Adventure and visit congo gorilla in an epic 3 days Congo gorilla trekking safari. The safari entails the visiting the endangered congo mountain gorillas the habitants of virunga national park which is also park of the greater virunga massif area that consists of 7 volcanoes and harbours virunga national park in Congo, Volcanoes national park on Rwanda and Mgahinga gorilla national park in Uganda. This 3 days Congo gorilla trekking safari starts and ends in Kigali city Rwanda.
Tour highlight
On your first days of 3 days Congo gorilla trekking safari, you will be picked up by our guide from your accommodation in Kigali and you will later embark on a Kigali city tour some of the place you will be able to visit during the city tour includes the Rwanda genocide memorial, that echoes the devastating impact of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. You will also be able to visit the Kigali craft shops to see some of the locally manufactures crafts. Depart Kigali and embark on your transfer to the Gisenyi Rwanda- Congo boarder, finalise with the border crossing necessities and later cross into Congo, be received by the visit virunga team who will later transfer you to virunga national park be dropped at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: mikeno lodge, bukima tented camp, kibumba tented camp
On your day 2 of 3 days Congo gorilla trekking safari, you will be picked from the lodge and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and a assignment of gorilla family to trek from , later embark on the gorilla trekking adventure in search for the mountain gorillas. The exercise can take you any time from 50 minutes to 5 hours depending on the proximity of the gorilla family you have been assigned to trek from. As you move in the jungles you will begin noticing the sounds of the tree shoots breaking and and that will be beginning on your thrill, gorilla feed heavily on plants and tree shoots as nibbles , so sounds of breaking tree shoots is the a clear sign of their presence in the area. Upon meeting them, you will be given a maximum of 1 hour to interact with the gorillas. Later you will depart and transfer to your lodge for a relaxation. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
On your last of the 3 days Congo gorilla trekking safari, you will have breakfast in the morning and later checkout and transfer to Kigali arriving in time for your flight back home.