Day 1: Kigali Arrival – Drive to Volcanoes National Park

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking – Life-Changing Encounter

Day 3: Golden Monkeys & Karisoke Hike

Day 4: Scenic Return to Kigali

• Meet and greet at Kigali International Airport or city hotel
• Optional visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial or Nyamirambo Women’s Center
• Drive northwest through rolling hills and villages to Volcanoes National Park (approx. 2.5–3 hours)
• Arrive at your forest lodge for check-in and welcome dinner

• Early breakfast and transfer to park headquarters for trek briefing
• Guided hike into the bamboo-covered slopes of the Virunga Mountains
• Spend one awe-inspiring hour with a gorilla family in their natural habitat
• Return to lodge for lunch and rest
• Afternoon at leisure or enjoy a massage at the lodge spa

• Morning golden monkey trek through dense vegetation
• Observe these rare, energetic primates in the lower forest zones
• Return to the lodge for lunch
• Afternoon hike to Karisoke Research Center – visit the site where Dian Fossey worked and is buried
• Learn about her legacy and ongoing conservation work

• Breakfast with panoramic volcano views
• Optional morning walk or visit to local artisan cooperative
• Scenic return to Kigali with lunch en route
• Drop-off at your hotel or airport for onward travel

Includes:

• Gorilla trekking and golden monkey permits (one each per person)

   

• Three nights’ luxury or eco-lodge accommodation (full board)

   

• All private transfers with professional English-speaking guide

   

• Entry fees to Karisoke and cultural sites

   

• Park fees, community support levies, and bottled water throughout