7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour & Masai Mara Safari
Overview of the 7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour & Masai Mara Safari
7 days Rwanda gorilla tour & Masai Mara tour is a combined Rwanda safari and Kenya wildlife tour taking you through gorilla trekking and game viewing. The 6 nights/7 days gorilla and wildlife tour introduces you to Volcanoes National Park Rwanda gorilla trekking & Masai Mara National Reserve for big game, wildebeest, bird sightings and a lot more.
Masai Mara also famously referred to as the Mara is an expansive wildlife reserve lying in Narok County of Kenya. It spreads to cover up to 1510sq.kms of land area, with its landscape mainly characterized by savanna grassland, rivers and other where diversity of its wildlife call a home. The Reserve’s special wildlife include the big game, zebras, antelopes, 500 bird species and more.
Volcanoes National Park is a home to endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda, located in Northwestern part of the country. Over 1063 mountain gorillas are left on earth and Rwanda’s Volcanoes N/Park protects a portion then others thrive in Uganda and D.R. Congo. This Rwanda safari park lies on 160sq.kms of land area with golden monkeys, 200 bird species etc also sharing the same habitat with the rare mountain gorillas.
Brief itinerary of the 7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour & Masai Mara Safari
Day 1: Kigali-A Hotel
Day 2: Kigali city tour & drive to Volcanoes N/Park
Day 3: Golden monkey tracking & Twin Lakes tour
Day 4: Gorilla trekking Rwanda & travel to Nairobi
Day 5: Nairobi-Masai Mara
Day 6: Full Day in Masai Mara Kenya (Game driving)
Day 7: Masai village tour & departure
Detailed itinerary of 7 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour & Masai Mara Safari
Day 1: Kigali-A Hotel
Leave your home country for Kigali Rwanda and meet your driver guide at Kigali Airport for a warm welcome, followed by briefing about the 7 days Rwanda gorilla tour & Masai Mara safari. After, transfer to a hotel at Kigali for evening relaxation, dinner and overnight sleep.
Accommodation
- Budget: Lebanon Hotel Kigali
- Standard: Heaven Hotel Kigali
- Luxury: Marriott Hotel/Serena Hotel Kigali
Day 2: Kigali city tour & drive to Volcanoes N/Park
Volcanoes National Park Ruhengeri road trip: Leave your hotel after breakfast, explore Kigali’s exceptional historical sites including Kigali genocide site, local markets, museums etc while on Kigali city tour. Later, settle in a classic restaurant for lunch and then proceed to Ruhengeri 2-3 hours’ drive, visit the Iby’Iwacu cultural village to interact with local residents, enjoy their performances as they dance before you, explore more about their traditions etc. Settle for a leisurely dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation
- Basic: Kinigi Guesthouse/Hotel Muhabura
- Standard: Da Vinci Lodge/Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
- Luxury: Five Volcanoes Lodge/Bisate/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Day 3: Golden monkey tracking & Twin Lakes tour
Enjoy an early breakfast and by 6:30am, you should be at Kinigi for briefing on golden monkey rules and to be allocated to a park guide. At 8:00am, leave the briefing point for golden monkey search lasting for about 2-4 hours and this covers an hour with golden monkeys in the wild, taking pictures and learning more about their behaviors. Retreat from golden monkey trek, enjoy lunch and later go explore the Twin Lake- Burera and Ruhondo Lakes.
Accommodation
- Basic: Kinigi Guesthouse/Hotel Muhabura
- Standard: Da Vinci Lodge/Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
- Luxury: Five Volcanoes Lodge/Bisate/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Day 4: Gorilla trekking Rwanda & travel to Nairobi
A delicious breakfast early morning, followed by briefing about gorilla trekking rules and allocation of gorilla families at Kinigi. Report to briefing point with pack of bottled water, snacks and once you have a gorilla family allocated, set off with park guide at 8:00am on actual tracking of mountain gorillas. About 13 gorilla groups exist in Volcanoes NP and only one is trekked by 8 people and once you have come across them, you have one hour to interact face to face, take photos and learn about their behaviors.
Retreat from the 2-6 Rwanda gorilla trekking experience, have certificate at Kinigi and transfer to Kigali Airport 2-3 hours’ drive journey. Board the evening plane to connect to Nairobi for wildlife safari.
Accommodation
- Budget: Kenya Comfort Hotel & Suites
- Standard: Fairview Hotel/Meridian Hotel/Monarch Hotel
- Luxury: Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence Nairobi Arboretum/Nairobi Serena Hotel
Day 5: Nairobi-Masai Mara
Masai Mara National Reserve tour begins after breakfast then you drive for 5-6 hours towards the remotest rift valley area. Arrive at Mara early, enjoy lunch at leisure and later, go for an afternoon game drive via the savanna grassland with possible animal sightings including big game, antelopes, birds in large numbers.
Accommodation
- Budget: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge/Camping
- Standard: Kichwa Temba Tented Camp
- Luxury: Little Governors’ Camp/Mara Expedition Camp/Elephant Pepper Camp
Day 6: Full Day in Masai Mara Kenya (Game driving)
After breakfast, expect a full day expedition in Masai Mara National Reserve on a game drive. This gets you the best of Mara game viewing especially as you enjoy sight of buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, lions, watch wildebeest migrate plus several antelopes; birds and more. Picnic lunch is included in this long day expedition and overnight stay will be back at the lodge or camp.
Accommodation
- Budget: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge/Camping
- Standard: Kichwa Temba Tented Camp
- Luxury: Little Governors’ Camp/Mara Expedition Camp/Elephant Pepper Camp
Day 7: Masai village tour & departure
Have breakfast early, after meet your guide for transfer to Masai cultural village. Learn more on how the Masai live, their traditions, lifestyles and the great dances, music performances etc. After a cultural visit at Masai village, retreat and proceed to Nairobi marking the end of 7 days Rwanda gorilla tour & Masai Mara safari.
End of gorilla & wildlife safari in Rwanda & Kenya
Safari inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Game drives
- Gorilla permits
- Road trip in Kenya & Rwanda using 4WD vehicle
- Guide/driver services
- Accommodation 6 nights- Rwanda & Kenya
Safari exclusions
- Tips
- Laundry
- Insurance
- Visas
- Passport
- Telephone
- Beverages