7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek & Lake Kivu

7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek & Lake Kivu, This 7 days six nights safari to Rwanda will begin and end in Kigali Rwanda’s capital and largest city, it will give you an opportunity to track the endangered mountain gorillas in the volcanoes national park, hike the Karisimbi Africa’s fifth highest mountain and also enjoy a boat trip on the Lake Kiva. The tour will also give you a chance to explore the city tour.

7Days Best of Rwanda Tour tour highlight

Arrival and an overnight in Kigali

City tour and transfer to volcanoes national park

Mountain Gorilla Tracking

Hike to Mount Karisimbi

Karisimbi Peak

Lake Kivu – Gisenyi

Departure

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and an overnight

On your arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be welcomed by our safari guide/driver who will brief you about the safari and later he will transfer you to your pre-booked hotel in Kigali .

Location: Kigali

Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Serena hotel

Mid range:  Des Mille Collins

Budget:Chez Lando Hotel/ Five to Five

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits throughout

Day 1: City tour and transfer to volcanoes national park

After a morning breakfast, our safari tour guide will pick you up and drive you for a Kigali city tour, Places expect to visit include the Kandt’s Natural History Museum, crafts shops and Gisozi genocide memorial site a massive grave for over 2000 people among other interesting places if time allows. Enjoy lunch en-route and later you will embark on a two hours’ drive to the northern part of Rwanda and finally to volcanoes national park in Ruhengeri Musanze district with a scenic drive all through. You will arrive in the evening, check into your booked accommodation as you wait for tomorrows’ most interesting activity gorilla tracking.

Location: Volcanoes national park

Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Mid range:  Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/La Palme Hotel 

Budget:Muhabura Hotel/Kinigi Guest House

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits throughout

Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Tracking

Wake up early for a cup of tea or coffee to warm you up, and later you will be transferred to the park headquarters to receive short briefings by the park wardens/ senior ranger guide and also gets you allocated to the gorilla family in respect to your physical abilities. After briefing, the ranger guide will transfer you to the starting point to begin the search of our close cousins who shares almost 97% of human genes, this is a breathtaking experience on should not love to miss in the life time.

Gorilla tracking time is unpredictable it can go from 1-7 hours since meeting them depends on where they last spent the previous day, so a reasonable degree of fitness is needed as well as tracking gears like sturdy pair of walking shoes boots. It’s a breathtaking moment to sit among the gorillas listening to them grumble to each other, it’s an extraordinary feeling sitting in the forest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. it’s amazing that only 880 of these remaining creatures left.

Upon spotting them one hour is allowed to stay with them while taking photography as well as imitating their calls. Then return to the point where your vehicle is stationed so as to transfer you back to the lodge wind your day with traditional dance performances at the lodge in the evening. Dinner and an overnight at,

Location: Volcanoes national park

Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Mid range:  Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/La Palme Hotel 

Budget:Muhabura Hotel/Kinigi Guest House

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits throughout

Day 4: Hike to Mount Karisimbi

After breakfast, embark on the Karismbi hiking; however you will first report at the park headquarters for a short briefing about the whole process and also gets you allocated to the ranger guide. The guide will lead you to hike the snow-capped mount Karisimbi, taking the Bisoke trail, the hike is a bit challenging and it can take about 6 hours although it depends on the pace of the trekker. You will camp at an altitude of 3700 meters for an overnight stay and dinner.

Day 5: Karisimbi Peak

This day after a morning breakfast, continue with your hike to the snow-capped volcano, with magnificent views around and the cool atmosphere at the top. After descend to the base and meet your guide who will drive you to Lake Kivu Rwanda‘s freshest water body. Dinner and an overnight at

Location: Lake Kivu

Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel

Mid range:  Palm Beach Hotel

Budget: chimpanzee Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits throughout

Day 6: Lake Kivu – Gisenyi

This day is for purely relaxing with and enjoying sparkling natural beauty of Lake Kivu Rwanda’s freshest water body, the lake offers an opportunity to enjoy beach activities like swimming, beach volley ball, sun bathing and also you can decide to take a boat ride to the nearby island while on the boat you will see many species of birds that feed on the lake, fishermen and people’ plantation in the vicinity OR visit the hot spring. Come back to the main land an later to the hotel for dinner and an overnight at

Location: Lake Kivu

Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel

Mid range:  Palm Beach Hotel

Budget: chimpanzee Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits throughout

Day 7: Departure

This day is reserved for departure back to Kigali, however, if you missed the first Kigali city tour, visit the genocide memorial site in Gisozi, handicraft market and later transfer to the airport to meet your departure flight back home if scheduled on this day

Thus the End of the safari

The safari include

• 4×4 Ground transportation and fuel
• Full English speaking safari driver/ guide an all his associated expenses
• Park entrance fees
• Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
• 1gorilla permit per person
• Karisimbi hiking
• Lake Kivu
• City tour and any other activities as included in the itinerary

Not included on 7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek & Lake Kivu

Visa fees,

Airport taxes

Items of personal nature like bar bills, tipping, Laundry, and any expenses of personal nature

Thank you for booking this trip with us at Adventure Rwanda Safaris expect the best.  This trip is arranged by Mum and Dad Uganda Tours and it should be noted that this itinerary can be re-arranged to meet your expectations.