10 Days Rwanda Tour Experience – Overview

The 10 days Rwanda safari tour gives you the opportunity to go gorilla trekking in  Rwanda Volcanoes National Park, Chimpanzee tracking in Nyungwe Forest National Park, wildlife viewing in Akagera National Park, historical sites, Kigali city tour, and so many others.

 10 Days Rwanda Tour Experience – Highlights

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali

Day 2: City Tour

Day 3: Transfer to Akagera National Park, boat cruise

Day 4: Game drive, Nature walks

Day 5: Transfer to PNV, Golden Monkey tracking

Day 6: Gorilla tracking

Day 7: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park

Day 8: Chimp tracking

Day 9: Cultural Encounters, Transfer to Kigali

Day 10: Departure

10 Days Rwanda Tour Experience – Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali

On your arrival at the Airport, your safari guide will pick you up and drive you to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: City Tour

You will have your breakfast and then transfer to Kigali to enjoy your visit to different places like the genocide memorial site, Dian Fossey, and cultural centers, and meet the local people. You will have your lunch at any hotel of your choice.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 3: Transfer to Akagera National Park, Boat Cruise

You will have breakfast and then transfer to Akagera National Park having lunch at the lodge. You will relax at the lodge and in the afternoon go for a boat cruise at Lake Ihema where you can see different crocodiles, hippos, birds, and others.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at the lodge of your choice.

Day 4: Game Drive, Nature Walks

Early in the morning, you will embark on a game drive in the forest where you will look out for the animals that you missed out on the previous round.

You will then return to your lodge for breakfast and lunch. In the afternoon you will go for nature walks where you will discover many things about the park. You may meet the local people who will tell you about their way of life.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 5: Transfer to PNV, Golden Monkey Tracking

You will have breakfast and then transfer to Volcanoes National Park and this is a whole day drive. It is 236km long and takes about 5 to 6 hours. You will have lunch en route and on your way, you will view different wildlife attractions.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 6: Gorilla Trekking

You will have breakfast and then head to the park headquarters for a briefing about the activity. You will get to the forest to search for the gorillas with the help of the park rangers who will be paving your way and also scaring away the wild animals.

You will spend a maximum of one hour with the gorillas as you see how they behave, play, feed, and all their photo shoots.

 Day 7: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park

You will have breakfast and then transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. This is about 9 hours and it is 341km. You will have lunch en route.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 8: Chimp Tracking

You will have breakfast and then transfer to the park headquarters for your briefing. You will then get to the forests to look out for the primates.

You will spend time with the shy chimpanzees as you see how they behave, play, feed, and have their photo shoots.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at the same lodge.

Day 9: Cultural Encounters, Transfer to Kigali

You will have breakfast and then have a cultural experience where you will have time with the local people, see their traditional dances, listen to stories, their staple food, medicine, and others. You will then transfer to Kigali having lunch en route.

Accommodation: You will have your dinner and overnight at the park of your choice.

 Day 10: Departure

You will have breakfast and then transfer to Kigali to catch up with your flight.

End of The 10 Days Rwanda Safari Tour Experience.

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