5-Day The Best of Virunga National Park – This tour starts from Kigali International Airport and ends at the same point. During this tour you will get in contact with the famous and rare mountain gorillas and spend one night near the most active volcano crater in Africa and the largest lava lake in the world.
Once at the Kigali International Airport, you will meet our professional drive-guide who will greet you in style before briefing and lead you to your Hotel. After check in, if time allows, you will have option to visit the downtown for an evening karaoke or attending one of the public event for interacting more with Rwandan people.
After an early breakfast you will drive toward DR Congo border, checking in Congo must be at 9 am mandatory and head in the escorted convoy to be guide and stay at Kibumba tented camp. Tents are larger than 3x3m, that means you will sleep on normal beds and that each tent has a private veranda and bathroom with a toilet, hot shower and sink. Virunga National Park staff will take care of all the camp chores.
You will arrive later afternoon and spend the evening at the foot of Nyiragongo Volcano.
After an early breakfast at Kibumba Tented Camp, you will head in the escorted convoy
down the hill to be guide and have a briefing before the gorilla
trek. Trek usually require 1-2.5 hours of hiking each way, depending on location
of the gorilla group being trekked and the difficulty of the terrain. After spending
the allotted hour with the gorilla family group, you will make your way back to
camp and have the rest of the day at Kibumba tented camp.
After breakfast in Kibumba, you will be transported to the Kibati Ranger
Post at 8:15am, departure point for the Nyiragongo volcano trek. On arrival to
Kibati, you will receive a briefing and will have the opportunity to hire porters.
The climb up the volcano will take around four to six hours(normal hike) and you will stay at the top overnight in cabanas.
You will be with rangers and your cook who will take care of you along the way and provide meal, soft drinks and water. At top the cook will prepare a hot dinner and coffee or tea as well.
In the early morning, you will leave the crater rim and start the descent
back to Kibati. Average descent time is four hours. Once at the bottom, you
will be transported back to Goma with drop-off at the Grande Barriere. Later after noon, drive to Kigali and fly back.
Please feel free to contact us at South Rift Galaxy Safaris.
Office Location: Wabera Street, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 720 824 502 OR +254 720 823 229
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