OVERVIEW

Under this safari, one will enjoy a lot of activities that will yield an everlasting experience to the visitor as it will include; gorilla tracking, Kigali city tour, Dian fossey and a lot more.

HIGHLIGHT

Day 01-Arrival and pick up

Day 02-City tour and transfer to Ruhengeri

Day 03-Gorilla trekking

Day 04-Golden monkey and drive back to Kigali

ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival and pick up

You will be picked up by our driver /guide and be driven straight away for dinner and overnight at Kigali Serena hotel [luxury], The Manor hotel [mid range] or Chez Lando hotel [budget].Meal plan here is F/B.

Day 2: City tour and Transfer to volcanoes national park.

Rise up early in the morning and have your breakfast. Then embark on a long city tour of Kigali. Visit the genocide memorial site at Gisozi, the first house, the national museum, do some shopping and then return to the hotel for lunch. After lunch set off for the long drive to volcanoes national park in Musanze district. Check in at Mountain gorilla view lodge [luxury], La palm hotel [mid range] or Muhabura hotel [budget].Meals here are based on F/B.

Day 3: Gorilla tracking

Rise up very early in the morning and have breakfast and thereafter proceed to volcanoes national park in Musanze district. Head straight to the park offices for briefing about the gorillas and allocation of gorilla groups and guides. Thereafter get into the tropical rain forest and search for the mountain gorillas starting from where they were the previous day until you find them. You will find them doing their daily chores of feeding their young ones, climbing trees and others just relaxing. Take your best photographs having switched off your flash. This whole exercise takes a maximum of 1 hour and then return to the park offices for your gorilla tracking certificate. Return to the hotel for lunch and some relaxation. In the evening you may visit the Banyarwanda village or go for nature walks then return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Meal plan here is F/B.

Day 4: Golden monkey tracking and Transfer to Kigali.

This day, you will go for golden monkey tracking in this great forest. This is a rare species of the monkeys that you cannot spot everywhere. You may encounter primates like vervet monkeys, golden monkeys, gorillas on the way to the research centre and then return to the hotel for lunch. Then afterwards drive to Kigali and be dropped to the airport for your departure flight if it is on schedule and thus the end of the tour.

The package includes:

Ground transportation

Accommodation and meals as per itinerary

Gorilla permits per person

En-route lunches

Full day English guide/driver

Golden monkey tracking

Mineral water on board

The package excludes

The package excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Rwanda Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and cigarettes.