The Primate Safari

Day 1: Kigali Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

Arrive into Kigali International Airport and enjoy the first sights of Rwanda’s capital as you transfer to the Kigali Serena Hotel. Here you can relax, enjoy the facilities including swimming pool, lounge and restaurants. Enjoy a tour of Kigali and the Genocide Memorial Museum before heading for lunch and travelling to Ruhengeri.

Accommodation Type: standard en-suite room
Travel time: 30 minutes drive from Kigali International Airport
Number of nights: 1

Day 2: One&Only Nyungwe House, Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda

Start the day with an early rise to ensure that you have plenty of time for your first activity: chimp trekking, here you will have a chance to see chimps in the wild, then enjoy lunch and to relax before heading out in the afternoon, if you wish to you can enjoy a canopy walk, before meeting your driver and heading back to the lodge for dinner.

Accommodation Type: Nyungwe Room, warm interiors, fireplace, en-suite bathroom with twin vanities, wilderness-view shower and stand-alone bath
Travel time: two hours by car
Number of nights: 2

Day 4: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel, Lake Kivu, Rwanda

Set on the banks of Lake Kivu with 66 en-suite bedrooms, beautiful gardens and a swimming pool overlooking the lake, Lake Kivu Serena hotel is the perfect place to take in the scenery of Rwanda and relax between treks. With an in-house restaurant and bar, as well as spa and a shop for souvenirs, there is no need for anything else unless you want to try some of the watersports on offer at the lake, you can make the most of the watersports centre to do so if you would like to or revel in the surroundings and relax.

Accommodation Type: superior room with king-size bed, en-suite with private balcony
Travel time: four hours by car
Number of nights: 1

Day 5: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Arrive at the Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge in time for dinner and time to prepare for trekking in the mountain to see the gorillas. A beautiful lodge set in the Volcanoes National Park, your home away from home offering excellent views of this spectacular country. From the Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge you will head to the Volcanoes National Park headquarters for a briefing and you will spend between two to six hours in the park tracking gorillas. All going to plan you should spend around an hour with a family of gorillas.

Accommodation Type: en-suite cottage with fireplace and dressing room
Travel time: three hours from Lake Kivu
Number of nights: 2

Day 7: Kigali Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

If you would like to, head back into the park to find another group of gorillas if you are feeling energetic. Alternatively enjoy a nature walk or the local surroundings, after this you can enjoy lunch in the lodge before driving back to Kigali to spend your final evening at the Kigali Serena Hotel. Here you can relax and make use of the spa or reminisce over your stories from gorilla trekking before heading off to your next destination.

Accommodation Type: standard en-suite room
Travel time: two hour drive from Kigali
Number of nights: 1