Transfer from Kigali International Airport [KGL] to Wilderness Bisate
Transfer
Kigali International Airport [KGL]
Wilderness Bisate (Bisate Lodge)
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Highlights:
Best location for a holistic gorilla experience in Rwanda
Spectacular views of the brooding Bisoke, Karisimbi and Mikeno Volcanoes
High standards of accommodation and service create the most exclusive and one of the only sustainable luxury offerings in the area
Included:
Our fully inclusive rates are not just about the level of accommodation or the thread count of the linen. They encompass elements that cannot be counted or measured, such as exclusive access to vast tracts of Africa’s best wildlife areas, creating a unique sense of seclusion, comfort, privacy and space. In turn, your presence helps us in the conservation of all these areas.
Bisate Lodge offers a fully inclusive rate.
Day notes
Gorilla Trek
Gorilla trekking takes place from Volcanoes National Park headquarters where guests are allocated one of the twelve habituated gorilla groups to visit for an hour. After a briefing by Park rangers, the time of the trek varies depending which gorilla group is being visited – from 45 minutes to a few hours. Trekking is at a high altitude, but is well worth it; the time spent with gorillas has been described as “life changing!”
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Gorilla Viewing Protocol
Twelve habituated groups can be tracked and observed in the Volcanoes National Park. While tracking expeditions do not necessarily cover enormous distances, they can range in length from 1-8 km (0.5-5 miles) over very steep country at high altitudes. The undergrowth can be thick, the ground beneath muddy, and, including the time spent with a gorilla group, excursions can last between 2 and 8 hours.
Gorilla viewing protocol is based on the guidelines issued by the IUCN for great ape viewing. Such protocols are designed specifically to limit stress and behavioural impact and also potential disease transmission from humans to gorillas. They are critical for gorilla conservation.
Maximum viewing duration of any group is 1 hour per day.Maximum number of guests per gorilla tracking excursion is 8.No food or drinks can be consumed close to the gorillas.Smoking is not allowed.Do not litter.Spitting in the Park is strictly prohibited.While gorilla sightings and encounters are very reliable, viewing is dependent on variables such as weather and tracking conditions.When with the gorillas, please keep your voice low. Do not make rapid movements that may alarm them.Should you need to cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and turn away from the gorillas.If a gorilla should charge or vocalise at you, do not be alarmed, stand still, look away from the gorilla and follow your guide’s instructions.Minimum age for gorilla viewing is 15 years – this is for reasons of safety but also for possible disease transmission, with children under this age more prone to infection.
Maximum viewing duration of any group is 1 hour per day.
Maximum number of guests per gorilla tracking excursion is 8.
No food or drinks can be consumed close to the gorillas.
Smoking is not allowed.
Do not litter.
Spitting in the Park is strictly prohibited.
While gorilla sightings and encounters are very reliable, viewing is dependent on variables such as weather and tracking conditions.
When with the gorillas, please keep your voice low. Do not make rapid movements that may alarm them.
Should you need to cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and turn away from the gorillas.
If a gorilla should charge or vocalise at you, do not be alarmed, stand still, look away from the gorilla and follow your guide’s instructions.
Minimum age for gorilla viewing is 15 years – this is for reasons of safety but also for possible disease transmission, with children under this age more prone to infection.
Again, to minimise possible transmission of human diseases, visitors are asked to maintain a distance of 7 metres (about 22 feet) from the gorillas. Guests that display cold, flu or other respiratory tract symptoms will not be allowed to track gorillas.
Day notes
Aside from the area’s iconic mountain gorillas, other mammals that call Volcanoes National Park home include the golden monkey, side-striped jackal, black-fronted duiker, buffalo, elephant, tree hyrax and bushbuck. A variety of squirrel and genet species are also to be found here. Of the 178 bird species in the area, at least 13 are endemic to the Virunga area such as Archer’s robin chat, mountain black boubou, strange weaver, Rwenzori batis, mountain masked apalis and Rwenzori (collared) apalis.
Visits to Rwanda are as much about people as they are about nature and Bisate’s location in a friendly rural area allows for ad hoc and planned interaction with the local community … whether in the fields, at their homes or in the local markets.
Check-out from Wilderness Bisate
Transfer from Wilderness Bisate to Kigali International Airport [KGL]
Transfer
Wilderness Bisate
Kigali International Airport [KGL]
