3 Days Bwindi Gorilla trek
ID: GYG531091-922254
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Country: Rwanda
Country: Rwanda
Duration: 3 days
Description
The golden monkey trekking tour in Volcanoes NP, This activity involves a relatively easy trek through the bamboo jungles, Afterwards head to misty Bwindi, which is home of Mountain Gorillas trekking.
3 Days - Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Kigali)
Description
The golden monkey trekking tour in Volcanoes NP is one of the top adventures to do in Rwanda. The activity involves a relatively easy trek through the bamboo jungles in the lower zones of the Virunga Volcanoes to find and spend an hour with the striking Golden Monkeys. Afterwards head to misty Bwindi, which is home to more than half the population of the remaining 720 Mountain Gorillas. Bwindi offers a unique birding opportunity, cultural experiences, and the elusive primates.
Itinerary
Day 1-: Transfer from Kigali, Rwanda to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Pick up from your Hotel or Airport in Kigali and drive to the Uganda, Rwanda border. In the process you will traverse the lush country side dotted with undulating hills that have qualified Rwanda as a land of a thousand hills Arriving in Bwindi in afternoon you will check into your lodge, and post lunch you will go for Batwa Cultural Visit.
Dinner and overnight at:
Accommodation :
Budget: Broadbill Forest Camp/Gorilla Hills Eco Lodge
Day 2-: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Musanze in Rwanda
After an early morning breakfast, walk to the park headquarters for briefing on the do's and don’ts during gorilla tracking and thereafter you will proceed to the gorilla trail. Gorilla tracking normally lasts between 2 to 8 hours or even a day to encounter the gorillas. However, you will be allowed to stay in the presence of these awesome apes for at least an hour. It is advisable that you carry packed lunch, which will be provided, as one cannot determine how long it may take to encounter the mountain gorillas. Later transfer back to Musanze, Dinner and overnight will be at:
Accommodation: Migano Hotel & Cafe (Budget)
Day 3-: Golden Monkey tracking and transfer to Kigali Airport to fly out
Wake up for early breakfast and transfer to the park head offices in Kinigi by 7.00am. Join up with the other Golden Monkeys trekkers, meet the ranger guide for a few minutes talk about the activity and the park, and by 8.00am you transfer to the trail head just outside the park. Enjoy great views of the mountain scenery as you start your trek into the park to find the golden monkeys. The golden monkeys live near the edge of the park in the bamboo forests where the ground is relatively flat and easy to trek. Find the monkeys and follow them as they feed, notice how they skillfully pick the young bamboo leaves from the tip of the bamboo tree. After an amazing one hour with the golden monkeys you will return to the trail head drive back to the lodge for lunch and after head for the “view point where you will be able to see the two lakes and the entire beautiful scenery of the Five Volcanic Mountains stretching all the way to Congo borders. The three Countries: - Rwanda, Uganda and Congo meet at the tip of the Sabyinyo peak.” be transferred to Kigali Airport to catch you’ departure flight back home.
3 Days - Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Kigali)
Description
The golden monkey trekking tour in Volcanoes NP is one of the top adventures to do in Rwanda. The activity involves a relatively easy trek through the bamboo jungles in the lower zones of the Virunga Volcanoes to find and spend an hour with the striking Golden Monkeys. Afterwards head to misty Bwindi, which is home to more than half the population of the remaining 720 Mountain Gorillas. Bwindi offers a unique birding opportunity, cultural experiences, and the elusive primates.
Itinerary
Day 1-: Transfer from Kigali, Rwanda to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Pick up from your Hotel or Airport in Kigali and drive to the Uganda, Rwanda border. In the process you will traverse the lush country side dotted with undulating hills that have qualified Rwanda as a land of a thousand hills Arriving in Bwindi in afternoon you will check into your lodge, and post lunch you will go for Batwa Cultural Visit.
Dinner and overnight at:
Accommodation :
Budget: Broadbill Forest Camp/Gorilla Hills Eco Lodge
Day 2-: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Musanze in Rwanda
After an early morning breakfast, walk to the park headquarters for briefing on the do's and don’ts during gorilla tracking and thereafter you will proceed to the gorilla trail. Gorilla tracking normally lasts between 2 to 8 hours or even a day to encounter the gorillas. However, you will be allowed to stay in the presence of these awesome apes for at least an hour. It is advisable that you carry packed lunch, which will be provided, as one cannot determine how long it may take to encounter the mountain gorillas. Later transfer back to Musanze, Dinner and overnight will be at:
Accommodation: Migano Hotel & Cafe (Budget)
Day 3-: Golden Monkey tracking and transfer to Kigali Airport to fly out
Wake up for early breakfast and transfer to the park head offices in Kinigi by 7.00am. Join up with the other Golden Monkeys trekkers, meet the ranger guide for a few minutes talk about the activity and the park, and by 8.00am you transfer to the trail head just outside the park. Enjoy great views of the mountain scenery as you start your trek into the park to find the golden monkeys. The golden monkeys live near the edge of the park in the bamboo forests where the ground is relatively flat and easy to trek. Find the monkeys and follow them as they feed, notice how they skillfully pick the young bamboo leaves from the tip of the bamboo tree. After an amazing one hour with the golden monkeys you will return to the trail head drive back to the lodge for lunch and after head for the “view point where you will be able to see the two lakes and the entire beautiful scenery of the Five Volcanic Mountains stretching all the way to Congo borders. The three Countries: - Rwanda, Uganda and Congo meet at the tip of the Sabyinyo peak.” be transferred to Kigali Airport to catch you’ departure flight back home.
Highlights
- Day 1-: Transfer from Kigali, Rwanda to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 2-: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Musanze in Rwanda
- Day 3-: Golden Monkey tracking and transfer to Kigali Airport to fly out
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When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.