6-Day Rwanda - Congo Lowland & Mountain Gorilla Safari

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Kigali Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

After an early morning breakfast at your residence or your hotel, your guide will meet and greet you and do the chimpanzee and lowland gorilla trekking briefing. You will then visit the Kigali genocide museum to pay your last respects to the victims of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against Tutsi. This will be followed by a transfer to Nyungwe National Park. Your overnight stay will be at Ken Barham Guesthouse or similar.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry weather, best chimp trekking)

High Season June to September (Popular gorilla trekking time in Volcanoes NP)

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Nyungwe NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

EAR Ken Barham Guest House

• Budget guest houseless than 1hr drive from Nyungwe NP (Chimps, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking, Nyungwe National Park

At 4:30 am, you'll have an early morning breakfast or order a packed breakfast. This will be followed by a meeting with the ranger guide at Gisakura. Then, you'll transfer to Cyamudongo and or Uwinka Visitors Center, to begin with chimpanzee trekking. Subsequently, there will be a canopy walk that starts at the Uwinka Visitors Center and then transfers to Lake Kivu, Cyangungu. Your overnight stay will be at Peace Guesthouse or similar.

Main Destination:

Rusizi (Town, Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Peace Guest House

• Budget guest housein Cyangugu (Town, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Rusiizi, Rwanda - Gorilla Trekking, Kahuzi Biega National Park, Congo (DRC)

After an early morning breakfast, be prepared with your passport to go crossing the border at Rusizi (1) and proceed to Kahuzi Biega National Park to participate in the lowland gorilla tracking on arrival. You’ll be accompanied by the ranger guide and his team of trackers to hike into the forest in search of the gentle giants. Once you find them you’ll be allowed to stay with them for an hour and after the experience return to the start point and then transfer back to Bukavu. Your overnight stay will be at Nediva Bed & Breakfast or similar.

Main Destination:

Kahuzi Biega National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Nediva Bed & Breakfast

• Mid-range guest house1-2hr drive from Kahuzi Biega NP (Gorillas, Congo (DRC))

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Kahuzi Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo - Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

An early morning breakfast, will be followed by a transfer to the Ihusi port take take a ferry north to Goma. On arrival, you'll transfer to do immigration clearance and then transfer to Rwanda using the Grand Barriere border. After the immigration clearance, you'll proceed to Volcanoes National Park. Your overnight stay will be at Muhabura Hotel or Similar.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August (It is drier and hiking is easier)

High Season June to September (Permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Volcanoes NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeNone

ElephantRare

BuffaloRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

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GiraffeNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Hotel Muhabura

• Budget hoteljust outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Optional Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Tracking Volcanoes National Park

Today to participate in the Rwanda gorilla trekking, a gorilla trekking ticket at an additional cost of $1,500 is required or you can participate in the alternative Bosoke Volcano Hike.
An early morning breakfast will be followed by a transfer to Kinigi Park headquarters for a trekking briefing and then a hike up into the rainforest to a troop of magnificent mountain gorillas. Each troop has its 24-hour guard, so their location is known, you usually have an hour with them, time to sit and observe them at very close quarters indeed. After the day experience, you'll return to the lodge. Your overnight stay will be at Muhabura Hotel or similar.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Hotel Muhabura

• Budget hoteljust outside Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Golden Monkey Trekking, Volcanoes National Park- Kigali

After an early morning breakfast, you'll 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 and tracking them acclimatizes you perfectly to the slight altitude, marking your last views of the park's environs. This will be followed by a transfer to Kigali marking the end of your Rwanda & Congo gorilla trip. End.

Main Destination:

Kigali (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.