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7-Day Wildlife Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari | A Journey into Nature’s Heart
Our 7-day wildlife Rwanda Gorilla trekking safari is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure that offers the best of Rwanda’s wildlife. Known for its iconic mountain gorillas, Rwanda is home to much more. From diverse primates to the Big Five and a huge variety of bird species, this safari offers a complete experience for nature lovers.
Discover Primates
Rwanda is most famous for its mountain gorillas, but there’s much more to see. The lush forests are also home to other fascinating primates, including chimpanzees, golden monkeys, mantled guerezas, and the rare Ruwenzori colobuses. A trek through Volcanoes National Park brings you face-to-face with these incredible creatures. Watching them in their natural habitat is an unforgettable experience that connects you to the heart of nature.
Witness the Big Five on our Gorilla Trekking Safari
Beyond the primates, Rwanda’s national parks are home to some of Africa’s most exciting wildlife, including the Big Five. These iconic animals—lions, elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, and leopards—can be spotted during game drives in Akagera National Park. Our knowledgeable guides will help you track these majestic creatures, making every safari an exhilarating adventure.
Birdwatching Paradise on the 7-day Safari
For bird lovers, Rwanda is a paradise with over 700 bird species. During your safari, you might spot the rare shoebill stork or the stunning great blue turaco, both highly sought after by birdwatchers. With Rwanda’s rich ecosystems, this safari is a dream come true for those who love birdwatching.
Why Choose Our Trekking Safari?
When you embark on our 7-day wildlife Rwanda Gorilla trekking safari, you won’t just witness incredible wildlife—you’ll also be supporting important conservation efforts. Our safaris are crafted to protect Rwanda’s natural beauty and wildlife, while providing guests with a truly memorable experience. Incase your short on time visit our alternative safari
Included/Exclude
- All accommodation
- All meals
- Drinking water
- Airport transfers
- All transport in a spacious safari car with pop-up roof (petrol included)
- Professional, English-speaking Follow Along guide and driver
- All parking fees
- International flights
- Rwandan visa
- Traveller's insurance
- Optional activities
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
Once you land in Kigali, your local leader whisks you away to visit the Inema Arts Centre, which is fantastic space promoting local artworks, dance and crafts. Later in the day, you visit Azizi Life Studio, also in Kigali, which allows you to try some local crafts yourself. There's an enormous variety of crafts to try, from making beeswax candles to creating jewellery with sisal, trying your hand at imigongo painting, and making cards with banana-leaf cutouts.
Accommodation: Five to Five Hotel
You drive west this morning to reach Akagera National Park in the northeast of the country. Once there, you enjoy an afternoon game drive. Akagera recently reintroduced black rhinos and lions, so it's once again a Big Five park – the only one in the country. The park is home not only to large game, but also many primates, like vervet monkeys, black-and-white colobuses, olive baboons, silver monkeys and blue monkeys.
Accommodation: Rusizi Tented lodge
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Early in the morning you head off on another game drive. Animals besides the Big Five to look out for in Akagera include Rothschild's giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, waterbucks, impalas. Later you go on a boat safari on Ihema Lake or on an interesting conservation tour. On Ihema Lake you can usually find further exciting wildlife like hippos and crocodiles. There are also many species of waterbirds like gold crowned cranes, shoebill storks and papyrus gonoleks.
Accommodation: Rusizi Tented Lodge
Banana beer is a strong and very popular alcoholic drink in East Africa. This morning you embark on a cultural banana beer-making tour, which includes visiting a small community. Later in the day you drive across country to reach Volcanoes National Park in the northwest corner of the country. We recommend relaxing in the evening and having an early night so that you're fresh for your gorilla trek in the morning!
Accommodation: DaVinci Gorilla Lodge
It's time for the pièce de resistance of the trip: your gorilla trek! After a safety briefing, you follow your trek guide into the forested mountains of Volcanoes National Park to find your designated gorilla troop. When you find the troop, you settle down quietly to observe the behavior of the gorillas, which usually includes some eating, grooming and playing. In the afternoon you visit Iby’lwacu Cultural Village where the residents will treat you to a display of Intore dancing, which is a militaristic dance performed to a hypnotic drumbeat.
Accommodation: DaVinci Gorilla Lodge
This offers two optional activities on the cards. You can do a guided hike to visit the gravesite of Dian Fossey, the famed mountain gorilla champion of the twentieth century. Alternatively, you might wish to go on a guided hike to find a troop of golden monkeys. These mid-sized primates have round faced and orange-gold patches on their backs and legs. Both hikes take you through dense, incredibly beautiful and bird-filled forests.
Accommodation: DaVinci Gorilla Lodge
We travel back to Kigali this morning so that you can catch your onward flight. If there's time before your departure, you can ask your local leader to take you somewhere in Kigali for a shop or explore. Fashion is big in Kigali, and you might like something to take home that blends modern attire with a traditional African influence.
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4.4
It is a great place to shop not too far from New York. We took the bus from Port Authority and traveled through the countryside to get there.
4
This is the best tour on the east coast! It was amazing how many places we visited and what great memories we made!
4
We always stay at here when in town. The location is great, staff is wonderful and we love the overall feel. Beautiful view from the here.