Visit Rwanda, The Land of a Thousand Hills
Visit Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills characterised by stunning scenery and warm, friendly people offer unique experiences in one of the most remarkable countries in the world. It is blessed with extraordinary biodiversity, with incredible wildlife living throughout its volcanoes, montane rainforest and sweeping plains. Travellers come from far and wide to catch a glimpse of the magnificent gorillas, yet there is so much more to see and experience.
Rwanda Safaris and Gorilla Trekking Tours
Visit and adventure Rwanda, popularly known as the Land of a thousand hills’ because of its beautiful hilly topography. In Rwanda, it is where Volcanoes National Park is found. This park is the home for mountain gorillas. The country also has pother animal specify like chimpanzees, golden monkeys, Ruwenzori colobus, several primate species plus a variety of cultural and historical sites including numerous genocide memorial centers. Trekking of Gorillas in Rwanda in the Volcanoes National Park draws thousands and hundreds of visitors throughout year, who are prepared to pay prices for the gorilla trekking permits.
The Mountain Gorillas are organised in various groups/families are available for tracking on a one-day, two-day and three-day basis as one may choose.
On your next tour with AAB Tours and Travel, a lot of tourists attractions in Rwanda just await you for enjoyment. Tour the Mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, trek the wild golden monkeys, visit the chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest face to face, climb the Volcanoes, immerse yourself in the traditions and culture of the people.
The country is an independent state in central and east Africa. Positioned a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is precisely bordered by Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the east, Burundi in the south and Democratic Republic (DR) Congo in the east. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate of the country is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.
Our gorilla trekking trips and safaris are available for you all the year round and you are at liberty to travel any time of the day, week, month or the year.
Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda
Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda at the Volcanoes National Park is a rare amazing experience of a lifetime. It is at this park that gorilla trekking safaris in Rwanda are done from on a daily basis throughout the year. This vast park covers approximately 46 square miles with encompasses six volcanoes. Rwanda is a stable country with a lot to offer regarding tourism including mountain gorilla trekking which is need eagerly by visitors from all over the world.
To do a gorilla safari, a tourist must have a gorilla trekking permit which should be booked some good months or weeks before the tracking date. Besides visiting mountain gorillas, Rwanda also offers chimpanzee safaris, golden monkey trekking, hiking to Dian Fossey grave site, wildlife safaris canopy walk, primates tours, nature and cultural walks, Lake Kivu boat cruise plus genocide memorial tours among others.
SELECTED GORILLA TREKKING TOURS IN RWANDA
3 Day Gorilla Safari in Rwanda
You will come face to face with the rare endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda at the Volcanoes National park. During this tour, you will visit of the 10 habituated gorilla families that are open for trekking by visitors.
1 day Rwanda Gorilla Tracking Safari
Anyone visitor on a tight travel programme and a limited budget is free to undertake a one day gorilla tracking safari in Rwanda. With this safari, one leave Kigali very early in the morning, arrives at the park, treks gorillas, takes lunch and drives back to Kigali in the evening.
2 Day Gorilla Tour in Rwanda with Golden Monkeys
This safari is also superlative for travellers with limited time but still need to do gorilla trekking. One will do two activities at the volcanoes National Park including gorilla tracking and Golden Trekking before driving back to Kigali for a departure.
4 Day Double Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda.
Enjoy a gorilla trekking safari at the Volcans Park for two consecutive days. During this period, you have a liberty to visit 2 different gorilla groups with different experiences. Because of the enthralling nature of tracking, it’s the reason many people choose to do it twice in just one visit.
7 days Rwanda Gorilla Safari
This tour package entails visiting Volcanoes National Park for gorilla and golden monkey trekking plus Dian Fossey grave hike. Other activities include chimps tracking in Nyungwe Forest and genocide memorial visit in Kigali.
5 Day Gorilla Tour, Golden Monkey Safari & Dian Fossey Hike
Take a gorilla safari in Rwanda, supplemented by golden monkey trekking, followed by an electrifying hike to the grave of Dian Fossey, a gorilla conservationist who was murdered in 1985 and buried at a Gorilla Cemetery found at the present day Karisoke Research Station.
6 Day Rwanda Gorillas, Monkeys, Dian Fossey, Lake Kivu and Genocide Tour
On this Rwanda Safari, you will comfortably enjoy a gorilla trek, golden monkey tracking, chimpanzee tour, Lake Kivu boat cruise, genocide tour plus nature walks among others.
10 Days Rwanda Wildlife Safaris and Nature Tours
This is a pretty amazing Safari as it entails gorilla trekking, chimps tracking, wildlife safaris, nature tours and cultural visits, Lake Kivu sightseeing adventure plus lots of wild wonders and geographical admiration.
What to expect from Gorilla Tracking Excursions
Hope for the best while on a Gorilla Tracking safaris in Rwanda. Always wake up early, take breakfast and prepare transfer to park having slept near it. Your day’s guide will brief you at 7:00 am regarding the safeguards and the jungle etiquette. In a group with other members, you continue to the woodland and begin the walk that may be exhausting based upon your bodily power. Recollect, the primates you are visiting are termed as mountain gorillas, meaning they are mountain dwellers where reaching them necessitates some hiking. The exercise lasts between 1 hours to several hours in the forest.
The professional forest guides are astonishingly noble and will lead your way to the particular adopted mountain gorilla family that undoubtedly will be acquainted to people presence. Hiking in the forest with uncertainty about what to see is a characteristic of any African adventure. However the apprehension habitually vanishes once your eyes are set on a group. Typically, the group will be spread over a minor zone of dense foliage. These giants will continue with their exchanges and also eat their food putting less concern of their visiting tourists though they will be noticing you with keen interest. Infrequently, a bouncy kid will confidently come to you with curiosity, at times coming indeed close that you may need to distance yourself away. Remember, you are only permitted to be not beyond 7 meters away from them, a rule that safeguards gorillas against the transmittable human illnesses.
Prices of Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Permit
- USD 1500 per person
- In Uganda, permits are priced at USD $600 for any period of the year.
Things usually included on a Gorilla Tour
- A Gorilla permit for one trekking experience.
- Ground transportation throughout the trip including fuel
- Accommodations on full board
- Bottled drinking water
- An English speaking guide.
- In case of any additional activity to the gorilla excursion like chimps tracking, Golden Monkey Trek, Dian Fossey Hiking, Lake Kivu, they would also be included in the quoted price.
Common Gorilla Tracking Questions –
Where can one see Mountain Gorillas?
Worldwide, Mountain Gorillas only live in 3 countries. Gorillas in Rwanda live in the Volcanoes National Park, in Uganda in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga National Park whereas in the DR Congo, they inhabit the Virunga National Park. For Lowland gorillas, they live in thick woodlands and lowland swamp lands and wetlands as low as the sea level. Western lowland gorillas are found in the Central West African countries while Eastern lowland gorillas dwell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo nearby its boundary with Rwanda.
The cost of Tracking Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda?
A one-day gorilla trek in Rwanda may be between USD 2000, a two days trekking costs around USD 2700 and a 3 Days Trekking adventure may be between 3000. The variations in prices are determined by the accommodation differences, extra activities to gorilla trekking and ground transport used among others.