10 Days Rwanda Adventure Tour Highlights

• Day 1 – Arrival in Kigali City the capital of Rwanda
• Day 2 – Transfer to Musanze in Volcanoes national park
• Day 3 – Mountains Gorilla trekking tour in Volcanoes national park
• Day 4 – The beach of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi
• Day 5 – Transfer to the Panorama of Rwanda – Nyungwe forest national park
• Day 6 – The primates tour (Chimpanzee Tracking) of Nyungwe Forest National Park
• Day 7 – Transfer back to Kigali City and the culture of Rwanda
• Day 8 – Drive to Akagera National Park for a wildlife adventure tour
• Day 9 – Game drive in Akagera national park and drive back to Kigali City
• Day 10 – Reserved for departure through Kigali International Airport

Detailed 10 Days Rwanda Adventure Tour (Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife Tour, Chimpanzee Tracking, and Cultural Encounter Trip)

Day 1 – Arrival in Kigali City the capital of Rwanda

You will be welcomed by your driver/guide and transferred to the hotel in Kigali, Iris’s guest house.

Day 2 – Transfer to Musanze in Volcanoes national park

After breakfast, Kigali to reach Ruhengeri at the gate of Parc National des Volcans. The journey is full of beautiful sceneries, through the cultivated terraced hills of Kigezi and Rwanda. Dinner and overnight at Kinigi Guesthouse.

Day 3 of 10 Days Rwanda Adventure Tour – Mountains Gorilla trekking tour in Volcanoes national park

Early morning you enter the gorilla sanctuary of Parc National des Volcans, the rain tropical forest covering the hills surrounding Virunga Volcanoes. Trekking is a demanding but rewarding experience. Ensure you bring with you enough water and the packed lunch. The time spent in the forest depends on the movements of the primates in their natural environment. Dinner and overnight at Kinigi Guesthouse.

Day 4 – The beach of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi

After breakfast, leave Ruhengeri and proceed to Gisenyi, a pretty town located on the shores of beautiful Lake Kivu, the main water body of Rwanda. Relax on the beach. Dinner and overnight at Urumwe Hotel.

Day 5 – Transfer to the Panorama of Rwanda – Nyungwe forest national park

After breakfast, transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park along Lake Kivu. Stopover In Kibuye for lunch. Arrive in Nyungwe Forest National Park in time for dinner and overnight at Peace Guest House.

Day 6 – The primates tour (Chimpanzee Tracking) of Nyungwe Forest National Park

After an early breakfast, you enter Nyungwe forest for trekking in search of the numerous troops of Colobus monkeys and/or tracking the chimpanzee. Nyungwe is a vast, uncontaminated rain tropical forest over 1000 sq km in size and you will be amazed by such intense, green mountain vegetation. Ensure you carry with you a packed lunch and water for a picnic lunch. Return for dinner and overnight at Peace Guest House.

Day 7 of 10 Days Rwanda Adventure Tour – Transfer back to Kigali City and the culture of Rwanda

After breakfast, you will drive to Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. Stopover in Gikongoro for a tour of the Genocide Memorial of Murambi. Lunch in Butare, where it is possible to find the best Rwandan, original handicraft, which you cannot find in other countries of Africa.

Butare hosts the biggest university and the national cultural museum, worthy to visit. Stopover in Nyanza for a tour of the royal palace of the traditional king of Rwanda, the Mwami. Arrived in Kigali for dinner and overnight at Iris’s guest house.

Day 8 – Drive to Akagera National Park for a wildlife adventure tour

After breakfast, depart for Akagera National Park located along the Tanzanian border of Rwanda. You reach in time for the evening game drive. This park is famous for its herds of game animals including Burchell’s Zebra, lions, elephants, topi, giraffes, impalas, and over 425 species of birds including the shoe-billed stock, African jacana, sacred ibis goliath heron. Dinner and overnight Akagera lodge.

Day 9 of 10 Days Rwanda Adventure Tour – Game drive in Akagera national park and drive back to Kigali City

Early morning game drives along with the trials of Akagera. As an optional activity, you can board the boat for exploring the water of Lake Ihema to see a large number of hippos, the huge Nile crocodile, and birds. In the afternoon drive back to Kigali for dinner and overnight at Iris guest house.

Day 10 – Reserved for departure through Kigali International Airport

Depending on your program, enjoy a city tour around Kigali before your transfer to the airport for departure.

End of 10 Days Rwanda Adventure Tour