- Meet our local representative on arrival at Kigali International Airport
- Transfer to The Governor's Residence (± 45 minutes)
- Stay at The Governor's Residence for 1 night
- Breakfast included
- Travel ovrland to Akagera National Park (± 3 hours)
- Stay at Ruzizi Tented Lodge for 3 nights
- Twice daily safari activities included - game drives, boating, fishing
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Guided Nature Walks
- Travel overland back to Kigali (± 3 hours)
- Stay at The Governor's Residence for 1 night
- Breakfast included
- Travel overland to Virunga Lodge (± 3 hours)
- Stay at Virunga Lodge in a Banda for 3 nights
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
- ± 6:00am Transfer to Volcanoes National Park HQ for safety briefing and group allocation
- Hike to the gorilla family and spend an hour with them
- Your private guide will meet you after the trek and drive you back to the lodge for late lunch/tea and rest
The exhilarating trek, in the footsteps of the rare and critically endangered Mountain Gorillas, the largest living primate on earth, starts in the cultivated foothills of the Virungas with stirring views in all directions. Upon entering the national park, her paths littered with fresh spoor of the mountains’ elusive buffalo and elephant, trekkers will be immersed in the mysterious intimacy of the rainforest, alive with colorful bird calls, butterflies, etc. Through gaps in the canopy, the magnificent Virunga peaks, among the highest in Africa yet easily accessible, are glimpsed, beckoning an ascent.
Weaving through overhanging vines, moss-covered hagenia and giant lobelias that thrive in the tropical climate, our experienced trackers, they spent their entire lives in or close to this forest, soon bring you up close with the family.
Upon sighting the gorillas, you will stay with them for a magical hour as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, resting; raising their young. Coming face to face with a giant Silverback must truly be one of the greatest wildlife experiences on earth!
- ± 6:00am Transfer to Volcanoes National Park HQ for safety briefing and group allocation
- Hike to the golden monkeys and spend an hour with them
- Your private guide will meet you after the trek and drive you back to the lodge for late lunch/tea and rest
After an early breakfast you will be collected from your lodge and driven to Volcanoes National Park Headquarters for the start of your Golden Monkey experience.
The very beautiful Golden Monkey has a golden body, cheeks and tail with contrasting black limbs, crown, and tail-end. Not much is known about their behavior; other than they live in social groups of up to 30 individuals and their diet consists mainly of leaves and fruit - it is believed they eat insects too. Restricted to the highland forest of the Virungas especially near bamboo, they share this habitat with their big Brother the Mountain Gorilla, inhabiting a small area that overlaps the territory of one of the Gorilla families Together, they face the same threats; snares, human encroachment etc. and are listed on the IUCN Red List of critically endangered species.
Tracking usually takes from 2 to 4 hours. Once you come to the habituated families, you will spend the allowed one hour with them as they go about their daily life; adult monkeys frolic in plain view, feeding on bamboo leaves and leaping from perch to perch while females carry their young, completely oblivious of on-lookers.
- Travel overland from to Kigali International Airport (± 3 hours)
