Primates Field Study Education Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Kigali

Stop At: Kigali Province, Kigali Province
Arrive at Kigali International Airport and meet your professional guide. Drive to Discover Rwanda. After lunch, do City tour .After that walk and do shopping then back to the Hotel

Start point Kigali International Airport, Kigali City

Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: over night Lemigo hotel

Day 2: Akagera national park

Stop At: Akagera National Park, Akagera National Park, Eastern Province
Destination: Akagera National Park, Accommodation: Discover Rwanda: Meals: F/B, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Game viewing. Spend the morning game viewing Bamboons. Drive from Kigali to Akagera national park in the North East of the country. In this savannah park you can see elephants, leopards, giraffes, lakes, buffaloes, Statungas, Hippos, Water birds. After the game drive, you will drive back to Kigali
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Over night at discover rwanda

Day 3: Fom Kigali to Nyungwe

Stop At: Nyungwe National Park, Butare Rwanda
Destination: Southern Province Nyungwe National Park, Accommodation: Peace Guest House, Meals: F/B, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Visit traditional site. Early in the morning, drive to Butare in Southern Province, visit the King’s Palace at Nyanza and then continue to the National cultural museum in Butare. After lunch to Ibis Hotel, drive through Nyungwe forest to Peace Guest House. At the museum you can see Rwandans monarchs’ years back, traditional dance and drumming
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Peace house

Day 4: Nyungwe National Park

Stop At: Nyungwe National Park, Butare Rwanda
Destination: Nyungwe National Park, Accommodation: Peace Guest House: Meals: F/B, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Trekking. Drive to Nyungwe forest and start primate walk and track Chimpanzees. Nyungwe is the National park in Africa which is oldest mountain forest. This park is the home of 13 species of primates, more than three hundred species of birds(Great BlueTouraco) and over two hundred species of flowers(Orchids
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Peace House

Day 5: Kibuye

Stop At: Kibuye, Kibuye, Western Province
Destination: Karongi, Accommodation: Betania Hotel: Meals: F/B, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Visit Napoleon Island(Bats home range). Early morning, drive to Kibuye on the shores of the Lake Kivu. See the beauty of Lake Kivu and its Islands and see Sundowners on its shores at sun set and visit Napoleon Islands and watch here several species of bats.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Betania Hotel

Day 6: Rubavu

Stop At: Congo Nile Trail, Avenue de l'Independance, Rubavu Rwanda
: Rubavu, Accommodation: Kivu View Apartment, Meals: F/B, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Relax. After an early arrive at Gisenyi at mid-day have a short stop at Kivu Sun Hotel, then inspect around Hotels and have a walk to the Rwanda- Congo border.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Kivu View apartment

Day 7: Ruhengeri

Stop At: Volcanoes National Park, Musanze Kinigi, Ruhengeri Rwanda
Day 7
Destination: Volcanoes National Park, Accommodation: Muhabura, Meals: F/B, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Gorilla trekking. Early morning, drive to Kinigi headquarters to the Volcanoes National Park for mountain gorillas trekking.

Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Muhabura Hotel

Day 8: Ruhengeri

Stop At: Ruhengeri, Ruhengeri, Musanze District, Northern Province
Destination: Volcanoes National Park, Accommodation: Muhabura hotel. Meals: F/B,Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Activity: Dian Fossey site. Visit Dian Fossey’s grave the former of Karisoke Research Center and she is the first primatologist & scientist Lady who studied and protected the last Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda in 1967 until 1985.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Muhabura Hotel

Day 9: Musanze to Kigali

Stop At: Kigali Province, Kigali Province
Destination: Kigali. Activity: Transfer. After lunch drive to Kigali International Airport for your flight out
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.