5 Day Rwanda Wildlife Safari

5 Day Rwanda Wildlife Safari is one of the wonderful and most popular Rwanda safari packages that will help visitors experience the wildlife of Rwanda. This 5 day Rwanda wildlife safari will take you through only Rwanda’s savannah national park, Akagera, where you will do the safari game drives to see several wildlife animals such as lions, elephants, impalas, the Butchel’s zebra, the Masai giraffe, and many other animals. Other than the wild game, the park features more than 300 species of birds, which can also be seen in the Akagera National Park in Rwanda. Additionally, during our 5 day Rwanda wildlife safari, you will be transferred to Nyungwe Forest National Park from Akagera National Park. The main reason we visit Nyungwe Forest National Park during our 5-day Rwanda Wildlife safari is to see the chimps, which are the main primates you will see on this safari. Chimpanzee trekking is so interesting and provides visitors with wonderful primates. This is really wonderful.

What to expect during our 5 day Rwanda wildlife safari

• You will see the chimpanzees of Nyungwe Forest National Park.
• Take a break on the Lake Ihema boat cruise.
• Wildlife sightings in Akagera National Park

Day 1 of your 5 day Rwanda Wildlife Safari begins with a hotel pickup and transfer to Akagera National Park.

Yes, on this day one, you will be picked up by your safari guide from your lodge in Kigali or at Rwanda International Airport and start this wildlife safari as you move to Akagera National Park. Akagera National Park is close to the Tanzania border, and you will drive there to check into your hotel and have lunch. After lunch, you go on a boat cruise on Lake Ihema, where you can see many aquatic animals such as hippopotamuses and crocodiles, as well as many bird species such as the African fish eagle, the rare shoebill stork, and other bird species around the lake. You will be driven back to the loge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation options include Akagera Game Lodge, Ruzizi Tented Lodge, or Dereva Hotel.

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2 of your 5 day Rwanda Wildlife Safari includes morning game drives and a drive to Kigali.

Today, we shall spend the full day on the wildlife safari game drive, and this will start early in the morning before the sun comes up in order to find the predators and the early morning animal risers. The game drive will provide many opportunities to see animals such as spotted hyenas, elephants, buffaloes, bushbigs, rhinos, lions, and several other species. You will also enjoy the bird species in case you are interested in birds, because Akagera National Park also features a lot of the animal species that you will need to know the most for the best and most wonderful species. After this excellent game drive safari, you will return to your lodge for lunch. After having lunch, you will check out, pack all your belongings into the vehicle, and drive to Kigali city, where you will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation options include Hotel Chezlando, Hotel Okapai, or Kigali Serena Hotel.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner

Drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park on Day 3 of your 5 day Rwanda Wildlife Safari.

You will now follow in the morning after breakfast and start the drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park. At the ethnographic museum, which was originally called the National Museum of Rwanda, you will learn more about Rwanda’s history, have lunch, and then continue to Nyungwe Forest National Park, where you will engage in canopy walks in the forest. The road trip to Nyungwe is a bit long, but with the rewarding safari experiences of the various Rwanda hills, seeing Lake Kivu, and the Kibira National Park in Burundi, it makes the trip a wonderful safari.

Nyungwe Top View Hotel, Nyungwe Forest Lodge, and Gisakura Guest House are all options.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park on Day 4 of your 5 day Rwanda Wildlife Safari.

The chimpanzee trekking process starts early in the morning at around 5 am, when you will be driven to the park headwaters. The chimp trekking briefing in Nyungwe Forest National Park usually takes place at the Uwinka visitors center in Nyungwe Forest before the actual chimp activity.The chimpanzee trekking briefing is done to make sure that the visitors get all the instructions to follow when in the jungle trying to follow the chimpanzees. The Nyungwe Forest National Park is so rich in diversity that it features more than 200 tree species, more than 300 bird species, and several flowering plants. Apart from these, the forest also has more than 13 species of primates, and these include, among other things, the red-tailed monkeys, silver monkeys, olive baboons, grey-cheeked mangabeys, vervet monkeys, and Ruwenzori Colobus monkeys, among other species. Some of the primates will be seen as you trek with the chimpanzees.

Once the briefing has been conducted, you will be divided into different groups depending on the number of people present at the briefing center. One of the chimpanzee trekking groups will commence at Uwika center, and another group will start trekking chimpanzees at Cyamudongo. For this, you will need a driver to drive you to the starting point. The ranger guide of the park will be in constant communication with the trackers that go into the forest early in the morning to track the chimpanzees before you, the visitors. When the trackers see the gorillas, they will communicate with the ranger guide, who will lead you to the forest where the chimpanzees have been communicating. Once you have seen the chimpanzees, you will spend only one hour with them, where you will be able to learn more about their feeding habitats, take photos, and feel free to ask any questions that you want. After the gorilla trekking, you will return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Nyungwe Top View Hotel, Nyungwe Forest Lodge, and Gisakura Guest House are all options.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 5: Departure from Kigali International Airport.

On your way back to Kigali, you’ll stop by the Botanical Gardens as you drive back to Kigali, then check into your short-term lodging or proceed straight to the airport for your flight, which marks the end of your 5-day Rwanda wildlife safari.

The safari package includes

• Airport transfers
• The entrance fees to the park
• Boat cruise
• Meals and lodging for four days.
• Photography
• The services of the English-speaking guide
• The chimpanzee trekking permit

The safari package doesn’t include

• airfare as well as a visa.
• alcoholic and soft drinks at the lodge.
• Tipping in any form is unacceptable.
• Personal insurance and shopping
• laundry