Have a memorable time while on this amazing Rwanda Gorillas & Amboseli Safari to Rwanda and Kenya as you visit the beautiful endangered mountain gorillas through gorilla trekking, the golden monkeys, Rwandese culture through visiting Iby’iwachu cultural village, visiting the city attractions like the genocide memorial center, art and gallery centers, local markets and more others.
Game drives will be enjoyed in Amboseli national park with the great scenery of Mt Kilimanjaro in the background. This safari involves watching the big and small mammals, primates and other wildlife.
Rwanda Gorillas & Amboseli Safari Highlights
- Day 1. Arrival in Rwanda
- Day 2. Kigali City and transfer to Volcanoes national park
- Day 3. Golden Monkey Trekking and Visiting Iby’iwachu cultural Village
- Day 4. Gorilla Trekking – Transfer to Kigali and fly to Nairobi
- Day 5. Nairobi to Amboseli and afternoon game drive
- Day 6. Full-day game drives in the savannahs
- Day 7. Visit the Masai people. Transfer back to Nairobi – Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1. Arrival in Rwanda
The driver guide will pick you from the airport in the morning and gives you a brief hits about this amazing 7 Days Rwanda gorillas and Amboseli national park safari. Depending on your arrival time, head to the hotel for leisure and night’s stay.
Day 2. Kigali City and transfer to Volcanoes national park
Visit some of the notable attractions in Kigali after a buffet breakfast and while on this tour, the local markets like Kigali central market and Kimironko Market which displays fresh and dried crops and fruits, the Kigali genocide memorial center where thousands of the locals were massacred during the 1994 Rwanda genocide wars, art and gallery centers and more others.
After, transfer to Volcanoes national park a home to rare primates that’s is the endangered mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. The road trip takes about 3 to 4 hours with different stopovers where you get to enjoy the beautiful scenery, different bird species and many more others. Arrive and head to the lodge.
Day 3. Golden Monkey Trekking and Visiting Iby’iwachu cultural Village
Wake up and head for briefing after enjoying breakfast where you get to know more about the golden monkey behaviors, trekking rules, forest habitants and many more others. The search will begin as you spot different attractions like the varvet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, olive baboons and many more other.
Meeting them in the bamboo forest will offer you a chance to spend an hour in their presence watching their behaviors, movements, plays and more. After head back to the lodge for lunch, followed by the visiting the Iby’iwachu cultural Village to learn more about the Culture of the people in Rwanda. This will be through music and dances, storytelling, visiting the traditional healer and many more others.
Day 4. Gorilla Trekking – Transfer to Kigali and fly to Nairobi
Breakfast will be served at the lodge and short transfer to the offices the park for briefing and acquiring all the required information and materials needed while on this amazing experience. The memorable time will be spent with the gorillas and that is an hour as you be taking photos, recording videos and learning about the gorilla behaviors.
Head back to Kigali international Airport for your scheduled flight back home to Nairobi Kenya. Be welcomed by the driver guide who will take you to the hotel.
Day 5. Nairobi to Amboseli and afternoon game drive
Leave the hotel in Nairobi and head to Amboseli national park one of the unique tourist destinations in Kenya where you get a view of Mt Kilimanjaro the tallest mountain in Africa located in Tanzania with its snow on the summit. Also, this view is accompanied with a great large herds of elephants.
On arrival, head back to the booked lodge for lunch followed by an evening game drive to have a chance of spotting the elephants, buffalos, bush bucks, warthogs, giraffes, cheetahs, leopards, different birds like Abyssinian ground hornbill and more others. Head back to the lodge for your dinner.
Day 6. Full-day game drives in the savannahs
Have 4 full days exploring the beautiful savannahs that are good for capturing great photos. There is a lot to see such as Zebra, Lion, Crocodile, Mongoose, Hyrax, Dik-dik, Lesser Kudu, leopards, cheetahs and more. This will be an amazing and memorable dag with great joy while discovering.
Day 7. Visit the Masai people. Transfer back to Nairobi – Departure
Wake up on breakfast and you check out from the lodge and transfer back to Nairobi. Board your departure flight and this marks the end of the safari.