3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari
This 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari takes you on two of the most incredible primate experiences in Rwanda that is gorilla trekking and golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park, the best place to see mountain gorillas.
Volcanoes National Park is a unique safari destination, one of the three parks in the world where you can find both mountain gorillas and golden monkeys.
Highlights of 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari
Day 1: Pick-up, Rwanda City and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking and Departure
Detailed Itinerary of 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari
Day 1: Pick-up, Rwanda City and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport or after breakfast at your hotel in Kigali City, you will meet our representative – your safari driver guide and head for a short Kigali City depending on your time of arrival.
During the Kigali City Tour you will visit and explore the major historic and cultural sites in Kigali City like Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, Craft Markets in Kigali City, Kandt National Museum and the Presidential Museum.
After this eye-opening tour, you will have lunch at a restaurant in Kigali City, after lunch you will embark on a journey to Volcanoes National Park in Musanze, Kinigi. Along the way you will enjoy scenic views of the rolling hills of Rwanda’s a thousand hills, from Kigali City it is a drive of approximately 2 hours to the park. Arrive in the late afternoon, check in at your lodge and spend the rest of the day at relaxation. Have dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel Muhabura – Budget, Da Vinci Lodge – Midrange, Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – Luxury
Meal Plan: Half Board
Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Have early breakfast and transfer to your briefing point / park’s headquarters where you will be briefed about the dos and don’ts about gorilla trekking and the right way to conduct yourself while in the presence of mountain gorillas. You will be grouped into 8 people and be assigned a gorilla family to trek, then head to the starting point. During the briefing, you will be entertained by traditional dances and enjoy a hot Rwandan Coffee.
Enter in the jungle looking for mountain gorillas, the trek takes approximately 2 hours to 6 hours or more depending on the movement of mountain gorillas and where they spent a previous night. When you locate them, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them observing their behavior which is similar to human beings, watch the baby gorillas being groomed by their mothers and breast feed and watch the silverbacks protect their families.
You are allowed to take pictures as long as your flashlight is off, then trek back to the park’s headquarters to pick your gorilla trekking certificates them return to the lodge. Spend the afternoon at leisure recuperating from the gorilla trekking experience or take an optional activity of visit the Musanze caves or the Twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo.
Dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking and Departure
Wake up early for breakfast, return to the park for golden monkey trekking. Join other visitors at the park headquarters for briefing about golden monkey trekking and the right way to behave while in the presence of the golden monkeys.
With an armed ranger guides and other guides, head into the forest searching for the beautiful primates found in the bamboo forests. The trek takes approximately 2 to 3 hours with one hour of being in their presence as you watch them play, feed and groom each other. Retrace back to the starting point, meet your driver guide and return to your lodge for short rest and lunch. Checkout and return to Kigali where you will be dropped off at the airport for your departure flight, bringing your Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari to an end.
3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari
Tour inclusions
- Park fees
- Gorilla permits
- Golden Monkey Permits
- Transport
- English speaking guide/driver
- Accommodation for 2 nights
- Bottled drinking water
- Taxes
Tour Exclusions
- International flights
- Tips
- Drinks/beverages
- Hotel fees in Kigali.
