4 NIGHTS / 5 DAYS GORILLA TREK - RWANDA

Day 1 – ARRIVE KIGALI > GENOCIDE MEMORIAL VISIT

You will be met on arrival at Kigali International Airport and be transferred to your Hotel for check in. Overnight at your Hotel on bed and breakfast basis

The Court Boutique Hotel BB. Comfort – Zaria Court Hotel BB Luxury – Kigali Serena Hotel BB

Day 2 - GENOCIDE MEMORIAL VISIT > Drive to Volcanoes NP (115kms / 2hrs)

Breakfast and check out. Your Guide will be waiting for you at the Lobby, ready with a full briefing of your Rwanda visits.

The Kigali city tours welcome you to this "Land of a Thousand Hills". You will start with the Kigali Genocide memorial Centre and thereafter proceed on to the City Centre visiting the main streets and lunch. Thereafter start your 2-hr drive to Volcanoes NP. Dinner and overnight at either;

Budget – Best View Hotel

Comfort – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge FB Luxury – Virunga Inn Resort FB

Day 3 – RWANDA GORILLA TRACKING (Time taken to watch the Gorillas – 1hr)

Early breakfast and proceed to the National Park headquarters for a Gorilla tracking experience in the Volcanoes National Park. Once you spot them, you are allowed to spend an hour watching them. This is perhaps one of the most breathtaking wildlife experiences on earth! You get so close to these awesome giant primates. Tracking the gorillas through the light mountain forest on the slopes of Virunga is a magical experience. After Gorilla tracking return to your Lodge for lunch and afternoon at leisure around the lodge or find enough time to admire your photos on the Gorilla tracking activities or visit the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village and mingle with the local community in the cultural activities and traditional Rwandan dances... And thereafter dinner and overnight either at;

Budget – Best View Hotel

Comfort – Mountain Gorilla View Lodge FB Luxury – Virunga Inn Resort FB

Day 4 – GOLDEN MONKEYS TREK + DRIVE TO LAKE KIVU at GISENYI TOWN (60 kms / 1hr)

Another early breakfast at the lodge and return to Volcanoes NP, this time for Golden Monkeys trek. Entering dense stands of bamboo interspersed with open glades; you will make your way deep into golden monkey territory. Guides lead visitors to the habitat of groups of ‘habituated’ golden monkeys – monkeys used to human presence. Though viewing is kept to a maximum of one hour, travellers can get an up-close look at the golden monkey in its natural habitat. Back to the lodge for an early lunch

and thereafter check out for a drive to Lake Kivu, in the NE of Rwanda. Check in at your hotel and in the afternoon enjoy a

1-HR boat ride on the Lake. Visit popular spots like close Islands, hot springs and fishing spots where you will meet and interact with fishermen. Thereafter, back to the Hotel for the rest of afternoon at leisure. Dinner at overnight at either;

Budget – Hill View Kivu Beach Hotel FB. Comfort – Palm Beach Resort FB Luxury – Kivu Serena Hotel FB

Day 5 – GISENYI (RUBAVU) TOWN CITY TOUR + DRIVE BACK TO KIGALI (150 kms / 3hrs).

Breakfast and check out of the Hotel. Enjoy a Gisenyi City tour, to the border points of Petite and Grand Barrier. From here you will be able to gain sights of the Congo DRC’s Goma town…compare it with the Rwanda’s Gisenyi town and learn more. Pass through the main streets and the markets as you drive back to Kigali City. Lunch and thereafter proceed to Kigali Airport for your departure flight.