Golden monkey trekking
On day two of your 3 days Rwanda safari, after an early morning breakfast at your hotel you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to volcanoes national park in order to participate in golden monkey trekking. When you get to the park headquarters, you will go through a briefing session where you will get to know the rules and regulations to follow during golden monkey trekking in Rwanda. After the session you will participate in the activity which involves hiking the different virunga mountains in the park to get to the habituated golden monkey troops in the park. during the activity as you hike the mountains, you will see a number of bird species like, different attractions like the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo, lake kivu, Dian Fossey’s grave among other attractions and when you get to the primates you will observe their behaviour in the park as you take pictures for rewarding experiences during your Rwanda safari, you will head back to your hotel for lunch and in the evening you will participate in community walks to see how locals carry out their daily activities that will be educative and entertaining at the same time and among these include; banana beer making, subsistence farming, and preparation of local dishes among other activities. After your rewarding experience with the primates in volcanoes national park and cultural encounters in volcanoes national park you will head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Mount Karisimbi hike
On day two of your 3 days Rwanda safari after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by your guide for your safari in Rwanda, volcanoes national park who will transfer you to the park headquarters in order to take part in the mount karisimbi hike after participating in the briefing session where you will get to know more about the rules and regulations to follow during the activity for a safe activity in the park. You will embark on your journey to Karisimbi Mountain where you will get rewarding experiences as you watch a number of attractions like along the different hiking trails on the mountain.
Among the different attractions that can be seen include; bird species like; the blue turaco, Ross’s turaco, coqui Francolin, long tailed cisticola, bubbling cisticola, Miombo wren warbler, Chubb’s cisticola Archers ground robin, red faced woodland warbler, Ruwenzori double collared sunbird and many bird species, while hiking, you will get to see where Dian Fossey established her research station in Rwanda where she based to carry out the conservation of the endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda. If you are lucky enough, you will also get to see the habituated gorilla families on the slopes of the mountain like the Susa gorilla family, you will get to see a number of primates in the trees swinging from one tree branch to another and these may include the vervet monkey, mona monkey, black and white colobus monkey, golden monkeys among other monkey species at the end of your safari. You will make your way to your starting where you will find your guide who will transfer you to Kigali city where you will have your late lunch, after the meal you will be dropped off at a location of your choice in Kigali city or Kigali international airport.
3 DAYS WILDLIFE RWANDA SAFARI
Trip inclusions
- All activities on the itinerary
- all accommodation as per itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
- Pick up and Drop off at Entebbe
- Full time English speaking driver/ guide
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Trip Exclusions
- Tips
- Visa fees
- Air tickets
- Personal expenses
- Other expenses
- All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, beer
