This 3-day Rwanda Gorilla Family Special undoubtedly offers the best mountain gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda.
As you may know, when you book a normal gorilla safari, you are assigned to a random gorilla family, which is not the case when booking an entire gorilla family to trek.
When you book a whole family, you have the chance to choose the exact family you want to trek. Some families are more enjoyable to trek, for instance, the Susa Group that every trekker craves to experience.
Booking an entire gorilla family costs $15,000, and you can visit them alone or with your family members. This package offers this thrilling experience to tourists.
3-Day Rwanda Gorilla Family Tour Highlights
- Day 1 – Arrival and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
- Day 2 – Mountain Gorilla Trekking
- Day 3 – Transfer to Kigali and Departure
Detailed 3-Day Rwanda Gorilla Family Tour Overview
If you want to trek with a gorilla family alone or with your friends or family, this package is best for you.
Please note that the $15,000 paid to book an entire family goes back to the conservation of these endangered primates to help them grow in numbers.
Your booking, however, has to be made several months in advance. Please see the day-by-day plan below.
Day 1 – Arrival and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
A safari guide will pick you up from your point of arrival and transfer you to Volcanoes National Park in the northern province of Rwanda.
Upon reaching the park, you will immediately check into your safari lodge as you prepare for your mountain gorilla trekking experience the following day.
Day 2 – Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Wake up to an early morning breakfast and head to the park offices for a briefing. This meeting will enlighten you on the dos and don’ts of gorilla tracking.
It is also a perfect chance for you to ask any questions that you need answers to.
Immediately after this meeting, you will be transferred to the specific gorilla family that you booked, under the accompaniment of an armed game ranger.
When you meet the gorilla family, you will spend up to an hour with them and then return to your starting point.
In the afternoon, enjoy one of the best cultural experiences in Rwanda when you visit the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village.
This is also a perfect place to learn Rwandese traditional cultural dances if interested.
Day 3 – Transfer to Kigali and Departure
Today, transfer to Kigali City for a brief city tour, do some souvenir shopping, visit Caplaki Crafts Village, the genocide memorial monument, and later get transferred to the airport to catch your flight back home.
