2 Days Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park

This 2 days’ gorilla tracking safari will take you to Rwanda’s volcanoes national park the home to the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. The tour will start with the Kigali city tour to the various historical sites like local markets, genocide sites, conventional center, king’s palaces, and more other places if time allows. The 2 days’ gorilla safari will start and end in Rwanda.

What's included

Destination

Rwanda Discover Rwanda

Departure Location

Mukwano Courts, Buganda Road -Kampala

Return Location

Mukwano Courts, Buganda Road -Kampala

Price includes

4WD safari vehicle
All mentioned activities per itinerary.
First class or best available hotels in the area
First Entrance fees
Game Drive
Park entrance fee
Professionally guided tour
Recommended Mineral Water while on safari.
Services of an English speaking guide/driver
Transportation as per itinerary.

Price does not include

Alcoholic drinks
Excess baggage charge
First Entrance fees
Increases in airfares or Government imposed taxes
Insurance
International Air, unless expressly paid for
Laundry
Other International flights
Porterage for a maximum of two bags per person
Services not specifically stated in the itinerary
Telephone fee
Tips to guide/driver
Unlimited bottled water

Complementaries

Mineral Water: 2 Bottles pp Travel T-Shirts: 1 PP City Tour:

Day 1 - CITY TOUR AND TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Day 2 - MOUNTAIN GORILLA TREKKING AND DEPARTURE

Day 1 - CITY TOUR AND TRANSFER TO VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK

Arrival in Kigali - Rwanda

You will be picked from the hotel or Kigali international airport by our company guide/driver. Exchange words of greetings and set off for your 2 days’ tour, first do Kigali city tour with a visit to Kigali Genocide memorial center, Kigali Convention center, and local markets among others. Have lunch from any tourist’s restaurant and you can try out some local foods or can order for international foods. After lunch, you set off for 2 hours’ drive to Volcanoes national park where you will do the most famous activity, the gorilla tracking experience. Pass by rolling hills and evergreen vegetation, you will see local people doing their daily activities and after successful gorilla trekking, you drive back to the lodge where you will check-in and wait for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation option; Mountain Gorilla View Lodge [luxury], La Bambous lodge [Mid-range], Da Vinci lodge [Budget]

Meal: Lunch and dinner

Duration: 2 hours

Day 2 - MOUNTAIN GORILLA TREKKING AND DEPARTURE

Gorilla Trekking & Departure

Wake up early in the morning and have morning breakfast. Pick your trekking equipment, enough drinking water, and packaged lunch and set off with your safari guide/driver to park’s headquarters for a short briefing by the park warden before taking gorilla trek. At 8:30 am, you drive to the trekking starting point, in your respective groups you will follow the specific trail that will lead you into the jungle in search of gorilla families with help of well-armed game ranger. Finding the mountain gorillas depends on where these endangered mountain gorillas slept the previous night

or on their movement when searching for food. The trek can take half an hour to 6 hours. You will spend only one hour with these endangered mountain gorillas, see them feeding, breastfeeding, silverback guarding the family, playing and you will interact with them. After the trek, report back to the park’s headquarters where you will be rewarded with a trekking certificate. Drive back to the lodge, have refreshments and then check-out of the lodge and transfer back to Kigali international airport where you will catch up with your flight back home.

End of the 2 Days Gorilla Trekking tour.

More about Rwanda

Rwanda Tourism is rapidly increasing with over 1,000,000 tourists visiting the country annually. The number has doubled after the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) signed a three-year partnership deal with the London-based soccer team, Arsenal Football Club to help build the country's tourism industry. Rwanda is located in Central Africa, However, most residents live on the side of East Africa and have much history and natural beauty. Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda’s stunning scenery and warm, friendly people offer unique experiences in one of the most remarkable countries in the world. It is blessed with extraordinary biodiversity, with incredible wildlife living throughout its volcanoes, montane rainforest and sweeping plains. Travelers come from far and wide to catch a glimpse of the magnificent gorillas, yet there is so much more to see and experience. Visit Rwanda with AKITA Wild Tours and Travel to explore the landscape and wildlife of Rwanda. Expeditions visit the three leading Rwandan Volcanoes and National Parks that are Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park that homes to many different African Animals. These Rwanda’s National Parks are homes to a hugely diverse population of animals including mountain gorillas and the world's largest natural park for hippos while residing in hotels of international standards.