3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Tour

This 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking experience takes you toVolcanoes National Park. First day Our professional driver guide will transfer you to Volcanoes National Park via the Genocide Memorial the next day you will do Gorilla trekking experience and on the third day you will be transferred to Kigali to end the tour. This tour starts and ends in Kigali and it best suits Budget, mid-range and Luxury options.

Tour Overview

This 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking experience takes you toVolcanoes National Park. First day Our professional driver guide will transfer you to Volcanoes National Park via the Genocide Memorial the next day you will do Gorilla trekking experience and on the third day you will be transferred to Kigali to end the tour. This tour starts and ends in Kigali and it best suits Budget, mid-range and Luxury options.

Tour Highlights

  • You’ll go to Rwanda
  • This tour starts and ends in Kigali (Rwanda)
  • You’ll visit Volcanoes National Park
  • Activities: Gorilla tracking
  • A transfer from and back to the airport (or hotel) is included
  • Additional accommodation before the tour departs and on the last day can be arranged for extra cost

3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking: Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1: From Kigali to Volcanoes National Park

  • Morning/Transfer

Upon your arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by our professional tour guide who will take you for a city excursion in and around Kigali. This is to enable you orient yourself with this great country of ‘a thousand hills’. After this excursion, you will proceed to Virunga National Park located in the North of Ruhengeri via undulating and beautiful terraced hills which shows a clear picture of the general landscape and altitude of Rwanda.

  • Afternoon

You will have lunch and later relax at the lodge as you prepare for next day’s gorilla trekking experience

  • Evening

You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge

Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park

Accommodation:

Budget: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge

Mid Range: Five Volcanoes Lodge

Luxury: One and Only Gorilla Lodge

Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)

Drinks: Drinking Water

DAY 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

  • Morning/Briefing

Have an early morning tasty breakfast at the lodge, you will start your exciting morning drive to the Volcanoes National Park Headquarters for briefing about the do’s and dont’s of gorilla trekking experience

  • Trek and Observation

You will depart for your gorilla trek into the indigenous forest in search for the Gorillas. This trek gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself into the strange but intimate part of the rain-forest where you will hear live calls of colorful birds, chattering of the rare golden monkey, as well as the forest filled with fresh spoor of the mountain elusive populations of buffalo and elephant.

  • Evening

You will return from the forest and drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight

Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park

Accommodation:

Budget: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge/Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge

Mid Range: Five Volcanoes Lodge

Luxury: One and Only Gorilla Lodge

 

Meals: All Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

DAY 3: Drive back to Kigali for your flight out

  • Morning

After breakfast, you will bid farewell to the lodge and drive back to Kigali City and if you did not visit the genocide memorial center, you will have an opportunity to do so before transferring to the airport

  • Afternoon

You will have a stop in Kigali city for lunch and then proceed to the hotel or airport to end the tour

  • Evening

You will be transferred to your booked hotel or Kigali international Airrport for your evening flight back home

Main Destination: Kigali

Accommodation: End of Tour, No accommodation

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Drinks: Mineral Water

End of Tour
  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost
  • You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)

Includes –

  • Gorilla trekking permit in Volcanoes National Park
  • Professional English-speaking driver/guide
  • 4×4 safari vehicle with fuel
  • Pick-up and drop-off from Kigali (hotel or airport)
  • Bottled drinking water during the safari
  • Briefing by park rangers before trekking
  • Government taxes and park entry assistance
  • Assistance with border or travel logistics (if required)

Excludes – 

  • International flights and visa fees
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Meals and drinks not specified in the itinerary
  • Tips and gratuities for guides, rangers, and staff
  • Personal expenses (souvenirs, laundry, etc.)
  • Accommodation (tour is same-day return from Kigali unless requested otherwise)
  • Optional activities not included in the itinerary

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