Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari
Safari Overview
What to Expect –> Gorilla & Chimpanzee Tracking
This 4 Day Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari takes you on a journey deep into the jungles of Volcanoes National Park to track the endangered mountain gorillas while in their natural habitant as they go about their daily routine. This 4 Day Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari also gives you a chance to track the playful chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest National Park and later go for a scenic canopy walk. For more information about this trip, contact our tour consultant Here.
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4 Days/ 3 Nights
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Comfortable athletic clothing, hiking boots, hat, jacket and sunscreen
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Rwanda
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Guided, Private Safari
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Airport TransfersCar hireServices of an English-speaking guideRefreshments like waterAll accommodation & MealsAll activitiesAll Taxes /VATA professional driver /guideFuelGorilla permitChimpanzee permitDrinking water
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Tips and gratuitiesAll items of personal natureInternational flightsAlcoholic drinks
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Our guide will pick you from the hotel to take part in the Kigali city tour then transfer to Volcanoes National Park for your dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
- Midrange: Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge
- Meal plan: Full board
Day 2: Gorilla Tracking/Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
Have an early morning breakfast then you will be transferred to the park headquarters for briefing by 8am. You will be given a group to track and a ranger to guide through the walk, which will take you between 1-6 hours to trek. Once you meet the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend only 1 hour with them as you observe their behaviors; how they feed, play and interact with one another. In the forest, you will be able to sight some animals like the golden monkey, elephants and buffaloes as well as bird species. Then Transfer to Nyungwe National Park for an overnight.
Accommodation:
- Midrange: Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge
- Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk in Nyungwe
After breakfast, proceed with chimpanzee trekking within the Nyungwe forest. This forest is home to huge chimpanzees troops only comparable to those in Uganda’s Kibale Forest national park. The Lhotse’s monkeys plus the white Angolan Colobus monkeys do make primate tourism within this forest equivalent to no other in Africa.
Accommodation:
- Midrange: Nyungwe top view hotel
- Meal plan: Full board
Day 4: Departure
After breakfast, you will transfer to the genocide memorial center in Kigali, which was officially opened in 20014 to commemoration of the 1994 genocide that was against the Tutsi in Rwanda. After you will be transferred back to Kigali at your Hotel or Airport
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