This 5-day Rwanda and Congo gorilla safari is going to give you a chance to immerse yourself in the lush green vegetation and forest for adventure and in such for the endangered mountain and lowland gorillas. You will be able to search and see mountain gorillas in Rwanda and search for the world’s most endangered and rare lowland gorillas under the threat of extinction in Congo. The safari is to start and end in Rwanda at Kigali International Airport.
On your arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be picked up by our company driver who will transfer you to the hotel for lunch depending on the arrival time. From there you will have an optional Kigali city tour before getting transferred to Volcanoes National Park. This is where you will be trekking mountain gorillas. On arrival, you will check in at the lodge relax a bit, have dinner, and sleep overnight in preparation for the next big day.
Meal plan; lunch and dinner
Wake up in the morning to a lovely breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing, getting allocated to a group, a tour guide, and a trekking trail leading to a gorilla family. After all that you will kick off with the gorilla trekking activity 2-7 hours depending on where the gorilla family is located and the trekking pace of tourists. On encountering a gorilla family, you will be given not more than an hour to spend in their presence. You will have your packed lunch during lunch break which will be given to you to have during the trekking hours. After encountering the gorillas, you will head back to the starting point of the trails with the help of your guides. From there you will head for a community visit to one of the communities near Volcanoes National Park then proceed to the lodge for dinner and a sleepover.
Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, and dinner
After having breakfast in the morning, you will be picked up and transferred to Kahuzi Biega National Park where you are going to trek lowland gorillas from, lunch will be grabbed along the way. Driving towards the Cyangugu border, you will visit the king’s palace, National Museum, and genocide site, then proceed to Kahuzi Biega National Park. On reaching, you will have dinner and rest up for the day.
Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, and dinner
After an early morning breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for briefing, group allocation, guides, and trekking trails then start with the trekking. low land gorilla trekking takes about 6-7 hours depending on the location of the gorilla family and trekking pace. You will be given a lunch break to have your packed lunch. When you encounter a gorilla family, you will be given not more than an hour to spend in the presence of the lowland gorillas. After you will head to Tshibati waterfalls and Bakavu town if time allows. From there you will head back to the lodge for dinner and a sleepover
Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Wake up and have breakfast, check out of the lodge and park then transfer back to Rwanda (Kigali) for departure, lunch will be grabbed along the way.
Meal plan; breakfast and lunch
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