Rwanda
Staggeringly beautiful and home to premier primate tracking
We create completely personalised itineraries and Rwanda safari tours for the luxury traveller; one that may combine this as well as other African countries for
a complete safari adventure, seamless transfers by modern 4WD vehicles, drivers and expert local guides and trackers. With only the very best hotels that we’ve checked out first hand, let our Africa travel designers put together an incredible and eye-opening trip to Rwanda.
A central African country of unbelievable natural beauty. Scenes of rolling green savannahs, hills smothered with tropical rainforests and bamboo forests, falling to lakes (Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes), then rising to dormant volcanoes and home to three protected national parks (Akagera, Volcanoes and Nyungwe).
The foremost reason for many who come to Rwanda is to spot its golden monkeys, and see Rwanda’s rare mountain gorillas and silverbacks in the wild. Defying its troubled past, Rwanda’s stability and hospitality is going from strength to strength.
Highlights
Venture into Volcanoes National Park to spend time with critically endangered mountain gorillas
Go hiking along the forest trails in Nyungwe Forest, one of Africa’s oldest rainforests and find the chimpanzees who live there
Trek to Dian Fossey’s original scientific base, Karisoke in the Volcanoes National Park and discover her pioneering contribution to conservation
Safari in Akagera National-park and search for the big five in jeeps or boats on the winding waterways
Cultural Tours
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