Journey Time: Less 30 Minutes

Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport; complete immigration procedures and meet your guide in the waiting area. Have a briefing and transfer to the hotel within Kigali City; check-in and spend the rest of this day at leisure.

Overnight:

Midrange: Hotel Mille Collines – or similar

Luxury: Kigali Serena Hotel – or similar

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Journey Time: Approx. 3 Hours

Pick-up Time: 08:30AM. Early breakfast at the hotel and go for a tour of Kigali.
Explore the highlights of Kigali City: This Kigali excursion is the best way to enjoy an authentic experience of Rwanda’s hilly Capital and largest city. Kigali ranks among Africa’s cleanest and safest cities; with world-class facilities. On your city tour visit the historical and cultural sites. Visit Kandt House – a former residence of Dr. Richard Kandt. Head to Mount Kigali for cool views, then to the Natural History Museum. Tour the Presidential Museum; once a residence for two former Presidents. Also visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Lunch at the lodge in Volcanoes National Park. Continue to Volcanoes National Park, for Iby’Iwacu Cultural Experience: Exploring Iby’Iwacu Village is a huge opportunity to meet the locals. Get to learn about the traditional lifestyle and Rwanda’s cultural heritage; and be engaged in activities such as: Community walks, visit the King’s house replica, cultural entertainment, traditional folktales, and observe a traditional banana beer and spirit brewing process.

Overnight:

Midrange: Ingagi Parkview Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board

Pick-up Time: 05:30AM. After an early breakfast at the lodge; be handed a lunchbox and mineral water to put in your backpack. Thereafter, proceed to the Park headquarters at Kinigi for registration and briefing.

Volcanoes Gorilla Tracking Experience – Upon completing park formalities, embark onto your once-in-a-lifetime experience of tracking the mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Upon an encounter with the gorillas, enjoy a magical hour of human-primate interactions and photography. Tracking the gorillas in the light mountain forests on the slopes of the Virunga is a captivating experience; these massive primates are usually hidden in the dense tropical forest, with less than 700 living today, but you will get within meters with any of the family visited today. Gorilla tracking may be fairly strenuous, lasting for an hour at a relatively high altitude of a dense tropical forest – an adventure worth the efforts invested. Wear hiking boots, trousers, and gloves for protection against stinging nettles as well as sufficient water as the rain forest gets hot and humid during the day. In case the trek takes longer than usual, your ranger guide will choose.

Returning from the trek, will only be for leisure and relaxation – Best time for personal engagements as you recuperate. Dinner included.

Overnight:

Midrange: Ingagi Parkview Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board

Journey Time: Approx. 03 Hours

Pickup Time: Flexible. The day starts with breakfast at the lodge on a leisurely morning. Based on your onward travel arrangements; depart Volcanoes National Park back to Kigali Airport in time to check-in for your outbound flight to your next destination.  

Meal Plan: Breakfast Only