11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates is simply the experience of a life time you can get from Rwanda, it entails, mingling yourself with Rwanda gorillas in a thrilling gorilla trekking exercise , trekking the shy but cute golden monkeys in the same location as while as taking a hike to Musanze caves all this in Volcanoes park and as well explore the best of Nyungwe forest national park’s for a as you enjoy chimpanzee trekking experience alongside other activities such as canopy walk. This 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates as well gives you enough time to relax at your hotel in Kigali before and after the adventure in the wilderness of primates.
Highlights of 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates
- Day 1: Arrival at Kigali international airport and hotel transfer
- Day 2 & 3: Full day hotel relaxation in Kigali
- Day 4: Hotel pick up and transfer to Nyungwe forest national park
- Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking and Canopy walk
- Day 6: Travel to Musanze
- Day 7: Gorilla trekking
- Day 8: Golden Monkey trekking and Visit Gorilla Guardian Village
- Day 9: Travel to Kigali City
- Day 10: Full day Hotel relaxation
- Day 11: Departures
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali and hotel transfer
Our staff and your safari driver on tour into Rwanda will welcome you on arriving at Kigali International Airport. A short drive later your will check into your hotel in the outskirts of Kigali City and discuss at length about your safari into Rwanda. You will then be driven to the hotel where you will fresh up, enjoy your meal and relax and this marks the 1st day of our 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates.
Day 2 & 3: Full day hotel relaxation in Kigali
The next 2 days of 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates are set aside for you to relax at the hotel in Kigali as you enjoy your unbothered honeymoon in the land of a thousand hills.
Day 4: Hotel pick up and transfer to Nyungwe forest national park
A drive to Nyungwe forest national park is full of exciting sightings and starts shortly after breakfast at your hotel on the 4th day of your 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates. The beauty of Rwandan countryside is unique in its own way. To many travelers on tour into Rwanda, Rwanda is the kind of beautiful country they would dream to live in all their lifetime. The famous National Museum at Butare merits a visit, and the traditional King’s Palace at Nyanza is a historic monument that stores stories from the past forming the foundation stone on which Rwanda as a country is built.
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking and Canopy walk
Trekking chimpanzees in Nyungwe montane forests starts early in the morning on day 5 of 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates. These giant primates are highly mobile and it is appropriate to track them before they have ventured deeper into the forests. You will set out with ranger escorts and wander into the forests shortly after first light. Explore the forests and rangers will traverse the corners they suspect the families of chimpanzees to be in. Soon, rangers will discover the hidden corners with large families of chimpanzees going about their routine activities of the day. Chimpanzee tracking regulations on tour into Rwanda are minimized to maximum one hour.
You will resume your safari into Rwanda’s next activity of the day after your picnic lunch under cool shade of huge trees. The canopy walk on tour into Rwanda is done on a bridge suspended 70m above ground into the canopy of this beautiful montane forest. Travelers on tour of Rwanda get an aerial bird’s eye view of Rwanda beyond a naked eye could see.
Day 6: Travel to Musanze
Today Rwanda safari activity is dominated by a long travel to the mountain gorilla zones in the volcanic Virunga corridor that stretches into DR Congo and Uganda. The monotony of this long drive is spiced by beautiful sightings of the Rwandan countryside with mountains tilled with banana and other food crops and the scenic sightings of Lake Kivu that extends into DR Congo. It is highly recommendable for travelers on safari into Rwanda to have a lunch break in Gisenyi lakeside town and later venture for a one-hour boat cruise before proceeding to their hotel in Musanze 30 minutes later as you wind up with the 6th day of your 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates.
Day 7: Gorilla trekking
Your safari driver on tour into Rwanda will escort you to the gorilla trekking start off point on day 7 of 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates to meet up with other gorilla trekking members, registration, checking for health status as per Rwanda gorilla trek regulations. You will set out shortly with ranger escorts and descend into the thick rainforests. Gorilla trekking is a tedious exercise that involves gorilla trekking teams moving in the footpaths of feeding gorilla to catch up with them. Gorilla trekking is fun, it is exciting and at times hard. Your presence and interaction with gorillas is limited up to an hour. You then begin retreat and descending out of the rainforests to mark end of gorilla trek safari into Rwanda.
Day 8: Golden Monkey trekking and Visit Gorilla Guardian Village
The Golden monkey is one of the most rare primate species in the Virunga corridor that shares the same habitat as Mountain gorillas, has similar survival challenges and their existence is equally threatened. Tracking the Golden monkeys is not as challenging as trekking gorillas, but the plight and excitement of spending an hour interacting with them is equally the same.
You set out in the morning with ranger escorts and traverse the rainforest into the bamboo zones; their most ideal food plant. Shortly, you descend back to the main trailhead to reunite with your Rwanda safari guide and travel to your hotel in time for lunch.
There is no better way to climax the excitement of a successful safari into Rwanda after tracking chimpanzees, trekking gorillas and golden monkeys, than taking a tour of the Gorilla guardians’ village on the edges of Volcanos national park. Each member in this community has interacted in some way with gorillas and has a unique story to tell. They are great partners in gorilla protection and wildlife conservation efforts. Listen to their songs, dance to their music and admire their traditional dress. They have beautiful souvenir items to commemorate your safari into Rwanda on sale.
Day 9: Travel to Kigali City
On the 9th day of 11 days Rwanda honeymoon package with primates, enjoy your morning sleep. You will then set out shortly after breakfast and descend from the Virunga volcanic zones for a 3-hour road travel to Kigali city. Kigali is a city with strange historical background which travelers on Rwanda tour always find interesting. Your guide will take you on city tour of prominent structures. Later after dinner you may venture out and sample Kigali city night life.
Day 10: Full day Hotel relaxation
Today is yet a relaxation day where you will spend it entirely relaxing before your next day’s flight back home or to the next travel destination.
Day 11: Departures
This day is your last day on safari into Rwanda. The activities are dependent on your departure flight schedule. Your guide on tour of Rwanda will escort you on to Kigali International Airport in time for your flight back home or to the next travel destination.
Itinerary Includes;
* Airport pick up and drop off
* Gorilla trekking permits
* Chimpanzee trekking permit
* Golden Monkey trekking permit
* All Accommodation as per Itinerary
* All meals as per itinerary
* Drinking water
* Services of experienced English speaking driver/ guide
And any other inclusions stated in itinerary.
