Gorilla Trekking Rwanda Safari
Tracking mountain gorillas in the Virunga is a peerless wildlife experience, and one of Africa’s indisputable travel highlights. It is difficult to describe the simple exhilaration attached to first setting eyes on a wild mountain gorilla on a gorilla trekking safari. These are enormous animals: The silverback weigh about three times as much as the average man, and their bulk is exaggerated by a shaggily luxuriant coat. And yet despite their fearsome size and appearance, gorillas are remarkably peaceful creatures, certainly by comparison with most primates – gorilla-tracking would be a considerably more dangerous pursuit if these gentle giants had the temperament of revert monkeys, say, or baboons (or, for the matter, humans).
| Inclusions | - Transport in a 4X4 Safari Jeep.
- Fuel expenses.
- 1 Gorilla Permit Per person.
- English-speaking driver/guide.
- Accommodation as listed in the programme.
- Meals based on Full Board.
- Park entrance fees according to the programme.
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| Exclusions | - Insurance.
- International flights and Visas.
- Tips & gratuities.
- Personal Items.
- Any other item not mentioned above.
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Terms and Conditions Apply. |
Details
On arrival, you will be welcomed by our Driver/guide who will transfer you northwards to Volcanoes National Park in Ruhengeri, a home to 360 Mountain Gorillas. Dinner and overnight at Gorillas View Hotel 86 km |2.5Hrs
Early breakfast.0620 hrs: Transfer to the Volcanoes National Park HQs for your first day of trekking.0700 hrs: Briefing by your trackers then drive to the trail head for the start of your amazing Gorilla Tracking adventure.Porters may be hired for the trek to carry your backpack and gear.
The cost is ten USD per person/per day. We advise that you utilize this service.Your trek again starts in the cultivated foothills of the Virunga’s offering stirring views in all directions. When it enters the national park, trekkers will be immersed in the mysterious intimacy of the rainforest, alive with the colorful bird calls, chattering golden monkeys, littered with fresh spoor of the mountains’ elusive buffalo and elephant. Through gaps in the canopy, the magnificent peaks are glimpsed, among the highest in Africa yet easily accessible, beckon an ascent.Weaving through overhanging vines, moss-covered hagenia trees and giant lobelias that thrive in the tropical climate, our experienced trackers, who have spent their entire lives in or close to this forest, soon bring us up close with one of the Gorilla Families.Upon sighting the gorillas, you will stay with them for a magical hour as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting; raising their young. Coming face to face with a giant silverback must truly be one of the greatest wildlife experiences on earth.After the trek, rejoin your driver Guide for a transfer to your lodge for lunch and relax at the Lodge. You may prefer going for a spa!
After breakfast transfer back to Kigali. Your tour guide may take you around the city – visit the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Site and the local handicrafts market, then proceed to the airport for your departure flight.
