You start off the 4-Day Double Gorilla Trekking Safari in Rwanda with a Kigali City tour and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park. In Kigali, you will visit the Kigali genocide memorial, local markets, and then later set off to the park. Have an en route stopover for scenic views and photography at major places of interest.
This 4-day double Gorilla Trekking Safari in Rwanda allows you to visit mountain gorillas 2 times in Volcanoes National Park. The park is located about 3 3-hour drive from Kigali, the capital city. It is home to mountain gorillas, golden monkeys, and other primates and mammal species, including forest Elephants and buffalo.
In the 4-Day Double Gorilla Trekking Safari in Rwanda, you will mainly focus on mountain gorillas, where you will hike the forested mountains to meet these rare primates in their most preferred habitats. On the entire planet, mountain gorillas can only be found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda’s Volcanoes National is therefore one of the best places to see mountain gorillas. The park has 20 habituated gorilla families with 12 open for tourism. In this 4-day Rwanda tour adventure, you will follow two of the 12 families. It is ideal for people who want to experience two gorilla families and gives one enough time with the gorillas.
You will also trek to the golden monkeys that are endemic to the Virunga Massif. Golden Monkeys also live in families in the bamboo zones and offer great primate trekking adventures. In case you are into Mountain climbing, you can replace golden monkey trekking with one of the mountain hikes. Mount Bisoke Hike is the most popular of all and has a crater lake on its summit.
Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Pick up in the morning from your hotel or Kigali international airport, by a safari driver guide. He will brief you about your safari, then after transfer you to Northwards to Volcanoes National Park. Enroute, you will visit places such as the Museums, the Genocide memorial site, the local handicrafts market, among others, plus lunch in one of the restaurants in Kigali town. You will arrive at the hotel for check-in in the afternoon, where you will have dinner and an overnight.
Day 2: First Mountain Gorilla Tracking
Have breakfast early in the morning, then proceed to Kinigi park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing by the park warden. Thereafter in allocated groups for a particular family, you will be led down to the lush forest with the ranger guide to look for the Mountain Gorillas.
Gorilla trekking may last between 2-6 hours, depending on how far they have moved from the previous place or the type of family. The Trekking range includes a minimum of 1 hour of staying in the presence of the gorillas.
Return then to the park headquarters to meet the driver guide to take you back to the lodge for lunch, after which, you will have an optional opportunity to visit the iby’lwacu cultural village, after which you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Second Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Just like the previous days, you will rise early for breakfast, then depart for Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park, although you won’t meet the same gorilla group (that is to say, you will trek another gorilla group). Return later for lunch after trekking the second gorilla family, and then proceed to visit the twin lakes of Ruhondo and Burerara
Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
Day 4: Transfer to Kigali for City Tour and Departure
In the morning, have breakfast at leisure, check out of the Lodge journey back to Kigali to catch your Flight back home. End of trip
Included
1 mountain gorilla trekking permit per person
Well-modified safari van/land-cruiser
English / French speaking safari guide
full board Private accommodations
Airport transfers (Pick up and drop off)
Kigali City Tour
All Meals While on this trip
Park entrance fees
Excluded
International and domestic air ticket
Items of a personal nature/tips/laundry
Personal travel insurance
Extra meals and activities
Alcoholic and other soft drinks
PCR test
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