6-Day Experience Rwanda and Bwindi
Cost: 2,310 pp (USD)
Travel Company: Dav Safaris
Website: www.davsafaris.com
Email:info@davsafaris.com
Tel: +256757795781 or +256701412430
This tour starts from Kigali Genocide Memorial and then heads to Nyungwe Forest National Park for chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk. You'll also pay a visit to the famous Volcanoes National Park for Bisoke hike and lake. Head for the boarder crossing road trip to south western Uganda to find mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. After gorilla trekking, your guide will lead you to the zebra magnet of Lake Mburo National Park.
Day 1: Arrive in Kigali and Visit the Genocide Memorial and Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Arrive at the Kigali Airport and later be transferred to Kigali, to carry out a city tour. You will pay a visit at the genocide museum, Genocide Memorial Center at Gisozi which has collectives of the consequences of the genocide of 1994. From there, head back to your hotel for a relaxed overnight.
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest and Afternoon Canopy Walk
After having breakfast at 6:00 am, you will be transferred to Nyungwe Forest National Park. Have a visit the old palace in Nyanza on your way to the park. In the afternoon you'll go for a canopy walk. The canopy walkway in the Nyungwe Forest National Park in south western Rwanda is 50m above the ground level, and 90m long. The dizzying platform is above a steep and deep valley trotting across massive forest. The 200m walkway with three towers is the biggest in East Africa! Spread over hundreds of square meters, Nyungwe is said to be largest and most ancient afro-montane forest remaining in the East & Central Africa, dating back to the last ice age.
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Have an early morning breakfast, and later proceed to Nyungwe Forest at 6:00 am to search of chimpanzee. You will also track the Colobus monkeys in the forest and have a chance to view the other habitants of the forest like birds, reptiles and butterflies. Chimpanzee tracking will enable you to meet man’s closet cousins in the wild. You will be amazed to see these primates as they play, swing on tree branches, fight for food, etc.
Day 4: Mount Bisoke Hiking and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
On this day, you will have breakfast and later transfer to Kinigi, the briefing point at 7:00 am with the hiking gears and assigned rangers. Mount Bisoke stands at 3700m, with the typical conic shape of a “perfect” volcano and in its crater lies a deep crater lake. For those interested in climbing Mount Bisoke, the volcano does not present an exceptionally demanding climb but it is nevertheless still a tough hike. The high elevation demands extra strength of climbers and the whole excursion can take between 5 hours and a whole day depending on the speed of the walk and the frequency of stops. The ascent typically takes around 3 hours.
During the climb, you will cross a series of different vegetation habitats starting with bamboo forests, then moving into Hagenia-Hypericum forest and finally moving through Seneci -Lobelia bush near the summit. You will then descend and transfer to western Uganda.
Day 5: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest-Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
After breakfast and briefing by park ranger guides, depart with picnic lunch boxes to start the trekking. The activity can last up to 4 hours or more to find the mountain gorillas as you hike up and down slippery slopes with dense mist covered vegetation. Hence you will have packed lunch for this activity. This active quest will eventually bring you to the face of one of the most sought after creatures, the mountain gorillas. Upon reaching them, you will have a full hour with them while observing and learning their behavior as you take photos.
Later on, you'll transfer to Lake Mburo National Park for your overnight just outside the park.
Day 6: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Entebbe International Airport via The Equator Line
After having an early breakfast, go for a morning game drive in Lake Mburo National Park. This park is famous for zebras, impalas, giraffes, elands, Cape buffalos and many tropical bird species. Checkout of the hotel and transfer to Entebbe International Airport to readily catch your air transfer back home in the evening. We recommend that you book an evening flight as you say farewell to the pearl of Africa! But along the way, you will make a stopover at the Equator line to have an authentic feel of standing at Latitude 00.