5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour

EcoQuest Safaris will provide you with a 5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour driver/guide to accommodate your game drives and other travel needs for this amazing 5-day safari! Your accommodations will be on bed and breakfast basis that offers you a meal plan for your entire tour. Come and experience a lifetime of memories with our tour to see the gorillas and enjoy the spectacular landscape!

5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour Highlights

Day 1: Kigali – Ruhengeri
Day 2: Volcanoes National Park
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking
Day 4: Volcanoes National Park – Lake Kivu
Day 5: Kigali

Detailed 5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour

Day 1: Kigali – Ruhengeri

Arrive at Kigali International Airport and be met by a 5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour driver/guide. You will take part in meet and greet, hear some comments by the driver about the safari and then head to Ruhengeri. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel. (You may wish to sleep in Kigali depending on your time of arrival to the airport before heading to Ruhengeri in the morning).

Main Destination: Musanze (City)
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – Mid-range lodge located in Musanze (City)
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2: Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast, be at the office of RDB at 7:00 am for comments and instructions by the guide concerning the trekking of gorillas and briefing by the Volcanoes National Park’s guides. We encourage, for your own enjoyment, that you ensure you are fit and healthy for this tour. It is important to bring good hiking boots, long trousers, gloves for protection against stinging nettles, snacks, and sufficient drinking water because it gets hot and humid during the day. You will spend an hour you will never forget with the gorillas. Return later in the evening to your hotel for lunch. Later, enjoy dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking

On your third day of 5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour, you will take part in a day of golden monkey trekking in Volcanoes National Park. During this trek, you will also have the opportunity to view the park’s volcanoes. You will return for lunch at the hotel and then proceed to Gisenyi to visit the Twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo. Head to Kivu Serena hotel later in the evening for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel – Luxury hotel
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Volcanoes National Park – Lake Kivu

After breakfast, you will enjoy a morning boat ride on the lake and have a chance to see a variety of bird species and different water animals on the lake shore. Enjoy swimming at Serena Beach Hotel. You will enjoy dinner and your overnight stay at the Lake Kivu Serena Hotel.

Main Destination: Lake Kivu
Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel – Luxury hotel located at Lake Kivu
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Kigali

You’ll be picked up at your hotel by our 5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour driver and take part in a Kigali city trip including a visit to the Genocide Memorial Centre at Gisozi. You will have a chance to interact with the local people; discovering the artisanal products (collars, bracelets, etc.) Then transfer back to Kigali Airport. This is where your safari will end.

Main Destination: Kigali International Airport (Kigali)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinks not included

End of 5-Day Rwanda Gorillas & Lake Kivu Tour