5 Day Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

5 Day Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

This 5 Day Gorilla Trekking Rwanda Tour and Safari is perfect for those wanting to experience gorilla tracking and explore East Africa. This adventure not only includes two gorilla treks in Rwanda but also provides the flexibility to extend your journey to other countries like Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, allowing you ample time to discover the beauty of the region.

During the tour, you’ll have the unique opportunity to trek with gorillas not just once, but twice, ensuring a more immersive experience with these incredible creatures. Additionally, the itinerary includes a trek to see golden monkeys and a visit to the grave of Diane Fossey, enhancing your understanding of the conservation efforts dedicated to these remarkable animals.

This tour is designed for those who seek a comprehensive East African adventure, combining the thrill of gorilla tracking with the diverse landscapes and wildlife found in neighboring countries. It’s an ideal opportunity to connect with nature, appreciate conservation initiatives, and create lasting memories in one of the most captivating regions on the continent.

Highlights:

Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Optional second Gorilla trek in Volcanoes

A visit to the grave of the fallen gorilla hero Diane Fossey

Drive to Kigali for your flight out.

 Safari price includes:

Transport in a 4×4 tour vehicle

Accommodation

English speaking driver/guide

All activities in itinerary

Bottled drinking water

Safari price excludes:

International flights

Tips and gratitudes

Hard drinks

Activities not in the itinerary

Detailed Itinerary

Arrival

DAY 1: Arrival and visit Kigali memorial center

After arriving, you will be welcomed and briefed by our driver/guide get to Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial center referred to as the general exhibition ground of genocide in Rwanda. This is the only place where you will find the realities of the genocide, including truth about the historical Rwanda genocide story of 1994, catalogues with details of the genocide with the use of photographs, video and written accounts plus a range of artifacts, personal testimonies, Memorial Gardens containing ten graves and National Documentation Centre of the Genocide which all add to the importance of the deceased. Drive to Ruhengeri for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Lodge: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge.

DAY 2: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park

After a hearty breakfast, you will move to the park headquarters where your guide will complete the essential official procedure of briefing. You will then meet your ranger guide for a briefing about gorilla tracking in the volcanoes national park. This exercise is to prepare you for the great life time experience of the natural beauty which starts with the first phase of tracking in the tropical forest that will provide comfort to fill the natural cool breeze of the park. After your gorilla trek activity, return to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge

DAY 3: Optional second gorilla trek or golden monkey

Optional gorilla tracking which aims at exhausting the different Gorilla groups different from the one of the days before. By so doing, get a chance to track while identifying each gorilla in the gorilla group by name to the extent that at the end of the day you can be able to know their differences and what brings such differences between the groups you have tracked. You can as well go for golden monkey trekking as Volcanoes National Park is one place where gold meets with silver. Enjoy a bush or forest lunch before returning to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge

DAY 4: Visit the African hero of gorillas

After breakfast take a visit to the grave of the late Dian Fossey, an American naturalist and the first white Gorilla Hero of Africa. Dian Fossey’s story is a beautiful one who to conserve these great apes in Africa. She basically learnt, exhibited and lived the gorilla lifestyle. If possible, you can even grab your copy of Gorillas in the mist a natural move based on natural beauty of Africa rainy forests. Later have a free leisure break dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Accommodation: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge

DAY 5: Drive back to Kigali to depart back home

Wake up in the morning after breakfast and then drive to Kigali to catch your outbound flight, which marks the end of your safari.

Accommodation: no accommodation but however, upon request, it can be arranged at an extra cost

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