3-Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari

Trip overview

3-Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari takes you to Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, a home to the mountain gorillas in the virunga conservation area. You will have a number of optional activities to add on including; Musanze cave walk, cultural village visit and Kigali City Tour.

 

Day 1: Morning City tour and transfer to Volcanoes National Park

The Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari gives you chance to Visit Kigali Memorial museum in a tour of Kigali City. The Rwanda Gorilla Trekking tour starts and ends in Kigali, Rwanda.

In the morning, you will have a city tour where you will visit the genocide memorial museum. You will have a lunch break, head out to Musanze on a scenic drive through terraced hills to Volcanoes national park, home to the endangered mountain gorillas.

Meal Plan: Full Board

 

Day 2: Gorilla trekking and Afternoon optional activities

Today we head out to start your Rwanda gorilla trekking safari by driving to park gate for orientation by park rangers at 8am. Gorilla trekking can take as low as 2 hours to 8 hours in the jungle. You will be allowed to stay in the presence of the gorillas for a maximum of 1 full hour. Please remember to bring firm walking shoes, hut, insect repellent, sun screen, rain gears. Your lodge will prepare you packed lunch and bottled water. Enjoy this gorilla trekking experience in Volcanoes. Later return to your Hotel for Relaxation.

 

Optional activities:

Optional 1:

Musanze caves walk.

You embark on the Musaze Caves walk to explore the historic caves of Musaze that were formed 65 million years ago by the basalt lava flow from the Volcanic Mountains of Sabyinyo and Bisoke. The caves feature 31 entrances and stretch to 2km inside. The cave exploration lasts 2 hours walking underground but with the company of the soldier to offer you protection. The caves provided refuge to people in times of war in the pre-colonial Rwanda and even in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.  Tour Costs: per person

Optional 2:

Cultural Village visit  a Non-Profit umbrella organization that aims at improving the lives of reformed poachers and communities around Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park through provision of conservation incentives, supporting community enterprise development and livelihood based projects.

Overnight at your booked lodge/hotel

Meal plan: Full Board

 

Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali

In the morning, you will either go for the hike up to Dian Fossey grave (optional activity).

On return you will drive back to Kigali, and later transfer to the airport to check in for your departure flight.

This hike takes you up to Karisoke research centre, Dian Fossey  grave, an American primatologist who dedicated her live conserving the lives of the mountain gorillas until she was killed in 1985 and is buried there next to Digit, a mountain gorilla.

End of your 3-Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari

 

Includes:

• Park fees (For non-residents)
• Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
• All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
• A professional driver/guide
• All ground transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Meals and drinking water on all days (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Excludes:

• International flights (From/to home)
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc)
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees