3 Days Rwanda Gorillas Tours & Golden Monkeys
Rwanda Gorillas Tours & Golden Monkeys Tour combines 3 days with Rwanda’s iconic mountain gorillas with Kigali City Tour and a visit to the playful Golden monkeys for a more complete Rwanda Gorillas Tours & affordable primate safari experience. This 3 days itinerary is perfect for those who have limited time and want to see the best that Volcanoes National Park has to offer. This tour includes your gorilla trekking permit.
Rwanda Gorillas Tours – Safari Itinerary
Arrival 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 To Volcanoes National Park
You’ll be picked up from your accommodation or the airport and begin the journey to Musanze, Rwanda’s second largest city.
Set against the backdrop of the five Virunga volcanoes, Musanze will be your base from which to explore Volcanoes National Park.
Accommodation:
Luxury: Silverback Lodge | Bisate | 5 Volcanoes
Mid-range: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Best Budget: Muhavura Hotel | Lapalm Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
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 meters 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.
Accommodation:
Luxury: Silverback Lodge | Bisate | 5 Volcanoes
Mid-range: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Best Budget: Muhavura Hotel | Lapalm Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking
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, you’ll then return to Kigali for your onward travel.
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch,