5 Days Akagera and Nyungwe National Parks


Rwanda

Tour highlights

  • Akagera game drive
  • Nyungwe canopy
  • Ethnographic museum and king’s palace
  • City tour, genocide museum, kimironko market

Detailed tour

Day 1: Transfer to Akagera national park

Upon arrival you will be picked up by your driver guide who will drive you on a 2 hours drive to Akagera, upon arrival you will check in the hotel have lunch and then go for a boat ride at lake Ihema have a view of the sun setting and also see some of the water animals and for the bird lover you will be able to see different bird species. Akagera game lodge

Day 2: Early morning game drive.

Early in the morning after your breakfast you will go for a morning game drive in search of the big 5 and also see other animals that you didn’t get to see yesterday, we will then have our packed lunch as we continue to exit the park to Kigali for overnight and dinner. Hotel 2000

Giraffes in Akagera national park

Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe national park

Early in the morning you will be picked up at 5:00 am after your breakfast and driven to Nyungwe, on your way we shall have a stopover at the king’s palace and ethnographic center and learn about the history of Rwanda and its culture. We shall have a lunch break in Butare then continue for a coffee tour in the afternoon and learn about the process of the coffee making and get the chance to taste the end product also buy if you wish to. Later we shall proceed to the hotel for an overnight and dinner.

Day 4: Canopy walk

Early in the morning after breakfast, we shall then head out for a canopy walk in Nyungwe forest, you will be guided throughout the 2 hours walk, as you make the walk you will listen to the melody of the birds’ sound, keep your eyes open as you may see some monkeys and for the birds’ lovers you might spot some birds and later proceed back to Kigali. Hotel 2000

canopy walk way in Nyungwe rain forest

Day 5: City tour

Early in the morning after your breakfast we shall head out for a city tour where we shall visit the genocide memorial and then later head to kimironko giant market for local food lunch and later proceed the souvenir market to buy some gifts. You will then be driven to the airport for your departure.

END OF TOUR

Included in the package

  • Accommodation full board
  • A bottle of drinking water
  • Entry fees for the above activities
  • Ground transport in a 4*4 safari car

Excluded in the package

  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Personal insurance
  • Tips for the guides