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1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking
Kigali, Rwanda
From 1 hour to 13 hours
Good for Groups
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Outdoor Exploration
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What You Will Do
1-day gorilla trekking Rwanda is the shortest trip perfectly designed to suit the budget or visitors with a tight schedule. It is an incredible opportunity for you to be part of exhilarating mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda. On this tour, you will be visiting Volcanoes National Park for a gorilla trekking experience. Leave Kigali early at 5Am enough for Volcanoes National Park located in Musanze district, Northern Rwanda. Drive time: 2-3 hours and enjoy a scenic drive of picturesque countryside. Meet the park official at Kinigi and get briefed, allocated to a gorilla family to visit and the actual trek start at exactly 8:00 am. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda today may take 2-6 hours and it covers 1 hour of magical encounters. After you get back to meet the driver guide take you to the lunch, after you be transferred in Kigali and that marks the end. here is a link for Terms and conditions, guidelines etc.…
What's Included?
- Guiding and conservation fee
- Lunch
- Ground transport and guiding fee
- All fees and/or taxes
- Gorilla permits ($1500 PP for Internationals and $500 PP for Africans)
- Ibyiwacu culture fees
What's Not Included?
- Alcoholic beverages
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
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Volcanoes National Park
6 hours
Driving from kigali to Musanze-KINIGI, Volcano national park headquarters, total duration is 6 hours from to kigali (Round-trip ), Leave in kigali early at 5AM, with some packed breakfast and meet your driver guide for briefing about 1 day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking. Pick up by safari guide, head to Volcanoes National Park (VNP), Ruhengeri about 3 hours drive. You arrive at Kinigi early to meet other visitors for briefing on Gorilla Tracking guidelines. At 8:00am after you have been briefed about Rwanda Gorilla Trekking rules/guidelines, begin your search for a group of mountain gorillas that your park official assigned to your group of 8 visitors. The length of your Rwanda Gorilla Trek is generally unpredictable, but takes time range of 2-6 hours and this includes 1 hour which you and the rest of the visitors get to enjoy face to face encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas.
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Additional Information
This tour is independently operated by a third-party provider: Silverbird Tours Agency.
Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Travel tips to Rwanda; Volcanoes National Park; A long-sleeved shirt, Thick trousers preferably Khaki or neutral color, Comfortable Hiking boots, Rain jacket or a poncho or a pair of sturdy / something warm just in case the hills bless us with rain that day, A hat(optional) to protect your hair from pulling off the tree branches if any. Sunscreen and insect repellent A gaiter or Long socks to wear over your trousers to protect ants from entering, A pair of hand gloves to protect from nettles Some chocolates just some little sugar
Guide Options
- Guide - English
- Guide - French
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