Rwandan farmer, Kayonza 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
DAY 10 • Golden monkey trek • GCF visit: Local 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 one of two local Primary Schools( 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)
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
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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.
66 Rwanda: Mountain Gorillas in the Land of a Thousand Hills