4 Days Double Gorilla Trekking Safari In Volcanoes National Park
per person
This 4 days double gorilla trekking safari will take you to the only place in the country where mountain gorillas do live and you will be able to spend 1 hour with these endangered mountain gorillas. On your 4 days safari to volcanoes national park, you will be able to spend time with mountain gorillas watching them do daily activities like hunting, nesting, coupling, silverback patrolling, and much more.
On your double trekking safari in volcanoes national park northwest of Rwanda, you can decide to either trek different mountain gorilla families to see if they behave same behaviors or trek the same gorilla family and to achieve this you will tell your local tour operator in time so that they inform the rangers who group people at the briefing point.
During the 4 days of double gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park, you will learn more about the park, get to see different wild animals in the park such as monkeys, endangered golden monkeys, buffaloes, hyenas, bushbucks, giant forest hogs, and a number of primate species. there are over 10 mountain gorilla families all available for you on your double trekking safari.
4 Days Double Gorilla Trekking Safari In Volcanoes National Park highlights
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to volcanoes national park
Day 2: Encounter mountain gorillas first time
Day 3: Encounter mountain gorillas the second time and visit twin lakes
Day 4: Transfer to Kigali
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to volcanoes national park
On the first day of 4 days double gorilla trekking safari, our English-speaking safari guide will pick you up from your hotel or Kigali international airport. He will first brief you about the whole safari and then transfer you to Musanze province where volcanoes national park is located. Upon arrival at volcanoes national park, you will check-in at your booked accommodation real, have lunch, and later prepare for the big day tomorrow. In the evening you can have optional activities such as nature walks, and community visits after which you will have dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal plan
Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – luxury, Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge – mid-range, Kinigi Guest House – budget
Day 2: Encounter mountain gorillas first time
On the second day of your 4 days double gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda you will wake up to an early morning breakfast after which the driver guide will transfer you to the park headquarters for a briefing about the rules and regulations of the gorilla trekking activity. From the briefing, the amazing mountain gorilla trekking activity will start and the armed ranger guides will lead you through the different park trails.
While hiking through different trials of Virunga mountains inside volcanoes national park looking for mountain gorillas, you will see a number of animals like the elephants, spotted hyenas, buffaloes, duikers, giant forest hogs, bird species, and different primates among others.
On meeting the mountain gorilla family you have been looking for, you will get to learn more about their habits by observing them do daily activities like hunting food, breastfeeding, nesting, and much more, you can take photos but using flashless cameras. After spending good time with endangered mountain gorillas, you will descend to the starting point, collect your trekking certificate, and your safari guide will transfer you to the lodge for lunch, an evening relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.
Meal plan
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – luxury, Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge – mid-range, Kinigi Guest House – budget
Day 3: Encounter mountain gorillas the second time and visit twin lakes
Just like the previous day, you will be requested to wake up very early in the morning and have your breakfast. Later your driver-guide will pick you up and transfer you to the briefing point where you will join a group of other trekkers for a briefing. During the briefing, you will be taught about the dos and don’ts of mountain gorilla trekking activity and after that, the rangers will group you so if want to trek the same mountain gorilla family you will let him know and if you want a different one still you can inform him.
From the briefing, your group will be led by the armed ranger guides into the jungle where you will start looking for the mountain gorilla family assigned to spend 1 hour with it in its natural habitat. You will see different park mammals, birds and you will pass through different vegetation covers but on meeting the mountain gorilla family 1-hour will be given to you to watch the mountain gorillas do daily activities, learn about their behaviors as you take photos. Later you will trek back to the starting point, meet your driver guide, and drive back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you can have some relaxation and then meet your driver-guide for a transfer to twin lakes Burera and Ruhondo found on the borders of Musanze district with Uganda. While at these twin lakes you will get an opportunity to see different fishermen, people cross the lake from one side to another, see different surrounding Virunga volcanoes and if you are a good birder, you will see different bird species such as stranger weaver, kingfisher, red-faced woodland among others and you will drive back to your lodge for evening relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal plan
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation
Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – luxury, Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge – mid-range, Kinigi Guest House – budget
Day 4: Transfer to Kigali
On the last day of your 4 days double gorilla trekking safari, you will wake in the morning for a morning breakfast, prepare yourself and check out of the lodge. The driver guide will be ready and will transfer you to Kigali city or drop you at Kigali international airport with an en-route lunch. If time allows, you can decide to have optional activities such as visiting the Kigali genocide museum where you will get an opportunity to learn about the Rwanda genocide of 1994, tour around the city, and visit some of the markets in town where you can buy souvenirs.
Meal plan
Breakfast and Lunch
Tour includes
- 2 gorilla trekking permits
- Transport
- Service of the English-speaking guide
- Accommodation for 3 nights
- Drinking water and meals indicated in the itinerary
- Twin lakes tour
Tour excludes
- International tickets
- Visas
- Tips
- Porter fee
- Personal expenses
- Personal insurance