3 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkeys
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Day 1: ARRIVAL – DRIVE TO MUSANZE / VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, clear with immigration and proceed to the arrivals where you will meet your driver guide and start your drive to Musanze. Lunch and dinner at the Lodge.
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest (High-end accommodation), Tiloreza Ecolodge (Medium accommodation) or Migano Hotel (Budget accommodation)
Meal plan: -,L,D
Day 2: GORILLA TREKKING
After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will proceed to the park headquarters for briefing and thereafter drive to the trail heads the start point for your amazing adventure.
You will be trekking the Great Apes, the Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. This activity could take between 2-6 hours. Rwanda has 12 habituated groups of Mountain Gorillas scattered all over the Park. You will spend an hour watching the habituated group going about their normal day playing, eating… etc
Upon return from your trek, you will be driven back to the Lodge where you will have lunch and spend the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the lodge facilities.
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest (High-end accommodation), Tiloreza Ecolodge (Medium accommodation) or Migano Hotel (Budget accommodation)
Meal plan: B,L,D
Day 3: GOLDEN MONKEY TREKKING IN RWANDA – DEPARTURE
After a very early breakfast at the lodge, you will be assisted with checking out; then you will proceed to the park headquarters for briefing and thereafter drive to the trail heads for another highlight of the Volcanoes National Park, trekking the Golden Monkeys which usually takes 4 hrs. When you encounter the habituated Primates and spend an hour with them as they go about their normal day. The monkeys are playful and inquisitive by nature hence spend their day leaping from bamboo branches. After the trek, you will be driven back to the lodge to freshen up, have lunch and start your drive to Kigali International Airport to catch your departure International flight.
Meal plan: B,L,-
Includes:
- 2 night’s accommodation with meals as indicated in the itinerary above
- Activities shown in the itinerary
- Park fees
- Golden Monkey permits $100 per person
- Services of an experienced English speaking driver guide
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Excludes:
- Rwanda Gorilla permits $1,500 per person
- International flights
- Visas
- Insurance
- Optional activities
- Tips
- Drinks
- Items of personal nature