4 Days Double Gorilla Trekking Rwanda
Tour overview
4 Days Double Gorilla Trekking Rwanda, These four days gorilla safari Rwanda will give you an opportunity to track the gorillas twice although in different gorilla families for a better and memorable experience. Mountain gorilla tracking in Rwanda is done in the volcanoes national park in Musanze district about 2 hours drive from Kigali Rwanda’s capital city.
4Days Double Gorilla Trekking Rwanda brief Itinerary
Arrival and transfer to volcanoes national park
Gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park
2nd gorilla trekking experience in another sector
Departure
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali airport
On arrival at Kigali international airport, our safari guide/driver will meet and greet you and later drive you to volcanoes national park with a scenic drive all through. The drive from Kigali to volcanoes national park is about 2-3 hours , however if you arrive in time at Kigali, you will first go for a Kigali city tour and visit interesting places like genocide memorial site in Gisozi, handicraft markets, national museum among others. Dinner and an overnight at
Location: Volcanoes National park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Mid range: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/Da Vinci safari Lodge
Budget: Garden Palace Hotel/Kinigi Guest House
Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits throughout
Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Tracking.
In the morning after breakfast, you will be driven to the park headquarters to receive short briefings by the park wardens/ senior ranger guide and also gets you allocated to the gorilla family in respect to their physical abilities. After briefing, the ranger guide will transfer you to the starting point to begin the search of our close cousins who shares almost 97% human genes, this is a breathtaking experience on should not love to miss in the life time.
Gorilla tracking time is unpredictable as the time to meet these giants is unpredictable since meeting them depends on where they last seen the previous day, so a reasonable degree of fitness is needed and don’t forget the the trekking gears such as like strong shoes/boots It’s a breathtaking moment to sit among the gorillas listening to them grumble to each other, it’s an extraordinary feeling sitting in the forest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas, it’s amazing that only 880 of these remaining creatures left worldwide.
Upon spotting them one hour is allowed to stay with these animals while taking photography as well as imitating their calls. Then return to the point where your vehicle is stationed so as to transfer you back to the lodge and later you may go for nature walk to Lake Ruhondo and Burera (Optional). Dinner and an overnight at
Location: Volcanoes national park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Mid range: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/La Palme Hotel
Budget: Garden Palace Hotel/Kinigi Guest House
Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits throughout
Day 3: 2nd gorilla tracking and cultural walk
Relatively wake up early for a hearty breakfast to give you energy for gorilla tracking; you will be driven back to the park headquarters to enjoy your second encounter with the gentle giants, this time in a different gorilla family. The guide will lead you to the forest to search for them and ounce they are met only one hour is allowed to stay with them, you will have a magical chance to see them feeding and crushing through the underbrush, babies running around and full-grown gorillas inching toward observers loudly declaring their importance. After you will be driven back to the lodge for lunch and rest or you will embark on a cultural walk in the Banyarwanda community. Dinner and an overnight at
Location: Volcanoes national park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel/Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Mid range: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/La Palme Hotel
Budget: Garden Palace Hotel/Kinigi Guest House
Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner
Drinking Water and Fruits throughout
Day 4: Departure
After a hearty breakfast, you will be transferred back to Kigali, if you missed the first Kigali city tour on the first day go for a city tour and visit interesting places like the Kigali genocide memorial site at Gisozi and the local handicraft market among other interesting places, have lunch en-route and then after proceed to the airport and meet your departure flight back home
Thus the End of the safari
The safari include
- 4×4 Ground transportation and fuel
- Full English speaking safari driver/ guide an all his associated expenses
- Park entrance fees
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 2 gorilla permit per person
- Lunch en route
- City tour and any other activities included in the itinerary
Not included
Visa fees, Airport taxes, items of personal nature like bar bills, tipping, Laundry, and any expenses of personal nature
