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5 Lake Kivu Tours in Kigali to Build a Day Around

5 tours  ·  from $175

The 5 best lake kivu tours in Kigali you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.

1 day Trip to Lake kivu beach - Meeting the Gorilla Guardians community
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1 day Trip to Lake kivu beach

1.1 day Trip to Lake kivu beach

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $332Our pick

Leave Kigali at 7:00 am with a private guide for a full-day drive to Lake Kivu. Stop at a waterfall, meet the Gorilla Guardians community, enjoy lunch and a boat trip, and see Rubavu, BRALIRWA Brewery, and the DR Congo border area.

“Visiting Lake Kivu was amazing! Our tour guide was well informed and showed us the best photo spots!”

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One-day Kivu Lake Adventure - The road from Kigali to Kibuye
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One-day Kivu Lake Adventure

2.One-day Kivu Lake Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $175Best value

Leave Kigali early for Lake Kivu, then cruise to Napoleon, Monkey, and Peace islands. You will hike Napoleon Island, eat lunch beside the water, and return with a driver-guide such as Bachou, Jean Paul, or Jean-Bosco. The small group has room for six, with Kigali pickup and WiFi onboard.

“The day-trip to Lake Kivu was lovely, especially since we had nice weather. Our driver, Bachou, was excellent and was with us all the times. The only thing we did in the lake was the boat ride (and the lunch). The boat ride lasted almost four hours because we had an issuRead more”

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1 day Cultural Adventure Tour in Lake Kivu - Two Hours on Lake Kivu
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1 day Cultural Adventure Tour in Lake Kivu

3.1 day Cultural Adventure Tour in Lake Kivu

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $480

Travel from Kigali by private 4x4 to Lake Kivu for a boat ride, island views, beach time, and natural hot springs. You’ll also visit Iby’iwacu Cultural Village near Musanze, with traditional dance, weddings, medicine, and volcano views. Guide Aves is named in the tour feedback.

“My husband and I had a great time! Our 1 day Curtual Adventure Tour in Lake Kivu began with a drive to Lake Kivu where we experienced wonderful scenery of Rwanda. Aves, our guide was friendly and he were very knowledgeable which he sRead more”

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5 Days Volcanoes National park and Lake Kivu - Why this five-day Rwanda route works
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5 Days Volcanoes National park and Lake Kivu

4.5 Days Volcanoes National park and Lake Kivu

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $6,500

This private five-day Rwanda trip pairs Kigali, Volcanoes National Park, and Lake Kivu. Your driver-guide handles the road travel, with gorilla and golden monkey treks, Ibyiwacu village, the Ellen DeGeneres Campus, sunset boating, and midrange stays included. Pickup and airport drop-off are available.

“My friends and I had a wonderful trip indeed! It was fun and we had a good experience with Shalom safaris! Good car, smooth drive, and hiking bisoke was not easy but seeing the final step at crater lake you feel the victory!!! Thanks shalom Read more”

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Three-day Nyungwe Canopy and Kivu Lake Adventure - Day 1: Nyungwe’s Uwinka Centre and the canopy walkway
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Three-day Nyungwe Canopy and Kivu Lake Adventure

5.Three-day Nyungwe Canopy and Kivu Lake Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $1,165

Travel from Kigali to Nyungwe National Park and Lake Kivu in a group of up to six with a driver-guide. Walk the forest canopy, visit islands by boat, hike Napoleon Island, and join a three-hour night-fishing outing before returning to Kigali.

“I really enjoyed this nature vacation-adventure. I had been to Lake Kivu before so Olivier kindly helped me to customize this trip with an early-morning chimpanzee trek in Nyungwe Park. The ever-present views of Kivu and other lakes were soRead more”

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