Day 1: Arrival at the airport and transfer to the Hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company representative who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, and later drive to your booked hotel accommodation and later dinner which will be served in your room and overnight stay at hotel.
Accommodation:
Midrange: Milles Collines Hotel
Standard: Quiet Heaven Hotel
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: City tour and Transfer to Volcanoes NP
In the morning you will be picked up by our company tour guide who will transfer you Kigali for a city tour and visit Kigali Genocide memorial center have a lunch in one of the local restaurants before heading to Volcanoes National Park in Musanze.
On arrival in Musanze check in to your hotel, dinner and overnight.
Midrange: Da Vinci gorilla Lodge
Standard: La Palme Hotel
Meal Plan: breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Golden Monkey trekking and transfer to Uganda
After an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters. You will meet with your ranger who will brief you about the code of conduct while are trekking golden monkey trekking. You will then enter the forest in search of the golden monkeys. The trekking may take 2-6 hours depending on the movement of their movement in the jungle and your group speed as well. Meet and stay with them for a maximum of one hour.
After a great experience you will walk back to the starting point and be transferred to for lunch, and after lunch, you will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable NP, the home of gorillas in Uganda. Upon arrival you shall be transfer to your lodge for relaxation while waiting your diner.
Mid-range Hotel: Rushaga gorilla lodge
Standard: gorilla valley Lodge
Meal Plan: breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Gorilla tracking and transfer back to Kigali
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the briefing from the Uganda wildlife officials and thereafter enter the jungle to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their lifestyle in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sunscreen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole days depending on the movement of these primates.
After this gorilla tracking experience return to the starting point have lunch and embark on a transfer back to Rwanda. Dinner and overnight.
Midrange: Milles Collines Hotel
Standard: Quiet Heaven Hotel
Meal Plan: breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Bujumbura
Today after your morning breakfast, with a short city tour, drive to the airport to fly to Burundi. On arrival in Bujumbura, picked up by your driver guide from the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport and transfer to the hotel for relaxation for the rest of the afternoon, dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Midrange: Hotel Club Du Lac Tanganyika
Standard: Hotel le palmier BujumburaMeal Plan: breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Karera water fall Visit and the Gishora drum sanctuary in Gitega
Today, after your warm breakfast, you will be driven to visit the karera water fall. This is a spectacular series of waterfalls in southeastern Burundi, located to the south of Rutana. The falls occupy over 142 hectares, being made up of six branches divided on three landings. After then return to Gitega city have lunch and after lunch visit the Gishora drum sanctuary to experience the unique traditional performance.
You will meet the team chef of famous drummers for to explain about this UNESCO intangible world heritage site and take a sit to attend a fascinating show combining the sound of the drumbeat to dances, heroic poetry and traditional songs which take around one hour.
Accommodation:
Midrange: Hotel Club Du Lac Tanganyika
Standard: Hotel le palmier Bujumbura
Meal Plan: breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Bujumbura city tour and Rusizi national park
Departure at 7:00, after breakfast, we start our trip by a boat ride in the Rusizi national Park. From Rusizi river until to Lake Tanganyika to see hippos, birds and crocodiles, visit the living museum, return downtown for lunch, after lunch, and then transfer to the airport.
