Rwanda Holiday Tour- 9 Days

On Day 1: Arrive in Rwanda
When you arrive in Kigali, AAB Tours and Travel driver guide will pick you from Kigali International Airport to your Hotel or if you are in Uganda you will be transferred from Kampala to Rwanda. From Kampala you will drive southwards to reach Rwanda. You will drive all the way through the Ankole area up to the terraced and cultivated highlands of the Kigezi region, best known as "the Switzerland of Africa". Cross the Katuna border post and arrive Rwanda in time for dinner and overnight at Akagera Game Lodge.

On Day 2: Akagera National Park Game Drive
Take an early morning game drive in the Akagera National Park, one of the most interesting wildlife parks in Africa. Akagera is famous for its group of animals including lions, Elephants, Topi, over 430 species of birds including the shoebill stork and African Jacana. In the afternoon, drive to Kigali for dinner and overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel/ Hotel Des Mille Collines/ Hotel Gorillas.

On Day 3: Rwanda City Tour (King’s Palace, Butare Museum, Genocide Memorial)
Take breakfast and drive to Nyanza for a visit to the Rwanda’s King’s Palace (Mwami’s). A local story teller is on hand to describe for you the facts about the pre-colonial kingdom. Drive to Butare for an excursion of the National Museum. Then advance to Gikongoro for a tour of the Genocide Memorials of Murambi. Drive to Nyungwe to have your diner in the evening. Overnight at ORTPN Guest House.

On Day 4: Nyungwe Forest
At the break of day, have something to eat and head to Nyungwe forest in a discovery for primates such as Nyungwe colobus and other species in the park. Have a picnic lunch and carry on to ORTPN Guest house for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

On Day 5: Chimp Tracking in Nyungwe
Early in the morning go into Nyungwe forest in search for chimpanzees and subsequently come back to your hotel for lunch. In the afternoon, take a drive or a boat ride to Ginsenyi on Lake Kivu arriving late in the afternoon. Overnight and dinner at Bethanie Guest House.

On Day 6: Visit Kibuye and Gisenyi
Be present in Kibuye in the morning. There are remarkable horrors of genocide that were committed here in 1994; there is a genocide memorial in the church near St Jean. Kibuye was hardest hit of all prefectures during the holocaust, with about 90% of the Tutsi population put to demise. Back to a reborn Kibuye, other than swimming spots around town, Kibuye Guest house puts forward water skiing and boat trips around the surrounding islands. In the afternoon, drive to Gisenyi. Overnight and dinner at Kivu Sun Hotel.

On Day 7: Beach Tour
In the morning, spend time in Gisenyi relaxing at the beaches. Or else you can have a boat trip to the islands of Lake Kivu or Goma. And in the afternoon, drive to Ruhengeri. Take an overnight and dinner at Gorilla Nest Hotel.

On Day 8: Gorilla Tracking
Rwanda mountain gorilla tracking starts after the briefing from the authorities of the park. Set off for the trek into the rain tropical forest searching for the habituated gorilla family unit. You keep around close to the eye-catching primates for about an hour watching and photographing them. Ensure that you bring with you packed lunch and water. Depending on the time you will spend while trekking you may choose to take an additional activity. Transfer to your lodge for dinner and overnight at the Gorilla Nest Hotel or transfer to Uganda to have an overnight stay in Kabale town.

On Day 9: The safari will end with Air port transfers
Either at Kigali or Entebbe International air port
End of the safari.

Rwanda Birding Tour – 4 Days

Rwanda is a mesmerizing target for bird watching. Rwanda in its smaller size boasts of 650 bird species out of which 44 species are only in Rwanda. The Purple-breasted Sunbird, the Shoe Bill, the Rwenzori Turaco, the Rockefeller’s Sunbird, the Red-faced Barbet, the Little Bee Eater, Collared Apalis, and Fraser’s Eagle Owl are among the highly sought after birds by most tourists anyone of the national parks of Rwanda like Akagera National Park, Volcanoes National Park and Nyungwe Forest National Park. In the enormous and fine-looking Nyungwe Forest, you will seek out for some additional Albertine Rift endemics, outstanding among them are the Red-collared Babbler, Kungwe Apalis, Shelley’s Crimson wing and Albertine Owlet. In Akagera National Park, you look for Shoebill and many other species in the woodlands and the papyrus marshes.

Itinerary for Bird Watching Safari in Rwanda

Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport
When you arrive at Kigali airport, you will straight away start Bird watching because Rwanda Birds are among the welcoming biodiversity around the place. You then retire to lodge or hotel. You will be seeing birds all along the way. Spend an overnight and enjoy your dinner at Okapi Hotel.

Day 2: Move to Akagera National Park for birding
From the hotel after a morning breakfast, transfer to Akagera National Park. Upon arrival, you will take on birding in the expansive savannah where the best panoramic views overlooking the River Akagera strolls are known to be. Dinner and overnight at Akagera Game Lodge.

Day 3: Birding
Take breakfast and begin bird watching for the complete day in the park. Around lunch hours, you will enjoy lunch and afterwards go back to the lodge for a relaxation. Diverse bird species like the headed Black Chat, Bennett's Woodpecker, Long-toed Lapwing, Tabora Cisticola White-winged Warbler, Swamp Flycatcher, White-Black-collared Barbet and Miombo Wren-warbler will not escape your sight. Dinner and overnight at Akagera Game Lodge.

Day 4: Take a departure flight
Go back to Kigali Airport for your departure flight.
End of the trip