This 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari package allows you a chance to see mountain gorillas up close in their natural habitat in Volcanoes National Park. You will observe them for a full hour as they go about their daily routine. It is a truly life-changing moment!
Day 1: City Tour & Transfer to Ruhengeri – Volcanoes National Park.
You will be picked up from your hotel in Kigali and embark on a city tour visiting Kimironko market and the genocide memorial site. Have lunch and transfer to Ruhengeri – the nearest place to Volcanoes National Park, found in the northern province of Rwanda arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking – Volcanoes National Park.
You will enjoy an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters with your packed lunch and bottled drinking water for a briefing by the park ranger guides at 7:00 am.
After the briefing, you will start your Rwanda gorilla trekking journey accompanied by the ranger guides in search of the mountain gorillas; this takes 2 to 8 hours, depending on the movement of the gorillas.
However, the guides will try to find them from where they were last seen the previous day! You will spend 1 hour with these gentle giants and later return to your lodge to refresh and enjoy the evening at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge as above.
Day 3: Transfer to Kigali & Departure.
Have breakfast at leisure and transfer back to Kigali. Drop off at the airport for your onward flight, marking the end of this 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safari.