5 Days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park Safari
The 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari is an interesting tour that starts and ends in Kigali Rwanda. The safari will take you to Akagera National Park where you will be able to view different wildlife animals and Nyungwe Forest National Park which is known for harbouring chimpanzees and other wildlife species. During the 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari, you will be able to engage in exciting game drives and boat cruises where you will be able to view different animals including lions, leopards, giraffes, rhinos, zebras, elephants, bushbucks, hippos, impalas, buffaloes among others. You will also engage in an adventurous chimpanzee trekking where you will spend time with the chimpanzees and canopy walk.
Highlights of the 5 Days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park Safari
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Akagera national park-afternoon boat cruise
Day 2: Full day game drive
Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk
Day 5: Departure to Kigali
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to your hotel in Kigali
On day 1 of the 5 Days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park Safari, depending on your arrival time at Kigali International Airport on the first day of the 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari, you will be picked by a driver guide from Achieve Global Safaris who will brief you about the safari and then go for a short city tour in Kigali where you will be able to visit the Kigali Genocide memorial centre, Kimironko market, art centres among others. After the Kigali city tour, you will start the journey to Akagera National Park and upon arrival, you will check into the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will go for an amazing boat cruise on Lake Ihema where you will be able to view large concentrations of hippos, water birds like kingfishers, cormorants, hornbills, herons, fish eagles, view other animals drinking water along the shores among others. After the boat cruise, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Full day game drive in Akagera National Park
On the 2nd day of the 5 Days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park Safari, after an early breakfast on the second day of the safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to go for a morning game drive where you will be able to view animals like buffaloes, elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, bushbucks, rhinos, lions, leopards, topi among others. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will go for an afternoon game drive where you will be able to view some of the animals that you might have missed during the morning game drive. After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After breakfast on the third day of the 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park with en-route lunch on the way and a stopover at the Royal Kings Palace in Nyanza for a short tour and then proceed to Nyungwe forest national park. Upon arrival in Volcanoes National Park, you will check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk
Chimpanzee trekking
After an early breakfast on the fourth day of the 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing about chimpanzee trekking. After the briefing, you will start trekking in the forest which takes about 2 to 6 hours depending on their location because they like to move from one place to another in search of food. During trekking, you will be able to view other primates like red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, l’hoest monkeys and different bird species. Once the chimpanzees are located, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them which gives you a chance to learn about their habits, and lifestyle, watch them feed, play, rest, hunt, breastfeed, take photos and videos. After the encounter with the chimpanzees, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Canopy walk
After lunch, you will transfer to the Uwinka Reception Centre for the breathtaking canopy walk where you will enjoy aerial views of the park, primates like chimpanzees, and monkeys, view colourful birds, butterflies, trees and plant species among others. After the canopy walk, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight as above.
Day 5: Departure to Kigali
On the last day of the 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari, you will have breakfast at leisure, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer back to Kigali. Upon arrival, you will go for a short city tour in case you missed it on the first day where after you will have lunch and later your driver guide will drop you off at Kigali International Airport for your departure flight/ drop off at your hotel depending on your schedule.
End of 5 days Akagera and Nyungwe National Park safari
Tour includes
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Canopy walk
- Park entrance fees/game drives
- Boat cruise
- Kigali city tour
- Professional English-speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Ground transfers (in a 4WD vehicle)
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled drinking water
Tour excludes
- International air flight tickets
- Visas
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Life insurance
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tipping among others.
