Main Info
Join a 5 Days Rwanda Safari to trek mountain gorillas and track Golden Monkey or Dian Fossey hike in Volcanoes national park and kayak Lake Kivu in the Rubavu district.
Price Includes
- Ground transport per 4X4 vehicle
- Park entrance fees
- Boat trip
- Gorilla trekking permit and a golden monkey or Dian Fossey hike permit
- Bottled water
- Full board accommodation
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide
- All mentioned activities except for the optional ones
Price Excludes
- Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- Tips to porters, site guides and driver/ guide
- Insurance
- Optional Activities
Itinerary
After breakfast, you will meet with our driver guide for a briefing about your 5-day tour and after you may wish to enjoy a city tour including a visit to the Gisozi genocide memorial site and one of the giant local markets in Kigali like the Kimironko market. After the city tour, you will have lunch and drive to Musanze city for dinner and overnight at your hotel.
After the briefing from the senior park ranger commence your memorable gorilla trekking adventure which normally takes 1 to 8 hours in the jungle. You will be allowed to stay in the presence of the gorillas for at least an hour. After the gorilla trek, your safari guide will transfer you back to the lodge for relaxation and any other next activity. Dinner and overnight at your hotel
In the morning, you will gather at the park headquarters for a briefing. You may either go for golden monkey tracking or hike up to Karisoke research centre, established by Dian Fossey, an American primatologist who dedicated all her life to conserving the lives of mountain gorillas until she was killed and is buried there next to Digit, a mountain gorilla. You will learn more about the lives of mountain gorillas at the research centre. On return, you will cross over to Rubavu district. Dinner and overnight at the hotel near Lake Kivu.
You will wake up in the morning for breakfast and a briefing trip in Rubavu City. Rubavu is a pretty town located on the shores of Lake Kivu, Rwanda’s main water body. Relax and enjoy beach activities like sport fishing, boating, swimming chilling on the lake shore and city tours. Check in to your Hotel for lunch, dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, checkout in your hotel and leave Rubavu for Kigali, Drop off at the airport or hotel End of the Safari.