Itinerary: 2 Day Gorilla Tour – Volcanoes National Park Rwanda
The 2 Days Rwanda tour offers you a great opportunity to see the critically endangered mountain gorillas in the wild, also visit the Gisozi genocide memorial museum in Kigali as well as local markets for fruits and crafts. This depends on your flight schedules.
Day 1: Kigali City Tour, Go to Parc National Des Volcans
Your professional tour guide from African Jungle Adventures Ltd will meet you at your hotel in Kigali after breakfast, or he will pick you from the airport on arrival, start with a tour to Gisozi genocide memorial museum in Kigali, share stories about what happened in the place during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. This is where over 250,000 people were buried in massive graves during the 1994 Genocide.
Retire for lunch in Kigali and start a 90 minutes drive northwards to Volcanoes National Park, home to almost half of the world’s last remaining population of the Mountain gorillas. The journey goes through beautiful rolling hills and winding roads that characterize much of Rwanda. Dinner and overnight at Best View Hotel / Faraja Hotel / Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Adventure, Departure
This is your day for an adventure for a lifetime! Start early with breakfast at your hotel/lodge, then drive to the park headquarters in Kinigi where you will find other gorilla trekkers ready for action. Assemble (with packed water and lunch) for a briefing about gorilla trekking in the misty jungles of Volcanoes National park. The trek in search of mountain gorillas takes 2-7hours. This depends on their movement in the wild. The time allowed with these Gentle Giants is one hour, enjoy them feeding, playing and young ones swinging on the trees.
Descend to your lodge for refreshment, late lunch and hit the road back to Kigali. Depending on your scheduled departure flight, you will either be transferred to Kigali Airport, or drop-off to your hotel in Kigali where the tour ends.
End of the trip
