8 DAYS VIRUNGA GORILLA TOUR

Day 1: Arrive at Ruhengeri
On arrival at the Kigali Airport, you will be met by our safari guide. You will be transferred to Volcanoes National Park after lunch. Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Nest Lodge/La Palme Hotel/Kinigi Guest House

Day 2 and 3: Gorilla trekking
Have an early morning breakfast and drive to the park headquarters of Parc National des Volcans. After a briefing from the ranger guides, you will start the gorilla trekking through the light mountain forest on the slopes of the Virunga. Hiking and tracking gorillas may take 1-8 hours.  Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Nest Lodge/La Palme Hotel/Kinigi Guest House

Day 4: Golden monkey tracking
After breakfast, you will have a golden monkey track. These golden monkeys are the most endangered primates in the Volcanoes. After lunch, you will have an optional community walk. Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Nest Lodge/La Palme Hotel/Kinigi Guest House

Day 5: Mount Bisoke Hike
after breakfast you will drive to Bisoke for hiking, which takes around 3 hours trek. Please note that this trek can be less or above the estimated time, depending on the fitness of the climber. After the hike, you will be transferred back to the hotel for a lunch break Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Nest Lodge/La Palme Hotel/Kinigi Guest House

Day 6: Transfer to Nyungwe
you will have breakfast and then drive to Kigali and later head to the Nyungwe Forest National Park, on the way visit the reconstructed King’s Palace at Nyanza, Butare Museums and Murambi Memoral. You will have a lunch stopover at Butare and later proceed to Nyungwe National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Gisakura Guest House

Day 7: Chimpanzee tracking
after breakfast, you will drive to Nyungwe Forest at 6:00am to search for chimpanzee. You will also track the colobus monkeys in the forest and this is also a good time for the bird watchers to do their bird watching. Dinner and Overnight at Gisakura Guest House


Day 8: Departure
After a morning breakfast, drive back to Rwanda and be transferred to Kigali Airport to find your departure flight.

End of the Safari in Rwanda