04 NIGHTS PRIMATES ENCOUNTER & LAKE KIVU

Arrival into Kigali International Airport. Meet & Greet Services, followed by transfer to your Kigali hotel. *subject to Covid-19 protocols
Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis:
Top-range 5Star: Kigali Serena Hotel www.serenahotels.com
Mid-range, 4Star: Park Inn by Radisson Hotel www.parkinn.com

Morning, orientation tour of Kigali City, including a visit of the Genocide Memorial Museum.
Lunch at the Hotel Mille Collines - featured in the film “Hotel Rwanda”, regarding the 1994 Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis.
Afternoon, drive to the Volcanoes Mountains – home to the Mountain Gorillas, for overnight. 94km, 2.5hrs
Overnight on Full-board basis:
Top-range, 5Star: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge www.governorscamp.com
Mid-range, 4star: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge www.3bhotels.com

Morning, enjoy the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime thrilling adventure - Mountain Gorillas Trek, in the volcanoes forest.
After your one-hour audience with your gorilla family, drive back to your lodge – for freshening up and lunch.
After lunch, relax at the lodge – as you re-live the fresh memories of your close encounter with the gorillas.
Late afternoon, visit the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village (Gorillas Guardians) - for some insights into the transformed lifestyle of these families of former gorilla poachers.
Overnight on Full-board basis:
Top-range, 5Star: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge www.governorscamp.com
Mid-range, 4star: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge www.3bhotels.com

Morning, undertake the Golden Monkeys Trek adventure in the volcanoes forest – trekking the only other member of the primate species, residing in the volcanoes forest.
Freshening up and lunch at the lodge, followed by check-out - ready for your drive to the shores of north Lake Kivu. .
• Before exiting the Volcanoes Mountains base town of Musanze, brief stop-over visit of the DIAN FOSSEY MUSEUM, in the town.
No Entrance fee, but donations are welcome
Shortly after, bid farewell to the volcanoes mountains region and drive west – to the shores of north Lake Kivu – Gisenyi region. 65km, 1.5hrs
Overnight on Bed & Breakfast basis: Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (Top-range 5Star) www.serenahotels.com; (both for top/mid-range options)

Early morning, optional activity, such as: Boat Ride; Swimming in the lake; Water sports, such as Kayaking/Paddle Biking/Windsurf/Moumtain Biking; Orientation drive along the lake shore.
Mid-morning, depart north Lake Kivu and take the Kivu Belt Road, that give you scenic photo opportunities, as you drive to central Lake Kivu.
Upon arrival, drive through the Kibuye Town and proceed to the lake-shore Cormoran Lodge for lunch, and photo opportunity. 110km, 1.5hrs
Then, bid farewell to the Lake Kivu shores and drive back to Kigali, arriving in the late afternoon – with onward transfer to the Kigali International Airport for your evening outbound flight.
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