This 4 days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari gives you an opportunity to visit and stay in the mist of Volcanoes. Enquire Now
National park popularly known for harbouring the gentle giants as well as grabbing al the gorilla related vacations in Rwanda. This is the park in Rwanda where you can trek and liaise with these gentle giants for an hour yielding to a life time experience that you will live to remember.
DAY 1: ARRIVAL/PICKUP
On your arrival at Kigali Airport you will be met by our guide who will meet and greet you and then transfer you to your hotel taking a 15 minutes’ drive. Dinner and overnight stay. Kigali serena hotel (High end) Hotel des Mille Colline (Midrange), Dove hotel (Budget)
DAY 2: TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
After your morning breakfast, your driver guide will pick you and drive to Volcanoes National Park well known for grabbing all the gorilla related attention in Rwanda. Drive through the unwinding hills into the home of endangered and most loved creatures. On arrival, check in to your hotel and have lunch and later have a relaxed afternoon. Dinner and overnight: Five Volcanoes Boutique (Luxury), Ingagi lodge (Midrange), Fatima hotel (Budget)
DAY 3: ULTIMATE GORILLA TREKKING/IBY’IWACU
This is the highlight of your Safari. Wake up very early and have your breakfast before heading to the Park offices of a briefing at 8:00 AM. After this, you will be accompanied by armed ranger guides in the forest to search for the Mountain Gorillas. You will pass through the forest, slashing at the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track gorillas. The time taken to track the Gorillas is unpredictable since it depends on their movements in search for food and shelter. However, it can take from 1 to 9 hours. Upon reaching the Gorillas, you will have one hour with them and this will enable you to sit down and watch them as they interact with each other, communicate and you are also free to take photographs and Videos. Return back to your lodge, freshen up and head out for a community visit to the Batwa pygmies- the early dwellers of Bwindi forest. Return to lodge for lunch and later visit the gorilla guardian’s village for Iby’iwacu cultural experience where you will meet traditional cultural troops that will welcome you and Usher you into the ancient traditions of honor and hospitality that will make you discover Rwandan culture. You will be invited to join and try out these traditional moves and take pictures which will keep memories for long in your life time.
DAY 4: TRANSFER TO KIGALI /DEPARTURE
Wake up early and have your breakfast, freshen up and check out of the lodge heading back to Kigali. Enriched with an experience of a lifetime and unforgettable memories you will say goodbye to the land of a thousand hills. Depending on the time of departure you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home.