8-Day Rwanda Primate and Savannah Wildlife Safari.

You will rise early and start with a morning breakfast, and then later on you will continue with a Kigali city tour. In this city tour, you will encounter several historical sites.

Some of the attractions that you will encounter during the city tour include local markets, the President’s museum, the Belgium Monument, and the genocide centers.

After your lunch in Kigali, you will go ahead with a transfer to Akagera National Park. Upon arrival in the park, you will continue to the lodge for relaxation and overnight.

The full-day adventure in Akagera National Park starts with an early morning breakfast at the lodge, and then you continue with a game drive in Akagera National Park. In this game drive, you will encounter a number of savannah wildlife like lions, leopards, buffalo, rhinos, Masai giraffes, elephants, zebras, impalas, and many other wildlife.

You will engage in the picnic lunch at a scenic point in the park. Then later, you will continue with a transfer to Lake Ihema.

On arrival at Lake Ihema, you will engage in a boat cruise where you will see several wildlife species around the lake like crocodiles, hippos, elephants, and many other wildlife.

You will return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

You will rise early and then transfer into the park at around 0500 hours. On arrival at the point for the balloon safaris, you will start with an orientation about the activity.

Then you will continue with the activity, which will take about 1 to 2 hours of the day. In this activity, you will have an aerial view of the park and sunrise views.

Several wildlife species will be encountered in the air, like rhinos, buffalo, lions, and many other wildlife species. You will later continue with a guided game drive around the park.

You will return to the lodge for relaxation. In the evening, you will go ahead for a sundowner at a favorite point in the park.

You will start the day with a relaxed breakfast, and then you will continue with a transfer to the Volcanoes National Park. This transfer will take about 4 to 6 hours a day.

Upon arrival in the park, you will continue to the lodge for relaxation.

After your early morning breakfast at the lodge, you will proceed with a transfer to the park headquarters for the gorilla trekking. At the park headquarters, you will meet the ranger guides who will take you through the guidelines to follow during the activity.

You will continue with gorilla trekking, which will take about 2 to 7 hours of the day under the guidance of the ranger guide. As you come across the gorillas, you will have 1 hour viewing the gorillas at a distance of 7 meters.

After the activity, you will return to the lodge for refreshment as you prepare to proceed with the community visit to the Gorilla Guardian village. In the evening, you will continue with the activity where you will encounter the culture through activities like cultural dances, preparation of the local cuisines, storytelling, and many others.

On the second-to-last day of the 8-day Rwanda primate and savannah wildlife tour, you proceed for another primate encounter called the golden monkey trekking. This activity will start with an orientation where you will be highlighted on the dos and don’ts about the activity.

Later on, you will continue with the activity, which will take 2 to 4 hours of the day, whereupon you will meet these playful primates.

After you are done with the Golden Monkey trek, you will proceed with a visit to the Dian Fossey University. During the visit to the university, you will learn about the conservation works that were conducted by the late Dian Fossey.

On the last day of the 8-day Rwanda primate and savannah wildlife safari, you will start the day with a relaxed morning at the lodge. After your breakfast at the lodge, you proceed with a transfer to Kigali.

In Kigali, you will choose to be transferred to the airport for your outbound flights or to the hotel of your choice.