3 Days Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park : This 3 Days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari package gives you an opportunity to enjoy and have more time in the volcanoes national park Rwanda. The Volcanoes National Park is found in the northwestern part of Rwanda. It covers an area of 62 square miles consisting of rain-forest and 5 of the 8 volcanoes found in the wider Virunga region. Volcanoes national park is the only place to see the mountain goirllas in Rwanda and it covers an area of 160 square kilometers with quarter of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world. Despite the higher cost of a gorilla tour in Rwanda, many visitors still choose the park because of its location near the capital Kigali, some also claim that the roads in Rwanda are better and that the gorillas are easier to find. This easy accessibility could be the main thing that puts is ahead of the parks in Uganda and Congo.
3 Days gorilla tour to Rwanda includes a Kigali city tour and visit to the Iby’iwacu Cultural Village. While at the village, you will learn about the Rwandan culture and be entertained to cultural dances, folk stories and traditional songs. Rwanda gorilla tours start and end in Kigali with a Kigali city tour.
Safari Highlights
- Day 1: Pick up in Kigali and transfer Volcanoes national park
- Day 2: Gorilla trekking experience
- Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Kigali City tour – Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Our guide from Elephant Whispers Safaris will be at your hotel early morning or Kigali airport for pick up to start your tour. After the briefing about the tour from the driver guide, you will start your trip with a Kigali city tour, visiting the Coffee tasting café, visit the renowned Gisozi genocide memorial site where you will learn how over 300,000 people lost their lives in 1994. You will visit the rest of Kigali and Kimoromko market and have en-route lunch. After lunch, you will begin the 2 hours journey to the Volcanoes national park. The beautiful mountainous countryside along the way will remind you why Rwanda is often referred to as “Land of a thousand hills”. Connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge / The 5 Volcanoes Lodge (Luxury), Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge / Davinci Lodge (Mid-range) and The Garden Place Hotel (Budget).
Day 2: Mountain gorilla trekking – Iby’iwacu cultural village tour.
After breakfast, connect to the park headquarters for your gorilla trekking experience in Volcanoes national park. You will meet the park officials for a briefing for gorilla at 7:00 am in the Kinigi park headquarters, Musanze. After being assigned a gorilla family, its time to head out to the forest for gorilla tracking. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda can be challenging but the experience of watching them makes all the effort worthwhile. A family of mountain gorilla is amazing, and you could spend hours just watching the little ones roll around and play. Mountain Gorillas are playful but also curious about humans often coming close. After your one hour with the mountain gorillas, return back to the starting point where you will meet the company guide. You will be driven back to your hotel for lunch and rest.
In the evening, you will be taken for a visit to the Iby’iwacu cultural village located in Musanze, which is a cultural experience of the Banyarwanda people near the volcanoes national park. Dinner and overnight at lodge as above
Day 3: Transfer to back Kigali – Departure
On this day, wake up and have breakfast at leisure as you also prepare for the trip back to Kigali. The driver will drop you at your hotel in Kigali or to the airport for your flight back home. If you missed the city tour on day 1, you will have it on this day before departure.
3 Days Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park Includes:
- Pick up and drop off at Kigali
- Gorilla Permit
- 4X4 Safari vehicle and fuel
- Full time English speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals at the lodge-breakfast-lunch-dinner
- Bottled drinking water while on safari.
3 Days Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park Excludes:
- Air flight tickets and Uganda Visa fees
- Tipping
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, email, laundry, beverages or meals not indicated in the itinerary, Portage and wait staff gratuity
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