6-Day Rwanda Gorilla, Golden Monkey & Akagera Safari

Safari Overview

A compact Rwanda highlights route combining savannah wildlife with both gorilla and golden monkey trekking.

Safari Highlights

• Akagera wildlife
• Gorilla trek
• Golden monkeys
• Virunga landscapes

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 – Kigali to Akagera

Explore Akagera National Park on game drives through woodland, open plains, lakes and wetlands with chances for elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, birds and predators.

Driving time, meal stops and activity order can be adjusted where park rules, permit times and local conditions allow. Accommodation is selected according to the budget, mid-range or luxury style confirmed in your quotation.

Day 2 – Akagera Wildlife Safari

Explore Akagera National Park on game drives through woodland, open plains, lakes and wetlands with chances for elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, birds and predators.

Driving time, meal stops and activity order can be adjusted where park rules, permit times and local conditions allow. Accommodation is selected according to the budget, mid-range or luxury style confirmed in your quotation.

Day 3 – Akagera to Volcanoes

Travel from Kigali into the Virunga foothills near Volcanoes National Park, allowing time to settle near the park and prepare for the next primate activity.

Driving time, meal stops and activity order can be adjusted where park rules, permit times and local conditions allow. Accommodation is selected according to the budget, mid-range or luxury style confirmed in your quotation.

Day 4 – Rwanda Gorilla Trekking

After the park briefing, trek with rangers through bamboo and montane forest to locate a habituated mountain gorilla family. Terrain and walking time vary, so the day is kept flexible around the trek.

Driving time, meal stops and activity order can be adjusted where park rules, permit times and local conditions allow. Accommodation is selected according to the budget, mid-range or luxury style confirmed in your quotation.

Day 5 – Golden Monkey Tracking

Track golden monkeys with park guides in bamboo habitat. Their speed and social behaviour create a lively contrast with the slower, more contemplative gorilla encounter.

Driving time, meal stops and activity order can be adjusted where park rules, permit times and local conditions allow. Accommodation is selected according to the budget, mid-range or luxury style confirmed in your quotation.

Day 6 – Return to Kigali

Begin the final transfer to the agreed airport or drop-off point, keeping the timing flexible around your onward flight or next travel arrangement.

Driving time, meal stops and activity order can be adjusted where park rules, permit times and local conditions allow. Accommodation is selected according to the budget, mid-range or luxury style confirmed in your quotation.

Customize This Safari

Ask Bush Shrike Adventures to change the number of nights, upgrade or simplify the lodges, add specialist birding, include a domestic flight, change the starting airport or combine this route with more of Uganda or Rwanda.