4 Day Rwanda Gorilla & Culture Tour

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Overview

This 4 Day Rwanda Gorilla and Culture Tour is meant to provide our clients with a cultural and gorilla experience in Rwanda as a tourism destination. You will be visiting the King’s Palace and the National Museum to learn more about the Rwandan culture. Spend some time in the northern part of Rwanda for gorilla trekking and scenic views of the Virunga ranges then head to Lake Kivu for relaxing and breathtaking moments and then return to Kigali to end your trip.


Highlights

  • Kigali City Tour
  • Kigali genocide memorial site
  • Gorilla Tracking
  • Boat Rides
  • Sportfishing

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up from Hotel to Volcanoes National Park

On this day you will meet Safari Vacations & Travel service driver Guide after your morning breakfast who will take you up for Kigali City Tour. The land of a thousand hills, our experienced tour guide will take you through to the different sites you are interested in visiting while on this Kigali city tour. You will visit Kandt house or museum of natural history where Dr. Richard Kandt the first German colonial resident of Rwanda resided, a presidential museum which is the residence of two of the former Presidents of Rwanda, Kigali genocide memorial site commemorating the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Kigali is the capital city of Rwanda and the country’s vibrant commercial center with an all-year-round moderate climate allowing you to visit any time of the year. After the city tour, you will be therefore transferred to Volcanoes national park

Relax and dine at Mount Gorilla View Lodge/Muhabura Hotel

Meal Plan: Half Board

Day 2: Gorilla Tracking Experience

After an early breakfast you will be picked by our driver guide who will drive you to the Park Headquarters for briefing about the dos and don’ts while on the trek. Note that gorilla trekking begins at 7:30 am you will enjoy the Rwandan hospitality of traditional dances and a hot Rwandan coffee before the beginning of the trek. Depending on the location of the family of gorillas you will trek, the driver guide will transfer you to the start of the trailhead for the allocated gorilla group. The time taken to meet gorillas varies between an hour and several hours depending on their movements in the forest seeking their food. The park authority allows visitors to spend the maximum an hour with the gorillas and once this time elapse you will head back to the ground to relax at your places of accommodation.

Relax and dine at Mount Gorilla View Lodge/Muhabura Hotel

Meal Plan: Full Board

Drive Time: Approximately 2 Hour drive

Day 3: Transfer to Lake Kivu

On this day safari travel guide will pick you up from the hotel and proceed to Lake Kivu for a boat ride on the lake. This is one of the breathtaking experiences on the Lake as you will be able to view the beautiful Virunga ranges, enjoy swimming on the shores of Gisenyi, Sportfishing among other activities around the area.

Relax and dine at Hotel Serena Lake Kivu/ Hotel Gorillas Lake Kivu

Meal Plan: Full Board

Drive Time: Approximately 2 Hour drive

Day 4: Transfer back to Kigali

On this last day for your tour, Safari vacations & Travel services driver guide will pick you from the hotel after checkout and drive you by the countryside back to Kigali to end your 4-day safari in Kigali the land of a thousand Hills.

Meal Plan: Half Board

Drive Time: Approximately 4 Hour drive to the airport

End of 4 Day Rwanda Gorilla & Culture Tour

Includes

  • Airport transfers on first and last day,
  • Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle
  • Services of an English speaking driver guide
  • Fuel for the whole trip
  • Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary
  • All park entrance fees
  • Drinking water while in the vehicle
  • Rwanda visa which should be requested online at least two weeks before safari
  • Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry

Excludes

  • Gorilla permit at USD1500.00 per person per trek
  • Pre and post tour accommodation in Entebbe or Kampala
  • International airfares
  • Rwanda visa which should be requested online at least two weeks before safari
  • Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry
Start date1 Pax2 Pax3 Pax4 Px5 Pax6 Pax
Any date$4850$3975$3683$3538$3450$3392

 

Single room Supplement is USD 45.00 per person willing to stay alone in a single room.

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