$9,130 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Airport Arrival
Airport Arrival
On arrival at Kigali Airport, you will be met and transferred to Hotel Des Mille Collines. At this hotel, 1,268 people took refuge during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 made famous by the movie Hotel Rwanda.
This hotel offers a total of 113 rooms including eight suites with a bathtub, balcony, cable TV, phone, mini-bar, Internet access, toiletries, work desk area, wake-up service, and voicemail. Some rooms offer a bathrobe, ceiling fan, connecting rooms, hairdryer, trouser press, and a kitchenette. Non-smoking rooms are also available. The hotel was built in 1972, opened in 1974, and was renovated in 1987 as the leading hotel in Rwanda with large meeting facilities.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali
- Accommodation:
- Hotel Des Mille Collines
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park and Visit Dian Fossey Museum
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park and Visit Dian Fossey Museum
Volcanoes National Park is best known as home to the region's rare mountain gorillas. The Park is part of the Virunga mountains which form the border between Rwanda, Uganda, and DR Congo and are one of the most beautiful sights in Africa. Approximately 480 mountain gorillas live in the Virunga complex at altitudes between 7,500' and 14,700’. In the morning, you will be picked up for a Kigali city tour and a visit to the Genocide Museum.
A 3-hour drive brings us to Musanze at the foothills of the Volcanoes National Park. This is the place that Dian Fossey, the American primatologist, called home for 18 years. Her book later adapted into the film Gorillas in the Mist, combines her scientific study of the mountain gorilla at Karisoke Research Center with her own story. In 1988 it was adapted into a film. Sadly, Dian was murdered in 1985, assumingly by poachers, although the mystery of her death remains unsolved. You will Visit her Memorial Museum and Learn more about her work.
- Main Destination:
- Ruhengeri (City)
- Accommodation:
- Bisate Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park
Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park
It is nothing less than a Lifetime Experience and a rare opportunity to encounter endangered Mountain Gorillas up close. It’s a spectacular park, encompassing five of the eight rainforest and bamboo-covered volcanoes of the Virunga Mountains. With less than 650 gorillas left in the wild, Rwanda is a real success story as conservation efforts over the last decades see the population slowly increasing in numbers.
After a briefing with National Parks’ personnel, your hike begins and may take several hours. Although Gorilla trekking requires no formal training, walking at altitude can be tiring, and with few clear-cut paths through the bush, your focused concentration and flexibility are a must!
Once you reach your Gorilla family, you’ll spend a memorable hour watching them interact with each other: eating, grooming, playing, or catching a nap.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Bisate Lodge
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Depart to Kigali
Depart to Kigali
After breakfast, depending on your departure time, Visit the Cultural Center and the Batwa Indigenous People have a short tour in the town of Musanze and thereafter drive back to a hotel in Kigali or to the airport for departure.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
