Safari Itinerary

Arrival at Kigali airport and transfer to Hotel

You’ll be picked from the airport (or hotel).
Accommodation before the tour departs can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1: Kigali City tour and to Volcanoes National Park

You’ll be picked up from your accommodation or the airport and after a short tour of Kigali city with a tour of genocide memorial before beginning the journey to Musanze, Rwanda’s second largest city, via Rwanda’s beautiful scenery.

Set against the backdrop of the five Virunga volcanoes, Musanze will be your base from which to explore Volcanoes National Park.

Accommodation:
Mid-range lodge – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Fatima hotel
Meals & Drinks: All meals included

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park and Gorilla Guardian Village or Community tour.

After an early breakfast at your hotel, you’ll proceed directly to the Volcanoes National Park’s headquarters to meet your guides. After completing the briefing, you’ll embark on the once in a lifetime experience of tracking the enigmatic mountain gorillas.

There is no guarantee how long or difficult your tracking experience will be as it depends on where the family of gorillas is and on weather conditions, It can take anywhere from two up to six hours of trekking through the mountain forest at relatively high altitudes. Fitness is definitely recommended for those wishing to undertake the excursion.

One of the most memorable experiences you’re likely to ever have, you’ll be allowed an hour of close contact with the gorillas once you’ve found them. You’ll be privileged enough to come within mere metres of a family of these rare and beautiful animals, observing their family dynamics and getting to learn a bit about each gorilla’s distinct personality in serene silence.

Afternoon we shall visit the gorilla guardian village (former Ibyiwacu cultural village) or community activities at red rocks.

Accommodation:
Mid-range lodge – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Fatima hotel
Meals & Drinks: All meals included

Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking and drive back to Kigali Airport.

We’ll spend the day tracking another of the Volcanoes National Park’s primate inhabitants, the beautiful golden monkeys which can only be found in the Volcanoes Conservation Area.

You’ll trek through sun-dappled glades and dense stands of bamboo in search of these playful monkeys, who are well accustomed to visitors. This means you’ll be able to view the golden monkeys playing, feeding, and leaping from tree to tree as if you weren’t there. While your time with the monkeys is limited to an hour, this is ample time to see the inquisitive creatures in their natural habitat.
After a hot lunch at your lodge in Musanze, you’ll then return to Kigali for your onward travel.

Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: All meals included

Other safaris apart from 3 days gorillas and golden monkeys tour:

• 3 Days Uganda Gorilla Safari – by road
• 5 Days Chimpanzee & Gorilla Trekking Safari
• 14 Days Rwanda Uganda Safari