Kigali, Rwanda1°57′S 30°04′E

Africa, composed

around you.

Private, tailor-made journeys across sub-Saharan Africa, planned from our home in Kigali. From the gorilla forests of the Virungas to the dunes of the Namib.

Explore journeys
  • 9 countries
  • Private guides & vehicles
  • Planned in Kigali
  • On-trip support by WhatsApp
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The Genesis way

Every journey begins on a blank page. Your dates, your pace, the lodges that suit you and guides who know the land by heart, arranged by one planner from first message to final transfer.

Private by design

Your own vehicle and guide, so each day bends around you rather than a group timetable.

Kigali-based, Africa-wide

Rwanda sits a short flight from the great wildlife regions of East and Southern Africa.

Quietly luxurious

Small camps, forest lodges and island villas chosen for setting and service, never for size.

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Signature journeys

Starting points for your own itinerary

Each journey can be lengthened, combined or slowed down. Open one for the day-by-day plan, or send it to us on WhatsApp as it is.

Virunga Gorilla Sanctuary

Kigali → Volcanoes National Park → Kigali

Climb through bamboo on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes for an hour in the company of a mountain gorilla family, then return to a fireside lodge facing the peaks.

Tailor-madePrice on request

Rwanda, End to End

Kigali → Nyungwe → Lake Kivu → Volcanoes → Akagera

The whole country in one unhurried loop: chimpanzees in ancient montane forest, island-dotted Lake Kivu, gorillas in the Virungas and Big Five savannah in Akagera.

Tailor-madePrice on request

Mara Migration Camp

Kigali ✈ Nairobi ✈ Masai Mara

Fly from Kigali into a private conservancy camp for the Great Migration, with river crossings, open vehicles and a dawn balloon over the plains.

Tailor-madePrice on request

Every journey is quoted privately to your dates, group size, lodges and chosen experiences.

Tailor-made

Every route begins with a conversation.

Tell us what you have in mind
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Destinations

Nine countries, one planner

Choose a country to see the journeys we run there. Each can be combined with Rwanda's gorillas on the way in or out.

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How it works

From first message to final transfer

One planner looks after your journey from start to finish, and stays on WhatsApp while you travel.

1

A conversation

Message us on WhatsApp or email. We ask about the places on your mind, how you like to travel, who is coming and when.
2

Your proposal

A written, day-by-day itinerary with lodges chosen for you, flight routings and one clear price.
3

Refine together

Swap a lodge, add a night, slow the pace. We revise until it reads like your trip.
4

Travel with us

Met on arrival by your guide, with your Genesis planner on WhatsApp for the whole journey.
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Ways to travel

Designed for the occasion

Tell us who is travelling and why. The route, the lodges and the rhythm of each day follow from there.

Honeymoons

Private dinners, plunge-pool suites and a beach to finish.

Families

Lodges that welcome children, private vehicles and shorter drives.

Gorilla & primate trekking

Permits secured early, with porters and the right fitness advice.

Photographic safaris

Specialist guides, modified vehicles and the best light of the day.

Celebrations

Milestone birthdays and anniversaries marked somewhere unforgettable.

Corporate & incentive

Group travel, retreats and conference add-ons from Kigali.

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Giraffes in the late-afternoon bush

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About Genesis

Rooted in Kigali, at home across Africa

Genesis Tours & Travel is a Kigali-based travel company creating private journeys across East, Central and Southern Africa. Starting from Rwanda puts the gorilla forests on our doorstep and the great safari regions a short flight away.

We work with a small circle of guides, camps and lodges we return to again and again, so every recommendation we make is one we would choose for ourselves.

9
Countries
9
Signature journeys
1
Planner per trip
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Contact

Start planning your journey

Tell us where you would like to go, or simply when you can travel. We will reply with ideas and a first proposal.

Send an enquiry

Fill in what you know. The button opens WhatsApp with your message ready to send.

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