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Classic safari · Rwanda
THE FIELD BRIEF
Rwanda's quiet miracle: lion and rhino restored to Akagera's lakes and savannah, then across the thousand hills to Lake Kivu for coffee-farm mornings and inland-sea sunsets. Five unhurried days.
GENUINE TOTAL PRICE
The published “from” price is visible, but accommodation, statutory fees, vehicle, guide, flights, taxes, margin and upgrades have not yet been safely exposed as structured amounts. We will not invent the split.
SEEN ALONG THE WAY
YOUR ROUTE · LIVE
Akagera
Morning city tour and memorial, then east to Akagera for a sunset drive by the lakes.Akagera
Big Five game drives through papyrus swamp edges and rolling savannah; boat safari on Lake Ihema.Karongi
Traverse the country west through tea terraces to Lake Kivu's shore at Karongi.Lake Kivu
Coffee-farm morning, island boat trip past fishermen's singing flotillas, lakeside grill at dusk.Kigali
A gentle stretch of the Congo Nile Trail on foot, then back to Kigali.DAY BY DAY
4×4 · Akagera
4×4 · Akagera
4×4 · Karongi
4×4 · Lake Kivu
4×4 · Kigali
PACKED IN
LEAVE BEHIND
WHEN THE TRAIL IS BEST
VOICES FROM THE TRAIL
I have guided in Kenya for years and came as a skeptical tourist. Akagera's comeback story moved me, and the roads! Everything on time, everything spotless.
Rainforest, inland sea, volcanoes, savannah — in eight days without a single flight. Brilliant design and a wonderful guide in Claude.
Every detail considered. The canopy walk at Nyungwe and the gorilla hour are unforgettable. Thank you, Thousand Hills.
Rwanda is not the cheap option and permits sting, but this trip was seamless and safe. Akagera at dawn had us completely alone with a rhino.
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