These 4 days Virunga Gorilla tour and Nyiragongo hike gives you a glance at Virunga’s gentle apes within their territory. You will have a chance to enjoy the gorilla’s carry out their everyday activities, playing, feeding, juveniles chanting around, as the Silverback monitors the wellbeing of his family within the one hour at your disposal. En route to Virunga National Park, enjoy the rolling hills with stunning views the Small Beauty of Africa “Rwanda”. Virunga National Park is lies in eastern D.R. Congo on the borders of Uganda and Rwanda. Hiking Nyiragongo Summit gives you an exposure to one of the world’s most active volcano with the boiling lava lake on top that erupted in 2021.
Safari Highlights
Day 1: Drive to Virunga National Park from Kigali.
Day 2: Gorilla trekking in the Virunga.
Day 3: Hiking the Nyiragongo Peak
Day 4: Descend from Mt Nyiragongo and Travel to Kigali.
Detailed tour itinerary:
Day 1: Drive to Virunga National Park from Kigali.
On arrival in Kigali, our company driver guide will welcome you, brief you about the entire tour and drive through Kigali to Virunga national park in D.R. Congo.
On your way, enjoy beautiful landscapes of the relatively high hills in huge green plantations and homesteads. You will Virunga national park towards lunch time, check in to your booked lodge and enjoy your luncheon and relax in the soothing calm environment from the long journey.
Day 2: Gorilla trekking in the Virunga.
Immediately after an early breakfast and set off to the park offices for briefing on the trekking guidelines and cross-checking the permits and get ready to enter the dense forests. Along this walk, you will be able to spot some animals like giant forest hogs, small primates like red-tailed, black and white colubus and vervet monkeys. The adventure is roughly lasts between 2-8 hours. On reaching the gorillas, you are allowed an hour with the mountain gorillas as you take photos, see how they handle their young ones, carry on with their daily tasks and how they react to people around them. After the gorilla trekking experience, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch and relaxation.
Day 3: Hiking the Nyiragongo Peak
After breakfast drive to the offices for check-in and start your hiking with a well-armed ranger. On your trek, meet some primates and watch beautiful birds as you continue to the top of Nyiragongo summit.
On the mountain top, glance at a boiling lava lake which erupted in May 2021.enjoy the views of the boiling lava and take as Many Pictures as you can before heading to the campsite for lunch a night at the summit. You will need some useful camping equipment like the headlamps and sleeping tents.
Day 4: Descend from Mt Nyiragongo and Travel to Kigali.
Wake up early for breakfast, pack your luggage and check out from the campsite and descend the mountain as you enjoy virgin nature. Upon reaching at the base camp your driver will be ready to transfer you back to Kigali. Have an en route lunch and an optional activity of Kigali city tour before departure flight.