Kigali Golden monkey , Volcanoes National Park
DAY 9 • Mountain gorilla trek • Conversation about gorilla conservation efforts
Drive to the Kinigi Trekking Station , set within Volcanoes National Park . Then , split into two groups of no more than eight travelers and set off on a rigorous jungle trek to seek out mountain gorillas with an expert guide . Later , we ’ ll visit Gorilla Doctors , a mountain gorilla veterinary project in Musanze , to learn about the impact of illegal gorilla poaching .
Meals : B , L , D | Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or similar
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
DAY 10 • Golden monkey trek • GCF visit : Rushubi Primary School
Return to the Kinigi Trekking Station to embark on a primate trek to observe Rwanda ’ s population of golden monkeys , who make their home in the bamboo forests at the base of the volcanoes and live in two habituated groups of 30 to 100 individuals . Later , visit the Rushubi Primary School ( when in session ), supported by Grand Circle Foundation .
Meals : B , L , D | Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or similar
DAY 11 • Ellen Degeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund • Kigali • Return to U . S .
Visit the Ellen Degeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund before returning to Kigali . Later , depart to the airport for our return flights home , or to begin your post-trip extension to Tanzania : The Ngorongoro Crater & Serengeti Private Tented Safari .
Meals : B , L | Lemigo Hotel ( day room )
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On Day 9 , set off on a mountain gorilla trek for an up-close encounter with one of the world ’ s last habituated populations of these great apes
70 Rwanda : Mountain Gorillas in the Land of a Thousand Hills