizilodge.com Mid-range, 4star:  Akagera Game Lodge   www.mantiscollection.com

Akagera National Park – Boat Ride/Kigali/Depart Morning, enjoy a Boat Ride on Lake Ihema - an opportunity for more wildlife viewing from the comfort of your boat, followed by a short game drive. The rest of the morning at leisure at the lodge; with lunch followed by check-out. Afternoon, drive back to Kigali – with drop-off at the airport, for your evening outbound flight.