Day 1: Arrival

Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company guide and later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for, dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 2: Transfer to Akagera National Park.

Early morning enjoy your buffer breakfast and checkout of the hotel and you will as well have departure covid test and later proceed to Akagera national park and catch up with lunch. Afternoon,  head for boat trip on Lake Ihema. Enjoy a one hour boat ride on this beautiful lake, watching a number of bird species, crocodiles and hippos, later return, have a brief game drive before driving back to the lodge.

Day 3: Fully day game drive and return to Kigali

After an early morning breakfast at 6:00 am and leave for an early morning game drive in Akagera national park to catch up with late hunters and early risers. We will be searching for the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species, and recently the re-introduced Lions and Rhinos. The park is a varied habitat for wildlife and a number bird species with over 500 bird species in the park making it a birding paradise. You will have a picnic lunch. After lunch, proceed with your game drive for more search of abundant wildlife within this great park. Later return to the lodge for dinner and evening stay at the lodge.

Day 4: Transfer to Lake Kivu, take a boat to visit the Coffee plantation.

After a delightful breakfast in the morning, you will transfer to Gisenyi, which is roughly an hour away from Musanze, and you will head for a boat trip in Lake Kivu, which is roughly a two hours boat trip to explore this beautiful Lake and its numerous islands, and later proceed for a coffee experience in Kinunu, where you have a real taste of Rwandan organic coffee, before you transfer back to the lodge for late lunch, and spend the afternoon at leisure, or visit Atalier de poupee, learn about the great work of these amazing ladies, some of whom are widows.

 Dinner and overnight  at the lodge.

 Day5: Canopy walkway in Nyungwe forest national park

Today, after you morning breakfast, you will transfer to Nyungwe forest via Kibuye through the beautiful Congo Nile trail that rewards you with stunning view of Lake Kivu, and the neighboring villages, and check in at your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will head off to visit the forest for a canopy walk, for a great tree top view and later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Chimpanzee tracking & transfer to Kigali

Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch before driving off to Kigali. Visit Nyanza Kings’ Palace along the way. Dinner and overnight at the hotel

 Day 7: Transfer to the airport

After an early morning breakfast, depending on your flight time, you will be transferred to the airport to catch up with your onward flight.