5 Days Luxury Tour
TRIP OVERVIEW



TRIP ITINERARY
Day
1
Kigali
The arrival of your flight at Kigali International Airport. Meet and Greet assistance. You will be warmly welcomed by our Uber Luxe Safaris representative outside customs and immigration hall. Transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel. Check in then dinner and overnight stay.
KIGALI SERENA HOTEL (HB – Dinner, Bed, and Breakfast)
Day
2
KIGALI – CITY TOUR/ DRIVE TO MUSANZE
Early in the Morning, you will be assisted with check out and briefed about your tour. You will then proceed on a morning tour of Kigali city that includes The Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, Inema arts centre & Inzuki designs. Lunch will be at the Khana KazanaHeaven Restaurant.
Highlight: After the 1994 unspeakable awfulness, several burial places in the country were established as memorial sites. They include the Kigali Genocide Memorial where 250,000 genocide victims were buried. Learn about Rwanda’s history from pre-colonial times to the 1994 genocide; learn about other genocides in the world and how this country has dealt with that past. After lunch, we will embark on a leisurely drive to MUSANZE AND VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK. Arrive in the evening and check in at the Bisate lodge, dinner and overnight stay
BISATE LODGE (FB I.e., Lunch – Heaven Restaurant), Dinner, Bed and Breakfast, a selection of drinks)
Day
3
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK (GORILLA TREK)
Early breakfast at the hotel then proceed to the park headquarters in time for Gorilla Trek briefing. We will then transfer you to the start point of your guided walk that begins at 08h00. Here, your amazing adventure begins.
Volcanoes National Park protects the steep slopes of this magnificent mountain range and is the home of the rare mountain gorilla and the rich mosaic of montane ecosystems, which embrace evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, swamp, and heath, but the high point will be spending an hour with the remarkably peaceful gorillas despite their size and appearance as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting and raising their young.
After this memorable experience, you will return to the lodge for lunch and some much-needed rest. Optional, boat ride on Lake Ruhondo or do the Dianne Fossey Tomb hike. Dinner and overnight stay at the Bisate lodge.
Meals : (FB – Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)
Day
4
VOLCANOES (GOLDEN MONKEY/ VILLAGE TOUR)/ Nyungwe
Another early breakfast and then transfer to the park headquarters for briefing before you start your guided Golden Monkey Trek
Trekking to see the golden monkeys is another highlight of Volcanoes National Park. The Golden Monkey (CercopithecusMitisKandti) is a local subspecies of the widespread Sykes Monkey, also known as the “Blue Monkey” and is endemic to the high-altitude forests. The monkeys are playful and inquisitive and often spend their time leaping from bamboo branches or frolicking on the forest floor. There are two habituated groups of Golden Monkey, one group comprises around 80 - 100 members and has its home at the foot of Mt Sabyinyo
Day
5
NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK TO KIGALI
Be picked up at your hotel by our driver and take part in a Kigali city trip including a visit to the Genocide Memorial Centre at Gisozi. You will have a chance to interact with the local people; discovering the artisanal products (collars, bracelets, etc…), then transfer back to Kigali airport. Here is where your safari will end.
Inclusions
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- Gorilla permits (one per person, non-resident)
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT Roundtrip airport transfer Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions
- International flights (from of tax/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour