National Genocide Memorial, Kigali
AFRICA
Virunga Mountains, Volcanoes National Park Local children, Kigali
ITINERARY
DAY 1 • Depart U. S. Depart the U. S. today for your overnight flight to Kigali, Rwanda.
DAY 2 • Kigali, Rwanda Arrive at your hotel in Kigali, where you’ ll meet your fellow travelers, including those who took our optional Uganda: The Pearl of Africa Revealed pre-trip extension.
Lemigo Hotel or similar
DAY 3 • Kigali • Genocide Memorial Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, including exhibits that trace the events of the genocide, reveal the colonial history of Rwanda, and highlight instances of 20th-century genocides around the world. We’ ll also learn more about the genocide when we speak to two survivors. Then, explore Kigali by bus. We’ ll also walk around at the large Kigali City Market. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner.
Meals: B, L, D | Lemigo Hotel or similar
DAY 4 • Conversation about Nyamata massacre
• A Day in the Life of a Reconciliation Village • Home-Hosted Lunch • Controversial Topic: Life after genocide
Visit Nyamata church, where nearly 10,000 people were killed while seeking refuge in 1994, and engage in a conversation about whether the Catholic Church stood by as the massacre unfolded. Then, spend A Day in the Life of a Reconciliation Village, where perpetrators and victims of the 1994 genocide live side by side. After a
Home-Hosted Lunch, learn about the Controversial Topic of how some Rwandans cannot forgive the murder of their loved ones.
Meals: B, L | Lemigo Hotel or similar
DAY 5 • Akagera National Park • Women’ s Opportunity Center • Night game-viewing drive
Visit Akagera National Park, set along Rwanda’ s northeastern border with Tanzania. En route, visit the Women’ s Opportunity Center, a gathering place for rural women farmers. After lunch with the women, we’ ll continue to Akagera and enjoy a sunset gameviewing drive.
Meals: B, L, D | Akagera Game Lodge or similar
DAY 6 • Akagera • Full-day game-viewing drive Set off on a full-day game-viewing drive in the northern section of the park, looking for giraffe and zebra in open woodland; or catching the herds of elephant and buffalo emerging from the dense woodland. We’ ll also enjoy a picnic lunch in the park.
Meals: B, L, D | Akagera Game Lodge or similar
DAY 7 • Game-viewing drive • Lake Ihema boat cruise
After an early morning game-viewing drive, enjoy a“ behind the scenes” presentation at park headquarters to learn about the innovative conservation efforts that restored Akagera’ s animal populations after the Rwandan genocide. This afternoon, take a boat cruise on Lake Ihema.
Meals: B, L, D | Akagera Game Lodge or similar
DAY 8 • Ruhengeri Travel to Ruhengeri, gateway to Volcanoes National Park. En route, we’ ll visit a local market in the town of Kayonza and stop for lunch in Kigali. Then, before reaching our lodge, we’ ll pause to take in the panoramic views of the Virungas, five massive volcanoes looming in the distance.
Meals: B, L, D | Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or similar
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Days 5-7, enjoy game-viewing drives in Akagera National Park, an untouched corner of the country that is home to all of Africa’ s“ Big Five.”
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