On arrival at the airport, you will be warmly welcomed by your representative from Churchill Safaris who will then transfer you to the hotel for the over night. Dinner and over night at either Lemigo Hotel kigali (high end accommodation) or Mille Colline or Top Tower (Medium class) or Step hotel. (Low budget) Kigali.B/B

After breakfast, you will explore Kigali by visiting the Genocide Museum and Caplaki Crafts Centre. Later proceed to Nyungwe having a stop at Nyanza and Butare National museum arriving in the evening. Dinner and over night at either Nyungwe Forest lodge (high end) or Hilltop hotel (Medium class) or Gisakura guest house (budget accommodation).

After breakfast, you will go for Chimp tracking in Nyungwe forest. Home of 13 species of primates including chimpanzees, Nyungwe is a closed canopy rain forest and has lots of forest dwelling birds.
There is also an option of goinbg for an afternoon canopy walk and for those thathave interest in botany, the flora in Nyungwe comes as an added bonus. You will also have a chance to view the other habitants of the forest like reptiles and butterflies.

Dinner and over night at either Nyungwe Forest lodge (high end) or Hilltop hotel (Medium class) or Gisakura guest house (budget accommodation).

This morning you will be transferred by your guide to Kamembe port in cyangungu for a boat trip on the Lake Kivu to explore the numerous islands, islets and peninsulas as you head for Gisenyi. Visit the various islands on Lake Kivu like Napoleon Island, IJWI Island, Amahoro Island, all great for birding and bat watching arriving at Gisenyi in time for lunch. Later proceed to Ruhengere. Dinner and over night at either Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (high end), La palme Hotel (Medium class) or Hotel Muhabura(Low budget). F/B

After breakfast it’s a short drive to the park headquarters at Kinigi. Registration is a simple process and it is here where the park staff will determine which group of gorillas you will visit. The park staff will discuss your fitness level and will advise you of the trekking times and conditions to reach the various groups, based upon their location in the park the previous evening.

Volcanoes National Park protects the steep slopes of this magnificent mountain range - home of the rare mountain gorilla - and the rich mosaic of montane ecosystems, which embrace evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, swamp and heath, but the high point will be spending an hour with the remarkably peaceful gorillas despite their size and appearance as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting and raising their young.

Return in the afternoon and go for an optional Ibyiwatu Cultural group performance where you will get entertained by the Rwandase and get to know about their culture in music, dance and drama or a visit to the twin lakes and over night at either Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (high end), La palme Hotel (Medium class) or Hotel Muhabura (Low budget). F/B

This morning you can have an option of going for the second gorilla tracking or an option of visiting the Diana Fossey’s grave or the Golden monkeys and later drive back to Kigali to catch your evening flight back home.