Fly in Rwanda Gorilla Safaris
It is key to note that there is no main airstrip close to volcanoes national park, though clients can still fly to volcanoes national park with the use of charter helicopter flights that can land close to the lodges near the park. Travelers can charter their own helicopter flight from Kigali to Volcanoes national park for the mountain gorilla tracking experience.
Rwanda’s volcanoes national park is the top leading visited park and is situated in the northwestern region of Rwanda which is home to 11 habituated gorilla families which are available for tourism throughout the year.
The place is home to endangered mountain gorillas and golden monkeys which attracts most of the tourists from different parts of the world that come and track them. The activity is done all year round.
Volcanoes national park’s terrain is encompassed of the bamboo zone, tropical rain forests, and volcanic mountains. These volcanic mountains are inactive and they include Sabyinyo, Muhavura, Gahinga, Karisimbi, and Bisoke.
Gorilla tracking
Occasionally after morning breakfast, travelers board their vehicles and drive to Kinigi park headquarters and this is the only place where all other groups join in for briefing and guidance and allocation of gorilla families happens before the exploration of where the mountain gorillas spent their night and confirm to the headquarters.
Golden monkey tracking
Post your breakfast early in the morning at your hotel of residence, traveler is driven to Kinigi park headquarters as this is the only place where all the travelers/tourists combine for briefing and allocation of golden monkey groups is done before heading into the mountains to look for the golden monkeys.
Note: It is wise to note that both the mountain gorillas and golden monkeys live and stay in the same home range.
Rwanda is wide open for tourism throughout the year though the most preferred months to visit are the months of June – August, and December –February which the dry and has seen less rainfall in comparison to the wet months of March-May and September – November.
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