Be part of our 3 Days Gorilla Rwanda Trek for an opportunity to meet the mountain gorillas and the Golden Monkeys in Rwanda. An experience that you will change your life. The 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek also gives a local cultural experience, this ‘cultural village’ puts the spotlight back onto the people. Visitors get to experience Rwandan village life by grinding seeds, firing bows and arrows, taking part in a traditional intore dance and even partaking in the marriage of a king to his queen. Book your 3 Days Gorilla Rwanda Trek and be guarantee of your gorilla trek safari and a visit to the golden monkeys in remarkable Rwanda.
Other visitors would wish to compliment a safari to Akagera National Park to see the other countryside of Rwanda as a perfect destination or take a safari to Nyungwe Forest National Park for Canopy walk tour and Chimpanzee tour in Rwanda.
A Day Out with the Mountain Gorillas
Day 1: KIGALI – VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK (02h30 drive)
Picked up from Kigali International Airport upon arrival with an afternoon flight from 14:00hrs at 14h00, have a leisurely drive to Musanze& VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK. Arrive in the evening and check in at the lodge. Arrive in the evening at 17h00 and check in at the lodge. Leisure. Dinner and overnight stay.
ONE & ONLY GORILLA’S NEST LODGE/BISATE LODGE/SIGITA KWITONDA LODGE. Meal plan Lunch & Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla trekking Day & Cultural Experience – 3 Days Gorilla Rwanda Trek
Early morning transfer at the Park headquarters, arrive in time for briefing before you start your guided walk at 08h00in search of the Gorillas. The Volcanoes National Park is a forested area in the Virunga Mountains that border Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is Rwanda’s premier tourist attraction, with the mist-covered volcanoes of the Virunga being one of only two locations in the world where you can track a habituated family group of mountain gorillas. The high point will be spending an hour with the remarkably peaceful gorillas despite their size and appearance as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting and raising their young.
After this memorable experience, you will return to the lodge for lunch followed by brief rest.
This afternoon you will visit the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village for a cultural experience. While most of the focus of Volcanoes National Park falls squarely onto the animals, this ‘cultural village’ puts the spotlight back onto the people. Visitors get to experience Rwandan village life by grinding seeds, firing bows and arrows, taking part in a traditional intore dance and even partaking in the marriage of a king to his queen. After this amazing experience, you will descend from the mountains. Drive to the lodge for check in and have lunch. Afternoon at leisure relaxing at the lodge. 17h30: Dinner and overnight stay ONE & ONLY GORILLA’S NEST LODGE /BISATE LODGE/SIGITA KWITONDA LODGE. Meal plan F/B
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trek VOLCANOES – KIGALI (02h30 drive) CITY TOUR OUTBOUND
An early breakfast sets you up for a full day of discovery. You’ll journey to the park headquarters for the Golden Monkey trek briefing at 7am, before being taken to the head of the trail, ready for your guided walk at 8am.The amazing trekking process usually takes around 4 hours, and once you come to the habituated monkey families, you’ll spend a fascinating hour with them as they go about their daily life.
Trekking to see the Golden Monkeys is an absolute highlight of Volcanoes National Park. The Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus Mitis Kandti) is a local subspecies of the widespread Sykes Monkey, also known as the ‘Blue Monkey’ and is endemic to the high altitude forests. The monkeys are playful and inquisitive and often spend their time leaping from bamboo branches or frolicking on the forest floor. There are two habituated groups of Golden Monkey, one group comprises around 80 – 100 members, with its home at the foot of Mount Sabyinyo.
You will then proceed on a tour of Kigali city (optional City TOUR) that includes The Kigali Genocide Memorial Center and the Inema arts center. .Lunch will be at the Fusion Restaurant. Highlight: After the 1994 unspeakable awfulness, several burial places in the country were established as memorial sites. They include the Kigali Genocide Memorial where 250,000 genocide victims were buried. Learn about Rwanda’s history from pre-colonial times to the 1994 genocide; learn about other genocides in the world and how this country has dealt with that past. You will then be transferred to the Kigali International Airport. Bid farewell to your driver guide and proceed to check in for your outbound flight. Meal plan Breakfast & Lunch End of service. Wishing you an excellent Tour!
INCLUSIONS of 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek
- Meet and greet upon arrival
- Airport and inter-hotel transfers from day 1 to the last day
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- Exclusive use of a 4 x 4 safari land cruiser
- Iby Iwacu village
- Services of a professional, experienced English speaking driver guide
- Bottled mineral water in the vehicle during the tour
- 1 Gorilla permit per person (this includes briefing at RDB offices, guide, trek – US$ 1,500
- 1 Golden Monkey Trek permit US$ 100.00
- All activities, visits and extra meals mentioned in the itinerary
- Our assistance
EXCLUSIONS of 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek
- International and domestic airline tickets unless where indicated,
- Entry visa fees,
- Optional extras whilst in Kigali
- Drinks throughout the trip,
- Kigali City Tour optional
- Tips and gratuities, Personal expenses such as telephone calls, mini bar, porter-age, travel insurance, etc.
Gorilla permit note: on securing a gorilla permit, it cannot be refunded or inter-changed. Before confirming the tour, please ensure that you request for availability of permits based on the number of participants because there are only 96 permits issued per day.