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3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking – Golden Monkey Watching.

Book 3 Days Rwanda gorillas &  Golden monkey tracking to visit the magic volcanoes national park with Primate Safaris. Enjoy the special experience of watching the Rwanda Mountain gorillas, Golden monkey alongside twin lakes.

This trip starts from Kigali Rwanda and ends in Kigali Rwanda, 3 Days /2 Nights in Volcanoes National Park on Exclusive Rwanda Safari holiday with Primate Safari Experiences.

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park.

On arrival in Kigali, you will find primate Safari Experiences representative who will brief and guide you through the entire 3 Days Rwanda gorilla safari.

You will drive to Musanze (formerly called Ruhengeri) in the northwest part of Rwanda, the main base town for Gorilla tracking. The drive is through beautiful rolling hills on a comfortable paved road and is approximately 2.5 hours from Kigali. You will arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.

Dinner and overnight stay at Volcanoes Lodge (L)/ One & Only Gorilla’s Nest Volcanoes. 

Day 2: Gorilla trekking.

After your morning breakfast, you will transfer by road in a safari car and report to the park headquarters, for gorilla trekking formalities and briefing by the Volcanoes National Park’s guides on the gorillas’ etiquette.

The gorilla group you will visit will largely depend on the assignment of travelers to the seven habituated gorilla groups. There are 10 habituated groups of mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Each group is allowed 8 visitors a day and the trek varies in length depending on which gorilla family you were assigned. The trekking commences at an altitude of 7000 feet in the upper slopes of the volcano.

The paths you follow are steep but not overly strenuous. Nothing can prepare one for the impact of encountering a fully-grown silverback gorilla: up to three times as bulky as the average man, yet remarkably peaceful and tolerant of human visitors.

There are no words to describe the thrill of recognition attached to staring deep into the liquid brown eyes of these gentle giants, which share some 97% of their genes with humans. After locating your assigned Gorilla group, you will spend one hour in their company before retracing your steps back down the volcano slope. Dinner and overnight stay as Above

Day 3: Golden Monkey trekking and transfer back to Kigali.

After breakfast at the Lodge, you will go for Golden Monkey trekking within the Volcanoes National Park. These Golden Monkeys are the most endangered primates within the forest.

This activity will not take long like as it is when tracking the Gorillas. You will spend also less time with these primates. Return back to Kigali with lunch en route.