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9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe Forest & Volcanoes National Park Rwanda Safari

(9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe Forest & Volcanoes National Park Rwanda Safari is a private guided safari designed for primate lovers – it incorporates 3 nights in Nyungwe Forest National Park where chimpanzee tracking is a huge attraction followed by 3 nights in the Volcanoes National Park tracking mountain gorillas. The safari starts/ ends in Kigali Airport, near Rwanda's)

 

 
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9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe & Volcanoes Rwanda Safari

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10 Days/ 9 Nights Nyungwe & Volcanoes Rwanda Safari is a private guided safari designed for primate lovers – it incorporates 3 nights in Nyungwe Forest National Park where chimpanzee tracking is a huge attraction and which also gives you the chance to see L'Hoest's monkey, Ruwenzori colobus monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey and silver monkey amongst others.

 

Next is followed by 3 nights in the Volcanoes National Park tracking mountain gorillas and the engaging golden monkeys with a short break on the shores of Lake Kivu in between.


Summary Itinerary

Day 1: Fly into Nairobi. Overnight

Day 2: Fly to Kigali Airport, near Rwanda's capital – Drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park

Day 3: Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda

Day 4: Nyungwe Forest – Drive to Lake Kivu, Rwanda

Day 5: Lake Kivu, Rwanda

Day 6: Lake Kivu – Drive to Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Day 7: Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Day 8: Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Day 9: Volcanoes – Drive to Kigali – Depart

 

 

 

9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe & Volcanoes Rwanda Safari

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1st Jan 2014
31st Dec 2014
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Notes

* Because this is based on a private vehicle and guide, the costs for this trip will reduce if more than two people are traveling


9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe & Volcanoes Rwanda Safari Includes:

* Economy flights plus UK airport departure taxes.
* A private guide and Safari vehicle for the duration of your safari

* A comprehensive pack of information covering the places that you'll be visiting

* Current park fees for Nyungwe Forest National Park and Volcanoes National Park

* One mornings tracking gorillas and one morning to follow golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park
* Permits and park fees for one morning to track chimpanzees and one morning to track Ruwenzori colobus monkeys and walk in Nyungwe Forest


9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe & Volcanoes Rwanda Safari Excludes:
* Laundry

* All drinks, including tea and coffee

* Rwandan domestic departure taxes
* Tips and gratuities, which are optional

 

 

 

9 Days/ 8 Nights Nyungwe & Volcanoes Rwanda Safari Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Fly into Nairobi. Overnight

Depart London Heathrow on your scheduled overnight flight with Kenya Airways to Nairobi.

Overnight at

Meal Plan {Bed & Breakfast}


Day 2 & 3: Fly to Kigali Airport– Drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park

Connect onto your onward flight from Nairobi to Kigali Airport, near Rwanda's capital. Arriving in Kigali, you are met by your private guide and 4WD before driving to Nyungwe Forest National Park - usually stopping in Butare for lunch and to visit the national museum there.

 

Nyungwe Forest is an enormous tropical forest which harbors about 275 bird species and 13 primates. Forest walks last from one to seven hours (!), depending on your energy, but can be hugely rewarding.


Spend 2 nights at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel. This simple lodge has absolutely fantastic views over Nyungwe Forest Park, and is often frequented by inquisitive vervet monkeys. Trekking to see chimpanzees can be pretty strenuous but great fun, but more relaxed guided walks are also possible.

 

Overnight at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}


Day 4 & 5: Nyungwe Forest – Drive to Lake Kivu, Rwanda

After breakfast, leave Nyungwe and drive northwest to the town of Kibuye on the shores of Lake Kivu where you spend 2 nights.

 

The lakeshores are covered by pine and eucalyptus trees, which lend an alpine air to the region. With panoramic vistas of the lake, your accommodation for this night is Bethanie Guesthouse. If time allows, take a boat trip out to nearby Napoleon's Island (so-called as it is shaped like his hat), which is host to a colony of fruit bats!

 

Overnight at Bethanie Guesthouse

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}


Day 6: Lake Kivu – Drive to Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

From Kibuye, a scenic road gently weaves through hills to Volcanoes National Park, which protects the Rwandan side of the Virunga Mountains, and the forest-clad volcanoes which were made famous by Dian Fossey's study of gorillas.

 

Due to the altitude, gradient and, at times, thick foliage, tracking to see the gorillas can be challenging, however your time in Nyungwe Forest will have helped you to acclimatize. Spend a total of 3 nights at Gorilla Mountain View Lodge, ideally located fairly close to the park headquarters.

 

The lodge has en-suite facilities with hot showers and fairly good general amenities. There are some lovely views from here across the Volcanoes National Park.

 

Overnight at Gorilla Mountain View Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}


Day 7: Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

After an early breakfast, spend your first morning tracking the endangered golden monkeys. These enigmatic primates are endemic to the region and live on the lower mountain slopes in bamboo thickets.

 

They can be a bit harder to track down than the gorillas, but it is a good introduction to life in the Volcanoes National Park. In the afternoon, use your free time to explore the local villages, or the nearby lakes of Burera or Ruhondo, or just to relax and watch birds around the lodge.

 

Your guide and 4WD are, as always, at your disposal for excursions if you want them.

 

Overnight at Gorilla Mountain View Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}


Day 8: Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Another early morning sees you meeting at the park's headquarters for a briefing on the etiquette of visiting mountain gorillas. An experienced park ranger will lead you to one of the habituated groups of gorillas, where you have one amazing hour to observe these delightful, human-like primates.

 

It is a breath-taking experience that you will never forget! Again, you can decide what to do during the afternoon, with your guide and 4WD available for your use.

 

Overnight at Gorilla Mountain View Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}


Day 9: Volcanoes – Drive to Kigali – Depart

After so many early wake-up calls, lie in for your last morning! You will then be driven for about 2 hours through lovely hills, past villages, to Kigali.

 

Here you may have time to visit the moving Genocide Museum, or to have a quick look around town, before being driven to Kigali Airport. Once there, your guide leaves you to continue your return journey home: fly to Nairobi in time to catch your Kenya Airways flight back home.

 

Meal Plan {Breakfast & Lunch}

 


 

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Booking Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871
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