6 Days Rwanda Safari (Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trekking)

This 6 Days Rwanda Safari takes you to Volcanoes & Nyungwe National Park.

Tour Overview: 6 Days Rwanda Safari

This 6 Days Rwanda safari offers a memorable Gorilla trekking to Volcanoes National Park as well as Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe. 6 Days Rwanda safari tour for Gorilla and Chimpanzee trekking tour offers memorable tracking experiences.

Activities to be done during this 6 Days Rwanda Safari Package include a Kigali city tour, chimpanzee tracking, gorilla trekking with chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest, and Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park. Kigali city is such a very historical city with several museums that keep the artifacts and traditions of the people of Rwanda. A city tour is also one way of learning about the tragic events in Rwanda during the 1994 Genocide where many people lost their lives and these histories are kept in different museums. Chimpanzee trekking is such a great primate tracking activity where you see the chimps that are about 98.7% DNA with humans. A maximum of 1 hour is spent watching the chimps go along with their lives. Mountain Gorillas are only at Volcanoes National Park and very rewarding to see these great apes in their natural habitat. There are about 10 habituated Gorilla families in the forest and you trek only one group. The 6 Days Rwanda tour package is available all year round and can be taken as an individual, a couple, or a group.

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 Tour Summary

  • Safari starts and ends in Kigali International Airport 
  • Activities include Kigali city tour, Chimpanzee & Gorilla trekking 
  • Transfers by a 4×4 safari vehicle
  •  Accommodation before and after trip in Kigali can be arranged on request at an extra cost

What you need to know

  • Accommodation is provided as included 
  • Tour is available all year round
  • Minimum age for tour is 16 years 
  • All activity costs are included

Itinerary Gallery: 6 Days Rwanda Safari

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Highlights: 6 Days Rwanda Safari

  • Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport and transfer to hotel
  • Day 2: Kigali city tour and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
  • Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
  • Day 4: Transfer from Nyungwe Forest National Park to Volcanoes National Park.
  • Day 5: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. 
  • Day 6: Transfer back to Kigali International Airport.
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Detailed Itinerary: 6 Days Rwanda Safari

Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport and transfer to hotel

When you arrive at Kigali International Airport, an allocated Rwanda safari guide will be there to welcome you for the 6 days safari in the land of a thousand hills. At the airport, the guide will have a placard with your names for easy identification. After meeting and greeting, you are then transferred to a booked hotel in Kigali city. You check in and as well have dinner and spend the night there as you relax from jet lag.

Meal Plan: Dinner 

Accommodation Options

Luxury: Serena Hotel Kigali, Four Points by Sheraton

Mid-range: Hotel chez Lando

Budget: Iris Guest House

Day 2: Kigali city tour and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.

On the second day of your 6 days Rwanda safari, you will be served breakfast at the hotel before transferring to Kigali city for a tour. Some of the places to visit include the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, markets, and other destinations of your choice. After the Kigali city tour and lunch, you are transferred to Nyungwe Forest National Park by a tour guide. Driving on the fastest route, it’s about a 4 h 36 min drive from Kigali International Airport to the park.

Arriving in the evening, you check in to your lodge or hotel, relax, have dinner, and spend the night.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Nyungwe Forest Lodge / One & Only Nyungwe Forest House

Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

Budget: Gisakura Guest House 

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park.


Meeting the Nyungwe Forest Chimps – Rwanda

Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest is done very early in the morning and your driver-guide will inform you of when you are expected to wake up.  You will carry a packed breakfast and then be driven to the park headquarters for the start of a Chimpanzee trekking experience. You walk for some time till you find where the chimps spent their previous night. Chimpanzees can be seen jumping from tree to tree at high speeds while making noise, the speed at which they jump and play around determines how many photos you take and how much time you spend viewing them. These chimpanzees are habituated and safe to track easily noticeable by their deafening screams, loud hoots, and booming hitting of the tree barks and buttresses. After the trek, you return to your trek start point where you meet the driver-guide for a transfer to the hotel for lunch and relaxation. You spend your night at the previous night’s accommodation.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Transfer from Nyungwe Forest National Park to Volcanoes National Park.

This morning you have breakfast at leisure, then transfer to Volcanoes National Park. The road distance between the two parks is about 5-6 hours depending on the route. Arriving in the afternoon, you check in to a booked hotel or lodge where you relax, have dinner, and spend the night.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge

Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge 

Day 5: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park.


Mountain gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Following breakfast, your driver-guide picks you up from the lodge for a drive to the park headquarters. Arriving at the park headquarters in Kinigi you first have a briefing on the do’s and don’ts of Gorilla trekking in Rwanda by the park warden. By 8:30 am, the park ranger guide will transfer you to the trekking starting point for a Gorilla trek. A total of 8 tourists with a trekking permit of Rwanda which costs USD 1500 per permit are allocated one gorilla family. Every 8 individuals take about 2-6 hours in the jungle trekking through the bamboo forest along with armed ranger guides. However, only 1 hour (60 minutes) is spent in the presence of the mountain gorillas. The trek lasts an unpredictable time depending on the Gorilla group movements but the population in Rwanda is known to move for shorter distances and therefore make it easy to trek. After 1 hour in the presence of a Gorilla family, you walk back to the park headquarters where you meet the tour guide for a transfer back to your lodge. Dinner and accommodation in the previous day’s hotel.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer back to Kigali International Airport.

Last day of your 6 Days Rwanda safari, have breakfast, and then transfer to Kigali International Airport for a departure flight. You will leave the hotel depending on the time of your departure flight or continuation to the next destination. 

Meal Plan: Breakfast 

End of the 6 Days Rwanda Safari

Cost Inclusions

  • English speaking driver guide
  • All activities as included
  • 4×4 Safari van
  • Meals
  • Water on board
  • 4 nights’ accommodation

Cost Exclusions 

  • Any purchases of personal kind
  • Any changes to the itinerary
  • International flights and visas

Transport 

  • 4×4 safari land cruiser for luxury travelers
  • 4×4 safari van for budget travelers

Safari Route: 6 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Chimpanzee Trekking Safari

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