$2,420 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Kigali Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Kigali Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Your private guide with a safari 4WD vehicle, meets and greets you at your hotel in Kigali. You will visit the Kigali Genocide Museum to pay your last respects to victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against Tutsi before leaving the lively capital. You will drive north-west through lush hills and bustling market towns for approximately 2.5 hours, to the stunning Volcanoes National Park— well known as the venue for Dian Fossey's pioneering studies of the mountain gorillas. Your overnight stay will be at the Garden Place Hotel or Similar.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- The Garden Place Hotel
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Mount Bisoke Volcano Hiking Volcanoes National Park
Mount Bisoke Volcano Hiking Volcanoes National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer to Volcanoes National Park headquarters at Kinigi ahead of the Bisoke Volcano Trekking. Mount Bisoke (also Visoke) is an active Volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Albertine Rift in the western branch of the East African Rift and straddles the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo but the summit/Crater lake is located in Rwanda. After the Volcano hike, you will return to the hotel. Your overnight stay will be at the Garden Place Hotel or Similar.
- Main Destination:
- Mount Bisoke (Virunga Mountains, Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- The Garden Place Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Golden Monkey Trekking, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda - Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda
Golden Monkey Trekking, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda - Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda
After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the park headquarters at Kinigi to go for golden monkey tracking. These primates are beautiful, endangered, and more agile than the mountain gorillas. They live in bamboo thickets on the lower slopes of the mountains. Tracking them acclimatizes you perfectly to the slight altitude, marking your last views of the park's environs, and this will be followed by a transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda. Your overnight stay will be at Travellers Rest Hotel or similar.
- Main Destination:
- Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Travellers Rest Hotel
Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Uganda Gorilla Trekking, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda Gorilla Trekking, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the ranger station for Uganda Gorilla Trekking Briefing on dos and don’ts while you will be interacting with gorillas. Afterward, you will be accompanied by a senior ranger guide and hike into the forest in search of gorillas. Once you find them, you usually have an hour with them, time to sit and observe them at very close quarters of 10 meters. After the experience, you'll return to the lodge. Your overnight stay will be at Travelers Rest Hotel or similar.
- Main Destination:
- Mount Muhavura (Virunga Mountains, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Travellers Rest Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda - Kigali, Rwanda
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda - Kigali, Rwanda
A leisurely breakfast will be followed by a transfer back to Kigali leaving the magnificent forest to the gorillas marking the end of the 5 day Budget Mount Bisoke Hiking & Gorilla Trekking Trip. Upon arrival, your driver-guide will be advised on the drop-off point and or at your hotel or the airport targeting your outbound departure time.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
