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6 Days Best Of Rwanda Luxury Tour Vacation Package Duration : 6 Days / 5 Nights Dates : Join any day Priced From : Contact Travelwizard. 
Tour Itinerary: Day 1. Butare - Nyungwe. Morning flight Nairobi/Kigali. Morning flight Nairobi/Kigali. Meet and greet by Vintage Africa. Transfer to Novotel Umubano hotel for coffee and trip briefing. Then depart for Butare, the intellectual and cultural heart of Rwanda 2 hours from Kigali. Visit the King's Palace at Nyanza now a museum. Later visit the National Museum which houses the finest ethnolographic collection in East Africa. Lunch will be served at IBIS HOTEL. Thereafter drive to Nyungwe Forest Reserve via Gikongoro with optional visit to a genocide memorial site. Dinner and overnight at Gikasura Guest House LD  Day 2. Nyungwe: Tracking Chimps and other primates Lake Kivu. After an early breakfast trek through Nyungwe Forest Reserve which extends for almost 1000Km 2 across the majestic hills of southeast Rwanda. At least 200 different types of trees are found here, along with hundreds of different flowering plants, including begonia, more than 100 species of orchid, and sensational giant lobelias. Of the larger mammals, primates are the most visible, with 13-recorded species representing 25% of the African primate (this includes about 500 chimpanzees, large troupes of colobus monkeys, grey-checked mangabey and red-tailed monkey). After lunch visit the nearby tea plantation and its factory (Gisakura Tea Plantation). Dinner and overnight at Gikasura Guest House. BLD Day 3. Nyungwe Forest for Chimps and other primates. This morning, we re-enter the forest for a second chimp and primate trek (primates are not habituated yet). Lunch enroute. After lunch we drive west to Cyangungu on the shores of lake Kivu. Lake Kivu is a beautiful vast inland sea enclosed by steep, green terraced hills that are so characteristic of rural Rwanda. From here proceed by speedboat to the lake resort town of Kibuye. Dinner and overnight at Kivu Sun. BLD Day 4. Kibuye to Volcanoes National Park. After a leisurey breakfast, drive to Gisenyi at the northern end of Lake Kivu and then to Kinigi. Picnic lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Nest Lodge. BLD  Day 5. Parc National Des Volcans - Mountain Gorillas. Arrive at the park gates at 08h00. Registration and briefing by park guides. Enter the Parc National des Volcans and trek for 2 to 8 hrs depending on the family and the movement of the gorillas. The authorities permit only one hour of gorilla viewing. Descend for lunch at a lodge and in the afternoon visit the serene lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo. Overnight at hotel of your choice. BL Day 6. Departure. After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your outbound flight. B Price Includes Airport meeting and assistance, return airport transfers, Kigali city tour, all transportation by comfortable land cruiser jeeps, 3 nights accommodation, meals as indicated by BLD services of experienced guides. Not Included: Gorilla permit...current cost is USD$500 per person per trek Save time, money and stress! For reservations: Fill out the vacation planner to be contacted by our Rwanda vacation specialist. Contact : Travelwizard.com Phone: 1-800-330-8820 or 1-415-446-5252 12/08 |
- Be one of only a few travellers to encounter mountain gorillas in their own habitat. (In Rwanda, only 8 permits are issued each day to visit each of 5 families habituated for tourists, so please book in advance).
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