$2,035 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Early in the morning after your breakfast, the company driver-guide will pick you up from the hotel in Kigali. This 4-day tour will start with a tour of the city of Kigali. The Kigali city tour includes a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, the main city market, the presidential palace museum, artisan shops, and a few other places that might interest you. After the city tour, our guide will take you for lunch at a suitable spot before starting the 3-hour journey to the Volcanoes National Park. The journey involves passing through beautiful mountainous countryside and vast tea plantations. You will discover why Rwanda is referred to as “the land of a thousand hills”. Once you reach the park, you will be taken straight to your hotel for check-in and relaxation in your room as you wait to be served dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Amikus Hotel
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
After your breakfast, you will set off for Volcanoes National Park offices for another briefing on golden monkey tracking. You will have an opportunity to hire a porter to help out with any heavy luggage during the briefing or at the starting point. After hiking for about 2 hours, you will find them feeding on top of tree branches and the ground. Golden monkeys are found in 3 countries – Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are critically endangered and face great threats from human activities. Golden monkeys are very playful and cute. After spending time with them, you will go back to the starting point and find our driver waiting for you. The next program will be lunch and refreshment after which you will drive to Bwindi Forest National Park.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Gorilla Mist Camp
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Trail
Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Trail
The briefing for gorilla tracking starts at 8:00 a.m. and here is where you will be given guidelines to be followed during gorilla trekking. All trackers must be at the park offices and should attend the briefing to get an overview of what to expect during the activity. Once the briefing is completed, you will be led into the forest by park officials. Gorilla tracking in Bwindi National Park takes between 2 to 6 hours. After locating your gorilla family, you only have one hour to observe them and you will return back to your lodge for relaxation.
Later in the evening the guide will lead you to the Batwa community where you will enjoy a lot of things in the culture of these people.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Gorilla Mist Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Transfer to Kigali International Airport
Transfer to Kigali International Airport
You will wake up and have a late breakfast as you prepare to check out and start the trip back to Kigali. The driver will take you up to the airport if you have a flight that day. If you are still in Rwanda, then he will drop you off at your hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
