7 days Congo lowland gorillas and Mountain gorilla trekking is a fantastic that will take you to Kahuzi-Biega national park where you will be tracking lowland gorillas, you will also connect to Virunga national park where you will be tracking mountain gorillas, you expect to visit Mountain Nyiragongo where you will see boiling lava.

This great height will reward magical views of Goma city, Virunga national park, Volcanoes national park in Rwanda, Rwenzori Mountains and Mgahinga national park in Uganda.

Day 1: Arrival and city tour in Kigali

Upon arrival our driver guide will be ready to receive you at the Airport, he will take you through the itinerary and then immediately go for a city tour around Kigali. You will start with genocide memorial center where you will be seeing videos and listen to audios of during genocide, you will later proceed to artisans, local markets, and visit former presidential palace. Later have lunch in the city, retire to your hotel where you will have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Transfer to Bukavu city

Arise in the morning, enjoy breakfast, check-out of the lodge and be transferred to the park Bukavu in Congo. You will drive through Nyungwe national park southwards, this will take you about 7 hours, and you will have lunch en-route and then embark on the road. You will arrive in Bukavu in the evening, connect to your lodge, check-in, have dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Lowland gorilla trekking

Wake up in the morning, enjoy a delicious breakfast, meet your driver guide and be transferred to the Park headquarters for a briefing about lowland gorilla trekking. You will later be assigned a gorilla family to track, head to the park with a ranger guide who will help you to locate gorillas.

As you are on the trek to see gorillas, you will be amazed by different sounds of birds that will be singing for you, spend an hour with them, take pictures and videos as you enjoy how they move, how they play, how they feed, then later after a long day, return to the lodge, freshen up, have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Transfer to Virunga National Park

You will wake up in the morning, greet your intestines with breakfast, check-out and transfer to Virunga national park, you will have lunch en-route and proceed to the park, arriving in the evening, connect to your lodge, have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5: Mountain gorilla trekking

This is another day for you to have a second chance of spending a full hour with gorillas. After a scrumptious breakfast in the morning, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing about mountain gorilla trekking.

This time, you will be meeting a different species of gorillas from lowland gorillas, these ones are related to those in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and highest gorilla population being in Uganda’s Bwindi and Mgahinga National Parks. After mountain gorilla trekking, you will return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Hike Mount. Nyiragongo

Arise in the morning, enjoy breakfast and transfer to Kabatsi which is the starting point for hiking. Hiking Mountain Nyiragongo will take you about 5 to 6 hours depending on your fitness, you will have a picnic lunch, arrive at the top of the mountain in the evening, and enjoy the magical breath and best scenery as well.

The boiling lava can be seen clearly in the night and when the day has closed you will head to the crater to see by yourself the boiling lava, this is a memory that will never die, spend this night on Nyiragongo Mountain.

Day 7: Descend Mount. Nyiragongo and departure

On the last stretch of this safari, you will wake up early in the morning, have breakfast and start descending mountain Nyiragongo to Kibati ranger station where you will meet your driver who will transfer you back to Kigali. You will have lunch en-route, proceed to Kigali for a drop off at the airport thus marking the end of your safari.

3 days Kahuzi-Biega national park gorilla trekking is a short safari that will take you to Democratic Republic of Congo to trek lowland gorillas. Kahuzi-Biega national park is home to lowland gorillas and this safari will start from Kigali then transfer you to Congo where you will meet these gentle endangered gorillas.

Day 1: Pick-up and transfer to Bukavu

Your safari will start with a briefing by our driver guide, then hit the road to Congo. You will drive through Nyungwe forest national park which will connect you to Cyangungu to Bukavu in Congo, the journey will take you about 7 hours with stopper for lunch and stunning sceneries of the green forests proceed and cross to Bukavu which is the close urban center to Kahuzi-Biega. You will arrive in the evening, check-in the lodge, and have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking

Arise in the early morning, greet your intestines with a delicious breakfast, meet your driver guide and immediately transfer to the park headquarters where you will have a briefing about lowland gorillas trekking. You will thereafter connect with a ranger guide who will help you to locate the gorillas in the valleys of Kahuzi-Biega NP.

You will spend an hour with these primates, taking pictures and recording videos, you will be amazed how they play, how they move, how they nurture their young ones. Thereafter, you will return to the headquarters for gorilla trekking certificate, head back to the lodge for lunch, dinner and relaxation.

Day 3: Check-out and departure

On the last leg of your safari, you will wake up in the morning, enjoy a scrumptious breakfast, bid farewell to Kahuzi-Biega national park and head back to Kigali. You will cruise through thick forests of Nyungwe, have an enroute tour at King’s palace in Nyanza, visit Butare museum and embark on your journey, arrive in Kigali in the afternoon, lunch and then be dropped off at the airport for your flight back home or to other destinations.

3 days Virunga national park gorilla tour is an amazing short gorilla tour that is going to expose you to 2 countries that is Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. These 3 days, you will be exposed to the beauty of nature and what it has to offer.

Gorilla trekking in Virunga National Park will expose you to mountain gorillas in Congo which are relatives to those in Uganda and Rwanda. This tour will begin from Rwanda and then back to Rwanda.

Day 1: Pick-up and transfer to eastern Congo

Upon arrival, our driver guide will pick you from the hotel/airport, brief you about the 3 days gorilla trekking in Virunga then embark on the journey. This is going to take you about 4 hours, connect to Goma town in Congo, check-in the lodge, enjoy a hot lunch and wait for gorilla trekking in the next day. You will spend the rest of your day admiring the nature around your lodge, you will be spotting some animals and birds as well.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Virunga National Park

Arise in the morning, enjoy a delicious breakfast and be transferred to the park headquarters where you will be briefed about gorilla trekking, you will also be assigned a gorilla family to track then embark on searching for gorillas in the thick forests. After you have met these gorillas, you will be allowed to have an hour with them, and then return to the lodge for relaxation, lunch and dinner. 

Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali and departure

You will arise in the morning, enjoy your breakfast and transfer back to Kigali. After arriving in Kigali, you will do a short city tour, visit genocide memorial center, you will also visit different artisans and local markets, then have an en-route for lunch and later be dropped off at the airport for your flight back home.

4 days Congo gorillas and Nyiragongo hike a fantastic safari that is designed for travelers who want to track gorillas and also engage in hiking experience. This safari will expose you Virunga national park where you will be tracking gorillas and then hike mountain Nyiragongo which is the only place where you can see magma boiling which is the most adventurous experience that you will enjoy in a lifetime.

This safari will also involve Kigali city tour where you will visit genocide center, local markets, former presidential palace, artisans where you can decide to buy souvenirs. This safari will start from Kigali and end in Kigali.

Day 1: City tour in Kigali and transfer to D.R. Congo

On this first day, you will be picked by our driver guide who will greet you, take you through the itinerary and then start with city tour. Start by visiting the genocide memorial center where you will be played videos and listen to audios of that was taking place then, later head to visit former presidential palace, visit local markets, visit different artisans and thereafter, have lunch en-route in the city. After lunch, you will depart for Congo and today’s destination will be Goma where you will have an overnight stay.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Virunga National Park

You will wake up in the early morning for a delicious breakfast, get your lunch packed and be transferred to the park headquarters where you will be briefed about gorilla trekking etiquettes. You will be allocated a gorilla family to track then head to the forests to search for gorillas.

You will be led by ranger guide who will be helping you to locate the gorillas, spend an hour with them while taking pictures and videos, you will enjoy how they play, how they move, how they eat, and it is going to be an amazing experience for a life time. You will return to the lodge to relax, enjoy dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Hiking Mountain Nyiragongo

On this beautiful day, you will wake up in the morning, enjoy a mouthwatering breakfast and be transferred to Kabatsi which is the hiking starting point. You will be briefed about the hiking, hire porters who will help you carry your bags, and then set off, and this will take you about 5 to 6 hours depending on your hiking fitness. Have lunch on the way as you hike, arrive at the top in the afternoon hours, relax, take breath and in a while, you will start taking pictures of the magical view.

You will be in position to see Virunga national park, Goma town, Mountain Rwenzori in Uganda, Volcanoes national park and Mgahinga national park, Lake Kivu, you will keep at the mountain till night since boiling lava is best viewed in the night. You will have your dinner at the top of the mountain, enjoy your dinner and then visit the crater to have a clear view of the boiling lava, hereafter you have watched the lava for a long time, and you will retire to the tent for an overnight.

Day 4: Checkout and departure

Wake up in the morning, enjoy a delicious breakfast and descend the mountain, arriving in Goma will be in the afternoon, you will have an en-route for lunch and thereafter, depart Congo for Kigali and this will mark the end of your safari.