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8 days

Gorillas and the Big Five

Safaris and gorilla trekking in Rwanda
Kigali (1 days) Akagera National Park (4) Volcanoes National Park (3)
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10 days

Rwanda’s complete wildlife experience

Gorillas, chimpanzees and the Big Five
Kigali (1 days) Akagera National Park (3) Volcanoes National Park (3) Nyungwe National Park (3)
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  • Kigali

    Kigali

    Rwanda’s bustling capital sprawls across several valleys and hillsides, bookended by towering mountains...
  • Nyungwe National Park

    Nyungwe National Park

    One of Africa’s oldest rainforests, Nyungwe National Park is home to around 500 chimpanzees and 12 other primate species...
  • Karisoke Research Camp

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  • Volcanoes National Park

    Volcanoes National Park

    The home of Rwanda's mountain gorillas
    Situated in the far northwest of Rwanda and named for the chain of dormant volcanoes that make up the Virunga Massif (Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabinyo, Gahinga and Muhabura), Volcanoes National Park is home to endangered mountain gorillas, rare golden monkeys and more than 200 bird species...
  • Gishwati-Makura National Park

    Gishwati-Makura National Park

    Rwanda’s newest national park, Gishwati-Mukura was gazetted in 2016 to protect a pair of relict forest blocks on the Rift Valley escarpment above Lake Kivu...

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