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IMAGES OF RWANDA
Rwanda
07 Days / 06 Nights
Tour Code: ADVRWD0003
Gorilla Special Information:
Gorilla Groups
The locations of these Gorilla groups will obviously vary; often they climb higher in the dry season and descend during the rains. It’s possible for our guide to request a specific group for you on the day, but this can never be guaranteed. Currently the seven main accessible groups are:
The Sabyinyo Group has about 11 individuals, including one silverback, and is usually found relatively close to the edge of the forest (about 20–40 minutes’ walk), between Sabyinyo and Gahinga. Group Thirteen lives close to the Sabyinyo Group. It has 25 individuals, and the silverback here is usually particularly relaxed. Usually living between the Karisoke and Visoke peaks are the Amahoro Group, with about 16 individuals, and the Umubano Group, which currently has 10 members. Both are usually further from the park headquarters than the Sabyinyo and Thirteen groups, but easier to reach than the Susa Group. Originally studied by Dian Fossey, the Susa Group is the largest group – with about 42 individuals, including four silverbacks. It currently consists of two sub-groups, and we understand they may soon split into two totally new groups. Note that this group is the highest – on Mount Karisoke – and it can easily take 2–3 hours’ hard hiking to reach. The Hirwa Group is new; it has 11 members including one silverback that came from the Susa Group. A seventh group, the Kwitonda Group has 14 members which were habituated in the DRC. They crossed the border into Rwanda in 2005 and are now also being visited on a regular basis.
Gorilla Special Information:
Gorilla Groups
The locations of these Gorilla groups will obviously vary; often they climb higher in the dry season and descend during the rains. It’s possible for our guide to request a specific group for you on the day, but this can never be guaranteed. Currently the seven main accessible groups are:
The Sabyinyo Group has about 11 individuals, including one silverback, and is usually found relatively close to the edge of the forest (about 20–40 minutes’ walk), between Sabyinyo and Gahinga. Group Thirteen lives close to the Sabyinyo Group. It has 25 individuals, and the silverback here is usually particularly relaxed. Usually living between the Karisoke and Visoke peaks are the Amahoro Group, with about 16 individuals, and the Umubano Group, which currently has 10 members. Both are usually further from the park headquarters than the Sabyinyo and Thirteen groups, but easier to reach than the Susa Group. Originally studied by Dian Fossey, the Susa Group is the largest group – with about 42 individuals, including four silverbacks. It currently consists of two sub-groups, and we understand they may soon split into two totally new groups. Note that this group is the highest – on Mount Karisoke – and it can easily take 2–3 hours’ hard hiking to reach. The Hirwa Group is new; it has 11 members including one silverback that came from the Susa Group. A seventh group, the Kwitonda Group has 14 members which were habituated in the DRC. They crossed the border into Rwanda in 2005 and are now also being visited on a regular basis.
Package Includes
- Services of Safari pre-departure information to help you get the most out of your safari
- All Safari transportation as per the itinerary using a Safari custom vehicle
- All transfers & meet and greet
- All meals as indicated in the itinerary whereby (B)-Breakfast, (L)-Lunch, (D)-Dinner, (DR)-Day room only, ()- Accommodation only
- All taxes and service charges
- All entrances fees to game park/reserves and other sceneries mentioned in the itinerary
- A professional and certified Safari Guides
- Bottled water in the safari vehicles
- Domestic air fares as/if applicable in the above itinerary.
- Prices are quoted in USD per person based on minimum 2 pax traveling together
- Package is valid till 15th Dec 2012
- Additional prices and porgrams are avaialble upon request.
Package Exclusions
- International airfare; to be advised upon time of booking according to chosen dates and avaialbilities.
- All in-country airfares (unless specifically mentioned above under inclusions)
- Entry visa
- Travel Protection Plan (recommended)
- Temporary flying doctors membership $20 (recommended and NOTE AMREF emergency Air Evacuation is limited to safaris in East Africa)
- Tips to drivers/guides, porters and hotel waiters and personal expenses such as laundry (unless specified as included)
- Beverages(unless specified as included), phone calls, etc…and any other item not specifically mentioned above under inclusions
- Gorilla Permits: US$ 525.00 Per person per trek; age limit for the Gorilla Trek is 15year and above
- Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge instead of Mountain Gorilla View Lodge: Per person Per Night US$ 500.00
- Volcanoes Virunga Lodge instead of Mountain Gorilla View Lodge: Per person Per Night US$ 625.00
Day 1 – Arrival Kigali
Arrive at Kigali airport, meet and greet, then transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel (no other services included). If any additional services are required on this day, please ask for a separate quote. Overnight at Kigali
Serena Hotel (D)
Day 2 –Kigali – Drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After breakfast, you will check out and drive to Nyungwe. Enroute you will visit the Kings palace, the museum and have lunch. Arrive late evening for check in followed by time to rest with dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge (BLD)
Day 3 –Nyungwe Forest National Park
After breakfast, proceed for a morning chimpanzee trek. Rest of the day at leisure with optional activities has provided by the lodge. All meals and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge (BLD)
Day 4 –Nyungwe – Drive to Volcanoes National Part
After breakfast check out and depart with picnic lunches for Volcanoes national park. Arrive for check in followed by the rest of the day at leisure with dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (BLD)
Arrive at Kigali airport, meet and greet, then transfer to Kigali Serena Hotel (no other services included). If any additional services are required on this day, please ask for a separate quote. Overnight at Kigali
Serena Hotel (D)
Day 2 –Kigali – Drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After breakfast, you will check out and drive to Nyungwe. Enroute you will visit the Kings palace, the museum and have lunch. Arrive late evening for check in followed by time to rest with dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge (BLD)
Day 3 –Nyungwe Forest National Park
After breakfast, proceed for a morning chimpanzee trek. Rest of the day at leisure with optional activities has provided by the lodge. All meals and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge (BLD)
Day 4 –Nyungwe – Drive to Volcanoes National Part
After breakfast check out and depart with picnic lunches for Volcanoes national park. Arrive for check in followed by the rest of the day at leisure with dinner and overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (BLD)
Day 5 – Volcanoes National Park
You meet early in the morning at the park headquarters. After a briefing on safety and gorilla etiquette, you’re led in a small group along clear paths up into the forest. The altitude is over 2,500m, so although the pace is unhurried, the hike is tiring, taking from 30 minutes to a few hours. Your English speaking guides are very good and will be taking you to a specific group of ‘habituated’ gorillas, which they know well and which are used to human visitors. Time taken with Gorillas is normally restricted to 1hour only. All meals and overnight Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (BLD)
Day 6 – Volcanoes National Park – Kigali
Depart for another Gorilla trek in the Morning. The great volcanic massif of the Virunga Mountains straddles the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC, covering a huge area of over 8,000km², and Encompassing, six active and three extinct volcanoes, much of this is protected by national parks, including the Volcanoes National Park (Parc National des Volcanoes) on the Rwandan side, which was made famous by Dian Fossey’s work and the film Gorillas in the Mist. Many primates occur here, including rare, endemic golden monkeys and about 350 mountain gorillas; that’s more than half of the world’s population – and this is the best place to see them. Even without the gorillas, this park would be fascinating. Its altitude ranges from about 2,500m to Karisimbi’s peak at 4,500m, encompassing extensive bamboo forests and some of the planet’s last remaining Afro montane forest. The vegetation is rampant, covering a variety of different zones including, on higher slopes, an almost other-worldly habitat of thick moors with endemic giant lobelia and groundsel. These various ecosystems harbor a spectacular. After lunch you will drive back to Kigali arriving for dinner and overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel (LD)
Day 7 – Depart
After breakfast, you will check out and proceed for city tour which will include a visit to the genocide museum. After lunch and depending on your departure flight timings your will be transferred Kigali airport for your onward flight.
End of Safari...
You meet early in the morning at the park headquarters. After a briefing on safety and gorilla etiquette, you’re led in a small group along clear paths up into the forest. The altitude is over 2,500m, so although the pace is unhurried, the hike is tiring, taking from 30 minutes to a few hours. Your English speaking guides are very good and will be taking you to a specific group of ‘habituated’ gorillas, which they know well and which are used to human visitors. Time taken with Gorillas is normally restricted to 1hour only. All meals and overnight Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (BLD)
Day 6 – Volcanoes National Park – Kigali
Depart for another Gorilla trek in the Morning. The great volcanic massif of the Virunga Mountains straddles the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC, covering a huge area of over 8,000km², and Encompassing, six active and three extinct volcanoes, much of this is protected by national parks, including the Volcanoes National Park (Parc National des Volcanoes) on the Rwandan side, which was made famous by Dian Fossey’s work and the film Gorillas in the Mist. Many primates occur here, including rare, endemic golden monkeys and about 350 mountain gorillas; that’s more than half of the world’s population – and this is the best place to see them. Even without the gorillas, this park would be fascinating. Its altitude ranges from about 2,500m to Karisimbi’s peak at 4,500m, encompassing extensive bamboo forests and some of the planet’s last remaining Afro montane forest. The vegetation is rampant, covering a variety of different zones including, on higher slopes, an almost other-worldly habitat of thick moors with endemic giant lobelia and groundsel. These various ecosystems harbor a spectacular. After lunch you will drive back to Kigali arriving for dinner and overnight at Kigali Serena Hotel (LD)
Day 7 – Depart
After breakfast, you will check out and proceed for city tour which will include a visit to the genocide museum. After lunch and depending on your departure flight timings your will be transferred Kigali airport for your onward flight.
End of Safari...
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