Day 1: Arrival in Kigali for the 5 Days Luxury Gorilla Tour in Rwanda

On your arrival in Kigali-Rwanda, you will meet our driver guide at the Airport who will brief you on your 5 days Rwanda Luxury gorilla tour. Immediately, you will go for a Kigali city excursion, have lunch en route for early arrivals and visit a lot other great places before transferring you to for dinner and overnight stay at your prebooked hotel.

Accommodation in Musanze

• Kigali Marriot Hotel (Luxury)
• Kigali Serena Hotel (Midrange)
• Step Down Motel (Budget)

Day 2: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After having breakfast, you will go for another city tour around Kigali city. You will visit the Kimironko market (one of Africa’s largest local markets), the Genocide memorial site and the places you failed to visit the previous day. You will have your lunch meal at the majestic Hotel Des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda) then transfer to Ruhengeri / Musanze arriving in the evening for check-in and relaxation at a prebooked hotel/lodge.

Accommodation Options in Volcanoes National Park

• Mount Gorilla View Lodge/Bisate Lodge (Luxury)
• Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge/Virunga Lodge/Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge (Midrange)
• Muhabura Hotel/Kinigi Guesthouse (Budget)

Day 3: First Luxury Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Breakfast very early in the morning and transfer to the park headquarters in Kinigi for briefing before continuing to look for gorillas. The journey to search for gorillas can take 1 to 7 hours depending on the previous day movements of gorillas. Adventuring the steep bamboo slopes to see the gorillas is an inspiring moment. On meeting the gorillas, you will be rewarded an hour around them at a distance of about 6 – 8 meters. After this magical hour, you will then journey back to your starting point, receive your respective mountain gorilla trekking certificates and after drive back to your lodge to relax. In the afternoon/evening, you can carry out a few optional community tours or cultural activities at the lodge.

Day 4: Second Luxury Gorilla Trekking 

This day you enjoy your second day of luxury gorilla trekking this time trying out a different gorilla family. You will go through the same process as the previous day before beginning the hike to search for gorillas. Once the gorillas are located, your group will be still be permitted to be with the gorillas for a maximum of one hour. After the trek, you will hike back to the park headquarters to pick your gorilla trekking certificate. Dinner and overnight at your lodge, but you may wish to spend sometime with the locals or at the lake relaxing off the strenuous hike and gorilla trek process.

Day 5: Drive to Kigali, Flight Departure

Enjoy your breakfast at the lodge and later, you set off for golden monkey tracking or Dian Fossey tomb site hike. Later in the day, drive back to Kigali to catch up with your flight back or spend a night in a hotel in Kigali and this marks the end of 5 days Luxury Gorilla Tour Rwanda Itinerary.