3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking

Tour Activity Details

Embark on this extraordinary journey to Volcanoes National Park, and enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience of Gorilla trekking and getting to know the Golden Monkeys in the Virunga Mountains. After arriving at the park headquarters, you will be briefed by the guide and then join a group of 8 other tourists in beginning the trek. Not to be missed is a visit to the Gisozi Memorial Centre, where the history of the genocide is explained, making this a truly unique and memorable experience. Spot the 80 members of the two habituated groups of Golden Monkeys and take in the awe-inspiring beauty of Rwanda.

Includes

All accommodations
All activities, unless indicated as optional
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
One Chimpanzee Trekking Permit Per Person
One Gorilla Trekking Permit Per Person
Park fees
Professional guide

Excludes

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
International flights
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)

Highlights

Kigali City Tour
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes

Tour Program

Meet and greet at the Kigali International Airport by your driver-guide. Depending on your arrival time, your driver-guide will take you to visit Kigali city which includes the Genocide Memorial centre at Gisozi. Later you will be transferred to Kinigi at the foothills of the Volcanoes.

After breakfast, you will depart to the headquarters of the Park where your driver-guide will accomplish the necessary formalities for you. You will meet your ranger guide(s) for a briefing about the greatest animal experience ever! You will be put in groups of 8 people maximum and each group is assigned one gorilla family to trek. After assigning your gorilla group your tour guide will drive you to the slopes of one of the Virunga volcanoes for your trekking. The time of your hike to the mountain gorillas is unpredictable depending on how far the gorillas have moved, it may takes as less as 30 minutes or up to 5, 6 hours. It’s advised you carry some safety gear like boots & a rain coat plus some drinking water. Your driver-guide will wait for you till you are done with trekking then take you for lunch at Ruhengeri, later transfer back to your lodge.

Early morning after breakfast, we go for a Golden monkey trekking in volcanoes national park which is a rare & delightful experience. There are two habituated golden monkeys’ troops that are available for visiting both of which make about 80 members. In a group of not more than eight people, you will trek for the monkeys & spend an hour with them once you find them. Later in the afternoon, you will be transferred to Kigali international airport for your flight back home.