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01How long do I need

Rwanda in three days, or ten

The single most common question we get. Here is what each length of trip actually buys you, and what it leaves out.

  1. 025 days · 4 nights

    5-Day Rwanda Wildlife Adventure

    Akagera's plains and lakes for the Big Five, then north to the Virungas for a gorilla trek — the two headline experiences, without rushing either.

    The route

    1. Kigali
    2. Akagera
    3. Volcanoes
    Nights
    4
    Long drives
    1 day
    Pace
    Moderate
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    Two lionesses at the edge of a waterhole in the open savannah of Akagera
    1. Day 01Kigali to Akagera
    2. Day 02Akagera: the northern plains
    3. Day 03Lake Ihema, then north to Musanze
    4. Day 04Gorilla trekking
    5. Day 05Return to Kigali
  2. 037 days · 6 nights

    7-Day Rwanda Discovery

    Kigali, the Virungas for gorillas, down the shore of Lake Kivu, and into Nyungwe for chimpanzees and the canopy walk.

    Nights
    6
    Long drives
    2 days
    Pace
    Moderate
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    Cloud and mist lying in the valleys of a dense montane rainforest at dawn
    1. Day 01Arrival in Kigali
    2. Day 02North to the volcanoes
    3. Day 03Gorilla trekking
    4. Day 04Down to Lake Kivu
    5. Day 05Lake Kivu to Nyungwe
    6. Day 06Chimpanzees and the canopy
    7. Day 07Nyungwe to Kigali
  3. 0410 days · 9 nights

    10-Day Rwanda Complete Experience

    Kigali, Akagera's savannah, the Virunga gorillas, Lake Kivu and Nyungwe's rainforest — every landscape Rwanda has, without a forced march.

    Nights
    9
    Long drives
    3 days
    Pace
    Moderate
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    Terraced hills and scattered villages falling away towards the volcanoes of the Virunga chain
    1. Day 01Arrival in Kigali
    2. Day 02Kigali, then east to Akagera
    3. Day 03Akagera: the northern plains
    4. Day 04Lake Ihema, then north
    5. Day 05Gorilla trekking
    6. Day 06Golden monkeys, or the Fossey hike
    7. Day 07Down to Lake Kivu
    8. Day 08Lake Kivu
    9. Day 09South to Nyungwe
    10. Day 10Chimpanzees, then Kigali

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