3 Days Gorilla Tour in Volcanoes National Park- Rwanda
/Kigali - Volcanoes National Park
With a distance of approximately 80 Kilometers from Kigali International Airport to Volcanoes National Park, this drive at most takes 2.5 hours making this safari package ideal for short stay and business travelers to Rwanda. Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda is not only a fun and thrilling adventure but also a noble cause because a huge sum of the funds collected from the sale of Gorilla permits goes into conservation.
If you want to keep the magic alive a little longer you can add a few days in Masai Mara to your holiday agenda. Masai Mara is one of the most spectacular safari destinatins in the world, Huge herds, big adventures. Once you’ve been on Safari in the Masai Mara National Reserve everywhere else will feel tame by comparison.
DAY 1
Kigali – Volcanoes National Park
Arrival of your international flight. Met by our representative.
Your safari guide will take you around for a tour of Kigali City. Highlights of the Kigali city tour include a visit to the Kigali Memorial Center which is a memorial center in remembrance to the over 800,000 people who lost their lives in the 1994 genocide.
Arrive and check-in.
Dinner and overnight at the selected/available lodge or tented camp.
DAY 2
Volcanoes National Park
06h30: Early morning breakfast at the hotel/lodge then depart for the ORTPN offices for briefing prior to departing into the forest to start trekking the mountain gorillas.
Visit the local community in the afternoon after your lunch and close off the day by visiting the iby’iwacu cultural village for local musical performances by a cultural troupe
Dinner and overnight at the selected/available lodge or tented camp.
DAY 3
Volcanoes National Park – Kigali
06h30: Set off for an early morning mountain gorilla tracking adventure at the Volcanoes National Park
Tracking ideally will last anywhere between 30 minutes to 3 hours depending on your tour guide of the day
Depart for your homebound international flight at Kigali International Airport.