7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari Tour Overview

The 7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari allows you to explore best destinations of Rwanda in details. You will reach to the historical places, join on cultural activities, view wildlife and you will enjoy Rwanda as a country. The safari will take you to volcanoes national park, Dian Fossey, Nyungwe national park and Genocide memorial where the bodies of over 1500 people were buried.

7 Days Rwanda Gorilla SafariTour Highlights
Learn to Walk Gorilla
  • Day 1: Transfer to volcanoes national park.
  • Day 2: Gorilla trekking.
  • Day 3: Dian Fossey tour
  • Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe national park.
  • Day 5: chimpanzee trekking.
  • Day 6: Visit Genocide Memorial
  • Day 7: City tour and transfer to the airport

Activity highlights

  • Mountain Gorilla tracking
  • Dian Fossey Hike
  • Chimpanzee tracking
  • Visit Genocide Memorial Centre
  • Kigali city tour
 

7 Days Rwanda Gorilla tracking and wildlife Safari: Detailed Itinerary

 Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari

Our company driver will pick you up from the hotel or Kigali international airport, he will brief you and then transfer you to volcanoes national park. On the way, you will view beautiful rolling hills and green vegetation. Upon arrival, you will check in with the lodge where you will have meals overnight.

Accommodation options:

  • Davinci Gorilla Lodge (Moderate)
  • Tiloreza Eco Lodge (Midrange)
  • Mountain View Gorilla Lodge (Luxury)

Meals: Full board

Destination: Volcanoes national park

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking

Wake up early in the morning, take breakfast and report to park’s headquarters for briefing on the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking by the game rangers. You will be allocating trekking group of 8 people and you will enter the jungle to trek our cousins the mountain gorillas. Time to spend with the gorillas after allocate them is one hours and you will go back to lodge. In the afternoon will have community walk and back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

  • Davinci Gorilla Lodge (Moderate)
  • Tiloreza Eco Lodge (Midrange)
  • Mountain View Gorilla Lodge (Luxury)

Meals: Full board

Destination: Volcanoes national park

Day 3: Dian Fossey Tour 

Wake up early have breakfast and head to the famous Dian Fossey Research Centre and graveyard. Dian Fossey’s research center was started by Dr. Fossey and she spent close to two decades habituating, studying, and conserving the endangered mountain gorillas. Return to the lodge for meals and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

  • Davinci Gorilla Lodge (Moderate)
  • Tiloreza Eco Lodge (Midrange)
  • Mountain View Gorilla Lodge (Luxury)

Meals: Full board

Destination: Volcanoes national park

Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park  

Take morning breakfast and the driver will transfer you to nyungwe forest national park. Nyungwe forest has a variety of habituates including the montane forest, bamboo, grasslands, swamps, and bogs and the forest is mountainous. Nyungwe forest is the best destination for a golden monkey trekking experience. When you reach, will check in to the lodge, meals, and overnights at the lodge.

Accommodation:

  • Nziza Eco lodge (Moderate)
  • Nyungwe Top View Hotel (Midrange)
  • One & Only Nyungwe House (Luxury)

Meals: Full board

Destination: Nyungwe National Park

Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking 

You will have morning breakfast and then proceed to headquarters for a briefing on chimpanzee tracking. You will enter the jungle to search for chimpanzees and colonies of habituated golden monkeys. You will observe other wildlife in the forest like grey-cheeked mangabeys, blue monkeys, Angolan colobus, and owl-faced monkeys to mention a few. After you will return back to the lodge for meals and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

  • Nziza Eco lodge (Moderate)
  • Nyungwe Top View Hotel (Midrange)
  • One & Only Nyungwe House (Luxury)

Meals: Full board

Destination: Nyungwe National park

Day 6: Visit Genocide Memorial 

Have breakfast and head to Genocide Memorial where you find the remains of the people who were killed. The war killed thousands of the Tutsis and Hutus. Meals and overnights.

Accommodation Options:

  • Chez lando hotel (Midrange)
  • Hotel Mille Collins Hotel (Luxury)

Meals: Full board

Destination: Kigali

Day 7: City Tour and Transfer to the Airport 

You will have a city tour in Kigali city and lunch after the driver will transfer you to the airport for your flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

End of Tour

Inclusions

  • Airport transfers to and from Kigali International Airport

  • Ground transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle with an English-speaking guide/Driver

  • Accommodation for 5 nights in selected lodges (on full board basis)

  • Gorilla trekking permit (1 per person)

  • Chimpanzee trekking permit (1 per person)

  • Golden monkey trekking permit

  • Nyungwe Canopy Walk

  • Kigali city tour (including Genocide Memorial visit)

  • All park entry fees and guided activities as per itinerary

  • Bottled drinking water in the vehicle

  • Government taxes and service charges

  • Community visits (e.g. Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village)

 Exclusions

  • International and domestic flights

  • Rwanda tourist visa

  • Travel and medical insurance

  • Personal expenses (e.g. tips, laundry, phone calls, souvenirs)

  • Meals and drinks not mentioned in the itinerary

  • Optional activities not included in the itinerary

  • Porter fees during trekking

  • Hotel upgrades or room service charges

Getting There

The trip will start from Kigali International Airport to Volcanoes National Park to Nyungwe National Park and you will be dropped off at Kigali International Airport.