RWANDA PRIMATE SAFARI

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali Rwanda  on arrival at the Kanombe Airport found in Kigali, the tour guide will drive you to your Hotel where you will dine and slumber. Dinner and sleep at Hotel Gorillas (FB)

Day 3: Gorilla Trekking Gorilla trekking is usually the highlight of all Africa safari. Parc national des Volcans is the best location to trek these uncommon yet fascinating mountain gorilla (the Gorilla gorilla beringei) in Africa. This park is found on Rwanda’s border with DR Congo, and Uganda. this chain of mountains 7 volcanoes, and the Karisimbi is the highest standing  over 4500 meters. The slopes covered with bamboo and rainforest vegetation are home to some of the last surviving mountain gorillas that were first studied comprehensively by George Schaller and, not so many years ago by Dian Fossey who carried out her study there the 13 years until she died mysteriously at Bisoke. Without her persistent efforts of fighting against gorilla poaching, may be there wouldn’t be any gorillas left in Rwanda (you can read her book ‘Gorillas in the Mist’). There are 4 habituated gorilla families within Parc National des Volcans, counting the Susa Group having 35 individuals. The other gorilla families are: the Sabinyo having 13 individuals, the Amahura having 16 individuals as well as Group 13 having only 6. It is not very challenging to find them and each gorilla family can be visited by a maximum of 8 people each day, hence availing 32 permits each day. After gorilla tracking, return to your hotel and relax. Dine and slumberat Kinigi Guest House, La palme, or Mt Gorilla View lodge  (FB)

Day 5: Transfer to Lake Kivu for another Adventure  after breakfast and drive  to Lake Kivu for a boat ride around the Virgin Islands like the Napoleon’s Hat Island and there you can ascend to the peak of the hat to view the thousands of Angola bats in the blue skies. following lunch continue to Butare the intellectual centre of Rwanda to visit the national university plus the Institute of Scientific Research as well as the national museum. Dine and slumber at Hotel Faucon (FB)

Kibale

Day 7: Chimpanzee Trekking After  breakfast set out for chimpanzee trekking within the Nyungwe forest. This forest is home to huge chimpanzees troops only comparable to those in Uganda’s Kibale Forest national park. The L’Hoest’s monkeys plus the white Angolan Colobus monkeys do make primate tourism within this forest equivalent to no other in Africa. After lunch, drive  to Nyanza the historical seat of the long ago kings of Rwanda. Visit this palace and listen to the traditional story-telling done by village elders. Actually, The “Intore” dancers, who attained reputation in the international cultural expo held in Brussels back in 1958, are currently part of the great Rwanda legends. This warrior’s dance is a gem of the choreographic heritage of this country. adorned with a lion mane completed with sisal fibre plus rings of bells worn in their ankles together with an angelic choir and an exciting rhythm, this is the type of cultural dance which will be organized if you request. Dine and slumber at Hotel Ibis