Rwanda Safaris and Gorilla Trekking
Experience gorillas, volcanoes and more in a luxury Rwanda safari.
Rwanda is a staggeringly beautiful country and home to some of Africa’s premier primate wildlife watching and tracking. Discover it in all the style, high comfort and care of Jacada Travel.
- Venture into Volcanoes National Park to spend time with mountain gorillas
- Go hiking along the forest trails in Nyungwe Forest, one of Africa’s oldest rainforests
- Trek to Dian Fossey’s original scientific base, Karisoke
- Follow lush forest trails looking for Colobus monkeys and chimpanzees
We create completely personalised itineraries and Rwanda safari tours for the luxury traveller; one that may combine this as well as other African countries for a complete safari adventure, seamless transfers by modern 4WD vehicles, drivers and expert local guides and trackers. With only the very best hotels that we’ve checked out first hand, let our Africa travel designers put together an incredible and eye-opening trip to Rwanda.
A central African country of unbelievable natural beauty. Scenes of rolling green savannahs, hills smothered with tropical rainforests and bamboo forests, falling to lakes (Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes), then rising to dormant volcanoes and home to three protected national parks (Akagera, Volcanoes and Nyungwe).
The foremost reason for many who come to Rwanda is to spot its golden monkeys, and see Rwanda’s rare mountain gorillas and silverbacks in the wild. Defying its troubled past, Rwanda’s stability and hospitality is going from strength to strength.
Luxury safari lodges in Rwanda
There are many incredible places to stay in Rwanda. Here are some of our favourites, handpicked by our travel designers:
- The spectacular Bisate Lodge with its panoramic views
- One&Only Nyungwe House set in its own lush tea plantation
- The spacious lake-side Magashi Camp
- Gorilla’s Nest set in Virunga’s eucalyptus treetops
- The luxuriously comfortable Virunga Lodge
See the best of Rwanda on a private safari with Jacada Travel. Our Africa experts, with decades of experience between them, will create a memorable journey to witness some of the most incredible landscapes and wildlife spectacles on the planet.
Providing you with excellent safari guides, exquisite fine dining and the best accommodation in one of the most sought after safari destinations in the world, Jacada can plan the perfect trip to Rwanda for you. With your interests in mind, we’ll select the best safari camps and lodges to avoid the crowds and enjoy the most astounding wildlife encounters.
Get inspired by browsing through some of our favourite example trips below, and call one of our expert Rwanda Travel Designers to start planning the journey of a lifetime.
Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is the ultimate wildlife experience. I remember feeling so excited during the trek, then, as we came into a clearing and saw the gorillas my heart started thumping... I was scared! After a few minutes I relaxed and we sat with the gorillas watching them play and eat for an hour - magical!
Our top example trips to Rwanda
Whatever you want from your adventure in Rwanda, our team of expert travel designers are ready to help.
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Rwanda has two dry seasons, one lasting from June until September and the other from December to February. March to May is the country's first wet season and is followed by another from October to November.
Everything exceeded my expectations The attention to the details and the concierge service throughout my trip Special thanks to Phil, Heather and Jody
We chose Jacada Travel to plan our second safari trip to Africa. We wanted a private safari experience on our terms! We had two major goals: see the mountain gorillas of Rwanda and check off the rhino from our Big Five list. We put Jonny Humphries to work on the itinerary, and he knocked it out of the park. Jacada…
We have used Jacada Travel for 3 epic trips to Africa over the past 5 years. For each trip, Byron arranged an itinerary that met our desires and with the least amount of travel time between lodges. All of the lodges, game drives, flights, transfers, etc. were 5-star! Byron and his team kept us informed about the trip from the…
After we had decided our next vacation should be a big tour through Africa, I contacted Jacada by mail. Within two days I was called back and shared my key requests with a travel designer. In a short period of time our whole trip through 5 countries and using 5 different top lodges (Kalahari Plains, Nxabega, Matetsi, Bisate and Mnemba…
The trip was exceptional, it exceeded our expectations. They gave us the itinerary we wanted, and arranged to have us met at each destination, making us feel so welcome and special. The wonderful accommodations and food enhanced the beautiful surroundings. We loved the communal dinners, having met so many interesting people, both local and international. So many personal touches, we…