4 Days Rwanda Gorilla trekking and Dian Fossey hike safari
4 Days Rwanda Gorilla trekking and Dian Fossey hike safari is an adventurous safari package taking you on tour to Rwanda’s volcanoes national park, this safari offers more insight about mountain gorillas as it takes you on a close interaction with the mountain gorillas. On additional to offering one hour in presence of mountain gorilla you will also visit the graveyard of Dian Fossey an American researcher who devoted her life to researching and saving mountain gorillas.
Highlights of 4 days Rwanda gorilla trekking and Dian Fossey hike
- Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes national park
- Day 2: mountain gorilla trekking
- Day 3: Dian Fossey hike and cultural tour
- Day 4: transfer back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary of 4 days Rwanda gorilla trekking and Dian Fossey hike safari
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes national park
On the 1st day of 4 days Rwanda gorilla trekking and Dian Fossey hike safari you are to have a pick up and transfer to Volcanoes national park, upon your arrival you will be welcomed by our company’s safari guide and head to Kigali town. From Kigali you will head on a drive to Volcanoes national park where you will arrive in the evening, then check in at your lodge, have dinner at stay overnight.
Accommodation is got from
- Luxury: Mountain gorilla view lodge
- Midrange: Da Vinci lodge
- Budget: Muhabura hotel
Day 2: mountain gorilla trekking
On the 2nd day of 4 days Rwanda safari you are to participate in the adventurous mountain gorilla trekking experience in search for mountain gorillas which is the highlight of the safari, after early morning breakfast you will leave your lodge and head to the park’s headquarters in Kinigi for briefing. In briefing a ranger will take you through the dos and don’ts to follow on this experience and you will be assigned a mountain gorilla group to trek, then head into the forests in search for mountain gorillas. You to spend one hour in presence of mountains taking pictures and learning more about the mountain gorillas, after one hour you will trek back to the headquarters then head back to your lodge. You will have dinner and stay overnight at your lodge.
Meal plan: Full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 3: Dian Fossey hike and cultural tour
On the 3rd day of 4 days Rwanda hike safari you are to do Dian Fossey hike and cultural tour, after early morning breakfast you will head to the park’s headquarters for a short briefing and then hike into the forests of volcanoes national park leading Dian Fossey’s grave yard. Dian Fossey was very instrument in the conservational of mountain gorillas and in that spirit she carried many research on the gorillas, unfortunately she was killed by unidentified men who were suspected to be poachers she was fighting against. She was buried a midst the forest and the grave is visited on this experience, from the grave you will hike back to the headquarters and head to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will head to the local communities on a cultural tour, on this experience you will enjoy sights of local dressing code of the banyarwandas, enjoy cultural dances and songs and many more activities. In the evening you will have dinner and stay overnight at your lodge.
Meal plan: Full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 4: Transfer back to Kigali
On the 4th day of 4 days Rwanda safari you are to transfer back to Kigali for drop-off, after morning breakfast you will checkout of your lodge and embark on a drive back to Kigali. In Kigali you will be dropped off either at the hotel of your residence or Kigali international airport for your return flight back home.
End of the 4 Days Rwanda safari
Safari inclusions
• Gorilla permit
• Accommodation and meals
• Driver guide
• En-route meals
• Bottled drinking water
• Park entrance fees
• Ranger guide fee
Safari excludes
• Alcoholic drinks
• Flight and visas
• Driver guide tip
• Porter fee
• other personal expenses
