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2 Days Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

Overview: 2 Days Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda for two days, starting in Kigali or Musanze. Take part in a two-day gorilla trekking adventure in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park.
The only mountain gorilla park in the nation, Volcanoes National Park, also known as Parc Nationale des Volcans (PNV), offers visitors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend up to an hour with these gentle giants. The 2-Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda is a condensed gorilla safari that is well-suited for travelers who like to spend as little time as possible in Rwanda just engaging in gorilla trekking without being as challenging as the 1-Day Gorilla Tour.

The quickest journey from Kigali to Volcanoes National Park for a 2-day gorilla trek takes roughly two hours and twenty minutes. Visitors who are already in Rwanda, particularly in Kigali, or who arrive at the airport early on the first day and leave late on the second day can follow this plan. To enter the park and track mountain gorillas, each individual must get a Rwanda gorilla trek permit, which costs $1500 USD.

Highlights: 2 Day Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

– Trek and interact with endangered mountain gorillas

– Expert guides and trackers

– Scenic views of the Virunga Volcanoes

– Opportunity to spot other wildlife (golden monkeys, birds)

– Convenient pickup and drop-off in Kigali or Musanze

Quick Tour Details: 2 Day Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

Number of People: Tailored

Start/End: Kigali, Rwanda

Availability: All year throughout

Activities: Mountain Gorilla Trekking

Destinations: Volcanoes National Park

Price: Request a Quote for this Trip

Detailed Itinerary of the 2 Days Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

Day 1: Transfer from Kigali (either city or airport) to Volcanoes National Park.

For the transfer to the park, your Africa Reveal Safaris guide will pick you up from a hotel or Kigali International Airport. On a brief city tour of Kigali, you stop at a few historical and traditional locations, such as the Kigali Genocide Memorial. You eat lunch after the city tour before starting the drive northwest of Rwanda to go on a gorilla expedition. The drive takes about two hours and passes through Rwanda’s beautiful scenery. You get to the park by nightfall and get into a reserved room.

Accommodation: Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Budget: Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and transfer back to Kigali.

Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda (Unforgettable)

After breakfast, you are driven to the park headquarters by your driver-guide, who will take you up at the lodge. The park warden gives you a tutorial on the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking in Rwanda when you first arrive at the park headquarters in Kinigi. The park ranger guide will drop you off at the trekking starting site for the gorilla hike around 8:30 am. One gorilla family and eight tourists with Rwandan hiking permits, which cost USD 1500 each, are allotted. With armed ranger guides, each of the eight people treks through the bamboo forest for two to six hours.

But you only get to spend an hour (60 minutes) with the mountain gorillas. Although the duration of the walk varies based on the movements of the gorilla groups, the Rwandan population is known to travel shorter distances, making the trek easier. You spend an hour with a gorilla family before walking back to the park’s headquarters to meet the tour guide for your return transfer to Kigali.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

End of the 2 Day Gorilla Trekking Rwanda