2 Days Mountain Gorilla Trekking Rwanda
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A 2 days Rwanda Mountain Gorillas Trekking tour takes you to the extraordinary adventure where you meet the magesitic Mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park. This trip allows travellers to do the Mountain Gorillas Trekking, and Kigali City tour.
A 2 days Rwanda Mountain Gorillas Trekking allows you to stay 1 night near the Volcanoes National Park located in the Northwest of Rwanda Covering an area of approximately 160 square kilometers, it is part of the larger Virunga Massif, a chain of eight volcanic mountains shared between Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). This park is famous for its lush bamboo forests, mist-covered volcanoes, and as the sanctuary for the 14 families of mountain gorillas including: (Susa family, Sabinyo family, Amahoro family, Agashya family, Kwitonda family, Umubano family, Kwisanga family, Noheli family, Hirwa family, Bwenge family,Karisimbi family, Igisha family, Muhoza family, Isimbi family), making it one of Africa’s most iconic wildlife destinations
Brief itinerary
Day 1: Kigali City Tour/ Transfer to Volcanoes National Park Region
Day 2: Mountain Gorillas Trekking/ Transfer back to Kigali City
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Kigali City Tour/ Transfer to Volcanoes National Park Region
After Having your Breakfast, you will be met by your driver guide at your accommodation, give you briefing about about your 2 days Rwanda Mountain Gorillas Trekking tour, you will check out of you accommodation and then go for Kigali city tour, here you will visit Kigali Genocide Memorial site where you will learn more about the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, visit the car free zone area of Kigali, visit the local markets of Kigali, and then go for Lunch in one of the best restaurants in Kigali.
After lunch, you will vacate Kigali City and start heading to Volcanoes National Park region which is about 2-3 hours drive enjoying the beautiful landscape of Rwanda the land of thousand hills. Arrive at your accommodation, get rest preparing for the once in a lifetime experience of Mountain Gorillas Trekking in the next morning.
Where to stay
Luxury: One and Only Gorillas nest lodge, Singita Kwitonda lodge, Sabyinyo silverback lodge, Bisate lodge, Virunga lodge.
Midrange: Sambora Kinigi, Mountain Gorilla view lodge, Davinci Gorilla Lodge
Budget: Muhabura Hotel, Fatima hotel, Best View Hotel
Day 2: Mountain Gorillas Trekking/ Transfer back to Kigali City
Today you will have an early breakfast and at 6:30 am you will be picked by your driver guide and head to the Volcanoes National Park Headquarters, arrive at the park headquarters around 7 am, meet the ranger guides and other visitors whom you will go together for the Mountain Gorillas Trekking.
Have a briefing about the Mountain Gorillas family you are going to visit, how you should behave with them and then drive to the Mountain Gorillas Trekking starting point, start trekking at around 8am which takes approximately 3-6 hours depending on how the gorillas are moving, after you have found the Mountain Gorillas you will spend 1 full hour with them, learning more about them and taking pictures (remember to mute your devices and switching off the flashlights). after this you will exit the Volcanoes National Park and head back to the starting point.
your driver guide will be waiting for you at the starting point and will take you to back to the Lodge for Lunch and Refreshments, after with an option of a short visit to the Diane Fossey Gorilla fund (Ellen Dee genres campus) to learn more about the Mountain Gorillas and conservation at large, your driver guide will bring you back in Kigali drop you at your accommodation or at your chosen location in Kigali, marking the end of 2 days Mountain Gorillas trekking in Rwanda