7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari – Mountain & Lowland Gorilla Tracking Rwanda & DRC

Gorilla Tracking is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife encounters & considered a unique 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari adventure. It offers both magically beautiful & soul changing encounters with these incredible gentle giants that inhabits the Kahuzi Biega NP Congo (Drc) & Volcanoes NP (Rwanda) for lowland & Mountain gorilla tracking respectively. Visit the bustling capital city of Kigali & admiring wildlife on the game viewing in Akagera National Park with added Nyungwe National Park to go Chimpanzee Tracking.

7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari Highlights

Detailed 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari

Day 1: Kigali – Akagera National Park| Boat Cruise Safari

Leave Kigali and start your 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari to the Akagera National Park. You will on arrival go for a boat trip on Lkae Ihema, thereafter return to the lodge and check in. while on the lodge, you will feel the sounds of jungle since the lodge is in the middle of the bush and overlooking Lake Ihema. Overnight at Akagera Game Lodge or similar.

  • Main Destination: Akagera National Park (Rwanda)
  • Accommodation: Mantis Akagera Game Lodge – Luxury lodge located inside Akagera NP

Day 2: Game Drive safari, Akagera National Park Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you go for the whole day game drive experience, getting up close to wildlife in Akagea National Park, you will exit the park at Nothern Nyungwe gate & proceed to Volcanoes National Park through Byumba. During the game drive to the north of the park, you will go through different topography but most interesting part of it is the Crocodile Swimming Pool & the kilala valley with large concentration of wildlife as you get nearly to the Nyugwe exit gate. Overnight at Gorillas Hotel.

  • Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
  • Accommodation: Volcanoes Hotel – Mid-range hotel located outside Volcanoes NP
Rwanda Gorilla Tours

Rwanda Gorilla Tours

Day 3: 1st Optional Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Tracking Volcanoes National Park

Today to participate on the 7 Days Rwanda Congo Gorilla Trekking safari ticket at additional cost of $1,500 is required & or participate in the alternative Bosoke Volcano Hike.

Early morning breakfast will be followed by a transfer to Kinigi park headquarters for trekking briefing and then hike up into the rainforest to a troop of magnificent mountain gorillas. Each troop has its own 24 hour guard, so their location is known, you usually have an hour with them, time to sit and observe them at very close quarters indeed. After the day experience return back to the Lodge. Overnight at Gorillas Hotel or similar.

  • Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
  • Accommodation: Volcanoes Hotel – Mid-range hotel located outside Volcanoes NP

Day 4: Golden Monkey Trekking, Volcanoes National Park – Nyungwe National Park

After an early morning breakfast transfer to the park headquarters at Kinigi to go for golden monkey tracking. These primates are beautiful, endangered & more agile than the mountain gorillas. They live in bamboo thickets on the lower slopes of the mountains – and tracking them acclimatizes you perfectly to the slight altitude, marking your last views of the park’s environs, and this will be followed by a transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. Overnight at Ken Barham Guesthouse or similar.

  • Main Destination: Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)
  • Accommodation: EAR Ken Barham Guest House -Budget guest house located inside Nyungwe NP

Day 5: Rwanda Chimpanzee Tracking & canopy walk, Nyungwe National Park,

At 04:30am an early morning breakfast or order packed breakfast & this will be followed by meeting with the 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari ranger guide & then transfer to Cyamudongo & or Uwinka visitors center to begin with chimpanzee trekking and subsequently there will be a canopy walk that starts at Uwinka visitors center and then transfer to Cyangungu. Overnight at Peace Guesthouse or similar.

  • Main Destination: Lake Kivu (Rwanda)
  • Accommodation: Peace Guest House – Budget guest house located in or near Lake Kivu

Day 6: Cyangungu, Rwanda – Lowland Gorilla Trekking, Kahuzi Biega National Park Congo (drc)

After an early morning breakfast, transfer cross the Border at Rusiizi (1) to Tshivanga, Kahuzi Biega National Park headquarters a head of your Congo (DRC) lowland Gorilla Trekking. You will start 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari with introduction by the park warden on the lowland gorilla facts and comparisons from other gorilla subspecies. Next will be to join a team of rangers and trackers to drive closer to a point where the trailhead of hiking to see gorillas will begin. Gorilla tracking can be anything from 2-8 hours depending on the gorilla movements, once you find them you’ll be allowed to stay with them for an hours. After the day experience, you’ll travel back to the bukavu for overnight at Nediva Bed & Breakfast or similar & if time to cross the border becomes viable proceed back to Cyangungu. Overnight at Peace Guesthouse.

  • Main Destination: Kahuzi Biega National Park (Gorillas)
  • Accommodation: Peace Guest House – Budget guest house located in or near Rusizi

Day 7: From Cyangungu transfer back to Kigali

After an early morning breakfast, transfer back to kigali marking the end of the 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari. Your driver guide will drop you at your planned hotel & or to the airport targeting for your outbound flight back home.

  • Main Destination: Kigali (Rwanda)
  • Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

End of 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari

Chimpanzee Tracking in Rwanda

Chimpanzee Tracking in Rwanda

7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional 7 Days Rwanda Congo Safari driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinking water (On all days)

Excluded

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Round trip airport transfer
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)