3 Days Gorilla & Golden Monkey Trekking Safari in Rwanda

Day 1: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park. Travel time +2hrs

Today you will be picked at your lodge or upon you’re your hotel by your guide, head for a city tour to visit the local market and Kigali genocide memorial ground before being transferred to Musanze near Volcanoes National Park where you will your dinner and overnight stay at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury) or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge (Mid – range) or La Palme Hotel (Standard). Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking & Cultural visit

Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the gorilla trekking briefing from the park headquarters and thereafter, you will enter the jungle with your packed lunch to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their lifestyle in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour watching their social life as you take pictures. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sunscreen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movements of these primates.

After this gorilla tracking experience, you will return to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, ready for a village foot safari, to explore the indigenous local life with a taste of the traditional performance. Diner and overnight at Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel (Luxury) or Le Bamboo Gorilla Lodge (Mid – range) or La Palme Hotel (Standard). Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Golden monkey trekking & Transfer to Kigali airport.

Today after you warm early morning breakfast, you will be picked by our safari driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing with your packed lunch and start off you day golden monkey trekking in search for these shy primates in the jungle. Just like the gorilla trekking experience, the same applies to golden monkey trekking though not so hectic like gorilla trekking. You will later return to the lodge for lunch and later transfer to Kigali to your lodge or to the airport to catch up with your afternoon flight to your home country. End of service! Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch.

3 Days Gorilla & Golden Monkey Trekking Safari in Rwanda cost Per Person Sharing in USD

Lodges 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 Person 6 Person SSR
Luxury $ 3715 $ 2940 $ 2785 $ 2715 $ 2665 $ 2645 $ 200
Mid – range $ 3115 $ 2590 $ 2435 $ 2365 $ 2315 $ 2295 $ 150
Standard $ 2955 $ 2540 $ 2385 $ 2315 $ 2265 $ 2245 $ 70

SSR = Single Supplement Rate

This 3 Days Gorilla & Golden Monkey Trekking Safari package includes.

  • Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
  • Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
  • 1 Gorilla permits ($1500), per person to be paid in advance
  • 1 golden monkey permit, per person
  • En-route lunches
  • Cultural tour
  • Park guide
  • Services of English-speaking driver/guide
  • 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari

However, 3 Days Gorilla & Golden Monkey Trekking Safari package excludes.

  • Expenses of personal nature like:
  • Air fare,
  • Visa,
  • Drinks,
  • Tips to local guides,
  • Porter fee while trekking
  • Personal insurance,
  • Personal shopping bills and cigars.

Note: If you want to upgrade the accommodation, or add more days/ activities, you can email us and have the itinerary tailored to your own interest.