3 days Lake Kivu and Congo gorilla tour. Are you ready to explore Africa Mother Nature? Yes, indeed African continent is Mother Nature known for having the most beautiful countries when it comes to nature and Congo happens to be one of them. This 3 days Lake Kivu and Congo Gorilla Tour is going to give you a chance to explore and have the most exceptional adventure of your lifetime. During this 3days Lake Kivu and gorilla tour, you will be able to do lowland gorilla trekking the highly endangered primate species in the whole world. Did you know that Congo is one of the two countries where lowland gorillas in the whole world the recent research?
On arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be picked up by our tour company driver who will transfer you to lake Kivu where you will check in at your hotel. Depending on your time of arrival, if you arrive during the morning or afternoon time, you will have lunch. After lunch and relaxing a little, you will spend the rest of the day doing different activities on lake Kivu like boat ridding, photography, to mention but a few. after that you will have a lake side view dinner and rest up for the day.
Meal plan; lunch and dinner
You will wake up very early for breakfast and get transferred to Kahuzi Biega national park in the Democratic republic of Congo which is approximately 1-hour drive. On reaching you will check in at the lodge and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and getting trekking groups, trails and guides. The low land gorilla trekking activity takes about 6-7 hours of looking for these endangered species in their natural habitat. During the trekking period, snack breaks, water break and lunch break will be given to you to have your packed lunch. On finding any gorilla family, you will be given not more than an hour to spend in the presence of these endangered species. During this one hour you will get to learn more about their behaviors, take photos, and watch them play, eat, swing to mention a few. from there you will head back to the starting point of the trail and head to iby’iwacu cultural village to experience and learn about local culture and people. From there you will head back to the lodge for dinner and rest up.
Meal plan; breakfast, lunch and dinner
Wake up for breakfast, check out and get transferred back to Kigali for departure. Depending on your time of flight, incase your flight is in the evening or afternoon, you will have a quick Kigali city tour with lunch at any hotel within the city.
Meal plan; breakfast and lunch