Rwanda
7-Day Kigali, Akagera, Volcanoes & Lake Kivu Tour
Akagera, Volcanoes & Lake Kivu Tour
From
$4,100 PP
Duration
7 Days
Pickup
Kigali International Airport
Best Time
June - September
Rwanda is known as Le Pays des Mille Collines (Land of a Thousand Hills) because of its many mountains. When you land, you will understand why it is named so. Its beauty and scenery are unmatched. This tour covers 1 city, 2 parks & 1 beach area. It includes a tour of the city, a game drive safari in Akagera, a gorilla trek and we finish with relaxing by the beach.
Highlights
- Mid Range Tour: This mid-range tour uses lodges and hotels.
- Can be customized: You can request changes to this tour.
- Private tour: This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won’t be shared with others.
- Suitable for solo travelers: Solo travelers can book this private tour.
Day 1: Kigali
The arrival of your air transfer at the Kigali International Airport. Meet and greet assistance by Akagera Aviation.
They will assist with quick clearance at the immigration.
Once done, you will be handed over to and warmly welcomed by our representative outside the customs and immigration hall. Transfer to your hotel in the city. Arrive and check in assistance. Tour briefing will take place in the lobby.
Dinner will follow and an overnight stay.
Day 2: Akagera National Park: City Tour & Game Drive
Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
09h00: Proceed on a guided city tour that will include visits to the Kigali Genocide memorial and the Choose Kigali arts gallery. Other options can be the museum for a campaign against genocide, a fashion house, or a local market.
Choose Kigali was founded by world-renowned artist Emmanuel Nkuranga in 2019. Located in Kiyovu, the historic heart of the city, Choose Kigali is at its core a creative space.
Have lunch at the Heaven Restaurant. At 14h00, have a leisurely scenic drive to Akagera National Park.
Arrive and check-in at the lodge. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Akagera: Morning Boatride & Game Drive
Have a leisurely breakfast at the lodge.
08h00: Transfer to the jetty at lake Ihema. 09h00: Board and proceed on 1h30 minutes guided boat ride with other guests (total in the boat is 11).
Lining the lakes are some of the continent’s densest concentrations of water birds, while the connecting marshes are the haunt of the endangered and exquisite papyrus gonolek, and the bizarre shoebill stork – the latter perhaps the most eagerly sought of all African birds.
Once through, you will continue a full-day game drive in the park. Have a lunch break at Lake Mihindi Restaurant.
The game drive in Akagera National Park provides you with the opportunity to view gentle hills blending beautifully with lowland swamps and water bodies.
Drive back to the lodge before sundown. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Akagera - Kigali - Volcanoes National Park
06h30: Have an early breakfast at the lodge and check out. Set off for Kigali by 08h00. Arrive at 11h00 and take a PCR test to enable you trek primates. Early lunch at the historical Hotel de Mille collines.
14h00: Have a leisurely drive to Musanze & Volcanoes National Park region.
17h30: Arrive at your hotel and check in. Dinner will follow at 19h00. Overnight stay.
Day 5: Volcanoes - Lake Kivu: Gorilla Trek
Early breakfast at the hotel then, proceed to the park headquarters in time for your Gorilla Trek briefing at 07h00. Your guided walk begins at 08h00. The largest gorilla group or family ever studied is in Rwanda and was led by Cantsbee (who died in 2017). This was the oldest known mountain gorilla in the whole world. A gorilla family is led by a silverback. These troops also include several younger males, adult, and juvenile females, and infants. After this exciting experience, descend the mountains and rejoin your driver guide. You will be transferred to your hotel in time for lunch and cleaning and boots.
You will check out and settle any extras. Set off for Gisenyi and Lake Kivu.
This is a scenic, 1-hour drive and you can actually see smoke from Nyiragongo volcanic mountain en route.
Arrive and check-in at the resort overlooking Lake Kivu. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Lake Kivu: City Tour & Kayaking
Breakfast at the hotel. You will go on a guided city tour of this small city and also get to see dried lava from the recent eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. You will also see the barrier between Rwanda and DRC.
Transfer to your hotel for check-in and lunch.
14h00: Transfer to Kingfisher journey jetty at Paradis Malahide for briefing before you start your kayaking in Lake Kivu.
Kayak on a journey of discovery through the African countryside. Travel peacefully along the spectacular coast of one of Africa’s Great Lakes and witness the verdant landscape, vibrant local communities, birds and wildlife that thrive in the water, on the shores and islands of Lake Kivu. (you will be provided with a snack, water and a beverage. This tour is guided)
After this wonderful experience, transfer to your hotel for freshening up and change of clothes. Dinner will follow. Overnight stay. (It is possible to go and watch fisherman at night as they fish at no cost. This can be arranged with your guide).
Day 7: Lake Kivu - Kigali: Depart
You will have breakfast at the hotel. The morning will be at leisure to relax. Lunch will follow later at about 13h00.
You will check out at 15h00. Settle all extras and drive to Kigali. Arrive at 18h30 and bid farewell to your guide.
You will then check-in for your outbound air transfer.
End of our services. Wishing you an excellent trip.
What's Included
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water (On all days)
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