2 Days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari

Explore Rwanda’s top travel destination  in a 2 days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari.  The trip  involves departing from kigali and heading  straight to volcanoes national park Rwanda,  later you will trekking the endangered mountain gorillas.  volcanoes national park is one of the few national parks in the world   where the endangered mountain gorillas are trekked in their natural  environment. the park  joins the rest of her neighboring country  destinations as the only places in the world where gorilla trekking takes place.  other gorilla trekking destination include  bwindi forest national park in Uganda, Mgahinga gorilla national park in Uganda  and Virunga national park in Democratic republic of Congo.

 

Trip summary

Day 1 of  2 days rwanda gorilla trekking safari : transfer to  volcanoes national park rwanda.

Day 2 of 3  2 days rwanda gorilla trekking safari: gorilla trekking and trasnfer back to Kigali

Detailed Itinerary 

Day 1 of 2 days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari: pick up for your hotel/ accommodation in Kigali and transfer to volcanoes national park.

In morning  of your 2 days rwanda gorilla trekking safari, you will be picked by our guide who will later  take you on  a Kigali city tour. while on the city tour, you will be able  visit some of the re-known sites in Kigali ie Kigali , genocide memorial , local crafts shops and the kigali convention center.   later embark on your drive to volcanoes national park in Ruhengeri  district of Rwanda. The  drive could take any where from 2- 2:30 hours, it takes you through the lush country side of rwanda. upon your arrival, you will check in at your lodge. if time allows, you will head for  a cultural  experience in Ibyiwacu cultural village ,  seeing several performances such as dances, traditional means of food preparations,  constriction of houses  and many more.

later head back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 0f 2 days Rwanda gorilla trekking safari : gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park and transfer back  Kigali.

Early in morning in  you  will be picked from  you lodge and transfer to the park headquarters,   there  you will be briefed on how  to go about gorilla trekking,  be a signed a gorilla family to trek from and later delve into the forest in search for  gorillas.  you a ascend into the jungles,  you will realize the breaking of the tree shoots. upon meeting the gorillas, you will be allowed to  interact with them for a maximum of 1 hour taking photos and learning about how they live their life.

 later depart the park and head to park  headquarters  and head to your lodge, check out and transfer Back to  Kigali for dinner and an overnight stay.