4 Days Luxury Gorilla Trekking Experience
4 Days Luxury Gorilla Trekking Experience
This luxury gorilla safari in Rwanda of 4 Days is tailored for visitors interested in encountering the majestic mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, close enough to hear their grunts and watch them play. Gorilla trekking is a sought – after experience for many and on this Rwanda Gorilla Safari, elevate this once-in-a-lifetime experience to unparalleled heights with a stay at the opulent Sanctuary of Singita Kwitonda.
From the moment you arrive in the vibrant Kigali City, your indulgent journey begins. This curated luxury package includes all requisite permits, seamlessly harmonizing the intricacies of the journey, including private transfers chauffeured by an eloquent English – speaking driver-guide.
As the climax of your primate journey approaches, relish in the surge of emotions and marvels of nature.
On the final day of your luxury gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda, you will be whisked away on a helicopter flight back to Kigali, unveiling the breathtaking landscapes for a vantage point reserved for a few privileged.
Destination: Volcanoes National Park – Rwanda.
Duration: 4 Days
Day By Day Itinerary – Luxury Gorilla Trekking Experience
Day 1: Volcanoes National Park
Welcome to Rwanda – The Land of a Thousand Hills. On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you are met by our representative – your private English speaking driver-guide and depart for a guided orientation city tour of Kigali with a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial with a light lunch. Then make your way towards Volcanoes National Park which is a journey of approximately 3 hours of road transfer. Arrive at your lodge – a place of stay for 3 nights.
Singita Kwitonda Lodge is a luxurious lodge named after a legendary silverback gorillas sitting on 178 acres and sharing a 1.2km border with Volcanoes National Park – Home to mountain gorillas. It features eight luxurious suites each featuring a private heated plunge pool, wellness treatment area, in-and outdoor fireplaces and large timber-framed windows that welcome breathtaking scenery and volcano views inside. During your stay, you will have some time at leisure to take in the beautiful vistas and walk about on the property. There is a Conservation Room and a nursery and vegetation garden which provides fresh produce for Kwitonda’s farm-to-table food journey. Enjoy lunch and retire for an early night in preparation of your early morning wake-up call.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Volcanoes National Park
Enjoy breakfast at the lodge and head to Volcanoes National Park to meet with the gorilla family assigned to the group of 8 people maximum.
There are twelve gorilla families living in Volcanoes National Park, fully habituated with a few others habituated solely for scientific research. The gorilla troops consists of at least one silverback along with several females and youngsters. Gorilla families in Rwanda are Susa, Igisha, Karisimbi, Sabyinyo, Amahoro, Agashya, Kwitonda, Umubano, Hirwa, Bwenge, Ugyenda and Muhoza.
You will hike up to the location of the gorilla troop depending on the gorilla’s movement, the hike can last anything from 30 minutes to four or more hours, reaching an altitude of between 2,500m and 4,00m. Once you locate the gorillas, you will have 1 hour to spend with them, watching them going about their daily life of grooming, feeding, playing and relaxing in the forest. Then you hike back down to the lodge, freshen up and enjoy a late lunch.
Spend the afternoon at leisure to choose one of the activities offered such as nursery walk, cycling through the resort, nearby villages and farm roads, bird watching, or spend time with the chef and learn to make some delicious dishes. Dinner and night.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Volcanoes National Park
Wake up again and head back to Volcanoes National Park, this time to track the Golden Monkeys. These playful primates are highly endangered and are mainly found in this part of the world, living in the Virunga Mountain ranges. Encountering golden monkeys in the Volcanoes National Park is a highly immersive primate experience as trekkers are surrounded by up to one hundred monkeys foraging in the forest and jumping from tree branch to another.
Golden monkeys live in bamboo vegetation close to the base of the volcanoes so the hike to find them is on fairly flat terrain and the distance is not far, making this activity that is not as physically demanding as the gorilla trekking of the previous day. You have 1 hour to spend with the monkeys and return to the lodge for a late lunch.
In the afternoon, visit the Ellen Degeneres Campus of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. The D Fossey Gorilla Fund was established in 1967 and works to protect and study gorillas plus their habitats, and to empower the locals who live near their forest. With a team of almost 300 working in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dian Fossey Fund is the world’s longest running and largest conservation organisation dedicated entirely to gorilla conservation. The camp, located a few minutes’ drive from Singita Kwitonda, it features original artefacts that have never been displayed before, including items from Fossey’s almost two decades of living among the gorillas. Dinner and night at the lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Departure
Today is the last day on your luxury gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda. After a leisurely breakfast at the lodge, you are transferred to a nearby airstrip for the return to Kigali City by helicopter.
Arrive at Kigali International Airport, assistance for the check in of your onward flight home or to your next destination.
End of your Luxury Gorilla Trekking Experience.
