Great 10 Days Of Rwanda

Day 1: Arrival at Kigali international airport.

Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you’ll be welcomed by a Silverbirdtours representative that will gladly transfer you to your hotel while acclimatizing you to Africa’s best and cleanest city.

Journey duration: 40 Minutes from Kigali international airport to the hotel.

Day 2: Kigali City tour and transfer to Akagera National Park.

Following your breakfast, you’ll divulge into the mystic of this beautiful land. A ring of hills form the topography of this beautiful city.

• Do not hesitate to beat the odds as a trip through Nyamirambo will speak volumes regarding the beauty of this city.
• A journey to the southwestern ridge of the city boasts of picturesque scenery that only gives a glimpse of what Rwanda is made of.
• Your next stop will be at the genocide memorial museum. Kigali Genocide Museum a site that was established to commemorate people that were massacred in the unspeakable civil war.
• The people that succumbed to death at the course of this tragic man slaughter were concealed in mass graves and this particular museum is in commemoration at the location of the mass graves.
• Proceed to campaign against genocide museum where the execution of the strategy to sojourn the genocide started.
• A team of courageous soldiers that fought to protect the citizens were commemorated by the establishment of this museum.
• Here you’ll hear about the detailed tactics that were administered to bring peace to the nation.
• You’ll then transfer to Akagera national Park and check into the lodge and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Journey duration: 2 hours 30 minutes From Kigali to Akagera National Park

Day 3: Morning Game drive and Sunset boat cruise.

Depart from your lodge at 7am to the eastern part of Rwanda with parked breakfast for the national park in time for the game drive.

• Three discrete environments describe Akagera National Park with Standard savannah dominating much of the region.
• An enormous swampy area along the border with Tanzania engulfs six lakes with numerous islands, some of which are forested.
• Low mountains on the flanks of the park with variable vegetation, ranging from short grasses on the summits to wooded savannah and dense thickets of forest form the third environmental component of this National Park.
• The Morning game drive will enable you to see a number of animals as most of them are making their last hunt before scorching sun rays emerge as the Elephants, Lions, Leopards stand out in this wonderful savannah park.
• For a habitat of over 480 bird species, elephants, buffalos, giraffe, zebras, leopards, hyenas, lions, antelopes, bushbucks, Topis, Oribis, water-buck, roan antelope and duiker, klipspringer, impala and world largest antelope, there is no better place to be for a game drive.
• You’ll have lunch and relax as you wait for the sunset boat cruise.

Lake Ihema is your destination for the boat ride as it presents an avenue of reconnoitering aquatic life.

• The sound of a cool breeze will relieve you of any worries. As the sun rays fade, they appear to be rekindled by the lake as you look out for wildlife.
• The hippos at this time are out to graze as the heat gradually reduces.
• While on a boat, lookout for hippos and crocodiles as this lake is famous for its largest hippo concentration in all of East Africa.
• Remarkable bird species like the Papyrus Gonolek, jacanas, herons, sandpipers, malachite kingfisher, the hawk, and the rare shoebill stork and many more will entice you as you get along.
• You’ll return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.  Check-in at the lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Walk the Line and transfer to Kigali.

Check out of your lodge and head to the starting point of the walk.

• Your hike starts at 7am after briefing from the park ranger on rules regarding the activity.
• It’s at that point where you’ll be assigned a guide that will lead you through.
• You’ll maneuver the perimeters of Akagera national park for 7km into the beautiful green hills which are endowed with a picturesque scenery by the demarcations of the national park.
• This informative 2hr walk will end on a ridge where you’ll glare at the panoramic view of this Savanna Park.
• You’ll exit the Park and head for Kigali.
• Check in to your lodging for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Transfer to Nyungwe via cultural corridor.

Check out of the hotel after breakfast to embark on a journey to Nyungwe forest national park via the cattle corridor.

• To Nyanza and visit the King’s palace museum which offers a detailed look into the Rwandan monarchical system.it was gifts to Rwanda by Belgium’s King Badouin in the late 1980s and has tremendously grown house one of Africa’s finest ethnographic collections.
• A total of seven galleries displays historical, ethnographic, artistic and archaeological artifacts accompanied by visual aids, giving visitors a rich insight on culture native to this community.
• The exhibits lead with geographical and geological displays, and proceed to items used in hunting, agriculture, animal husbandry, pottery, weaving and woodwork.
• Traditional clothing and architectural methods are also illustrated, as well as the social importance of cattle.
• Descendants of the royal herd can be seen to this day at the King’s Palace in nearby Nyanza.
• The final room reveals traditional customs and beliefs, history, culture, poetry and oral tradition and cosmology.

You’ll have lunch and proceed to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner