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Rwanda Gorilla Trek Safari – 4 Days

The 4 days Rwanda Gorilla Tour / Safari gives tour 4 days in Volcanoes National Park to trek the mountain gorillas and a thrilling mountain gorilla tracking experience. Many choose to do the gorilla trek twice over two days but you can also replace the second gorilla trek with a golden monkey tracking, hiking one of the volcanoes in Volcanoes NP, doing a cultural village tour or visit to the Musanze caves. The tour will start and end in Kigali city and we can start on any day you are available. Accommodation in lower budget is at Hotel Muhavura, midrange is at Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge and upscale is at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge. Tour prices range from USD2350 per person if you are two persons sharing room.

itinerary details

  • Tour Highlights
  • Detailed Tour itinerary
  • Tour Price Range
Tour Highlights

Rwanda Gorilla Trek Safari – 4 Days

This is a 4 day safari which starts and ends in Kigali, Rwanda. One gorilla permit for Volcanoes National Park is included in the cost but the other gorilla trackings require other permits to be paid at time of booking.

Having a chance to see some of the last remaining 1063 mountain gorillas in the world is a wonderful experience. It offers you an opportunity to track gorillas two times.

Volcanoes National Park  in Rwanda has five habituated gorilla families and tracking most groups in the afro-montane forest usually takes a few hours. You can also climb a volcano, visit the remains of Dian Fossey’s grave or visit the endangered golden monkey.

  • Day 1: Meet i n Kigali, drive to Volcanoes National Park
  • Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcaoes National Park
  • Day 3: Second mountain gorilla tracking or golden monkeys trek, or hike to one of the volcanoes
  • Day 4: Return to Kigali for City Tour & Departure
Detailed Tour itinerary

Day 1: Volcanoes National Park

Airport transfer with private vehicle and guide. Transfer to Volcanoes National Park with private vehicle and driver.

Your guide will take you on a tour of the new and vibrant capital city of Kigali. The new prosperity features a number of thriving markets and features the mountain terrain famous in Rwanda. A sober contrast to its recent history.

For survivors and others whose families were murdered in Rwanda´s genocide 1994, the memorial sites and centres are places of dignified remembrance for loved ones lost. It is also a place of reflection and learning for the wider community, both in Rwanda and internationally.

Ranging in altitude from 2,400km to 4,507 the Volcanoes National Park (French: Parc National des Volcans) is dominated by the setting of volcanoes after which it is named. Best known to the outside world as the place where for almost 20yrs the American primatologist Dian Fossey under took her pioneering studies of mountain gorilla behaviour.

Day hikes to see the gorilla families can be strenuous on tracks climbing through the forest, and time is very limited once contact is made with the gorilla families. It is a rare and memorable experience to visit with these giant cousins of man.

Our accommodation is ideally positioned for those who want to watch animals in their habitat, specifically the endangered Rwanda mountain gorillas that still roam these areas.

Share in the cuisine of Rwanda, which is served with the hospitality for which we all return to African countries. Take walks, learn more about the gorillas, and absorb the gorgeous surrounding landscape.

Accommodation options in Volcanoes National Park (all on full board basis)

Upper Luxury: Virunga Lodge | Silverback Sabinyo Lodge | Bishop's House Rwanda

Luxury level: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Moderate: Gorilla Solution Lodge

Low Budget: Muhabura Lodge

Meals included today: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda

Have breakfast and go to ORTPN offices for briefing after that set off in the forest for gorilla trekking.

A thrilling trek through the refined foothills of the Virungas provides inspiring views in all directions. Then, suddenly, the trail enters the national park, engrossing trekkers in the strange closeness of the rainforest, alive with the calls of colorful birds and chattering of the rare golden monkey and besieged with fresh spoor of the mountains' elusive populations of buffalo and elephant.

Through gaps in the forest canopy, the marvellous peaks are sighted, easily easy to get to and among the uppermost in Africa, indicating an ascent. Gorilla trekking is quite strenuous but a worthwhile on encounter of these gentle giants. The enthusiasm of your coming across with these apes will wipe away your intricacy of the strenuous trek.

Spend time watching gorillas, watch the adults feeding their young ones, brushing and resting as the youngsters play from vines in a pleasurably playful display.

Accommodation options available

Upper Luxury: Virunga Lodge | Silverback Sabinyo Lodge | Bishop's House Rwanda

Luxury level: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Moderate: Gorilla Solution Lodge

Low Budget: Muhabura Lodge

Day 3: Second Gorilla Tracking Experience or Optional Activities like golden monkey tracking, hiking to Sabinyo, Cultural village tour

Either go gorilla tracking again (on payment of supplement at time of booking of USD1500 per person), or visit the golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park or climb the Visoke/Muhavura volcanoes, or trek to Dian Fossey's grave, or visit the local school, community projects or walk to Lake Bulera.

Accommodation options available

Upper Luxury: Virunga Lodge | Silverback Sabinyo Lodge | Bishop's House Rwanda

Luxury level: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Moderate: Gorilla Solution Lodge

Low Budget: Muhabura Lodge

Day 4: Kigali City Tour & Departure

Following breakfast, you will leave for Kigali.

Go for a city tour including visits to the market, a pottery project, handicraft shops, the Franco-Rwandan cultural centre and the genocide memorial.

Have lunch en-route and then transfer to the airport.

Tour Price Range
  • Meet and greet service with full briefing
  • All accommodation on full board basis as indicated
  • All transport in a 4WD safari vehicle customised for safari
  • Two gorilla tracking permits per person with related park fees
  • Bottled water in the vehicle
  • The services of our good English speaking driver guide

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