You’ll visit Volcanoes National Park, a popular destination for gorilla trekking in Rwanda, during your 4-day Rwanda Primate Tracking Adventure. Travel across the gentle rolling hills of rural communities to reach the endangered golden monkey and mountain gorilla habitats. Your safari starts in the metropolitan Kigali settings and ends in the village of Musanze. During your trekking, you may come across a variety of primate species in this park. Along with other fauna, you will see a variety of bird species.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival – Kigali
After clearing immigration and arriving at Kigali International Airport, you will be greeted by our safari driver who will give you a quick rundown and take you to the reserved lodging. Dinner and a night at the Chez Lando Hotel or the Serena Hotel Kigali.
Meal Plan: Dinner.
Day 2: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park.
Start the day off well with a delicious breakfast before we go on a city tour to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Ground, where more than 250,000 victims of the 1994 genocide were interred in a mass grave as a mark of respect for their souls. You can watch brief video clips while exploring the area and viewing some of the ruins. After that, you’ll be taken to Musanze, which is close to Volcanoes National Park, for dinner and an overnight stay. Dinner and accommodation at Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge or Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel for the night.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking Experience
After having a cup of coffee in the morning, head to the park headquarters for the gorilla trekking briefing. After that, bring a packed lunch and head into the bush to look for the shy mountain gorillas and experience their way of life in their natural habitat. Once you’ve had a visit with the gorillas, you can spend an hour observing their social interactions and snapping photos of them. A reasonable level of fitness, walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun protection, and a hut are all need for a gorilla safari. It can take a half or full day to monitor gorillas, depending on how these animals move. Following your gorilla tracking adventure, you will have lunch back at your lodge. In the afternoon, you will spend the day just relaxed at you bungalow, enjoying a relaxed atmosphere overlong the volcanoes. Dinner and overnight stay at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 4: Golden Monkey Trekking – Departure.
After a hearty breakfast this morning, you will be picked up by our safari driver guide, who will then take you to the park headquarters for a briefing and to begin your golden monkey trekking adventure, which involves searching the bush for these reticent primates. Although less strenuous than gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking is comparable to the experience of trekking gorillas. After lunch, you will head back to the resort and then make your way to Kigali, where you will either drop you off at your lodge or the airport in time for your evening departure home.
End of the 4 Days Rwanda Primate Tracking Adventure.
This 4 Days Rwanda Primate Tracking Adventure package includes;
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit ($1500), per person to be paid in advance
- 1 golden monkey permit, per person
- En-route lunches
- City tour
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- Bottle of mineral water during safari
The package excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.