2 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Tour
The 2-day Rwanda Gorilla trekking tour is a special gorilla safari package designed to allow visitors with tight schedules or on-budget tours to also explore the massive mountain gorillas in the wild. Gorilla trekking and the Kigali city tour are the two main tour highlights included in this package.
Volcanoes National Park will be your key area of focus for gorilla trekking in Rwanda. This is one of the smallest parks in Rwanda with a land area of 160sq.km and sits in the Northwestern part of the country. At Volcanoes National Park, you will be visiting any one of the 12 habituated gorilla groups including among others Sabyinyo, Hirwa, Agashya, Umubano, Karisimbi, Pablo, Titus, Bwenge, Kwitonda and Susa A.
The Kigali city tour will include visiting the Kigali memorial centre, craft markets and Kimironko market. This short Rwanda tour includes 1 night and takes 2 days, starting and ending in Kigali.
Detailed Itinerary
You will be met by your safari guide from WanderLux Safaris. Get briefed about this special package and start off your day with a Kigali city tour. On a city tour, your main focus will be exploring the Kigali genocide memorial centre –learn what took place during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. After, you will be visiting craft centres and Kigali’s biggest market –Kimironko.
After touring Kigali, enjoy lunch at a classic restaurant. You will then connect to Volcanoes National Park using a comfortable 4×4 safari vehicle, arrive early and check in at the pre-booked gorilla safari lodge for leisure, dinner and a night stay.
Accommodation
- Luxury: Bisate Lodge/Sabyinyo Silverback Gorilla Lodge
- Midrange: Le Bambou Lodge/La Palme Hotel
D-day for up close with a family of mountain gorillas in the wild and today, you will be expected to wake up early to prepare. Have a delicious breakfast and later, proceed to Kinigi where other visitors will be present for a briefing about gorilla tracking rules/guidelines. The park official will also use this time to allocate gorilla families to each group comprising 8 visitors.
The actual trek through the Volcanoes National Park forest begins at 8:00 am with company of an experienced park guide. The whole trek may go for 2-6 hours, inclusive of one hour for up close and personal with mountain gorillas, and photography. Begin walking back to the lodge, check out and you will be driven back to Kigali marking the end of 2 Days Rwanda gorilla trekking tour
End of tour
Tour Inclusions & Exclusions
- Valid Rwanda gorilla permit
- Kigali city tour –visits to all tourists
- Park entry fees
- Full time English-speaking guide/driver (from Rwanda)
- Accommodation for one night + meals
- A bottled drinking water
- Transport
- Tips
- All optional activities
- Telephone bills-airtime/email services, etc
- Laundry
- Visas
- Passport
- Insurance costs
- Cigarettes, etc.






