5 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Lake Kivu
Tour Overview
Engage yourself in this 5 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Lake Kivu where you will participate in different activities and the main one being visiting the mountain gorillas through gorilla trekking. Other activities will be boat cruise on Lake Kivu, visiting the local community of Iby’iwacu cultural Village, optional city tour where you will explore places like the Kigali genocide memorial grounds, locale markets and many more.
This Safari will not disappoint you since you will have 98% of seeing the endangered mountain gorillas.
Detailed Itinerary
On your arrival at the airport at any time and the driver guide will take to Ruhengeri where Volcanoes national park is located. In case time allows, you will take a short city excursion where you will visit places like the former presidential museum, the local markets the Kigali genocide memorial grounds and many more. Arrive at the Park Lodge and this will be the end of the day.
Day two
Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
The driver-guide will take you to the park office after your breakfast and you will be advised to pack a snack and bottle of drinking water. You will attend a briefing where you will get to cover different points like the guidelines to follow while in the forest, cross-checking of the gorilla permits, and all questions about the forest and its inhabitants will be covered and talked on this point.
You will head into the forest to begin the search and you will be able to spot other wildlife such as varvet monkeys, bird species and much more. On locating the gorilla family, you will spend an hour while in their presence as you enjoy their behaviors hence creating memories. After, you will head back to the lodge for lunch which will be followed by an optional activity of visiting the Iby’iwacu cultural villa where you will learn about the Rwandese culture.
You will have breakfast depending on your choice about the menu provided and then transfer to visit the museum at Musanze where you will learn about the gorilla conservation introduced during the time of Dian Fossey. This lady was an American researcher who save a good number of mountain gorillas from being poached. Later you will visit the caves on your way to Gisenyi where Lake Kivu is located. This lake is on the border of DR Congo and Rwanda and you will check in your accommodation site on you arrive as you relax while having a great view of the lake.
Be served with breakfast and then spend the rest of the day in the town of Gisenyi. You will take a boat cruise where you will spot different birds and take park in fishing. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery covered by Blue skies, islands and much more. You will take a swimming experience in case your fun of swimming, and in the evening, you will visit the local markets where you will encounter different fruits and foods sold here. In the evening, you will return to the hotel for your dinner.
In the morning, breakfast will be served which will be followed by a transfer to Kigali City. Depending on your flight time, you will be dropped off at the airport and this will be the end of the 5 Days Rwanda Gorillas and Lake Kivu.
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