2 Day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Tour, Kigali to Volcanoes

Kigali Pickup, Transfer to Musanze near Volcanoes

Your driver will meet you at your hotel or the airport in Kigali. You will take an optional short city tour, visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn about the history of Rwanda — this visit offers important context about the country. After the city tour, you will start the two-hour drive north to Musanze, the town just outside Volcanoes National Park. The roads are paved and very smooth, and you will see many green hills along the way. You will check into your lodge in the afternoon, where you can rest, eat dinner, and prepare your gear for the next morning. It gets cold at night in the mountains, so your lodge staff will provide a hot meal to keep you warm.

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes, Return to Kigali

You will wake up early and eat breakfast at your lodge. Your driver will take you to the Kinigi park headquarters by 7 am, where park wardens will brief you on the safety rules and assign you to a specific gorilla family. Some groups, like the Susa family, require a longer hike, while others, like the Amahoro family, live closer to the lower slopes. You will enter the forest and walk through the plants and bamboo — finding the gorillas can take two to six hours, depending on where the animals slept the previous night.

Once you find them, you will stay for exactly one hour, watching them feed and interact with each other. After the trek, you will return to the headquarters to receive your tracking document, and your driver will then take you back to Kigali for your flight.