Full Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Kigali, Rwanda
With a warm welcome you
will be assisted through immigration and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy
dinner and a restful evening. Overnight at Serena
Day 2: Kigali / Akagera National Park
Set off by road to your
tented camp in Akagera, central Africa’s largest protected wetland. Home to a
variety of plains game, predators, primates and birds. Overnight at Akagera
Game Lodge
Day 3: Akagera National Park
The day’s agenda includes expertly-guided game drives, walks and boating trips in search of the resident wildlife including: buffalo, leopard, elephant, giraffe, spotted hyena, zebra and eland. Overnight at Akagera Game Lodge
Day 4: Akagera National Park
Rise early for another
day of wildlife viewing. Akagera boasts a healthy lion population, as well as
black rhino which were reintroduced to the park in 2017. Look out for the
elusive shoebill with its massive bill, one of nearly 500 bird species found in
the park. Overnight at Akagera Game Lodge
Day 5: Akagera National Park / Nyungwe National Park
Continue by helicopter
to your luxury lodge near one of the oldest rain forest in Africa, Nyungwe
National Park. Overnight at Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel
Day 6: Nyungwe National Park
Experience the rain
forest from a dazzling new perspective on the famous Canopy Walkway. Overnight
at Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel
Day 7: Nyungwe National Park
Today’s agenda includes
chimpanzee trekking deep in the forest. Observe them playing, wild and free,
hooting and dashing through the trees. Overnight at Mantis Kivu Marina Bay
Hotel
Day 8: Nyungwe National Park / Volcanoes National Park
The adventure continues
to Volcanoes National Park, by way of the beautiful shores of Lake Kivu.
Overnight at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Day 9: Volcanoes National Park
Don your gaiters and
gear and get ready to hike into the mountains. All fatigue melts away as you
capture your first glimpse of the gorillas as they forage and move through the
forest. Overnight at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Day 10: Volcanoes National Park
Return to the forest for
another precious hour with the endangered gorillas, (subject to the advance
purchase of a second permit) or perhaps search for the rare habituated golden
monkey. Overnight at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel
Day 11: Volcanoes National Park / Kigali
Return to Kigali this
afternoon in time to depart on an evening flight.