6 Days Gorillas and Akagera National Park

This tour will take you to an experience of the beauty of Rwanda and Uganda’s Kigezi in one trip, you will visit genocide centers, Experience gorilla trekking a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi.

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Itineraries

Arrival and pick up from Kigali airport, you will meet with your guide as he welcomes you to Rwanda and drive you to the lodge for check-in, you will later drive around Kigali city, you will visit various sites including Kigali memorial site, Hotel Rwanda where people sought refuge amid the genocide, Nyamata church, , Rwanda convectional Centre and finish with the presidential palace museum which was the place of residence of former president Juvenal Habyarimana at the time of the genocide. You will later return to your lodge for an overnight stay.
Early morning After breakfast you will drive for about 3 hours to Akagera national park and on arrival, you will embark on a boat cruise on lake Ihema enjoying the view of water animals like the Hippos, crocodiles, with beautiful birds like the Shoebill stork, the African Fish Eagle, Valentine birds and more. In the afternoon after a lunch break at one of the park restaurants, you will do a game drive look out for different animals like Buffaloes, elephants enjoying the waters of nature with birds like the Egyptian Goose, Zebras, impalas, water bucks, giraffes, baboons’ elands making the drive rich and memorable. At the end you will head back to Kigali for overnight.
Early morning after your breakfast, you will be transferred to Uganda via Katuna border crossing , a drive from Kigali city to the boarder is 1.30 hours to 2 hours , you will clear with immigration and later proceed to Bwindi forest National Park via Kabale town, you will arrive after a 2hour drive and check-in at your lodge in Bwindi forest , have lunch then head out for a community experience of the Batwa people and the Bakiga populations around Bwindi forest. In the evening you will head back to your lodge for rest and overnight stay
After an early morning breakfast, you head to the National Park offices for briefing about the dos and don’ts then head for a gorilla trek with acknowledgeable ranger, this will take about 2 - 5hours passing through thicket and bush trekking up or down hill while looking for a gorilla family , after meeting the family you will be around at least an hour with the family while experiencing their humanly way of behavioral characters, take as many photos and videos as you can as this is the most fascinating experience you will ever have in a life time . After the experience you have your parked lunch and later head to Lake Bunyonyi for a relaxing moment.
After morning breakfast, you will head for a lake tour with either a boat ride or a jet ski or inflatable canoe on the Lake for viewing its different islands, the lake has about 29 islands with beautiful sceneries like the Akampene island in addition to the terraced hills of Kigezi. You will return to our lodge for a picnic and evening campfire.
Early in the morning after breakfast you shall embark on the journey back to Kigali Airport to check in for the flight this will be the ending of your tour.
  • Accommodation and meals
  • Park entrance
  • Gorilla Permit
  • Transport
  • Water
  • A guard
  • English speaking driver/guide