Day 1: Kigali city tour – Transfer to Gisenyi
Pick Up by our tour guide and welcome to the “Land of thousand Hills” enriched with beautiful views of the rolling green hills but with a horrific genocide history. This tour will take you for a city tour to the Gisozi memorial site where you will learn first hand information of the horrific genocide.Then, you will drive north of Rwanda to Gisenyi, viewing remarkable scenery of the Virunga Mountains en route. In the evening, you may go for a boat cruise along lake Kivu. Dinner and overnight stay at Kivu Serena Hotel.

Day 2: Nyiragongo Hike
Have breakfast at your hotel early morning and cross over to DR Congo and proceed to Kibatsi village where the mountain Hike starts from. You will reach the top in the
afternoon and have dinner and overnight at the top of the Nyiragongo Volcanoe.

Day 3: Descent the volcano and transfer to Volcanoes National Park
In the morning, you will descend the volcano and cross back to Rwanda and drive to Volcanoes NP. In the evening, you may go for cultural experience to Iby’wachu cultural village. Dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park – Visit Lakes Burera & Ruhondo
Up early for breakfast at your hotel, with a lunch pack, drive to the park head offices with your tour guide. Assemble for briefing by 7:30 AM for registration, and a briefing about the do’s and don’t when you meet gorillas. This is a standard precaution to protect the health of the mountain gorillas and the visitors. You will also be divided in groups of 8 people depending on your level of fitness.

After the Briefing and assigning a gorilla group to trek, you will drive to the head trail of your gorilla group where the trek will begin. At this point you will descend into the forest with a lead from an experienced local guide who will be in position to answer all your question as you trek in search for your gorilla family. This trek can last from 30 minutes to 6 hours hiking through bamboo trees. The length of your trek depends on how far into the forest your gorilla group has moved. You Once you meet the gorillas, only one hour is allowed with the gentle species so as not to exhaust them. In this one hour, you are allowed to take pictures, video recording but don’t forget to take time and take in this magical moment!
Once the hour is done, descend back to the head trail where you entered the forest from.

In The afternoon have an optional tour of the Lake Burera and Ruhondo located within the vicinity of Volcanoes national park.Dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge.

Day 5: Dian Fossey hike/Mt Bisoke hike and transfer back to Kigali.
In the morning, you will go to the park headquarters for briefing, and later, go for the hike to Dian Fossey grave, an American primatologist who dedicated her years trying to conserving the lives of the gorillas until she was killed and is buried there next to Digit, a mountain gorilla. On return, you will drive back to Kigali.

The package includes:

• Airport transfers
• Accomodation
• Mountain gorilla permits
• Low land gorilla permits
• Ground transportation
• All meals.
• Driver guide  allowance
• All park and entry fees
• Hike Nyiragongo Volcano
• Congo Tourists Visa 

The package excludes:

• The Personal expenses, 
• Flight 
• Tips and donations,
• All drinks except mineral water.