7 Days Congo Gorilla Safari

Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Bukavu , Kahuzi beiga National Park

In the morning after you breakfast, Climbing Nyiragongo Safari guide will pick you and transfer you to Congo in Bukavu which is 8 hours drive from Kigali Rwanda passing though Nyungwe forest with high chances to spot monkeys long the way, proceed to Rusizi one border to cross to Democratic republic of Congo with the help of our local safari guide clearing you with the Immigration of Congo.

You will drive to your hotel in Bukavu for dinner and overnight awaiting for the most exciting moment to explore the Eastern lowland gorillas in the wilderness of kahuzi biega National Park.

Day 2: Lowland gorilla Trekking in Kahuzi Biega National Park

You will enjoy your breakfast at the lodge , at 6;30am you will set off to drive to Kahuzi biega national park that is located in the Eastern Congo. Upon arrival at the park headquarter you will be briefed about the Eastern Lowland gorilla conservation methods that were applied by the conservationists and rules for gorilla trekking  as you enjoy Congolese coffee in Tshivanga village. Then you will drive to connect to the gorilla trekking points and enter into the jungle forest of Kahuzi Biega National Park to search for the primates.  Gorilla Trekking here is on flat forested ground so not as strenuous as Mountain gorillas. Once you find them, you will be allowed a period of one hour with them taking pictures and observing their behaviors. After you will drive back Lwiro Chimpanzee Guest house for the dinner and overnight.

In the Afternoon you will visit the chimpanzees and you may participate in the feeding of the chimpanzees in the orphanage centre.

Day 3: Gorilla Habituation in Kahuzi Biega National Park.

In the morning after your breakfast, You will head back to the park headquarter for the most amazing gorilla habituation experience where you will be visiting the second gorilla family that is different from the one you trekked previous,  You will head into the jungle to search for the gorillas and once found you will stay with them for 4 hours ( longer time compared to the Gorilla trekking 1 hour , in the wilderness of Kahuzi biega National Park and later you will return to the park headquarter , set off to head back to Bukavu town for the overnight stay.

Day 4: Transfer to Goma in DRC Congo

After morning breakfast , you will take a speed boat to connect to Goma City where you will be picked up by the Safari guide, enjoy Goma city tour and visiting the old affected areas of Lava and eruption of 2002, 2001,2019 and other key tourists attractions in Goma , later proceed to drive to Virunga National Park.  Virunga National Park is the largest National Park in the Virunga Mountains that are shared between Uganda , Rwanda and DR Congo.  it hosts the Mountain gorillas, Chimpanzees, Golden Monkey and other birds.

Depending on the lodge you have selected for your overnight in Virunga , you will enjoy the view of Virunga Mountains.

Day 5: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Virunga national park

After Morning breakfast, you will head to the park headquarter for briefing to understand the gorilla trekking rules and regulation, conservation of the mountain Gorillas in Virunga Massifs. You will the set off to track the famous mountain gorillas together with your armed ranger guide who will search and interpret to you the gorilla behaviors.

The Mountain gorilla tracking time will depend on the movement of the entire team and the location of the gorillas themselves, in the evening you will relax at the lodge,  dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Nyiragongo hike experience

 On this day you will have breakfast early morning, then you guide will take you to the briefing at the hiking departure point at Kibati patrol post which is approximately 30 minutes’ drive from Goma.

The Nyiragongo hiking experience usually starts at 10:00AM and will take approximately 4-6 hours depending on the speed and strength of the participants in order to reach the summit of the volcano. You will then enjoy the views of the summit, have dinner and stay overnight at the Summit shelter Camp.

Day 7: Descend back, cross to Gisenyi and drive back to Kigali

In the morning, after you have had your breakfast, you will descend back from the Volcano and continue to the border to crossover again to Rwanda. You will then proceed to Kigali where you will be dropped at the Airport for your departure or at your Hotel.