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5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Tour

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5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour: Overview

On this 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Rwanda Tour, customized gorilla tour, Tour Rwanda, Gorilla Safari you will tour the genocide memorials, visit Volcanoes National Park well known as Parc National des Volcans for Mountain gorilla tracking, other wildlife adventure Rwanda trips, and birds; enjoy You will have a boat cruise at Lake Kivu after which you transfer to Kigali for a Kigali City tour. This African safari starts and ends in Kigali International Airport.

5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour: Safari Day by Day

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mountain gorillas in Rwanda

Day 1 of the 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Gorilla Tour: Arrival

You will be welcomed by your driver/guide and transferred to the hotel in Kigali. Overnight at The Manor Hotel.

Day 2 of the 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour: Musanze

After breakfast, Kigali to reach Ruhengeri at the gate of Parc National des Volcans. The journey is full of beautiful sceneries, through the cultivated terraced hills of Kigezi and Rwanda. Dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Day 3 of the 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour: Mountain Gorilla tracking

Early morning you enter the gorilla sanctuary of Parc National des Volcans, the rain tropical forest covering the hills surrounding Virunga Volcanoes.

Trekking is a demanding but rewarding experience. Ensure you bring with you enough water and the packed lunch. The time spent in the forest depends on the movements of the primates in their natural environment.

If time permits, you can enjoy an afternoon at the twin crater lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo. Dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Day 4 of the 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour: The beach of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi

After breakfast, leave Ruhengeri and proceed to Gisenyi, a pretty town located on the shores of beautiful Lake Kivu, the main water body of Rwanda. Relax on the beach. Dinner and overnight at Lake Kivu Serena Hotel.

Day 5 of the 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour: Kigali and the culture of Rwanda

After breakfast, you will drive to Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. Depending on the time schedule, enjoy a city tour around Kigali (optional) before your transfer to the airport for departure.
Services included
• Land transport in a four-wheel-drive minibus with English speaking driver guide.
• Transfer to/from Kigali Airport
• Accommodation in hotels and lodges
• Gorilla permit $750 per person
• Park Entrances
Services not included
• International flights
• Visas (visa for Uganda 50$).
• Optional activities in
• Tips in hotels, drivers, guides, etc.
• Drinks in general, extras in hotels, expenses of personal type.

End of the 5 Days Gorilla Safari Rwanda Cultural Safari Tour

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