5 days Kahuzi Biega national park safari- DR Congo

Trip Summary

5 days Kahuzi Biega national park safari- DR Congo : Take on a 5 days safari to the Kahuzi Biega national park and get to spend ample time in the region. Get to visit the lowland gorillas and also explore the Tshibati waterfalls that are a great trail for birding and other primate species.

You will have a few enroute visits on the transfer on this visit and this safari starts from Kigali and ends in Kigali.

Trip Highlights

Day 1: Day in Kigali
Day 2: Connect to Bukavu- Kahuzi Biega national park
Day 3: Lowland gorilla trekking in Kahuzi Biega national park
Day 4: Tshibati waterfall hike
Day 5: Drive back to Kigali Rwanda

Trip Description

Day 1: Day in Kigali

Meet up with your driver guide at your communicated place of pick up and exchange pleasantries. You will get ready for your Kigali city tour where you will visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial grounds for a brief history in the events of the 1994 Kigali genocide.

Connect to a restaurant in Kigali for lunch and get to have a Rwandan dish and after lunch head out to the Kimironko market where you will get to interact with the Rwandan people and also buy some art crafts for souvenir. Drive back to your hotel for dinner and night stay in Kigali.

Hotel options in Kigali

Step Town Motel for budget option
Des Milles Colline hotel for midrange option
Serena Kigali for luxury option

Day 2: Connect to Bukavu- Kahuzi Biega national park

Wake up for breakfast at your hotel and prepare to check out of your hotel. Leave Kigali for Bukavu and this is a 7 to 8 hour road transfer so you will be expected to start this transfer very early. You will have an enroute lunch and continue to cross from the Rusizi border.

Arrive at your hotel in Bukavu and check in and settle in as you wait for dinner to be served.

Hotel options in Bukavu

Hotel Elizabeth for budget option
Panorama hotel for midrange option
Orchid lodge for luxury option

Day 3: Lowland gorilla trekking in Kahuzi Biega national park

After having breakfast, meet your driver guide to drive to the Kahuzi Biega national park where you will receive your briefing ahead of the gorilla trekking. You will receive a briefing from the ranger guides and after follow them into the forest.

5 days Kahuzi Biega national park safari- DR Congo — Gorilla Trekking in Kahuzi

Hike for about an hour until you meet the gorillas and enjoy your one hour with them. Return to your hotel for a late lunch and spend your evening at leisure as you wait for dinner and your last night in the park.

Day 4: Tshibati waterfall hike

Have a leisurely breakfast and later head out to the Tshibati waterfalls of the Kahuzi Biega national park. The Tshibati waterfalls trail is one of the most adventurous in the park as you will get to spot the 3 waterfalls and also get a chance to spot the chimpanzees and other primates like the monkeys on a great day.

Return to your lodge for lunch and later in the evening you may go for a community visit to interact with the people living around the park. Return to your lodge for dinner and spend your last night in Bukavu.

Day 5: Drive back to Kigali Rwanda

Wake up at leisure and have breakfast at your lodge and later return to Rwanda via the Rusizi border. You will drive for about 9 hours before you reach Kigali. You will connect back to Kigali via Nyungwe forest and get to enjoy the enroute museum visits of the Butare Museum and the King’s Palace.

Have an enroute lunch and continue further to Kigali and be dropped off at your preferred location in Kigali. You may take on the Kigali city tour on this day too.

End of safari