4-Day Luxury Double Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda

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

Transfer from Kigali International Airport to Volcanoes National Park

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, your Rwanda tour guide will be there to pick you up. He or she will be easily identified with a placard noting your names. Later, you'll then embark on the drive north-west of Rwanda to Volcanoes National Park. About 2 hours spent on the drive takes you through the picturesque backdrop of Rwanda. By sunset, you'll arrive at the park and check into a booked lodging facility.

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:

Sambora Kinigi Lodge

• Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

First Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast, your driver-guide picks you up from the lodge for a drive to the park headquarters. Arriving at the park headquarters for a briefing on the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking. By 8:30 am, the park ranger guide will transfer you to the trekking starting point for a gorilla trek.
A total of 8 tourists with a trekking permit of Rwanda, which costs USD 1500 per permit, are allocated, one gorilla family. Every 8 individuals take about 2-6 hours in the jungle trekking through the bamboo forest along with armed ranger guides. However, only 1 hour (60 minutes) is spent in the presence of the mountain gorillas. The trek lasts an unpredictable time depending on the gorilla group's movements, but the population in Rwanda is known to move for shorter distances, and therefore makes it easy to trek. After 1 hour in the presence of a gorilla family, you'll walk back to the park headquarters, where you meet the tour guide for a transfer back to your hotel.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Sambora Kinigi Lodge

• Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Second Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Rising in the foothills of the Virunga Volcanoes, you have breakfast and then be transferred to the park headquarters for another Gorilla trekking experience. On this day, you are allocated a different gorilla family such that you can have a chance to compare the experiences and behaviors. After the trek, you'll return to your hotel for relaxation. The previous night hotel is where you spend the night again.

Main Destination:

Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Sambora Kinigi Lodge

• Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Transfer back to Kigali International Airport for a Departure Flight

This morning, after breakfast, you will be transferred back to Kigali International Airport for your departure plane. Depending on when you will be having your departure, our driver-guide can take you to souvenir shops in case you want to do any craft shopping before departure.

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.