9-Day Combination of Gorilla Trekking (the DRC & Rwanda)
Per Person
Duration
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Included/Excluded
- Gorilla permits(Two per person, non-resident)
- Chimp permits(One per person, non-resident)
- Park fees(For non-residents)
- All activities(Unless labeled as optional)
- Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water(On all days)
- All accommodation(Unless listed as upgrade)
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation(Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- International flights(From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips(Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
You will transfer from Kigali to Bukavu. On your arrival at the airport, you will be welcomed by a Golden Rwanda Safari Experiences guide and moved to Bukavu in Congo. During the journey, you will view beautiful Rwanda’s rolling hills, passing through various districts of Rwanda until you reach the Congo—Rwanda border at Bukavu. You will finalize border arrangements and cross into Congo. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Orchids.
Leading Destination: Bukavu (Town, Congo (DRC))
Accommodation: Orchids Safari Club.
After an early morning breakfast, you will drive in the safari jeep to visit Jane Goodall Lwiro Chimps sanctuary Kahuzi-Biege; it is here that you will be briefed about the cover. Afterward, you will return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Orchids Safari Club.
During the Frist gorilla trekking activity, you will be allowed to stay with the Eastern lowland gorillas for 1 hour for observation and photography as you watch them play in the wild with their young ones. After this gorilla-watching experience, you will return to the park headquarters, where you will find the driver waiting for you, and straight away, you will be driven back to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Kahuzi Biega National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation: Orchids Safari Club.
During the second gorilla trekking activity, you can stay with the Eastern lowland gorillas for 1 hour for observation and photography as you watch them play in the wild with their young ones. After this gorilla-watching experience, you will return to the park headquarters, where you will find the driver waiting for you, and straight away, you will be driven back to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Leading Destination: Nyungwe Forest National Park (Chimps)
Accommodation: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel.
Today will be your day in the Nyungwe Forest. Early in the morning, you will track chimpanzees and return to the hotel for lunch. If you wish, you will experience the canopy bridge trail in the afternoon. Afterward, you will return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Leading Destination: Nyungwe Forest National Park (Chimps)
Accommodation: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel.
Early in the morning, you will drive toward Gisenyi after breakfast. Along the way, you will enjoy the thousands of beautiful green hills that make up our country and views of Kivu Lake. Stop over at Lake Kivu Serena Hotel for lunch after continuing to the Volcanoes;
Your overnight will be at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will be transferred to Volcanoes National Park for your first gorilla trek. Before your tour, you will arrive at the main office at 7:00 am for a short briefing and coffee break.
Your overnight will be at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel.
On this day, you will visit the golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park. You will again have to be at the main office at 7:00 am for a short briefing before your trek. Return at lunchtime; then, in the afternoon visit of Ibyiwacu Culture village center and back at the Hotel for for Dinner.
After late Breakfast, you will back to Kigali for Genocide memorial visit and market for shopping. Afterward, you will park your luggage and drive towards Exist and back to Kigali for a short city tour, then late transfer back to Kigali Airport for your departure.