This 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour offers a combination of gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking and leisure activities on the beautiful Lake Kivu. This tour also includes touring the cleanliest city in Africa, the Kigali City the capital of Rwanda.
This Rwanda Tour takes you two Volcanoes National Park, home to mountain gorillas and the endangered mountain gorillas. Also visit Lake Kivu for water activities.
Highlights of Rwanda Safari Tour
- Day 1: City tour of Kigali – Transfer to the Volcanoes National Park Rwanda – Visit the Twin Lakes
- Day 2: Tracking Gorillas – Tour the Iby’iwacu cultural village
- Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking – Transfer to Lake Kivu in Gisenyi
- Day 4: Transfer back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary of 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour
Day 1: City tour of Kigali – Transfer to the Volcanoes National Park Rwanda – Visit the Twin Lakes
Upon landing at Kigali International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our Company representative – your driver guide and transfer to Volcanoes National Park. Depending on your arrival time, you will have a Kigali City tour visiting the Gisozi Genocide War Memorial Site where you will learn about what happened during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Also visit the former presidential palace, local craft shops and the main city market before going for lunch.
After lunch, you will begin a 2 hours journey to Volcanoes National Park, along the way you will enjoy views of the beautiful scenery consisting of tea and other plantation. Once you arrive at the park, check in at your lodge for an afternoon of rest, dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Davinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Tracking Gorillas – Tour the Iby’iwacu cultural village
Wake up early for breakfast, meet your guide and be taken to the park office by 07:00 am to attend a briefing carried by a park official. He will share all the important information about tracking mountain gorillas and the history of the park. You will be allocated a gorilla family to trek based on your age and overall physical fitness.
Armed rangers will lead you deep into the bamboo forests and mountain slopes in search of these gentle giants. Gorilla trekking can be challenging but once you meet the gorilla group, you will realize that it was worth all the effort and expenses. While observing the gorilla family, a bid by the instructions from the rangers and avoid doing things that might alert the primates. You are allowed one hour to observe the primates, after one hour you will return to the starting point where our driver would be waiting for you. Return to the lodge for lunch, shower and rest as you wait to be taken to the Gorilla Guardians Village in Musanze.
Formerly known as the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village, the site is the best place to experience Rwanda’s traditions and culture, expect to be entertained by cultural dances after touring to whole village, taste the local meals among others.
Overnight at Davinci Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking – Transfer to Lake Kivu in Gisenyi
Wake up early for breakfast and head back to Volcanoes National Park for briefing about golden monkey trekking, these beautiful primates are listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They are cute and playful primates with golden coats. Tracking them doesn’t take so long when compared to gorillas and get ready to leave the park for Lake Kivu in Gisenyi.
Lake Kivu is the largest fresh water lake in Rwanda, spreading all the way to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The lake contains hidden methane gas beneath its surface but it is currently not dangerous to swimmers. Lake Kivu is popular with tourists because of its natural beauty and amazing activities. Once you arrive, you will check in to your room and enjoy lunch. After lunch you can go swimming, relax by the lakeside or go canoeing or visiting the different islands and fishing villages.
Overnight at Paradise Marahide
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Transfer back to Kigali
Have a leisurely breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive back to Kigali where you will be dropped off at Kigali International Airport for your flight back home bringing your safari to an end.
End of 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tour
