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4 Days Gorilla Safari & Visoke Hike Safari

Overview

4 Days Gorilla Safari & Visoke Hike Safari takes you on an adventurous Rwanda tour to Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park for gorilla trekking adventure looking for the endangered mountain gorillas – Rwanda gentle giants in the mist. 

3 Day Gorilla safaris
Gorillas in Rwanda

This Rwanda safari package also offers a chance to hike the beautiful Mount Visoke also known as Mount Bisoke – one of the popular volcanoes found in Volcanoes National Park, the Volcano stands at the altitude of 3,711 meters. 

Hightlights of 4 Days Gorilla Safari & Visoke Hike Safari

  • Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
  • Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park 
  • Day 3: Mount Visoke Hike  
  • Day 4: Kigali City Tour and Departure 

Detailed Itinerary 

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Volcanoes National Park

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide – representative of Jewel Safaris, after briefing about the safari you will embark on a journey to Volcanoes National Park in Musanze – Kinigi. 

From Kigali City, it is a drive of about 3 hours enjoying scenic views of the scenery. On arrival in the park, you will check into your lodge for dinner and overnight stay. 

Accommodation: Virunga Lodge 

Meal plan: Dinner 

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park 

Have an early breakfast and drive to the park’s headquarters for gorilla briefing which lasts for about 45 minutes, a ranger will take you through the rules and regulations to follow during the trek, register for gorilla trekking, be grouped into the group of 8 people and you will be assigned a gorilla group to trek. 

Head to the starting point, head into the forest of Volcanoes national park looking for the gentle giants, the trek takes about 2 – 6 hours depending on the movement of mountain gorillas, their feeding range, temperatures and where they spent their previous night. The trek is strenuous that is why you need to have packed lunch, comfortable clothes, comfortable hiking shoes and a walking stick. 

When you locate the gorillas, you are allowed to spend one hour in the presence of the gorillas observing the gorilla troop go on with its daily life, babies playing on tree branches, silverbacks protecting the group and others picking fruits to eat. The sight of mountain gorillas is incredible and the climax of this Rwanda safari. 

Return to the park’s headquarters to pick your gorilla certificates, return to the lodge for relaxation and later have dinner and stay overnight. 

Accommodation: Virunga Lodge 

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Mount Bisoke Hike 

 Have early breakfast and report to the park’s headquarters with your packed lunch for briefing, you will be taken through rules and regulations to follow during the trek then head to the starting point. Ascend to the volcano through various vegetation types, when you reach the summit of  Mount Bisoke you will enjoy magnificent views of the crater lake at the summit. 

From the summit, you enjoy views of the other Virunga ranges, Virunga National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Rwenzori Ranges

Once you are done enjoying the scenic views, you will descend down and head back to the starting point where you will meet your guide and take you back to the lodge, spend the rest of the resting, later have dinner and stay overnight. 

Accommodation: Virunga Lodge 

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Kigali City Tour and Departure

Enjoy an early sumptuous breakfast, then drive back to Kigali city. Depending on your flight time, you will have a city tour visiting the Kigali Genocide memorial in Gisozi and the Rwanda National Museum. Later you will be dropped off at the airport for your flight back home. 

End of 4 Days Gorilla Safari and Visoke Hike 

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Package includes:

  • Transport: vehicle, fuel, and  driver
  • Gorilla permit
  • Full board accommodation for the
  • Entrance fees.
  • All activities.
  • Bottled drinking water

Package excludes:

  • Visas
  • Air ticket
  • Personal expenses.
  • Cost for anything that is not mentioned in the itinerary.

We use 4×4 safari cars for our safaris and therefore every traveler is guaranteed a window seat, bellow are photos of the cars.

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Tony M
Tony M
2024-01-08
Jewel Safaris has a jewel in a female driver, Rachel My trip to Lake Mburo National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park on 5th Jan 2024, could not have gone better. My great experience was all down to Jewel Safaris' professionalism and industry experience. The car arrived at my house on time (5 am) to pick me up for the trip. The tour guide driver, a lady named Rachel Aheebwa, was such a delight. Female tour guides drivers are so rare, so this was unexpected. But looking back at how much of a success my tour went, Rachel was the best part of the trip. Two hours into the drive, she suggested a breakfast place that turned out to serve the best coffee I'd ever taken. The small eatery happened to be ran by a lady with tourism experience of 17 years. We set off for Lake Mburo about an hour later and arrived at the park gate three hours later. Because we planned to sleep in Queen Elizabeth National Park and we still had hundreds of kilometers to cover, she made sure we wasted no time Mburo. She was always friendly and firm in her advice when it came to time keeping. We made it to our final destination before dark and had time to rest. Before going to bed, she told me, firmly that we must leave at 7 if we are to see all the animals we wanted to see. I would have loved to sleep in but she made it clear that this was not an option. I was later thankful for this. There were several tourist vehicles at the UWA offices when we arrived. After payments, all the cars left through a Northwards track but Rachel went Eastwards and in less than thirty minutes of Game driving, we hit a jack pot. We found lions on the road and I was able to take close up pictures for several minutes as she made calls to all her friends letting them know that she had found lions. By the time all the vehicles crowded around the lions, I had spend over half an an hour with them. One of the best moments of my life. Jewel safaris couldn't have chosen a better tour guide driver for me. Every thing was well planned to help me see all there was to be seen.
TimmyHensel
TimmyHensel
2023-08-10
Murchison Falls Adventure This was my first safari adventure and it was a trip of a lifetime. The owner, Dona was very professional and helpful and made sure he understood what we wanted. The vehicle was wonderful and roomy and well kept. Our guide, Patrick made the trip exceptional. He knew the park, he knew the animals and he was a former ranger who spent years protecting the animals of that park. It was clear that the other guides respected him and Patrick was kind, funny and made sure we had a wonderful adventure. The first night, the owner called me to ask how everything was going and he messaged me after the trip to make sure we had a great time. That was above and beyond what I expected. Great company, great customer service and fantastic guide with years of experience. This is the company I would choose over and over.
pablo
pablo
2023-08-09
Great safari!!!! Fantastic. The owner went out of the way to make sure we had what we wanted. I highly recommend Patrick as guide and driver. He loves what he does and you can tell.
Simon T
Simon T
2023-08-07
Two-day trip to Lake Mburo Our two-day trip to Lake Mburo with our driver and guide Patrick was great. He delivered what we asked for, and more! Other than being a very kind person and good driver, Patrick was able to share a lot of information about the different animals and places we encountered. A big thanks to Jewel Safaris and Patrick! 100% Recommend!
Sander T
Sander T
2023-08-07
2 days Safari to Lake Mburo We had a blast of a weekend with Patrick from Jewel Safari's. He knew so much about the animals, was so friendly and flexible to arrange it the way we wanted. I would advice to go on a Safari with him!
George H
George H
2023-05-31
Uganda 2023 We had the great pleasure of having Patrick from jewel safaris for a week in Uganda. Hugely informative and fun, Patrick is a perfect ambassador for a fun, beautiful and dramatic country which is Uganda. A fabulous tour by a class guide. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting most of Africa and Uganda is top. Will go back
astrid H
astrid H
2023-05-31
Incredible experience Amazing service and amazing country and people. It was an incredible trip, I can’t fault anything. We all enjoyed it so much and our guide was so attentive and catered to what we wanted to do
goran52
goran52
2022-11-30
Utmärkt service, bra bil och kunnig guide. Jewel Safaris arrangerade vår resa till Uganda, med bland annat gorillorna i Bwindi. Vi var även i nationalparken där schimpanserna finns. Jewel Safaris har lång erfarenhet av att anordna safaris i Uganda. Goran
K F
K F
2022-11-29
good service We had a great trip with Jewel Safari and would definitely recommend to book trips with Jewel Safari.
Ola Karlsson
Ola Karlsson
2022-11-10
Great agency We ordered the trip in 2019 to go to Uganda in April 2020. Then Covid came and the trip was postponed for 2,5 yrs and in the meantime we kept contact and When we finally could go it all went super-smooth. Well organized and very friendly personnel and a fantastic guide. Nothing went wrong during the 10 days we visited and the arrangements were spotless.

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