5 Days Volcanoes NP and Lake Kivu
5 Days volcanoes NP and lake Kivu
5 Days volcanoes NP and lake Kivu integrates Rwanda’s top tourism activity which is gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park and later a relaxation at Lake Kivu in Gisenyi.
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Following your arrival at Kigali airport, our company representative together with the driver / guide will be waiting to welcome you and later drive through the terraced hills of Rwanda to Volcanoes national park, home to the endangered mountain gorillas. Dinner and overnight stay at Sabyinyo silver lodge (luxury) Le Bambou gorilla lodge (mid range), Hotel Muhabura (budget).
Day 2: Gorilla trekking experience
After early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters-kinigi for a briefing about the endangered mountain gorillas from the park warden. Along with your trekking gear, drinking water and packed lunch, the driver will drop you off at the starting point to trek the gorillas together with the ranger guides. This activity may take between 1-8 hours searching for the gorillas depending on their movement. However meeting them is so rewarding and you will spend maximally 1 hour with them as you take time studying them and taking pictures and videos. After spending your time with the fascinating mountain gorillas, return to the base and meet your driver to connect to your lodge for lunch and refresh.
After lunch, take a cultural walk to Iby’iwachu Cultural Village-a Non-Profit umbrella organization that aims at improving the lives of reformed poachers and communities around Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park through provision of conservation incentives, supporting community enterprise development and livelihood based projects. It’s a rewarding place where you will be guided around the place as you enjoy the Kinyarwanda traditions including the Intore dance, traditional ceremonies and a guided community walk. Retreat and return to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay as above. Sabyinyo silverback lodge (Luxury), Le Bambou Lodge (Midrange), Muhabura Hotel (Budget).
Day 3: Golden Monkeys tracking
After early morning breakfast, transfer to the park headquarters for briefing from the park warden about the endangered golden monkeys. After connect to the tracking starting point and enter the forest to search for the rare golden monkey. This activity can take about 1-5 hours and is done at closer view of the other primates in the park like the red tailed monkeys, Vervet monkeys among other. After viewing the rare golden monkeys for an hour while taking pictures and studying their behaviors, return to the base and meet your drive to connect to the lodge to refresh.
After having lunch, take a drive and visit Musanze market, buy souvenirs to take back home. Dinner and overnight stay as above. Sabyinyo silverback lodge (Luxury) Le Bambou Lodge (Midrange) Muhabura Hotel (Budget).
Day 4: Transfer to Lake Kivu
After having breakfast, drive northwest to Rubavu town at the shores of Lake Kivu where you will spend the whole day enjoying the shores while taking boat trips to the island of the lake, a town tour and relaxing at the shores as you enjoy the breeze. Dinner and overnight stay at L. Kivu Serena Hotel (Luxury) Palm garden resort (midrange) Paradise Marahide (Budget).
Day 5: transfer back to Kigali
Have breakfast at leisure, later you will transfer back to Kigali. Upon arrival, you will have a city tour where you will visit the Genocide memorial grounds, local markets, museum, craft shops, do some shopping and later transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
5 Days Volcanoes NP and Lake Kivu
