RWANDA GORILLA TREK & SERENGETI, TANZANIA SAFARI
June / July / August 2026
Overview:
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RWANDA GORILLA TREK & SERENGETI, TANZANIA SAFARI
June / July / August 2026
Day-by-day Itinerary:
Day 1 | Arrive in Kigali Rwanda
Arrive Kigali, Rwanda. VIP meet and greet with private transfer to hotel. Overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel on Bed and Breakfast basis.
Day 2 | Genocide Museum & Memorial
Private guide driver, depart at 9AM to visit the Genocide Museum & Memorial. Lunch at Mille Collines (included) in Kigali. Afternoon at your leisure. Overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel – Breakfast and Lunch included and Dinner on own account.
Genocide Museum & Memorial
The Kigali Genocide Memorial, established in 2004 through collaboration between Rwandan authorities and the Aegis Trust for Genocide Prevention, serves as a foundation for peace and values education in Rwanda’s national curriculum. By promoting community resilience, it offers a model for international adaptation. If peace can emerge after the Genocide against the Tutsi, it can be achieved anywhere. After the RPF halted the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, Kigali authorities designated a hillside in Gisozi for mass graves for 250,000 victims. Memorial buildings were constructed nearby, but the question of their purpose remained.
Day 3 | Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Center
9am Private Road Transfer up into the Mountains to Volcanoes National Park with a visit to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Centre en route for self-guided tour (included). Continue to the lodge for check-in and lunch and afternoon at leisure. Overnight in a Deluxe Room at Five Volcanoes. All meals included.
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
Learn all about the gorillas we’ve studied for more than five decades and the current conservation efforts to ensure their future. Special features include a replica of Dian Fossey’s forest cabin and original artifacts from her work and life, a 360-degree theater featuring amazing footage of the gorillas, and a virtual reality experience.
Day 4 | Golden Monkey Trek
After breakfast we take a short drive to Park Headquarters again and meet with excellent local guides and trackers who will give a talk on the etiquette of Golden Monkey trekking. The trekking can take from 1 to 4 hours. There is a fully habituated group of the beautiful primates in the park and this is one of the only places in Africa where this activity is offered.
Afternoon At your leisure. Overnight Five Volcanoes, Fully inclusive of all meals and you will have a guide/private vehicle to/from Kigali and to and from the park entrance for Gorilla treks.
Golden Monkeys
Golden monkeys are known to have unique characters and are a rare species that are endangered at the moment and they are currently found in the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda. They are easily recognized due to the yellow patches that can be seen all over their bodies. The Golden monkeys are also known as ‘the Old world monkey’ and the only way to separate these primates from others is by their noses. There is a unique character about the golden monkeys and that is most of the monkeys have their nostrils pointing to the sides but if you look closely at the golden monkeys, their nostrils face upwards. Golden monkey trekking in Rwanda mostly takes place in the Volcanoes which is found in the Virunga Mountains and it has only one session per day which starts in the morning.
Day 5 | Gorilla Trek
After breakfast we take a short drive to Park Headquarters and meet with excellent local guides and trackers who will give a talk on the etiquette of gorilla trekking. We then hike into the forest to where the gorillas were seen the night before and track from that point. The trekking can take from 1 to 6 hours and climb to altitudes not in excess of 8,858 feet.
The terrain is rough and at times muddy. Although the hike is physically demanding the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery make the trekking worthwhile. Once the gorillas are located all fatigue is forgotten, as the experience is often described as being the most profound natural history experience in the world. Picnic lunches are provided and it is important to take plenty of water. Cameras and plenty of fast speed film are recommended. It can rain at a few minutes notice, hence waterproof clothing is a good essential including waterproof bags for cameras and film. Please note: plastic (e.g. carrier / shopping) bags are illegal in Rwanda.
After the trek road transfer to Volcanoes Lodge for the afternoon at your leisure and overnight, on a fully inclusive (FI) basis.
About Gorilla Trekking
Tracking gorillas through the dense African forests is a magical experience. Nothing can prepare you for the impact of encountering a fully-grown silverback male, up to three times the size of an average man (adult males can weigh up to 200 kilograms!), yet remarkably peaceable, playful and tolerant of human visitors.
It is a privilege to spend an hour sitting with and watching these wild relatives. Only eights visitors are allowed per gorilla group each day, and too minimize possible transmission of human diseases, visitors are asked to maintain a distance of 7 meters (about 22 feet) from the gorillas. Typically, tracking can take from 3 to 8 hours and requires some agility and fitness; however, no one should feel deterred from missing this once in a lifetime experience!
Day 6 | Gorilla Trek
Second Morning Gorilla Trek. In the afternoon visit Iby’lwachu Cultural Village.
The Iby’Iwachu Cultural Village
The village is located near Parc National des Volcans in Kinigi. It’s has been developed to display local and traditional lifestyles, activities and artefacts. Local communities benefit and earn directly from this community-based tourism initiative to improve their socio-economic ways of living and as an incentive for conservation of the gorillas and their habitat.
Given the cultural value attached to it, the Iby’ Iwachu Cultural Village is a platform to showcase the Rwandan ways of living, traditional lifestyles and dances to tourists and community members in a way that encourages them all to be a part of it while generating income for poor local people. The money generated is used to support their household income-based activities; encourage sustainability; reducing unemployment and empowering local people politically, economically and socially to alleviate poverty (which is the underlying cause of poaching) while developing these entities as linkages towards conservation of the endangered mountain gorillas.
Iby’ Iwachu Cultural Village gives you the rare chance to meet and interact with local people, in their environment with a taste of Rwandese culture and traditions. This has been developed by the community for the community.
Day 7 | Arrive in Tanzania
Depart Five Volcanoes property at 07h30am and transfer to Kigali Airport (approx.2.5hrs) – Depart on a Shared/Private Charter flight from Kigali to Serengeti/Seronera on Auric Air at 12h15-16h30 (price separately).
After flying in from Kigali, Rwanda this afternoon to Serengeti (Seronera Airport/Airstrip), Tanzania, you will be met on arrival by a driver/guide in a private Safari vehicle and transferred to Kati Kati Tented Camp for a 3 night stay.
All meals included at Kati Kati. Your guide/driver and his Safari vehicle will stay with you till you end back in Arusha.
You will be able to go out on private Game drives AM and PM or you can decide with your guide if you wish to go out on a full day Safari in Serengeti with a packed Lunch.
Day 8 & 9 | On Safari
On Safari for another 2 full days/nights going out in Search of the Annual Migration and enjoying searching for Predators that follow the Migration or big herds of Wildebeest/Zebra.
Overnights at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp – fully inclusive basis (all meals)
Day 10 | Karatu Region
Depart Kati Kati with your Guide/Driver in private vehicle and travel most of the day from Serengeti, enjoying game viewing en route to the Karatu region (near Ngorongoro Crater). On arrival at Acacia Farm Lodge (Hotel), check in on a full board (all meals) basis for a 2 night stay.
Day 11 | Ngorongoro Crater
Depart very early this morning with packed breakfast and lunch and head in your private safari vehicle to the Ngorongoro Crater. Descend into the Crater (approx. 2000 feet down) and enjoy game viewing and going in search of the Big 5 in the Ngorongoro Crater.
Return to Acacia Farm Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 12 | Lake Manyara National Park
Depart Acacia Farm Lodge with your driver/guide and enjoy a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Check into Lake Manyara Serena lodge in time for lunch and then drive to visit a nearby local community. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge for 1 night FI. Fully inclusive of all meals.
Day 13 | Explore Arusha & Depart Home
After breakfast at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge, with your driver/guide, travel a few hours to Arusha in time for lunch (included) at Shanga Restaurant. Late afternoon, private road transfer from Shanga to Arusha Int. Airport for evening flight out.
Optional Balloon Safari
The adventure begins just before dawn. Departure is from a launch site behind Little Governors’ Camp. Guests assemble at the launch site for a briefing as the flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft. As the dawn breaks the hot air balloon fills and then rises.
Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-coloured canopy, you’re off for a wildlife viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. What amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness: the silence as you float above the plains, the forest and the rivers of the Masai Mara.
After about an hour or so, your balloon safari finishes with a flourish. In the time-honoured tradition of balloon flights the world over, toast your return to earth with sparkling wine and enjoy a delicious breakfast that is set up and served at a very special spot. The experience ends with a game drive back to your camp.
*Please note: This itinerary is subject to change. In the spirit of expedition travel, plans may change slightly to take full advantage of encounters with the destination and its people, culture, and wildlife.
RWANDA GORILLA TREK & SERENGETI, TANZANIA SAFARI
June / July / August 2026
Rates:
Rate Based on RWANDA Gorilla Trek Trip (Based on 2 Guests Sharing) : Approx. $6,490.00
Plus Gorilla Permits: $1,500.00 Per Person Per Gorilla Trek X2
Plus Golden Monkey Permits: $100.00 Per Person Per Trek
Plus rate based on TANZANIA Safari (Based on 2 Guests Sharing): Approx . $5,875.00
Plus Auric Air Flight: Approx. $985.00
- Kigali to Serengeti/Seronera (12h15-16h30)
- On inducement of 4 seats
Included:
Rwanda
- Accommodation in standard twin/double rooms/or tents
- Meals as indicated in the above day by day itinerary
- Drinks included, only as per the policy at each lodge
- All road transfers as indicated
- All vehicles & guides on private basis. Services of an English speaking driver guide
- Park fees All activities described in the itinerary, unless specified as extras
- Porter fees on Gorilla Treks
- Mineral water, tea and coffee in the vehicle
- Medical Evacuation coverage
Tanzania
- Meet & Greet services on arrival to at Airstrips/Airport & transfers
- Full board whilst on Safari (All meals)
- Private Game viewing activities in 4 x 4 closed (pop up roof top), while in safari vehicle
- Park & Concession Fees
- Flying doctors medical evacuation cover
- 1 litre of water per person per day while in safari vehicle
- Current Government taxes and levies
Not Included:
- International Airfares (into Kigali, Rwanda and out of Arusha, Tanzania)
- Entry Visas to Rwanda & Tanzania
- Laundry services
- All Beverages
- Drinks and meals not listed as included in itinerary above
- Optional excursions and activities not detailed in the itinerary
- Travel and health insurance
- Gratuities
- Any other items of a personal nature
- Trek Permits (listed separately)
International Airfare:
Africa Easy does not make international air reservations and international air is not included in your quote. However, please do let us know if you would like assistance with booking your international air. We would be happy to put you in touch with our airline partner, Exito Travel to assist you with your international air reservation.
General Information:
Medical Evacuation insurance is mandatory for travel with Africa Easy and proof of purchase is required. Africa Easy also strongly recommends purchasing a policy that includes trip cancellation / interruption coverage.
Deposit & Payments:
A completed & signed Africa Easy Reservation Form, along with your 25% trip deposit and full regional and/or domestic air payment (if applicable) is required at the time of booking.
Reservations:
This itinerary is subject to the availability of all services at the time of making a reservation. No space is being held at this time. Please contact Africa Easy for the full terms and conditions that apply. We are happy to answer questions and discuss your trip.
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June - August 2026
