14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure

14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure

This 14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure will give you a great memory of the Rwandan tour and you explore and wrap up Rwandan attractions in just 14 days. You will be able to visit all the 3 Rwandan parks thus Nyungwe, Akagera and Volcanoes National Park, adding in a visit to Lake Kivu and Kigali city to spice up your stay. You will as well be able to interact with the locals as you go by your day activities.  You will well be able to do gorilla trekking,14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure chimpanzee trekking and golden monkey trekking which is a life time adventure.

You will as well be able to visit almost all the Rwanda genocide museums, with great rich history of the 1994, Rwandan genocide. You will fly back home, well touch and cultured by Rwanda’s attractions and culture, having almost experienced the entire country with its attraction. This self-drive tour is a great way, to experience the entire country, within 14 days. Explore around Rwanda, on a self- guided drive with us today!

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to the Hotel

Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport and passing through the immigration process, you will be welcomed by your hotel driver who will, brief you shortly about 14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure and transfer you to the booked accommodation.

Accommodation options: Quite Haven Hotel (Standard) Chez Lando hotel (midrange) Kigali Serena Hotel (luxury)

Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Full Day Kigali City Tour

Your tour starts at 9:00am with a briefing of your tour at your hotel and handover of your 4×4 vehicle with full tank of fuel for your self-drive. From there you will head off to the Kigali city for a great day of sightseeing by visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, where over 250000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, were buried in a mass grave as a respect to their soul. In the afternoon you will continue your trip by visiting the surround of the Kigali. Later driver back to your hotel for diner and overnight.

Accommodation options: Quite Haven Hotel (Standard) Chez Lando hotel (midrange) Kigali Serena Hotel (luxury

Day 3: Transfer to Kinigi – Musanze: Travel time +2.5hrs

Today after taking your early morning breakfast. You will proceed with a drive to Kinigi -Musanze through the magnificent route, visit Diane Fossey institute before being continuing to your booked accommodation and later spend the rest of the afternoon relax and prepare for the next day’s trekking. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel. You have four nights here, on full board.

Accommodation options: La Palme Hotel (Standard)Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Midrange), Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Gorilla Trekking experience

Early morning after the breakfast at 6:30am , drive to the park headquarters in Kinigi, then prepare for the gorilla trekking briefing from the park headquarters and thereafter, you will drive heading to enter the jungle with your packed snacks and drinks to search the mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour watching their social life as you take pictures. The gorilla tracking experience takes 2 – 6 hours depending on the movements of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience you will return to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, at your leisure at the lodge or decide to drive to town of Musanze to discover the surrounding. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation options: La Palme Hotel (Standard)Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Midrange), Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Golden Monkey Trekking

Today after your early morning breakfast, at 6:30 am, you will drive to the park’s headquarters with your packed snacks in Office of Tourism in Kinigi where you are briefed by the ranger about the rules and regulations governing golden monkey tracking before you head off to the jungle in search for these shy lovely primates. The golden monkey trek can last from an hour to six hours just like gorilla trekking, however not much hectic as the gorilla trekking, though the trek is strenuous but much rewarding at the end. You will be given an hour with the golden monkey to take as many pictures of your choice and later return from your trek, head for lunch, at the lodge, and spend the afternoon at your leisure. Dinner and overnight stay, at the lodge.

Accommodation options: La Palme Hotel (Standard)Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Midrange), Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 6: Transfer to Gisenyi   with en route tours. Travel time +1.3 hrs

After your relaxed morning breakfast at the lodge, you will check out of the lodge, and drive to Gisenyi, with an en route visit to Imbabazi Roz Carr House. Imbabazi is dedicated to the continuation of the work and the preservation of the legacy of Rosamond Carr (1912-2006).  Since orphanages were burned in Rwanda, the place holds a great history of this amazing woman, who had a great impact on the children, and the community in general.

You will later proceed for tea experience. Adventurous tourists can go into the plantation to approach the farmers for a chat and ask to be shown how harvesting is done. The farmers are always friendly and happy to welcome visitors. After the tea experience, you will drive to Gisenyi, and visit Atelier du Poupee, a community art work project, run by a group of women, who majority are widows, making some fine art work, like hand bags, wallet, dolls and more. You can get one for yourself a friendly price.  Later continue to hotel for diner and overnight.

Accommodation Options: Paradis Malahide Hotel (Standard), Kivu Paradise (midrange hotel), Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (Luxury hotel)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 7: Transfer to Kibuye for afternoon boat ride on Lake Kivu

After a relaxed breakfast at the lodge, you will check out of the lodge, and get to your vehicle, and drive to Kibuye, to your booked accommodation. In the afternoon, you will have a boat trip on Lake Kivu, and visit this beautiful lake, which happens to be the biggest lake in the country, patched with great islands, some with great history. You will visit the Napoleon Island as you explore this beautiful lake, which happens to be a birding paradise. You will later return to the lodge, and enjoy the great beautiful unwinding view from your room balcony. Dinner and overnight stay, at the lodge.

Accommodation Options: Bethany Hotel (Standard), Inn on the Lake(midrange) ,Cleo Lake Kivu Hotel (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 8: Transfer to Nyungwe with afternoon canopy walk. Travel time +3 h0urs

Have a relaxed morning breakfast at the lodge, driver your 4×4 to find your way to Nyungwe National Park, the largest tropical primate park in the country, housing over 13 primate species. You reach your booked lodge and check in to your rooms. In the afternoon, you will catch-up with the canopy walk in Nyungwe forest, at Uwinka reception for briefing. This 70 meters suspended metallic bridge will give you a great overview of Nyungwe forest and on a luck day spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a walk on this breathe taking metallic bridge.

Accommodation Options:Gisakura Visitors Centre (Standard) Emeraude Kivu Resort (Midrange)Mentis Kivu Marina (luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 9: Chimpanzee Trekking Adventure

Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. Chimps are more mobile compared to the gorillas, and are often on tree tops, so you will have more of neck stretching and looking around to spot them. You will need to have some physical fitness, as you will have some quite challenging moderate hike in search for the chimps. The walk is rewarding and enjoyable. After the trek, you will drive back to your lodge, and enjoy the rest of the noon at your own leisure. Dinner and overnight stay, at the lodge.

Accommodation Options:Gisakura Visitors Centre (Standard) Emeraude Kivu Resort (Midrange)Mentis Kivu Marina (luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day 10: Transfer to Kigali. Travel time +5hrs

Today after your relaxed breakfast at the hotel, you will jump into your jeep and start off, your drive to Kigali, with an en route visit to King Palace Museum in Nyanza, which has a great history of Rwanda Kingship leadership and cultural background. You will later proceed to Kigali to your booked hotel.

Accommodation options: Quite Haven Hotel (Standard) Chez Lando hotel (midrange) Kigali Serena Hotel (luxury

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and Diner

Day 11: Transfer to Akagera with a night game drive. Travel time +3 hrs

Today, after your early breakfast, you will be picked by our safari guide and leave for Akagera national park at 8:00 am, the journey to Akagera national park takes about 2.5 hours depending on the stopovers along the way, with the beautiful un winding landscape en route to the park, feel free to ask the guide for stopovers to capture some photos. On arrival at the park, we shall proceed to our accommodation after a short game drive. Dinner and evening stay at your lodge.

Accommodation Options: Akagera Game Lodge (Midrange)Ruzizi Tented Lodge(Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 12: Full day Game drive

After your morning breakfast at the lodge, you will drive to the park reception, pick a guide, and later, you will head off, for a full day guided game drive sightings, and you continue with your animal searching for wildlife in the park. You may take a different route, for more encounter to explore this beautiful park. Picnic lunch will be served during the course of the day. You will return and drop the guide back at the park reception and head back to your lodge and dinner awaits you, at the lodge

Accommodation Options: Akagera Game Lodge (Midrange)Ruzizi Tented Lodge(Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Diner

Day 13: Morning boat trip and afternoon transfer to Kigali

Today, you will enjoy morning boat trip in Lake Ihema for seeing hypos and crocodiles, and later transfer to Kigali.

Accommodation options: Quite Haven Hotel( Standard) Chez Lando hotel ( midrange) Kigali Serena Hotel ( luxury.

Day 14 : Airport Transfer

In the morning after your breakfast, you will head to the airport for the departure, depending on your flight time , you might have a short walking and drive around the city prior to your departure.

This 14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure includes;

• Transportation in a 4×4 safari Prado on self-drive.
• Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
• 1 Gorilla Permit Per Person
• 1 Golden Monkey permit, per person
• 1 chimpanzee permit, per person
• Canopy walk permit
• Boat ride on Lake Kivu
• Local community encounter
• Tea tour
• Visit to King Palace Museum
• Imbabazi community visit
• Comprehensive Car Insurance
• Game drives
• Boat ride at Lake Ihema
• Park fees
• Office support service

The 14 Days Rwanda Self-drive Safari Adventure excludes

• Visa Fees
• Driver guide
• Air fares
• Lunches where not provided
• Alcoholic drinks
• Porter fees while trekking
• Personal Insurance
• Personal shopping bills
• Items of personal nature