Rwanda's Gorilla and Lakes Tour
8 days from US$2,600 per person, inclusibve of 1 Rwanda gorilla permit worth US$1,500
For most visitors to PNV in Rwanda one of the very main reasons they travel to Rwanda is to trek the famous mountain gorillas. There is however so much more to see in Volcanoes National Park, including tracking the golden monkeys, having an excursion of the Musanze caves, hiking the Bisoke or Karismbi volcano, visiting the twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo etc.
While gorilla trekking is an awesome once in a lifetime experience, there is plenty more one can do when on a tour vacation of Rwanda. We suggest that you combine a Rwanda gorilla vacation, gorilla trekking tour package with a beach holiday on the beaches of Lake Kivu in either Gisenyi and/or on the shores of Lake Kivu in Kibuye, from where you can continue to Nyungwe for chimp tracking, colobus monkey trekking, canopy walks, forest walks etc. Your vacation would then proceed through Butare for a cultural experience of Rwanda and finally to Kigali where you do a Kigali city tour and visit the genocide museum memorial at Gisozi.
Vacation package highlights.
- Trek the rare Rwanda mountain gorillas.
- Visit the twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo
- Take a boat ride on Lake Kivu. Gisenyi to Kibuye 1.5hrs
- Visit local villages and markets, especially Iby'iwacu cultural village in PNV
- Track the chimps in Nyungwe
- Canopy walks in Nyungwe
- Visit a genocide memorial in Kigali
- Kigali city tour, and shopping for crafts in a local market in Kigali
- Trek the golden monkeys in PNV.
Vacation Day 1 Arrival to Kigali
- Met on arrival to Kigali by your driver guide
- Briefing on your safari
- Kigali city tour
- Transfer to Ruhengeri 2.5hrs
o/n Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Muhabura Hotel.
Vacation Day 2 Gorilla trekking.
- Registration at park headquarters for gorilla trekking briefing
- Assigned to gorilla group in groups of 8 each.
- Proceed to gorilla trekking trailheads
- Trek the gorillas spend an hour with them and then return to lodge for lunch
- Afternoon at leisure to explore greater Virunga area.
- o/n Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/Muhabura Hotel.
Vacation Day 3 Golden Monkeys tracking.
- Assemble at park HQ for golden monkey tracking
- 2 habituated groups of golden monkeys
- Return to lodge for lunch
- Afternoon visit to the twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo
- Visit a cultural village or local school or local market
- Nature walks
Vacation Day 4 Transfer to Gisenyi Lake Kivu.
- After breakfast transfer to Lake Kivu
- 1.5hrs drive through beautiful plantations
- Check in at Kivu Serena Hotel OR Paradis Malahide Hotel
- Afternoon at leisure relaxing on the shores of Lake Kivu
- O/n Kivu Serena Hotel OR Paradis Malahide Hotel/Inzu Lodge.
Vacation Day 5 Lake Kivu
- Spend the day simply relaxing on the shores of Lake Kivu
- Boat ride on Lake Kivu visiting islands on the lake
- Coffee plantation visit
- Back to hotel for overnight.
Vacation Day 6 Lake Kivu Gisenyi - Kibuye
- After breakfast set off for Kibuye
- Drive past beautiful tea plantations
- Check into the beautiful Cormoran Lodge on the shores of Lake Kivu for overnight.
Vacation Day 7 Kibuye - Nyungwe
- After breakfast set off for Nyungwe Forest
- Canopy walk
- Forest walk
- o/n Nyungwe Forest Lodge or Nyungwe Top Hill View Hotel
Vacation Day 8 Nyungwe-Kigali via Butare.
- Early morning chimp tracking
- Later depart for Kigali via Butare with a stop-over for lunch
- o/n Kigali Serena Hotel/Urban Boutique Hotel/Golf Hills Residence.
Vacation Day 9 Departure.
- After breakfast genocide museum visit
- Shopping for crafts at Kimironko market
- Transfer to Kigali airport for your outbound flight.
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