Are you planning to visit Rwanda? It is not too late to plan any excursion that you would be interested to enjoy while in Kigali on short notice or long holiday. This Rwanda safari guide offers you all that you can experience, straight from Kigali to the nearby national parks that is making Rwanda so common to the international and local tourists. Kigali it’s self you can have a full day excursion exploring the land marks, historical and religious points and including the local markets offering the fresh fruits and so many items of interest that you can buy as soverniurs.

Kigali city offers the opportunity to visit the historical Kigali Genocide Memorial where a lot of Rwanda nationals lost life. It was really a very bad tragedy but today it is turned into the one of Rwanda tourism spot. When you reach inside this museum and from the explanation of all the scenario you can feel heart broken and later proceed with the walk. Inside the museum you can go on reading or hire the talk machine at $25 USD and it will explain to you well and you will leave fully equipped with the information of this place.

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The Nyandungu Eco-Park and it is new restoration of the Nyandungu wetland and creation of an eco-tourism park saw the planting of 17,000 trees made up of 55 indigenous species. Nyandungu Eco-Park has got 121 hectare featuring a medicinal garden, a Pope’s Garden, five catchment ponds, three recreation ponds, an information centre, a restaurant as well as 10km of walkways and bike lanes.

This ecotourism place was opened on 8 July 2022 and it is open to visitors from 6am to 6pm, seven days a week. Rwanda to easily maintain its green image internationally has opened the Nyandungu Eco-Park such that the general public have where to relax in an environment that is green and to protect the Kigali city’s history of promoting ecotourism. The opening of this centre it is making so many tourists to have more staying days and nights in Rwanda after or before the gorilla trekking safaris and more.

Encounter the daily Monday – Sunday: 01 Day Rwanda Gorilla Trek – Whole year trip and this leaves Kigali at 4:30AM and this we offer you 01 gorilla permit each, ground transportation from Kigali and back Kigali, hot lunch after the trek,  mineral water and driver allowances.

Particulars	1 Pax	2 Pax	3 Pax	4 Pax	5 Pax	6 Pax	7 Pax	8 Pax
Cost p/p	$2000	$1900	$1850	$1800	$1760	$1730	$1700	$1650

If you a solo traveler or a group of friends, family we have got a very suitable gorilla safari package that you can book in advance or on last minute and then we will secure for you the gorilla permit and you experience these great apes in the mist.

Still, in Kigali there are several spots you can visit and so interesting like the Campaign Against the Genocide Museum and here still you will get to know how after the tragedy government and other organizations trying to bring all the people together and forget the mesh that occurred. After, you can visit the Inema Arts Centre and here you will find almost all the interesting art piece and you can buy and still here it is art classes.

Therefore, when it comes to museum in Kigali are endless and just on your Rwanda tour ask our guide to show you so many interesting places in Kigali on your city tour before or after your gorilla safari experience in the Volcanoes National Park. Still the Rwanda Development Board has introduced an ecotourism destination just few kilometers from the Kigali city centre and this is so informative to researchers, students, birders and still the nature lovers.

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Especially for travelers in Rwanda and on a very limited period of time, and you are interested in seeing the great mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, we do offers the very affordable gorilla safari packages in time and financially. You can book our 01 day gorilla trek and with this briefly you can leave Kigali hotel early morning at 4:30 AM and transfer to the park and then by around 7-8AM you will be at the park for the briefing and after allocated to your gorilla family drive to the start point. Enter into the jungle and prepared with your gorilla trekking tools like hiking shoes, rain gear, hut, insect repellent, mineral drinking water and snacks pack. You are allowed to stay with the mountain gorillas for about 01 hour taking unforgettable and memorable photos and videos.

After walking with gorillas gently descend back to your starting point and meet with your driver and jeep, drive to the park offices for your gorilla trekking certificate. Have hot lunch and after take a 2 and half hours drive back to Kigali and then at around 10 – 11PM you can take your return flight back home.

If the above gorilla tour excursion not of your interest still we offer the 02 day gorilla safari and this you leave Kigali city at your leisure and that after the Kigali city tour and with hot lunch and transfer to the Volcanoes National Park. Then the next day encounter the mountain gorillas in the mist. After, transfer back to Kigali and you either fly out or stay depending on your program and both packages are suitable for travelers in Kigali for the Conference, Seminars and Events.

More with the Rwandair you can take the 02 day gorilla safari flying straight from UK to Kigali with the direct flight from United Kingdom to Kigali. This flight lands into Kigali Airport early morning and you can straight away travel to Volcanoes and then next day experience the great apes and return to Kigali and again fly back home, especially weekends schedule and on Monday you report to your work place.

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After exploring Kigali city you can either decide to visit the Akagera National Game Park and this is much opted by those that are willing to experience the African wildlife in the savannah grassland terrains. Here you can take an evening short wildlife safari on game drive and  boat ride either sunset or afternoon cruise and why not you can do both and enjoy the difference and at this park there is a lot of safari camps to stay and for luxurious travelers you can choose the Magashi Camp that is so spacious and strategically set at the shores of the Lake. Mid-luxury travelers think about the Mantis Akagera Game Lodge or the spacious Ruzizi Tented Lodge.

You can stay as many days you are interested in this park and for photographers please we know all what it is required to explore this park and from this park you can either choose to connect to any other Rwanda park. But, as a guide to new travelers from Akagera you connect to Nyungwe Forest National Park via the Kigali city and you can either have here you hot lunch or if it early then continue to Butare. After lunch here we offer an opportunity to stopover at the historical museum and experience the Intore Dance and it is so interesting and here you can also learn more about Rwanda. After the dancing experience straight with en-route view of the area settings and the tea plantation proceed to Nyungwe Forest National Park.

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From this park you can experience the chimpanzee trekking, canopy walk and so many nature walks. Visiting this park you have to plan earlier to secure the chimps permits and then reaching at the park you will just be taking the starting point for the briefing about the primates and the habitats. For birders it is one of the great Rwanda birding destination being the most unique and rare bird species in the world. Then with accommodation you can choose to stay at the 5 star One & Only Nyungwe House that is strategically set in the an eco-friendly manner that blend with nature. There are so many eco-friendly activities that you can indulge in while staying at this lodge. If you are traveling on a mid-luxury aspect you can opt to stay at Mantis Marina Bay Kivu Hotel and though with so many rooms it is offering a nice service on the Rwanda hospitality industry. It offers various rooms that are facing the Lake Kivu and then to the forest.

The One & Only Resorts, Rwanda have made the country to seriously attract more luxury travelers interested to enjoy the international hospitality services of these resorts in Rwanda parks. Therefore, with this development it is so much easier to combine a Rwanda Luxury Primate Safari in Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park.

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More of Rwanda Interesting Tourism Spots to Go.

– Musanze Cave

– Congo Nile Trail

– Buhanga Eco Park

– Culture

– Dian Fossey Museum

– IbyI’wacu Cultural Village

– Twin Lakes

– Azizi Life Experience