4 days gorilla tour and bisoke hiking

 The first days begins starts with a Kigali city which includes visiting historical places in Kigali- Rwanda like the genocide memorial center, the Nyamata, the Nyanza genocide memorial site, Ntarama Momorial Site, Bisesero Genocide Memorial and Nyarubuye genocide memorial site, among others.   Other places you can visit include the new handicraft village and other shops, the Batwa pottery, the dance centre and the Gisozi Genocide Memorial. Later in the afternoon, you will drive to Kinigi where you will have your dinner and spend the night at the lodge of your choice depending on your budget.  

The second day is for gorilla trekking. Breakfast will be served early so that you can get to the briefing point before 8:00 am. You guide will take  to  assemble at ORTPN office for  registration and briefing just before you  head out to the start gorilla trekking in the Volcanoes National Park  which is a life time experience and very interesting when you get to see these mountain gorillas. You need to go with your packed lunch, trekking boots and any other equipment that you may need for the Gorilla Trekking because walking through the forest with creeping plants might not be easy. Ranger guides will lead you into the forested slopes of Volcanoes National Park to guide you as you track gorillas in Africa and because the time taken to search and encounter the gorillas is unpredictable, it can sometimes be very strenuous but will be worthwhile when you get to meet the gorillas, have that one hour with them watching them play, care for their young ones.   If  gorilla tracking ends early, there is an optional afternoon tour of the panoramic twin volcanic lakes of Burera and Ruhondo at an extra fee. Later in the evening, you return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

The 3rd day is for Bisoke hiking tour. And so immediately after breakfast and you will go report at the ORTPN Offices for registration and then drive to the base contours of Mt. Bisoke which is one of the Virunga Volcanoes together with Mounts Karisimbi, Gahinga ,Sabinyo, and Muhabura. It is rather a sheer climb, preeminent to cope during the short or long dry season. On top, you will find the biggest crater lake of the Virunga chain and it can clearly be seen unless there is too much fog. While hiking, you will go through bamboo forest, mountain gorillas homes and you will see other attractions too. At lunch time, you will have your picnic lunch at the summit, while viewing the beautiful Bisoke Crater Lake. Later on you will descend and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

The last day will begin with breakfast like any other day, then later drive back to Kigali and if you have time, you can check out a few places that you did not visit on the first day before the guide drops you at the airport to catch your flight back home.

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