8 DAYS MYSTIC EXPERIENCE RWANDA Luxury

After morning breakfast you will check out. Explore Kigali with a guided city tour, including the Genocide Memorial Center and Campaign Against Genocide Museum. In the Afternoon: Helicopter transfer to Magashi Camp in Akagera National Park Akagera National Park is located in the east of Rwanda along the border with Tanzania. It is named after the Akagera River which flows along its eastern boundary and feeds into a labyrinth of lakes. The rolling hills of acacia woodland coupled with scattered grassland and swamp-fringed lakes along the watercourse combine to create a park of breathtaking beauty.

Dinner& Overnight:  Magashi Camp – Full Board

Full day spent in Akagera with morning and afternoon game viewing, you will enjoy viewing many animals such as elephants, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and antelopes that frequent the open plains within the park with chances to view the big cats of the park. Picnic snacks and a bush-packed lunch will be served in the park. You will be back at the lodge in the evening time for a deserved shower.

Dinner and Overnight: Magashi Camp - Full Board

After breakfast you will check out; Morning: Helicopter transfer to One&Only Gorilla’s Nest near Volcanoes National Park. On arrival, Check-in and relax at the luxurious lodge, surrounded by the stunning volcanic landscapes
Afternoon you will visit Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
The Ellen Campus represents a huge expansion of our teaching and laboratory spaces, enabling us to not just increase but transform our programs to study gorillas and their critical forest habitat and bring educational opportunities to early career African scientists and members of the local community.

Dinner and Overnight: One&Only Gorilla’s Nest - Full Board

You will have an early morning breakfast, departing for the park headquarters for briefing and being assigned into Gorilla groups complete with rangers. You will then trek through the Volcanoes National Park depending on where the gorillas are, on your gorilla trek. You will arrive back at your lodge in time for lunch.:

Dinner and Overnight: One&Only Gorilla’s Nest - Full BoarD

After breakfast, you will check Morning: Helicopter transfer to One&Only Nyungwe House in Nyungwe Forest National Park. On arrival you will Check-in and enjoy the serene atmosphere of the forested surroundings. In the afternoon you will go for Canopy walkway experience.

Nyungwe National Park

Nyungwe rainforest National Park in southern RWANDA is one of the most beautiful and the largest remaining stretch of montane forests in East Africa. It is home to a wide variety of mammals and 13 species of primates including Chimpanzees and large troops of Angola Colobus Monkeys that inhabit her fairytale world of ancient trees, bushes, and shrubs species some dating back to the ice ages; all grown over steep and fertile green valleys and ridges surrounded by beautiful tea plantations. Amidst her well-maintained hiking trails, guests enjoy regular guided Forest Hikes down to stunning valleys with beautiful waterfalls; Track the semi-habituated family of Chimpanzees at dawn as they de-nest, or track large troops of Black & White Angola Colobus Monkeys in Gisakura or down in the valleys below. Nyungwe is also a bird lovers’ paradise with numerous species including many endemics recorded. A guided Bird Walk from Uwinka will return many species ticked. The adrenaline-pumping Nyungwe Canopy Walk, a foot-wide suspension bridge hanging over huge pylons across two ridges at 80m above a deep valley’s ground is the only one of its kind in East and Central Africa. With your specialist guide, enjoy stunning views over the forest canopy extending as far as the Virunga volcanoes; and learn about unique canopy species of plants, mammals, birds, and butterflies as the bridge sways in the breeze and your heart threatens to pop out, still amazing anyway. At the adjacent tea plantations, we offer cultural encounters meeting and mingling with local peasant farmers as they harvest tea, an activity they eagerly welcome our guests to participate in as they share their stories. In the evening, you may partake of the tea tasting ceremony offered at Nyungwe Forest Lodge. There is so much to do and love in Nyungwe Forest National Park, one of Rwanda’s best-kept secrets

Canopy walkway

Now’s your chance to relive your Indiana Jones fantasies as you swing on the adrenaline filled canopy walk. The construction of a 160m-long and at times 70m-high canopy walkway is a big draw for visitors after an unusual experience. You won’t encounter much wildlife while on the metallic suspension bridge, but you’ll certainly appreciate the jungle anew from this unique monkey’s-eye perspective. Access to the canopy walkway, which is on the Igishigishigi trail, involves a preliminary 20- to 30-minute hike from Uwinka This is also the perfect place for birdwatchers. Nyungwe has something of a legendary status among birdwatchers in East Africa, and is by far the country’s top spot for birdwatching with some 300-plus species, which include no fewer than 27 Albertine Rift Valley endemics.

Dinner and Overnight: One& Only Nyungwe House – Full Board

Arise at 04:30 with packed breakfast, you will head into the forest to track chimpanzees. Chimps are highly sociable creatures, and one of the few primates to form complex communities ranging upwards of 100 individuals. During the day these communities break down into smaller units that forage for food, a behavior that has been dubbed ‘fission-fusion’ by anthropologists. You will drive back to the hotel for a deserved shower and have lunch. After lunch at the lodge, Helicopter transfer back to Kigali. Depending on your flight schedule, you may have time for last-minute shopping or additional sightseeing in Kigali. Departure from Kigali International Airport

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