Your 7 Days Double Gorilla Tracking Safari Adventure will give a total wild trekking experience in Volcanoes National Park, which is one of the hot spot to trek the gorillas, known for harboring half of the word famous mountain gorillas. The safari will also give you a taste of the community experience and opportunity to visit the Kigali genocide memorial grounds were over 250000 Rwandese who suffered the genocide incidence were buried. You will two chances to trek twice the gorillas which will give you great opportunity to utilize all the chances you might have missed o your first trekking. This is a total wild adventure and a life time experience to meet the gentle giants twice. You will as well visit Akagera National Park, for a wildlife adventure, have experience to sight some of the numerous species of wildlife such as giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, impalas to mention but a few. Request a Quote
Day 1: Transfer from the airport to the hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport and passing through the immigration process, you will be welcomed by our safari driver who will, brief you shortly and transfer you to the booked accommodation. Dinner and overnight stay at Serena Hotel Kigali (luxury hotel) or Chez Lando Hotel (Mid – range hotel). Meal Plan: Dinner.
Day 2: Visit Kigali genocide memorial & transfer to Musanze: Travel time +2 hrs
Today after taking your early morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive to visit the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, which honors the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994 through education and peace-building. You will be able to watch and listen to some video clips from some of the survivors’ of the incident. Later you will proceed with a drive to Musanze through the magnificent route to your booked accommodation to catch up with the late lunch and later spend the rest of the afternoon relax and prepare for the next day’s trekking. Dinner and overnight stay at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (luxury hotel) or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge (Mid – range hotel). Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Day 3: First Gorilla Trekking
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the briefing from the park officials and thereafter enter the jungle to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun screen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movement of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience in the park, you will have informative memorable experience in life. In the afternoon, you will just relax at your lodge as you wait for you next day gorilla adventure. Dinner and overnight stay at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (luxury hotel) or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge (Mid – range hotel). Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Day 4: Second Gorilla Trekking.
Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the briefing from the park officials and thereafter enter the jungle to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun screen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movement of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience in the park, you will have informative memorable experience in life. In the afternoon, leisure at your own. Dinner and overnight stay at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (luxury hotel) or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge (Mid – range hotel). Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Day 5: Transfer to Akagera National Park. Travel time +4hrs
Today, after your early breakfast, you will be picked by our safari guide and leave for Akagera national park, the journey to Akagera national park takes about 4 hours depending on the stopovers along the way, with the beautiful un winding landscape en route to the park, feel free to ask the guide for stopovers to capture some photos. On arrival at the park, we shall proceed to our accommodation after a short game drive and check in and later head for a boat trip on Lake Ihema watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores and meet the buffaloes and elephants wallowing by the water banks. Later return to the lodge for dinner and evening stay at RuzizaTented Camp (luxury lodge) or Akagera Game Safari Lodge (Mid – range lodge). Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive and Transfer back to Kigali.
After an early morning breakfast, leave for an early morning game drive in Akagera national park to catch up with late hunters and early risers. We will be searching for the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species, and recently the re-introduced Lions and Rhinos. The park is a varied habitat for wildlife and a number bird species with over 500 bird species in the park making it a birding paradise. You will leave the lodge with parked lunch for the game drive which will last about 6 hours depending on your interests before starting the journey back to Kigali. You will take the route along the lake which more often has a variety of animals to site along.
Day 7: Airport Transfer
Depending on your flight time, you will have breakfast and later transferred to the airport to catch up with your flight.
End of the 7 Days Double Gorilla Tracking Safari Adventure. Request a Quote
This 7 Days Double Gorilla Tracking Safari Adventure package includes.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle.
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary.
- 2 Gorilla permits ($3000), per person to be paid in advance.
- Driver guide allowances.
- En-route lunches.
- Visit to Kigali genocide memorial ground.
- Boat trip.
- Game drive.
- Park fees.
- Services of English speaking driver/guide.
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari.
The 7 Days Double Gorilla Tracking Safari Adventure package excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.