4 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trekking Safari

4 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trekking Safari

This 4 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trekking Safari takes you on an adventure to Rwanda’s iconic Volcanoes National Park for a thrilling encounter with two critically endangered mountain gorillas and golden monkeys.

This Rwanda primate journey also includes a Kigali City Tour, visiting the Gorilla’s Guardians Village and the beautiful Twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo.

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Highlights of 4 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trekking Safari

Day 1: Kigali City Tour – Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking – Gorilla Guardians Village Visit

Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking – Visiting Lake Burera and Ruhondo

Day 4: Departure

Detailed Itinerary of 4 Days Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trekking Safari

Day 1: Kigali City Tour – Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast at your hotel in Kigali or upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met by our representative and go for a Kigali City Tour visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial and Kimironko Market.

After the city tour, you will embark on a journey passing through the forested hills and vast tea plantations. On this drive you will discover why Rwanda is called the “Land of a Thousand Hills”.

Once you have arrive in Musanze, check in at your lodge and spend the evening at relaxation as you prepare for the next day’s adventure. Enjoy dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking – Gorilla Guardians Village Visit

Today we meet the endangered mountain gorillas in the misty forests of Volcanoes National Park. wake up early for breakfast, meet your driver- guide and transfer to the park headquarters in Kinigi for briefing about gorilla trekking and the right way to behave while in the forest. In groups of 8 people, you will be assigned a gorilla family to trek and head into the forest with armed rangers and guide searching for mountain gorillas.

The trek takes about 2 to 5 hours or more depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night. Spend one hour with the endangered primates as you watch them play, feed and groom each other. You are free to take pictures as long as your flashlight is off.

Trek back to the starting point, meet your driver guide and return to your lodge for lunch and short rest. In the afternoon you will head to the Gorillas Guardians Village, formerly known as the Ib’Iwacu Cultural Village. It started as a place where former poachers would sell souvenir to tourist but has now been rebuilt as a leading cultural center in the country. You will spend time being entertained by cultural performers and be requested to take part.

Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The Endemic Golden Monkeys in the bamboo forests of Volcanoes National Park

Day 3: Golden Monkey Trekking – Visiting Lake Burera and Ruhondo

After breakfast you will return to the park headquarters for briefing about golden monkey trekking. Today you will have an opportunity to meet the endangered golden monkey, after the briefing you will head into the forest searching for these endemic primates.

Golden Monkeys are endemic primate species only found in Uganda, Rwanda and DR.Congo. They are very cute and playful, living in groups consisting of about 80 individuals. Unlike mountain gorillas, they are very comfortable with flash camera and after spending time with them you will go back to the starting where you will find your driver waiting for you. Return to the lodge for lunch and in the evening, driven to the Twin lakes of Ruhondo and Burera for canoeing, birding and short guided nature walks.

Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Departure

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast as you prepare to check out and start the trip back to Kigali, your driver-guide will drop you off at the airport for your departure flight bringing your Rwanda Primate Safari to an end.