Rwanda Mountain Gorillas Safari

We will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your nearby hotel for a welcome drink and briefing on the rest of your Rwanda gorilla safari.

Kigali Serena

Meals Included: Dinner

This morning, after breakfast at your hotel, we will depart on a city tour of Kigali, taking in visits to the craft markets and the genocide memorial.

After lunch at a city restaurant, we will enjoy a scenic drive into the mountains as we transfer to your lodge located minutes away from the headquarters of Volcanoes National Park.

The park was established in the 1920s, after mountain gorillas were first discovered by early explorers – it was in fact the first national park in Africa.

Today, the experience of coming face to face with a gorilla on the lush slopes of the Virungas is as thrilling as ever – and is one of the truly unique highlights of an East African safari.

Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today we enjoy an encounter with the critically endangered mountain gorillas. The mountain gorillas are part of a worldwide population of just 880 individuals, and the gorillas we track today belong to one of several habituated family groups.

Experienced guides will accompany us on our tracking, many of whom have been involved in the habituation process themselves.

The time taken to track the gorillas varies from half an hour to 9 hours before we return to camp, depending on the location of the gorillas.

Once the gorillas are located, our group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. This is one of the world’s truly memorable experiences – a look into one of these magnificent creature’s eyes brings home the very special kinship that exists between them and us.

Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner