Welcome to Rwanda! The country of 1000 hills. 

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be helped by Airport personnel who will help you with the direction to the arrival Covid – 19 testing center inside the Airport. After the test, you will be helped to exit the Airport wall where you will find your driver guide who will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel for check-in and overnight.

Main destination: Kigali City

Accommodation: Hotel Milles Collines

Have your breakfast at leisure. If the results were out negative, you’re clear to resume your tour. Your driver-guide will pick you up from the hotel reception to transfer you for Kigali Genocide Memorial museum.

Kigali Genocide Memorial 

This is an extremely moving, challenging, educational, and ultimately inspiring memorial and a great place to understand the cause, tragedy, and successful rebuilding post-genocide.  The reconciliation and rebuilding have been miraculous, and these memorials are built to inform, educate and prevent such a tragedy to ever occur again.

The tour is very transparent and educational but very somber and humbling when you realize that over 250,000 deceased are buried on the site of the memorial.  Guaranteed you will feel every emotion during this visit.

The most common question that goes through your mind is “would I be capable of that level of forgiveness if I found myself in this situation.”  That’s a true inspiration.

After this activity, we will transfer embark on our vehicle for our 2.5 hours scenic transfer to Volcanoes National Park.

Transfer to Volcanoes National Park.  (2.5 hours)

If you thought Kigali’s 7 hills is why Rwanda is also known as The Land of a Thousand Hills, then you are in for a treat on the transfer to Volcanoes National Park.  The 2.5-hour transfer will ascend through the endless mountains and hills and provide excellent opportunities for scenic photographs as you pass through the local villages and farms.

On arrival, you will be welcomed with a glass of fresh juice by the team, eat your hot lunch and check in  to your accommodation and enjoy its activities

Overnight stay at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Main destination: Volcanoes National Park

Accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Today, experience a trek to be up close and personal with the rare mountain gorillas. There are only around 1063 of these magnificent creatures left in the world with 1/3 in the Volcanoes National Park.

After an early breakfast, you will be met and transferred to the park headquarters for check-in. Here you will be educated about the trek, gorilla behavior and divided into groups of suitable fitness. The trek can take between 2-6 hours depending on the movements of the animals. This is considered one of the great natural animals encounters on the planet.

The rangers/trackers will lead you deep into the forest, which will take you up and down the rugged terrain until you finally meet these harmonious creatures. After the trek, return to your lodge for lunch and freshen up before your 2.5 hours scenic transfer back to Kigali.

After lunch, we will start our 2.5 hours scenic transfer to Kigali, upon arrival, we will proceed with Kimironko Market visit for your souvenirs.

Kimironko Market

Kimirinko Market is one of the busiest markets in the town. Vendors at the market can be seen selling a variety of items from regions such as Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Visitors to the market will be able to buy Hand Crafts, African Fabrics, fruit, vegetables, and general household necessities.

After the market visit, we will take you for fun farewell dinner at Khana Khazana Restaurant, one of the best in Kigali.

After Dinner, you will be transferred to the International Airport for your outbound flight back home.

Main destination: Volcanoes – Kigali