Lion Safaris

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$2,928 pp (USD)

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Pickup, Kigali City Tour and Drive to Volcanoes National Park

Pickup, Kigali City Tour and Drive to Volcanoes National Park

A Lion Safaris English or French driver-guide will come to pick you up from your hotel or residence, or the airport. You'll go on the Kigali city tour, where you'll get a chance to visit the Kigali genocide memorial site and the Kimironko local market. You'll have lunch and drive to Volcanoes National Park. Then, you'll have dinner and an overnight stay at your lodge.

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

Activities:
  • No wildlife-viewing activities on this day
Accommodation:
Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge
  • Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Mountain Gorillas Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Mountain Gorillas Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Early in the morning, our driver-guide will come to pick you up at your lodge and bring you to the park office for a briefing on how to behave when you meet gorillas in nature. You will continue by trekking with them in their habitat, enjoying them, and taking as many pictures as you want. After the gorillas experience, the driver-guide will drive you back to your booked lodge for lunch. Then, in the afternoon, you'll relax and wait for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Activities:
  • Gorilla tracking
Accommodation:
Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge
  • Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Golden Monkeys Trekking In Volcanoes national park

Golden Monkeys Trekking In Volcanoes national park

Early in the morning, after your breakfast, with your packed lunch, our driver-guide will come to pick you up from the lodge and then drive you to the park headquarters. You'll get a briefing about how to behave around golden monkeys when you meet them in the habitat. Then, you'll proceed to trek golden monkeys, After this remarkable experience, our driver-guide will return you to the lodge for a hot lunch. In the afternoon, if you will be interested, our driver guide will drive you to the Ellen DeGeneres Compass by Dian fossey for getting information on how fauna and flora of volcanoes national park are preserved and history of the park with Dian fossey an American lady who habituated the mountain gorillas in Rwanda then he will drive you back to your lodge for Dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
Activities:
  • No wildlife-viewing activities on this day
Accommodation:
Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge
  • Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Breakfast, Check Out and Drive back to Kigali for Flight

Breakfast, Check Out and Drive back to Kigali for Flight

In the morning, after your breakfast, you will check out, then our driver guide will come to pick you up and drive you back to Kigali. He/she will drop you off at your hotel/residence or the airport for your flight back home.

Main Destination:
Kigali
Activities:
  • No wildlife-viewing activities on this day
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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

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Disclaimer

  • This tour is offered by Lion Safaris, not SafariBookings.
  • This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on SafariBookings.
  • If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
  • If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.