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Adventure in Kigali City

Kigali city is the capital of Rwanda and as well as the entry and exit for all travelers on wildlife and gorilla trekking Safaris Tour to Rwanda. You can have a fly-in Safaris Tour to Rwanda from any of East Africa’s airports such as Entebbe airport, Nairobi, Arusha, or Kinshasha. After landing in Rwanda for a Safaris Tour, at Kigali airport, you can either transfer straight to Volcanoes national park or any other national park like Akagera or Nyungwe forest or spend a night in Kigali city.

Kigali city the capital of Rwanda is vibrant and safe for immersive and interesting tours to add to your Rwanda Safaris Tour itinerary. But as well you can fly into Rwanda for Safaris Tour from distant destinations such as Egypt, South Africa, and or Madagascar. This simply means that you can combine any African Safaris Tour with a Rwanda Safaris Tour for specifically gorilla trekking experience and habituation.

Kigali as a travel destination in east Africa is both safe to adventure in and very clean as compared to other African travel destinations. Once a month, residents undertake ‘Umuganda Day’ when they engage in compulsory cleaning of all aspects of the city. It is taken seriously, and Rwandans are justifiably proud of their capital.

As a means of combatting litter and pollution, all forms of plastic bags are prohibited in Rwanda. A full day in Kigali city (i.e. two nights) will allow you time to visit the Genocide Memorial, which is both moving and inspiring and to see the ‘old’ and ‘new’ parts of the capital – a notable and rewarding, must-visit Safaris Tour attraction in Rwanda.

Volcanoes National Park

Gorilla tracking is the main Safaris Tour attraction in the country which takes place only in.  Volcanoes national park. Gorilla trekking Safaris Tour can only be experienced in three countries in Africa: Rwanda, Uganda, and Congo (Eastern Congo).

Volcanoes national park is a mountainous terrain with dense rainforests which makes Rwanda’s Safaris Tour adventure through the forest a bit challenging.

But though it’s tough, the reward when you endure is matchless, due to a series of butterflies, bird species, primates, and different volcanoes with a headline of different families of the critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Gorilla Trekking Safaris in Rwanda – Volcanoes

Volcanoes National Park is the site of primatologist Dian Fossey’s Karisoke Research Station, where she led a team to study mountain gorillas in the wild. You can undertake about a 2-hour hike to Dian Fossey’s tomb in Gisenyi.

The hike is a good time to look out for different primates – golden monkeys and mountain gorillas, forest elephants, and a plethora of bird species. There are a few groups of habituated golden monkeys, whose antics are great fun to watch.

Golden monkeys are endangered mammals, and permits are required for tracking. It is always worth understanding more about the indigenous culture of the area you are visiting.

If you’re wondering where to Safaris Tour in Rwanda, take a guided community and nature walk to Iby’Iwacu village where you can experience traditional dances, discover beer brewed from bananas, and visit a local healer.

Nyungwe Forest National Park: Chimpanzee Tracking, Canopy Walk, Other Primates & Birding Safaris Tour Rwanda

Nyungwe forest national park is the other best reason why to Safaris Tour in Rwanda after your gorilla trekking Safaris Tour in Volcanoes national park. Nyungwe forest is the largest of the remaining rainforests of the Congo-Nile divide.

This magnificent forest is full of different bird species, butterflies, chimpanzees, and over 12 other species of primates to adventure on your Rwanda Safaris Tour.

In addition to the exclusive and excellent hiking trails, the Nyungwe forest canopy walk where one walks on the top of the forest is a greatly beautiful way of spotting blue monkeys and different bird species living on the tree tops.

A Rwanda Safaris Tour to Nyungwe forest national park is always combined with a gorilla trekking tour to Volcanoes national park, or with wildlife adventure in Rwanda’s Akagera national park. Not forgetting Kigali city, which is the entry and exit point of Rwanda.

It’s hard to leave Rwanda after your primate’s tour in Nyungwe forest, without a visit to Kigali city to adventure the genocide memorial and the beautiful welcoming people of Rwanda.

Akagera National Park

This beautiful and clean park – Akagera national park is located in the low-lying eastern region of Rwanda. Akagera national park is where the tropical rainforests of central Africa give way to the dry savannahs of East Africa.

A captivating mixture of wetlands and rolling grasslands, the park is where to Safaris Tour in Rwanda for a great chance to spot classic wildlife including African elephants, cape buffaloes, hippos, giraffes, Leopards, and different series of antelopes.

Akagera is a relatively small national park situated roughly 3 hour’s drive from Rwanda’s capital – Kigali City. In addition to the big five guided game drives and nature walks, Akagera also offers private boat cruise trips, sunset rides, and night cruises.

Activities to enjoy the most while on this outstanding wildlife-rich Rwanda Safaris Tour destination.