Are you looking for a really unique safari experience and holiday? Then depart to Rwanda, Africa, and enjoy a tailormade tour with plenty of game drives and cultural insights.

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Are you looking for a really unique safari experience and holiday? Then depart to Rwanda, Africa, and enjoy a tailormade tour with plenty of game drives and cultural insights.

Trek the gorillas and hike to Dian Fossy's grave at the Karisoke Research Centre on the slopes of the Bisoke Volcano where she spent close to 20 years habituating, studying, and conserving the endangered mountain gorillas. She was murdered on the 27th of December 1985 at the Karisoke Research Centre and buried near Digit, her favourite gorilla. This excursion is an incredible experience and very inspiring to learn about someone so dedicated to her work. 

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Trip summary

  • Travel style Tailor-made travel
  • Departure Kigali
  • End Kigali
  • Countries
    • Rwanda
  • City
    • Kinigi
    • Kigali
  • Theme Safari and Natural Parks
  • Accommodation Standard
  • Flight Excluded
  • Guide Included
  • The tour has met our standards

Detailed itinerary

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  • 1
    Kigali International Airport - Kinigi
    Day 1

    You will bee met and greeted at the Kigali International Airport by your driver-guide. Depending on your arrival time, your guide may suggest a Kigali city tour or a visit to the Genocide Memorial Centre at Gisozi which is a remarkable place. You will then continue to Kinigi at the bottom hills of the volcanoes; the landscape is sure to take your breath away. All meals and non-alcoholic drinks included.

    Visited places:
    • Kigali
    • Kinigi
  • 2
    Virunga Volcanoes
    Day 2

    After breakfast, you will depart for the headquarters of the park where your guide will complete the necessary formalities for you. You will meet your ranger guide(s) for a briefing about the greatest animal experience ever. You will then be driven to the slopes of one of the Virunga Volcanoes for your trekking. After the trekking, if time allows, have lunch at Ruhengeri and in the afternoon go for an excursion to explore the beautiful lakes in the region (Lake Bulera & Ruhondo). All meals and non-alcoholic drinks included. 

    Visited places:
    • Kinigi
  • 3
    Bisoke Volcano
    Day 3

    After breakfast, you will report to the headquarters for your excursion to slopes of the Bisoke Volcano and pay a visit to the former Karisoke Centre where the grave of Dian Fossey is located. You will find here fantastic views, lush forested slopes, and an exceptional environment. On the way to the site you will see various animals like buffaloes and elephants. After the trekking, you may go for a visit of the Iby’Iwacu traditional village (a community based tourism project where the local community displays the traditional ways of living).

    On your way to Kigali, several stops will be made to admire the scenery. Rwanda is the country of the thousand hills and you will definitely notice it on this journey. Karisoke became one of the most successful primate study sites in the world in the 1970s. For the past three decades, the mountain gorillas of Karisoke Research Center have been the subject of many studies focusing on their behavior and ecology. All meals and non-alcoholic drinks included.

    Visited places:
    • Kinigi
  • 4
    Departure
    Day 4

    Today you will be picked up at your hotel and depending on your departure time you will have the opportunity to go on the Kigali city trip including the visit of the Genocide Memorial centre at Gizozi. In Rwanda you will find genocide memorials all over the country to remember the genocide of 1994. The most important Genocide Memorials are those of Kigali (Gisozi) and Murambi (Gikongoro) where the history of the genocide is explained. A visit to the genocide memorial is for most visitors an emotional event. Later you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight for departure. 

    Breakfast & lunch included (Dinner not included). Non-alcoholic drinks included. 

    Visited places:
    • Kinigi
    • Kigali
  • Prices and conditions

    Price includes
    • Transfers and accommodation as specified
    • Tour program
    • Meals and specified
    Price does not include
    • Flights
    • Everything not specified in the program
    • Tips
    • Personal expenses
    • Optional activities

    Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost. You'll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel) at the end of the tour.