Explore Rwanda

Active Africa offers a selection of preferred hotels and lodges that are designed to fit your budget and travel style.  However, often there are many places where we travel where options are very limited, or where we feel either the location or the experience offered by a particular property is quintessential to the experience, in which case we use these properties across both Premium and Classic itineraries.

Premium

Our Premium range of properties offer a stylishly unique African take on modern lodgings. From city hotels to countryside lodges, think African chic with expansive rooms, slick service, creative cuisine, engaging wine lists, high thread counts, and all the other modern conveniences associated with the luxury lodging experience.

• Kigali (2 nights) : Kigali Serena – Prime Rooms
• Nyungwe National Park (2 nights): One & Only Nyungwe House
• Lake Kivu – Kinunu (1 night): Kinunu Guesthouse
• Lake Kivu – Kigufi (1 night): Kivu Paradise Resort
• Volcanoes National Park (2 nights): Wilderness Bisate Premier Camp

Classic

Often selected more for their regional character and location than as a cost-effective alternative, our Classic range of properties tick all the boxes associated with good lodgings.  Expect great service, character filled comfortable rooms and delicious locally sourced meals to weave a common theme, while the stunning African landscape elevates your stay from the memorable to the sublime.

• Kigali (2 nights) : Kigali Serena – Deluxe Rooms
• Nyungwe National Park (2 nights): Nyungwe Top View Hotel
• Lake Kivu – Kinunu (1 night): Kinunu Guesthouse
• Lake Kivu – Kigufi (1 night): Kivu Paradise Resort
• Volcanoes National Park (2 nights): Tiloreza Volcanoes Eco-Lodge

Pricing varies according to the number of guests travelling, the season of travel and the hotels and lodges selected.

Please contact us for a customised itinerary

Premium itineraries

• Private 4×4 vehicle for the duration of the experience, including fuel & tolls.
• Dedicated service of professional trip crew: Active Africa Trip Leader/host, local English-speaking, professional driver/guide, experienced local safari and national park guides.
• Welcome cocktails and trip briefing on arrival night.
• 9 nights Premium & 3 nights Classic grade accommodation on a per person sharing basis
• All meals, including hot beverages and bottled water.
• All entrance fees, gorilla tracking permits, and national park fees and activity costs.
• All equipment for activities as listed (kayaks & associated equipment, hard-tail mountain bikes & associated equipment, backpacks, walking poles, water bottles).
• General Hosting (bottled mineral water on activities & vehicles, activity associated refreshments and snacks, minor incidental costs while touring)
• Hotel porterage, event, local guide & meal gratuities as applicable
• Meal & accommodation per diems for the trip crew.
• Airport transfers on arrival and departure

Classic Itineraries

• Private 4×4 vehicle for the duration of the experience, including fuel & tolls.
• Active Africa-approved local English-speaking, professional driver/guide, experienced local safari, walking, kayaking & biking guides.
• Welcome cocktails and trip briefing on arrival night.
• 12 nights Classic grade accommodation on a per person sharing basis
• All meals, including hot beverages and bottled water.
• All entrance fees, gorilla tracking permits, camping, and national park fees and activity costs.
• All equipment for activities as listed (kayaks & associated equipment, hard-tail mountain bikes & associated equipment, backpacks, walking poles, water bottles).
• Bottled mineral water on activities & vehicles
• Meal & accommodation per diems for the guide.
• Airport transfers on arrival and departure

Our premium pricing includes the services of an experienced, private guide/trip host. This individual’s role is to ensure seamless operation of the trip and to bridge any cultural gaps that travellers may experience.

Travellers may opt not to have a private guide accompany them.

Our classic pricing does not include the services of a private guide/trip host. However, travellers may opt to include a private guide in the trip, using classic accommodations.

Rwanda is a year-round travel destination. However the dry season runs from June to October and this corresponds with high season rates.

Discounted gorilla permit fees are offered when combined with visits to other national parks from November through May.

For maximum comfort and best game viewing, this programme is best run between the months of June and December.

• Due to the nature of this trip and limitations of accommodations and certain logistics, we recommend a maximum of 8 people travelling to get the best from the experience.
• Due to the limited number of Gorilla Tracking Permits being in high demand, we strongly suggest confirming your arrangements at least 6 months in advance
• This programme is not suitable for children under the age of 16.
• We cannot control the weather – this is an outdoor, nature based itinerary and indoor alternatives are limited, if non-existent. Come prepared to be take on the elements if the weather is not playing fair.

This trip is graded Hard to Challenging.

The grade is determined by the mountain biking section which requires a certain level of fitness and technical ability and the location of the gorilla family you are visiting – some can be easily accessible close to the park boundaries, but others may require extended hikes into thick vegetation on the slopes of the volcano. In addition, note that the Volcanoes National Park is at an altitude of above 2000m asl. – participants should be aware of the physical requirements of this experience.

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