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3 days rwanda gorillas and golden monkey tracking
Itinerary highlights
Day 1: Pick up from your hotel in Kigari -city tour and transfer to Volcanoes N.P
Day 2: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking - Iby’wacu Cultural Village
Day 3: Golden Monkey Tracking-Departure
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This tour will take you to Volcanoes National Park, also known as Parc National des Volcans in french.This park is apparently the oldest national park in the entire African continent and harbors the endangered Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda that are always available for tourists who would love to carry out gorilla tracking in Rwanda. Besides its huge population of Mountain Gorillas, this park also harbors the endangered Golden Monkeys, a primate specie that apparently offers the best diverse tourism activity within the national park at the moment.
Day1: Kigali City Tour – Volcanoes National Park
In the morning after your breakfast,you will go for a guided city tour and visit some interesting historical sites, including the Kigali Memorial Centre, Ntarama church, local markets .Have lunch in the capital city before you proceed to the most beautiful national park of the country Volcanoes National Park with the view of the undulating landscapes and take the amazing photographs . It is the area with rich montaine ecosystems, from bamboo forest to open grassland and swamps. Dinner and overnight
Accomodation(Options): Mountain Gorilla View Lodge /Five Volcanoes Boutique hotel/Muhabura Guest House.
Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day2: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking – Iby’wacu Cultural Village
After an early morninig breakfast, transfer to the park head quarters for briefing about the Dos and Don’ts while trekking the the mountain gorillas. Thereafter transfer to the point of gorilla trek and enter into the forest jungle to search for the endangered mountain gorillas. Trekking through the forest, hills and swamps can be tough, strenuous and tiring, sometimes taking from 1 to 8 hours in the forest. But coming in contact with the great primates is well worth the effort. which is a truly amazing experience.After coming across the gorillas, you will spend one hour in their company while taking their photos, observing their behaviour and feeding patterns which is a truly amazing experience and then go back to the park office for your gorilla tracking certificate.In the evening if time allows,have a visit to the Iby’wacu Cultural Village an eco place that showcase the Rwanda culture by the once gorilla hunters.Dinner and overnight.
Accomodation(Options): Mountain Gorilla View Lodge /Five Volcanoes Boutique hotel/Muhabura Guest House
Meal plan: Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.
Day3: Golden Monkey Tracking-Departure
After an early breakfast you will go for Golden monkey trekking. 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 Lunch, embark the safari vehicle to transfer back to your hotel in Kigali or to the airport for your return flight back home.
Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch
End of Tour.
- Park fees
- Gorilla permits (One per person)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals(As specified in the itinerary)
- Drinks (As specified in the itinerary)
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips and gratitude
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals(As specified in the itinerary)