Amazing Day Trips in Rwanda : Business travelers that have just a day to spare and looking for a day trip out of Kigali to experience Rwanda’s rich wildlife, stunning landscape, rural life and culture of the Rwandan people. Fortunately Rwanda being a very small country and the capital city Kigali well situated at the center, a number of the major destinations can be easily reached for a tour in a day and get back to Kigali. Most of the day tours in Rwanda starts from Kigali.
Day tours from Kigali are a perfect for travelers coming to Rwanda especially those with tight and the busy scheduled programs plus limited time and those who would like to go for excursions within a short time. Brand your stay in Rwanda with a pre or post programs arranged short safaris tour from Kigali- Rwanda so as to have a try of the wildlife safaris experiences, culture and enjoy the countryside experiences. Get away from tight programs and have a free moments for your own. To get pampered nature and have a great encounter of the dream wildlife that you would not expect. You can enjoy day trips in Rwanda from Kigali within or outside Kigali ranging from single day trips from Kigali into any of the national parks to undertake tourist attraction activities done within a suitable time of a single day trip from Kigali and you carry back home great memories, Kigali city tours, Genocide Memorial Day visit among others. Below are the great day tours you can choose depending on what you want to see and do.
Take a 1 day trip gorilla trekking or golden monkey trekking
Mountain gorilla trekking is the signature of Rwanda to say the least. In a one day , you can vest a home of the third of the world’s mountain gorillas, Volcanoes national park , which is located in Musanze District in the north of Rwanda and 2.5 hours’ drive from Kigali, trek the awe-inspiring Virunga mountains and spend 1 hour with a family of these giant endangered mountain gorillas, once in a life time experience Gorillas or the shy but yet exciting Golden Monkeys in their natural habitat thus fulfill your exploration dreams and you are back to Kigali by evening for your night or flight
1 day trip chimpanzee trekking, canopy walk plus Igishigishigi trail
A single day Nyungwe forest safari takes you to Rwanda’s largest forest to hike through the Igishigishigi trail, then go for a canopy walk and finally track the chimpanzees. Nyungwe national park is located at the southwestern province of Rwanda. It was establishes in 2004 and us said to be one of the oldest and largest afro-montane forest in Africa covering an area of about 970 square kilometers, it consists of swamps , bogs, grassland and bamboo forest. The forest sits at a height of 3000metres above the sea level and spreads all the way to the borders of Burundi, Congo and Lake Kivu.
Take a 1 day Akagera national park wildlife safari trip
Akagera national park is the only savannah park that Rwanda has and thus the only destination to visit for one to experience the African savannah bush and to see wild animals including a chance to see some or all the famous Big 5 animals such as Lions, Rhinos, Cape Buffaloes, Forest Elephants, Leopard and enjoy a whole day of game drive spotting a numbers of wildlife species such as different Antelopes, Zebras, , Hippos, and the big 5 animals, numerous birds, some primates as well as enjoying the nature feeling of being in the wilderness. The park is located in the east of the country, 2 hour drive from Kigali.
You can as well either have 1 day hiking in the Virunga Mountains
For hiking lovers, you can take on the impressive Virunga Mountains by hiking of the beautiful Volcano cones in Volcanoes national park. The most popular mountains for a day hikes is mount Bisoke which is one of the dormant volcanoes in the Virunga chain seated at an altitude of 3711 metres which has a fascinating crater lakes at the summit , you can as well take one day hike to Diane Fossey Gravesite an American primatologist and conservationist that did intensive study about the gorillas in Volcanoes national park but was later killed and her site lies among many gorilla graves at the Karisoke Research Center that she established at an height of 3000 metres between mount Karisimbi and mount Bisoke.
1 day Kigali city tours
A single day Kigali city tours offers you with a fully packed fun and adventure day as you tour the whole of this wonderful and cleanest city with intimate views of beautiful Kigali from a hike to mountain Kigali, tasting the local culture of Rwandans from Nyamirambo town while visiting the Nyamirambo Women’s Center, visiting Kigali Genocide Memorial Ground that commemorates and acts as a final resting place for over 250,000 people of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide with testimonials information about the entire terrible incident, you can as well visit the local craft shops, markets that will spice up your day in to wonders.
Amazing Day Trips in Rwanda : Take 1 day trip to Mbyo reconciliation village plus Nyamata Church Genocide memorial
To better understand and appreciate Rwanda’s disastrous history of the genocide against the Tutsi and process of the reconciliation thus far, you will find the day to Mbyo reconciliation village plus Nyamata church genocide memorial very educating, motivating and inspiring. Mbyo village s located in Bugesera district, roughly 1 hour drive from Kigali. The village has the genocide perpetrators and survivors of the families that were killed by the perpetrators. These two categories have made peace and live and work together. You hear from the genocide perpetrators and survivors. You will also visit the women’s cooperatives who make hand-made crafts, and farmers’ cooperatives that will take you to a garden and see different crops grown.
Amazing Day Trips in Rwanda : Day Rwanda rural experience tours
Also there is a one day tour from Kigali to the Iby’iwacu Cultural Village lying in the shadows of Volcanoes National Park where the ex-poachers happily welcome you to their village with amazing cultural dance performances and songs as you head to learn about the Rwandan traditional lifestyle including traditional weddings performance, milk rituals, local beer and food production, listening from a traditional healer and many others that will fill your day with fun and incredible joy.
Other day tours from Kigali may include bird &nature walks plus Waterfall Hike from Nyungwe National Park, visit to Lake Kivu the largest lake in Rwanda for a Boat Ride, any lake sporting activity like Kayaking and enjoying seating in the sand at the beaches on the shores of Lake Kivu as well as enroute visit to the twin lakes hence making your stay in Rwanda an adventure filled with moments to live for.
