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6 Days Akagera Wildlife Highlights

Overview

This 6-day wildlife safari explores the rich savannah, wetlands, and lakeshores of Akagera National Park in Rwanda. Expect morning and evening game drives, accompanied by expert guides through woodlands and open plains.

Lakes like Lake Lake Ihema provide a water-based dimension enjoy boat cruises past hippos, crocodiles, and waterbirds. The wildlife habitat ranges from swampy wetlands to rolling savannah, offering diverse photo opportunities and serene natural panoramas.

By night you’ll travel on guided night drives a rare chance to see nocturnal animals such as leopards, hyenas, and civets. This multi-day journey offers immersive wildlife encounters, intimate moments in nature, and a slow rhythm that enhances discovery.

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Attractions

Highlights

Experience day and night game drives to spot the Big Five lions, rhinos, elephants, buffalo and leopards plus other plains-animals.

Cruise on Lake Ihema to watch hippos, crocodiles, and scores of waterbirds such as fish eagles and shoebill storks.

Watch over 500 bird species across wetlands, savannah and woodland including rare species like the shoebill stork.

Join a guided nature walk or “walk the line” patrol along park boundaries for up-close encounters with wildlife and scenic views.

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival / Entebbe
5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience City

when you arrive, you will be picked up from the Airport and you will meet our great Safari Guide.You will be transfered to the hotel for overnight in Entebbe. Dinner and overnight at Windsor, Lake Victoria Entebbe.

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Attractions

After breakfast you will go for a game drive where you will spot animals like Zebras, duikers, Impala, Bohor reedbuck, Buffaloes, eland antelope, topi, Klipspringer, the Vervet monkey, olive baboon, leopard, Hyenas, jackals, agile Rock Hyrax, waterbucks, warthogs, bushbucks, and oribi. Birds like the White-winged Warblers, Black-billed Barbet, Crested Francolin and great snipe may also be spotted during the game drive and some during the boat ride. In the afternoon you will go for a boat ride on Lake Mburo you may spot the rare shoebill and other bird species, you may also see animals like the hippos and the crocodiles in the water. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Nature Walk

You will enter the sanctuary at dawn and have pleasure at the home of the mountain gorillas and beauty freshness of the forest, home of the mountain gorillas. After a crumb briefing by the experienced guides, you will proceed through dense bush to trek for these harmed animals called the great Apes (Gorillas). Other primates also live in the forest including the red tail monkey, chimpanzee and black-and-white colobus monkey. Return for accommodation or have an optional community walk.for relaxation or have Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Resort or Buhoma Community Bandas (FB).

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Attractions

You will depart from Bwindi forest to Kibale National Park and have Lunch enroute. When you arrive, you will have a Bigodi Swamp walk in bid to watch the birds and monkeys that live in the swamp. You will be transferred to Primates Lodge or Ndali lodge on a full board basis to have an overnight.

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Airport

After an early morning breakfast, you will be taken to Kanyanchu headquarters for briefing before you head for our chimpanzee tracking. You will pay a visit to the forest to track chimpanzees. The forest also inhabits 12 other primates which you will view when given enough time like gray-cheeked mangabeys, baboons and vervet monkeys. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge or Primate Lodge (FB).

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Airport

Return back to Entebbe to find your departure flight.

5 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimps Experience Nature Walk

Included in this Tour

Accommodation and meals as stipulated on each itinerary.

Ground transportation with an English speaking driver/guide or naturalist guide.

Game drives or sightseeing depending on the itinerary – where indicated.

Park or reserve entry fees – where applicable.

Excluded in this Tour

International flights.

Airport taxes.

All meals and drinks not specified.

Tips and gratuities.

Items of a personal nature.

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