Kivu-Gishwati Trail is a package experience that allows our visitors to get the authentic experience of the rural areas surrounding the Kivu Lake and Gishwati-Mukura National Park and their community lifestyles such as: Hiking, boating, driving, coffee tour and traditionally prepared coffee, tea tour and traditionally prepared tea tasting, traditional cultural songs and dances, Art works, Gishwati forest view, cow milking and other related activities.
Package Price
N.B. Negotiations are possible
Bralirwa (Google Map)
8 am
Kivu-Gishwati Trail is a package experience that allows our visitors to get the authentic experience of the rural areas surrounding the Kivu Lake and Gishwati-Mukura National Park and their community lifestyles such as: Hiking, boating, driving, coffee tour and traditionally prepared coffee, tea tour and traditionally prepared tea tasting, traditional cultural songs and dances, Art works, Gishwati forest view, cow milking and other related activities.
8:00 Briefing (at Gisenyi, close to BRALIRWA)
8:15 -12:30 Start hiking the Congo Nile Trail (CNT) going through amazing landscapes composed by small villages, small hills, local shops, valleys, by also going along coasts of lake Kivu, past banana trees and coffee plantations.
12:30-13:30 Stop-over at Umwakira Kivu Coffee, Rwinyoni Cell, Kivumu Sector and Local food lunch
13:30-15: 30 Traditionally prepared coffee experience (learn the entire process of coffee making from seed, finished product and taste). Receive the traditionally prepared coffee souvenirs
15:30-16:30 From Rwinyoni to Cyimbiri and overnight accommodation at Cyimbiri Guest House including meals and drinks (soft).
8:30-10:30 Boat to Rugamba for Beekeeping
10:30-11:00 Boat to Bugarura island,
11:00-12:30 Bugarura village walk and experience Bugarura Island community diversity culture (Rwando-Congolese lifestyles),
13: 00 – 14:00 Lunch at Rushel Resort,
14: 00 – 17: 00 Relax, Swim and take a sunbathe at Kinunu Beach
18: 00- 21:00 A night fishing experience
21:30 Dinner and overnight accommodation at Rushel.
8:30-9:30 Driving from Rushel to Gishwati Community Heritage (GHC)
9:30-11:00 Benimana Hill Tea trail (Storytelling: Benimana story) and traditionally prepared tea tasting at Nteko community known as Gishwati Community Heritage. Traditional songs and dances by GCH, arts and handcrafts
11:00-11:30 Gishwati-Mukura National Park Head Quarter and information center.
11:30-16:30 Gishwati Riverside trail hiking (Storytelling: Riverside story and commentaries on Gishwati forest, villages, cows’ farms, valleys, hills, rivers). Camping at Bitenga Base camp
18:00 Rwandan traditional evening (Storytelling): The Rwandan flute story and performing arts and Dinner
7:30 View Gishwati farms
9:00-9:30 Cow milking experience
10:00-11:30 Golden monkey tracking at Gikungu forest reserve
12:00-13:00 Hot spring experience and lunch
13:00-15:00 Walk from hot springs, pass by Sebeya river bridge (canopy), and end by historically marginalized (indigenous) people cultural entertainment
15:10 Debriefing and departure
The Congo Nile Trail hiking only: 1,770 USD
Price inclusion:
– 12 accommodations
– 12 dinners
– 12 breakfasts
– Drinking water
– Boat transport
– Guiding fee
