Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Akagera National Park
On your arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be picked up and head for lunch, from there you will head for a city tour and visit different attraction sites in Kigali city. From the city tour, you will proceed to Akagera National Park, which is approximately an hour’s drive from Kigali city. On arrival in the park, you will have dinner and call it a day.
Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Game drive and afternoon boat cruise
The next day, after having breakfast, you will head for a morning game drive in Akagera National Park, which happens to be one of the few national parks where you can spot the Big Five (Lions, Rhinos, Elephants, buffalo, Leopards) in the world. During the game drive, you will be able to spot various types of birds and wildlife like zebras, giraffes, hippos, warthogs, to name a few, and then from there you will head back to the lodge for lunch. After having lunch, you will head for an afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema, where you will spend the rest of the afternoon. When you get to the end of your cruise, you will be transferred back to the lodge for dinner and end your day.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After having breakfast, you will be transferred to Nyungwe National Park, and along the way, you will have various stopovers to spice up or make your transfer more interesting. The first stopover will be made at Nyanza Kings’ Palace for a cultural encounter where you will get to learn more about the history, way of life, norms, and customs of the Nyanza Kingdom and its people. From there, you will proceed to a lunch which will be made of both local and continental dishes. Having filled your stomachs and recharged your energy, you will proceed to the Ethnographic Museum to also feast on the amazing art pieces with your eyes. Having done all that, you will head straight to Nyungwe National Park, check in, have dinner, and sleep for the night.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 4: Nyungwe Forest National Park
Having had breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing, allocation of trekking groups, trekking trail, tour guide, and game rangers. You will then start off with your chimpanzee trekking activity, which may take a while. Water breaks and lunch breaks will be given to you amidst the trekking activity so that you can hydrate and have lunch, which will be packed for you from the lodge. On locating or finding a chimpanzee family, not more than an hour will be given to you to spend in their presence. After the chimpanzee trekking, you will head for a canopy walk, which is suspended approximately 91 meters across and 51 meters above Nyungwe forest, which will reward you with an amazing aerial view of the forest and spot birds, chimpanzees, different plants, monkeys, to name a few, from above. Having taken in all the beauty of Nyungwe forest from both ground and aerial view, you will head back to the lodge for dinner and end your day.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Wake up in the morning and have breakfast. Afterwards, you will be transferred to Volcanoes National Park with a stopover at Lake Kivu to enjoy beautiful scenic views, spot different bird species, take photos, and spot some wildlife. After the first stopover over you will head straight to Volcanoes National Park with a lunch stopover along the way. On arrival at the park, you will check in, relax for the rest of the day, or opt for a guided nature walk, then head back later on to the lodge for dinner and sleep overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 6: Mountain gorilla trekking and community tour
On day 6 of your safari, after having breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing, allocations to trekking groups, allocation to trekking trails, a tour guide, and game rangers. Having done that, you will start with gorilla trekking activity, which will take approximately 6 hours of searching. A lunch break will be given to you so that you can eat the packed lunch that you would have come with from the lodge. After having lunch, you will continue with your search, and when you allocate or find a gorilla family, you will be given not more than an hour to spend in the presence of the mountain gorillas. From the gorilla trekking activity, you will head for a community tour where you will learn more about the way of life, culture, customs, interact with locals, to name a few, from which you will head back to the lodge for dinner and end your day.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 7: Departure
Depending on your flight schedule, after having breakfast you will check out of the lodge and get transferred back to Kigali International Airport for departure. You will continue spotting several attractions along the way, and this will mark the end of your 7-day Rwanda safari.
Meal plan: Breakfast






























