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This trip will take you to the 2 different Countries; Rwanda and Congo Kahuzi Biega for the Lowland Gorilla trekking, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Lake Kivu, Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Kigali City tour includes Genocide memorial. The trip will start and end at Kigali International Airport.
Highlights
- 9 Day Rwanda and Congo Adventure
Itinerary
Guests shall be picked by our company driver guide from Kigali International Airport in the morning and proceed to Ubumwe Grand Hotel the starting point of Kigali city tour, Our Rwandan guide will introduce to you the heart of Rwanda includes genocide memorial, Kigali slams and more depend on interest. Dinner and overnight at Five to Five Hotel.
After breakfast our company driver guide will transfer you to Nyungwe Forest National Park via Nyanza, a replica traditional royal palace and the actual colonial-era home of the King will throw you deep into Rwanda's history and cultural heritage. Total time drive is between 4 to 7 hours including the stop over. Dinner and overnight at Nyungwenziza Eco Lodge
Prepare for an early rise it takes up to two hours from Nziza Lodge to where chimpanzees are usually tracked and here we go: your primate highlight of Rwanda the chimps of Nyungwe National Park! Over 500 chimpanzees call this forest home. for park is the second biggest attraction of Nyungwe. High above the forest you will be grateful wind shakes you up; the vistas are incredible, on the other hand!55 1 55A good hour on the tarmac will final. Dinner and overnight at Peace guest House
It makes most sense to cross into Congo around midday so you will have the morning to relax. Once we sort out the border formalities,we will take you through Bukavu to Kahuzi-Biega NP (2 hours away from Rusizi to Kahuzi-Biega. Our local guide for the Democratic Republic of Congo will be already with us at the border. He is a research assistant at Lwiro Natural Science Research Centre and the Gorilla Highlands man for anything in Congo. Biega includes lodge accommodation under the park management. Bed & breakfast. You will be meeting Grauers’ gorillas, the amazing animals even more endangered than their cousins mountain gorillas. It is hard to estimate how long this activity will take but it could extend to 5 and 6 hours.
After breakfast you will cross Bukavu border to Rwanda side and enjoy the afternoon boat cruise along Lake Kivu which is one of the African Great Lakes.[2] It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. Kivu lake shoreline at Rusizi Rwanda In the past, Lake Kivu drained toward the north, contributing to the White Nile. About 13,000 to 9,000 years ago, volcanic activity blocked Lake Kivu's outlet to the watershed of the Nile. The volcanism produced mountains, including the Virunga, which rose between Lake Kivu and Lake Edward, to the north. Water from Lake Kivu was then forced south down the Ruzizi. This, in turn, raised the level of Lake Tanganyika, which overflowed down the Lukuga River. Dinner and overnight at Peace guest house
After breafast you will do a tour of the Pfunda tea factory will give you an
insight into one of Rwanda’s biggest exports. (Only available in the morning.)35 1 35
Your lunch will be on the way between Gisenyi and Musanze. Inshuti Arts in the town of Musanze is an explosion of creativity and a really cool place to have lunch and if time allows you will visit the Diann Fossey Memorial or if not you can do it the next day . Dinner and overnight at Isange Paradise Resort.
Today is one of the must do activities in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is the Dian Fossey grave site (tomb) hike/trek. The hike aims to give tourists a learning experience about the works of the famous American primatologist and conservationist, Dian Fossey, who dedicated her life to research about the mountain gorillas. She set up a research camp in the valley between Mount Karisimbi and Mount Bisoke hence the name ‘Karisoke’. Her works to protect the mountains gorillas and their habitat would lead her into conflict with negative forces including poachers and she was eventually killed. She was buried among the gorillas near her Karisoke Research Center. The survival of the mountain gorillas is largely credited to after the revealing visit to the Dian Fossey grave site (tomb) and her research center. She demystified the negative perception of mountain gorillas as being savage beasts living in the jungles of Africa as she discovered gentle and intelligent creatures. This would later inspire the habituation of mountain gorilla groups for tourists to visit . The money collected from the gorilla trekking trips and hiking tours in the park is used for conservation activities in the park, this activity requires jungle boot, rain jacket, long sleeves, reparents. Dinner and overnight at Isange Paradise Resort.
After breakfast you will drive to Akagera National Park lies in eastern Rwanda, hugging the border with Tanzania. It's characterized by woodland, swamps, low mountains and savannah. The varied terrain shelters wildlife including zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions and hundreds of bird species, such as the rare shoebill stork. In the southern part of the park, vast Lake Ihema is home to hippos and more. Dinner and overnight at Akagera Rigno Lodge.
After early morning game drive in Akagera National Park. Akagera National Park lies in eastern Rwanda, hugging the border with Tanzania. It's characterized by woodland, swamps, low mountains and savannah. The varied terrain shelters wildlife including zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions and hundreds of bird species, such as the rare shoebill stork. In the southern part of the park, vast Lake Ihema is home to hippos and more.
On top of that you will drive to Kigali International Airport for your flight back home and end trip.
Trip includes
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Accommodation is on full board, good self contained rooms with WIFI and hot showers. bed, dinner, and breakfast are included on the price.
Our guides are professional and knowledgeable about the tour activities required, with good customer care and they drive while guiding.
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Meals are included on (FB) bed, dinner, lunch and breakfast.
Our vehicles are 4W4 tourist driven by professional and knowledgeable tour guides with good customer care in order our guests to enjoy the safari.
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