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1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Tour

1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Tour, Day Trip for Rwanda Gorilla Trek in Volcanoes

Enjoy this 1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Trek in Parc Des Volcanos / Volcanoes National Park, the only and one of major gorilla trekking destination in Rwanda and Africa respectively. For this 1 day Rwanda Gorilla tour, you get a chance to visit and explore the best of Rwanda starting from very early in the morning till the evening hours upon successful completion of the trek. Therefore, this trip requires very early pick up and late drop off.

Detailed Full Day Rwanda Gorilla Trek Itinerary

Your  1 day Rwanda gorilla tour will start as early as 4:00 am to set off for a 2-3 hours journey from Kigali towards Volcanoes National Park headquarters in Musanze also known as Ruhengeri where the gorilla trekking activity is carried out from. Along the journey, you will enjoy a picturesque drive with stopovers on the way to take memorable pictures and enjoy delightful moments until we reach in time at the park for the pre-gorilla briefing from the officials at the headquarters.

At 8:30 am after getting briefed about the whole gorilla trekking expectations, dos and don’ts, you will be transferred together with your group (of eight persons, you inclusive) to the starting point of the Rwanda gorilla trek hiking into the jungles of Volcanoes National Park.

The trek for the gorillas continues throughout the park until you finally meet with the gorilla group you were assigned at the time of the briefing. These Gorilla groups are allocated to you randomly though at times if interest was expressed earlier through the tour operator, you may get your particular gorilla family of interest reserved for you at the time you arrive in for the trek.

1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Tour

Meeting with the gorillas on your trek is the most exciting you will ever experience. You will enjoy seeing them play, feed, climb to their nests and you will surely wonder their sensitivity and intelligence since they are said to share up to 98% of their DNA with you, the human being.

After an experience with the gorillas for about an hour, you will return to the lodge for a final check-in and later transfer you back to Kigali for drop off at your hotel or at the airport for a scheduled flight back home.
That will mark the end of your 1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Tour, Thanks for interesting a trip with us!

Tour Inclusives

  • Full Day service of a professional English speaking driver/guide
  • Exclusive use of 4WD for the whole day
  • 1 x Gorilla Permit pp (Rwanda)
  • Emergency Evacuation Insurance pp
  • Park Entrance Fees

Tour Excludes

  • Tourist Entry Visa
  •  International Flight Tickets
  •  Travel Insurance
  •  Items of Personal Nature
  •  Tips and Gratuities

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