4-Day Primates and Culture Adventure

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival in Kigali

On arrival at Kigali International Airport. After all the airport formalities, our representative outside the customs and Immigration hall will be waiting to warmly welcome you.
You'll transfer to Musanze and drop off at your hotel of residence.
Your overnight stay will be at your hotel of residence.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel

• Mid-range lodge located in Musanze (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Early morning after breakfast, you will transfer to the park reception. After arriving at the park reception for registration, you will have a briefing and grouping. After all the park formalities, you will transfer to the starting point and then embark on the lifetime experience of trekking the mountain gorillas. Once the gorillas are spotted, you are allowed to spend one hour looking at them while playing, feeding, and taking pictures with short videos.
Some gorilla families are elusive and therefore trekking may take the whole day. You will get back to the basement for lunch and take a rest.

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:

Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel

• Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Golden Monkey and Ibyiwacu

In the early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the park reception for a briefing, registration, and grouping. After all the park formalities, you will embark on the journey to golden monkey trekking. It is now believed that they are the only feasible population of golden monkeys residing in Volcanoes National Park. They are beautiful and endangered primates that have become quite habituated to humans, making it possible to observe.

You will get back to the lodge and have lunch.

After lunch, you will transfer to Ibyiwacu Cultural Village for community tours. Ibyiwacu cultural village gives you a chance to share with local people home and heritage treasures including lifestyles, activities, artifacts, and ways of living of Rwandans. Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village showcases the ways of living, traditional lifestyles, and dances.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel

• Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Kigali

After a morning breakfast, you will check out formalities and settle any outstanding.
You will transfer to Kigali and be dropped off at Kigali International Airport.

Main Destination:

Kigali International Airport (Kigali)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.