3 DAYS GORILLA TREKKING IN RWANDA

Our 3 days Gorilla trekking in Rwanda holds an immense experience for you in Volcanoes National Park. Get to know the outstanding points of adventure plus the best activities to opt for.

Tour Volcanoes National Park for an amazing Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda experience

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is the most popular tourism activity engaged in by travelers from all over the world that visit this small beautiful country. At Rwanda Self Drive, we organize for you and your travel associates the best Rwanda Gorilla tours.
This primate tracking adventure is only done in Volcanoes National Park. Volcanoes is the smallest Rwandan National Park, covering approximately 160 km2 of tropical low land rainforests. It has the second largest population of the mountain gorillas, harboring about 380 individuals.
In addition, Volcanoes National Park has quite a sumptuous array of wildlife to set your eyes on, as you participate in Gorilla trekking in Rwanda. With our 3 days safari, expect to cover a decent quota of attractions straight from the beginning point of the safari to the end. This itinerary is arguably the best Rwanda Gorilla tour especially for travelers on a short Rwandan trip adventure.
Furthermore, our 3 days Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda itinerary is all inclusive, i.e. it contains, gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park, Kigali city tour, and many more interesting safaris in this land of a thousand hills.

Here’s the detailed itinerary for your 3 days Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda:

Day 1: Pick up from Kigali International Airport and transfer to Volcanoes National Park.

On your arrival at the Kigali International Airport, our professional driver shall be waiting for you with your ideal car hire Rwanda vehicle. The adventure begins straight away with a road trip through Kigali, the capital city, setting your eyes on the beautifully crafted infrastructure its set up with. The city has many interesting tourist attraction sites such as the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the Inema Arts center, Rwanda Art Museum, etc. The driver is entitled to stop at any or all of them that you would like to pay a visit before or after your Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda. The transfer to Volcanoes is an approximately 120 kilometers stretch southwest in the Musanze village, covered in about 2 hours. Our well versed driver gives you a detailed commentary about the encountered attraction sites along the way. A hotel or restaurant stop is done for you to fill up, and try the amazing Rwanda cuisine. As the transit reaches its peak, our driver shall park at your reserved hotel. There’s plenty of accredited accommodation options you ought to consider for your Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda adventures in case you hadn’t made any reservations yet. There are nice budget friendly stays inside and around Volcanoes National Park such as the Garden Place Hotel, Urugano Virunga Palace, Gorillas Volcanoes Hotel and so many more. The midrange hotels include the Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge, Karisimbi Cave Resort, and the Davinci Gorilla Lodge. Volcanoes National Park has so many luxury hotels to spend your best Rwanda Gorilla tours nights, for example the Sambora Kinigi, One And Only Gorilla’s Nest, Ingagi Park View Lodge, Virunga Inn Resort and spa, among others. After settling in, you could decide to have an evening exploration of the Musanze caves. This is a guided tour through the Twin Lakes Caves that are characterized by their unique geographical formations, innumerable bats, and so forth. End this day with a nice soothing relax session back at your hotel suit.

Highlight of Day 1:

Airport pickup at Kigali International Airport
Begin travelling to Volcanoes National Park
Quick stop at some nice restaurants for lunch
Check in at your reserved Hotel suit
Musanze caves exploration

Day 2: Gorilla trekking and Golden Monkey Trekking

Begin day 2 of your Rwanda safaris with a well-balanced breakfast at the lodge. Rwandan hotels around and inside Volcanoes National Park have great meal combos you ought to try out. Our driver shall then pick you up and head for the Volcanoes National Park headquarters for your Gorilla trekking. By 8 am in the early morning, your gorilla trekking in Rwanda commences. This activity starts with a registration of participants plus a detailed briefing on how the activity is to be experienced. The trekking guide then begins your forest hike to the Gorilla family to be trekked. The trek is often done with a park ranger, armed just in case of any wild attack by the animals inhabiting the forests. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda usually takes about 5 hours, and in just a few hikes you are to set your eyes on these gracious primates. After the trek, lunch awaits you at your reserved hotel. You can also consider exploring the diverse restaurants around the park, and the multi Rwanda delicacies prepared. Count on the driver to take you to the most organized dining points inside and around Volcanoes National Park. Embark on the golden monkey tracking activity after your lunch session. This adventurous activity up the Virunga Mountains range inside Volcanoes National Park. Golden monkeys are a rare species of primates that have a solitary but hospitable way of life. This is a guided activity by a professional guide who is sometimes armed. In contrast with adventure, golden monkey trekking is a must do activity on your 3 days gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Trekking these beautiful monkeys in the afternoon usually starts by around 2 pm, and in about an hour you can set eyes on some of them in the low land forests and thick vegetation of the Virunga Mountains range. There are plenty of animals inhabiting the ranges, and can be seen almost effortlessly as you trek the golden monkeys. As the day winds up, epilogue your second day with a massage and yoga, back at the lodge. Sit back and relax with a sumptuously made evening cuisine, plus your gorilla trekking in Rwanda reviews.

Highlights of day 2:

Early morning breakfast
Hotel pickup to the Volcanoes National Park Headquarters
Gorilla trekking in the morning
Local delicacy lunch at the around restaurants
Golden monkey trekking in the afternoon
Departure from Volcanos back to the lodge

Day 3: Iby’iwacu cultural village tour and return to Kigali

Embark on your day 3 with the fatigue relishing breakfast at the lodge. After the mouthwatering feast, the driver shall then drive you back to the park for your Iby’iwacu cultural village tour.

The village tour, just like any other activity at Volcanoes National Park, is a guided adventure by our driver who is also a professional guide. Iby’iwacu village is in the Musanze region renowned for fabulous native culture preservation of Rwanda.

After all the native studies, the driver will get you back to the hotel to check out and commence your return to the Kigali International Airport. The return journey to Kigali is made fast to allow you catch your flight in time.

Highlights of day 3:

Breakfast at the lodge
Early morning tour of the Iby’iwacu cultural village
Hotel checkout
Drop off back at Kigali international airport