3 Day Gorilla safari in Rwanda
Overview
The 3 Day Gorilla safari in Rwanda involves exploring Volcanoes National Park in Northwest Rwanda on a gorilla trekking adventure. The package is designed for you to enjoy a close encounter with endangered mountain gorillas in the wild and also includes a cultural visit at Iby’Iwacu Village, golden monkey tracking. Your gorilla safari package is exceptional in that you will have a magical encounter with both mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in their natural environment all while in Volcanoes NP Rwanda.
Day 1: Transfer from Kigali City to Volcanoes NP
A Pamoja Tours and Travel guide will pick you up in Kigali and transfer you to Volcanoes National Park. If time allows and you are interested, visit the Kigali Genocide Museum and do a Kigali city tour before driving to Musanze/Ruhengeri. After the museum visit, we will then drive to Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda. The drive to Volcanoes National Park will go through northern Rwanda’s landscape via Musanze, formally Ruhengeri. Check-in at the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Hotel
Main Destination: Volcanoes NP
Accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included and drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes NP.
After early morning breakfast, our guide will take you to the park headquarters. You will meet with your ranger who will brief you about the code of conduct while with the gorillas. You will then enter the forest in search of the gorillas. The trekking may take 2-6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas in the jungle and your group speed as well. Meet and stay with the gorillas for a maximum of one hour. After a great experience, you will walk back to the starting point and be transferred to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you can decide to relax at your lodge at your leisure or head for a cultural encounter with a walking tour to Iby’Iwacu Village to get an insight into Rwandan culture.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Hotel
Main Destination: Volcanoes NP
Accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included and drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Golden monkey trek and then depart for Kigali
Have the best of your morning breakfast, thereafter, assemble for golden monkey tracking regulation orientation. A golden monkey trek today will take from 2 to 4 hours and it covers one hour with rare golden monkeys. Walk back, check out of the lodge and return to Kigali marking the end of our 3-Day Gorilla Safari in Rwanda.
Main Destination: Kigali City
Accommodation: N/A
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast and lunch drinking water (Other drinks not included)
