4 DAYS RWANDA GORILLA CLASSIC

Arrive at Kigali airport, meet and greet, your tour guide will then take you to your accommodation in Kigali for check in and overnight.  Based on your time of arrival, you could take a walk around your lodge/Hotel or use the swimming pool. Overnight at Cozzy Safari Lodge – Bed & Breakfast

After breakfast, you will go for the Kigali city tour within and around Kigali. The tour takes you to the genocide memorial center (Kisozi) and Bugesera, the Nyarugenge Market, the craft shop and later have a lunch. After lunch you will drive to the north of Rwanda where the Volcanoes mountains are found and the home of the mountain gorillas. Arrive in the evening check-in and after dinner & Overnight at Dinner & Overnight at Da’vinci Gorilla Lodge – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast we take a short drive to Park Headquarters and meet with excellent local guides and trackers who will give a talk on the etiquette of gorilla trekking. We then hike into the forest to where the gorillas were seen the night before and track from that point. The trekking can take from 1 to 6 hours and climb to altitudes not in excess of 7,500 feet. The terrain is rough and at times muddy. Although the hike is physically demanding the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery make the trekking worthwhile. 

Once the gorillas are located all fatigue is forgotten, as the experience is often described as being the most profound natural history experience in the world. Picnic lunches are provided and it is important to take plenty of water. Cameras and plenty of fast speed film are recommended. It can rain at a few minutes notice; hence waterproof clothing is a good essential including waterproof bag for cameras and film. Please note: plastic (e.g. carrier / shopping) bags are illegal in Rwanda. Dinner & Overnight at Da’vinci Gorilla Lodge – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
 

There are two habituated groups of Golden Monkey, one group comprises around 80 – 100 members and has its home at the foot of Mt Sabyinyo. As with treks to see the Mountain Gorillas, treks to see the Golden Monkeys take place in the mornings and visitors are permitted to stay for 1 hour with the monkeys. Departure for the Golden Monkey trek is from the Park’s Kinigi Headquarters at 07:00am. 

After trekking, your guide will transfer you to Kigali with a lunch stop/packed lunch and the guide will drop you off at the airport for your flight back home.