An AA Safaris guide will drive you to the Virunga ranges where you will stay at one of the nearby lodges. 

Optional activity: Genocide Memorial Centre

The Kigali memorial center located in the city center is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 that were killed during the 100 days of terror by the Interahamwe. this center is educative on the events that happened in those 100 days, narratives of events by survivors and other similar worldwide massacres together with updates on the search for justice for victims and survivors.

This activity is at your cost and optional.

Wake up very early and drive to the park headquarters, Office Rwandais du Tourisme et Des Park Nationaux (ORTPN), where the park ranger will brief you, divide you into groups then escort you to the starting point of the tracking trails then you will head down with your park guide. Once the gorillas have been located, you will sit silently and watch them go through their daily routines in their natural habitat. 

Tours departing between January and May or November to December will visit Lake Manyara on Day 5.

Go out of the park on a drive to  “Mto wa Mbu” village for a cultural tour that involves moving around this farming community as you tour through farms, schools, churches, markets and with 18,000 locals who have diverse cultures from 120 tribes. Visit the wood workshops where the Skilled Makonde carpenters carve wooden intricate household items, masks and figurines. Enter the local markets and put your haggling skills to use especially when buying vegetables, fruits, meat and spices in their stalls. 

Between June and October, AA Safaris recommends you go to Tarangire national park on Day 5 instead.

Start your morning with a game drive in this park. It is well known for its large herds of elephants which gather at the Tarangire River to drink. For birders, there are more than 500 bird species to watch. This park is the only place in Tanzania where you can spot gerenuk and oryx, outside the Serengeti it has the largest wildlife population. 

Today’s morning game drive will be as you drive out of the park towards the Ngorongoro crater for an afternoon game drive. Within the crater, you will see cheetahs, jackals, Thompson’s gazelles, flamingo, and uniquely the Big 5; lions, elephants, buffalos, rhinos, leopards. As well as for those who enjoy birding as an activity, there are around 400 bird species to add your drive.

Spend the night at Ngorongoro farmhouse.