Safari Preview:
This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in complete exclusiveness and privacy. You will enjoy the benefits that come with a private gorilla experience -including your selection of a gorilla family to visit, starting time from 8 am, and also briefing at your resort. Only your group members will track with you without being joined by non-members- this is indeed a VIP experience in Rwanda. Book with us for this discerning gorilla journey ever in your lifetime.
Day 1: ARRIVAL KIGALI & FLY BY HELICOPTER TO MUSANZE / VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Upon arrival, you will take your helicopter flight to Musanze, where you will meet your driver guide who will drive you to your lodge. Evening dedicated to have a Gorilla Doctor Lecture with the Gorilla doctors for an informative talk about these creatures called Mountain Gorillas.
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest Lodge/ Singita Kwitonda Lodge/ Bisate Lodge (High-end accommodation). Meal plan – Lunch, Dinner,
Day 2: PRIVATE GORILLA TREKKING VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
After a very 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, in the evening visit Ellen DeGenerous Gorilla fund Museum, an expansive, 12-acre property that rests adjacent to the Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda. The campus showcases the best in sustainable architecture, local resourcing, and environmentally responsible practices and will offer state-of-the-art laboratories, a scientific conservation library, and meeting space for large groups.
Accommodation: One and Only Gorillas Nest Lodge/ Singita Kwitonda Lodge/ Bisate Lodge (High-end accommodation). Meal plan- Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3: HELICOPTER FLIGHT FROM MUSANZE / VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK TO KIGALI – DEPARTURE
Breakfast at the lodge and after checking out; you will proceed to catch your helicopter flight to Kigali International Airport in order to take your departing international flight.
Meal plan: Bed, Breakfast.
Inclusions:
- 2 night’s accommodation with meals as indicated in the itinerary above
- Activities shown in the itinerary
- Park fees
- Gorilla Doctor Lecture
- Rwanda Gorilla permits $15,000 for a group not more than 8 pax
- Visit Ellen DeGenerous Gorilla Fund Museum
- Return Helicopter flight from Kigali International Airport to Musanze or Volcanoes National Park
- Services of an experienced English speaking driver guide
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Government taxes
- Our assistance
Exclusions:
- International flights
- Visas
- Insurance
- Optional activities
- Tips
- Drinks
- Items of personal nature