3 Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda & Kigali City Tour: Complete Guide

 Tour Summary

• Safari starts and ends in Kigali city or Kigali International Airport 
• Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park
• A maximum 1 hour will be spent with the Mountain Gorillas
• Transfers by a 4×4 safari vehicle
• Accommodation before and after trip in Kigali can be arranged on request at an extra cost

What you need to know

• Accommodation is provided as included 
• Tour is available all year round
• Minimum age for tour is 15 years 
• Gorilla permit is included in the cost (US$ 1500)

Itinerary Highlights: 3 Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda

• Day 1: Transfer/drive from Kigali to Volcanoes National Park.
• Day 2: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park 
• Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali city/Kigali International Airport for a departure flight

What’s the real story?:

Detailed Itinerary: 3 Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda

Day 1: Transfer/drive from Kigali to Volcanoes National Park.

Your 3 Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda will start with a pick up from your place of residence/ hotel or upon arrival at Kigali International Airport. After meeting and greeting, you then take the drive to Volcanoes National Park. 

Depending on the time of arrival you may visit a few historical and traditional sites on a short Kigali city tour with a visit to places like the Kigali Genocide Memorial. After the city tour you have lunch and then embark on the drive North West of Rwanda to Volcanoes National Park.

If you are coming in from the neighboring countries on a road drive, you will drive to the park directly. The drive lasts about 2 hours as you go past the picturesque backdrop of Rwanda’s thousands of hills. By evening, you arrive to the park and check in to a booked lodging facility.

Accommodation Options 

Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner 

Day 2: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Mountain Gorilla Trekking in RWANDA

On day two after breakfast at your hotel, your allocated driver-guide picks you up for a drive to the Volcanoes park headquarters. On arrival at the park headquarters, you start with a Gorilla trekking briefing by the park rangers on the dos and don’ts of Gorilla trekking in Rwanda. 

During the briefing, you are allocated a Gorilla family that you track with 7 other individuals alongside park guides. From the park headquarters, you go through the bamboo forest in search of the Mountain Gorillas. 

Gorilla trekking may take about 2-4 hours to and from depending on where the gorillas spent their previous night. However, only 1 hour (60 minutes) can be spent in the presence of the Mountain Gorillas. 

After 1 hour in the presence of a Gorilla family, you trek back to the park headquarters where you meet the tour guide for a transfer to your hotel or lodge where you relax and spend the night where you spent the night the previous day.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali city/Kigali International Airport for a departure flight

On the last day, you will have breakfast at your hotel then depart depending on the time of your scheduled flight or next destination. You will not leave very early if your flight is in the afternoon and vice versa. After drop off at designated destination it marks the end of your 3 Days Gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda. 

End of the 3 Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda

Cost Inclusions

• English speaking driver guide
• Entry fees and taxes including gorilla permit
• Safari van
• Lunch 
• Water on board
• 2 nights’ accommodation

Cost Exclusions 

• Any purchases of personal kind
• Any changes to the itinerary
• International flights and visas

Transport 

• 4×4 safari land cruiser for luxury travelers
• 4×4 safari van for budget travelers

Safari Route: 3 Day Gorilla Trek Rwanda