Tour Overview
The 1 day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking is an exceptional Rwanda short safari, crafted to offer you opportunity to track mountain gorillas. This is incredibly the best short Rwanda tour package for those of you with tight schedule. Your Rwanda Gorilla Trekking short tour will be conducted in Volcanoes National Park Ruhengeri, North-western part of the country.
Volcanoes National Park (VNP) Ruhengeri lies in the Northern Province of Rwanda and sits on the land area of 160sq.kms, established in 1925. This is one of the 4 African parks where you can have a magical encounter with the world’s endangered mountain gorillas while in the wild. Those of you on 1 day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking trip get a chance to track any of the 13 habituated gorilla group families of Volcanoes National Park beginning from Kinigi after briefing.
Detailed itinerary
Leave your hotel room early 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 2 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.
Of the existing 13 habituated gorilla families in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda, only one can be tracked by 8 visitors and they include among others; Bwenge, Susa A, Titus gorilla family, Karisimbi/Susa B, Hirwa, Ugenda, Kwitonda, Amahoro group, Umubano and Agashya. Tracking any of these Rwanda gorilla groups requires you to have a valid gorilla permit which is issued at US Dollars 1500 per person.
Your magical encounter will be accompanied by incredible sights of birds, other primates and flora. Return to meet your driver guide in the park’s headquarters at Kinigi after photography and in-depth learning about gorillas’ behaviors. The driver guide will bring you back to Kigali, marking the end of the 1 day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking.