Visit Rwanda gorilla in your 3 day rwanda gorilla trekking safari in volcanoes national park Rwanda. The trip start and ends in Kigali city, it involves traveling to Volcanoes national park home to Rwanda’s Mountain gorillas, Volcaneos park is park of the virunga masif region which covers Virunga national park in congo and Mgahinga gorilla national park in uganda which also host the endangered gorillas. The trip involves gorilla trekking which is Rwanda’s top attraction and activity.
Trip summary
Day 1 of 3 day rwanda gorilla trekking safari : pick up, Kigali city tour and transfer to Volcanoes park Rwanda.
Day 2 of 3 day rwanda gorilla trekking safari : gorilla trekking and ibyiwacu cultural village city tour.
Day 3 of 3 day rwanda gorilla trekking safari : Golden Monkey trekking and tranfer to Kigali city.
Detailed itinerary
Following your 3 day Rwanda gorilla trekking safari, your tour guide will pick you from your place of accommodation and you will embark on kigali city tour. some of the places you will visit the kigali city tour include the Kigali genocide memorial where t you will get to know about the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its devastating effects, you will also be position to visit the local hand craft shops in Kigali and you may get some of the crafts to take home as souvenirs. later depart from Kigali and embark on a drive to volcanoes national park in Ruhengeri District in 2 hours Through Rwandas lush countryside a treatment that you will not help but appreciate. Upon arrival to volcanoes national park , you will check in at your accommodation. Dinner and overnight at your accommodation.
Accommdation options : five volcanoes lodge, virunga gorilla lodge ( luxury ) le bamboo lodge (midrange accommodation) Muhabura hotel ( budget accommodation).
Gorilla trekking : on the day 2 of 3 day rwanda gorilla trekking safari, your guide will pick you and drop you at the park headquarters. after the briefing, you will assigned gorilla trekking sector to track from as well as the game ranger. after enter the jungle searching for the mountain gorillas. As you hike into the jungles bare in mind that it could take any where from 50 minute to 3 hours to find the gorillas. upon meeting the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend a maximum of 1 hour with them interacting. later drive back to the lodge for a brief relaxation and lunch .
Ibyiwacu cultural tour : in the afternoon you will head out to ibyiwacu cultural village to have an experience of Rwanda’s Culture . some of the practice you will learn about are music and performances, traditional modes of house construction, marriage ceremonies, cooking, etc. later you will depart ibyiwacu and head back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Golden monkey trekking: in the morning ,you will be picked and transfer to the park headquarter for briefing and you will later head in search for the shy golden monkey which also doubles like a nature walk. later after the golden monkey trekking , you will head back to your lodge , check and transfer to Kigali and arrive in for flight back home.