6 Days Virunga Package
6 Days Virunga Package: Virunga is the continent’s most well-known national park. This magnificent park, which was the focus of the documentary ‘Virunga,’ has a tragic and troubled past, with instability, poaching, and illicit mining frequently destroying wildlife populations and local residents. This trip focuses on the great apes, possibly Virunga’s most renowned residents. This is definitely one of the greatest primate-focused itineraries on the continent, thanks to habituated populations of chimps and eastern gorillas.
Highlights for 6 Days Virunga Package
Day 1: Arrival into Goma
Day 2: Transfer to Virunga National Park
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking in Virunga National Park.
Day 4: Second Gorilla Trek
Day 5: Visit Lwiro Sanctuary
Day 6: Leave Goma and Transfer Back to Kigali.
Detailed Itinerary for 6 Days Virunga Package
Day 1: Pickup in Kigali and Transfer to Goma
Pickup from your hotel in Kigali and transfer to Gisenyi where you will cross the border at Le Grand Barrier into the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lunch on Day 1 will be had enroute to Gisenyi from Kigali. Guests will acquire their gorilla trekking permits here before being carried by boat to the beautiful Tchegera Island, right off the shores of Lake Kivu. The rest of the day is free for you to do anything you choose.
Day 2: Transfer to Virunga National Park
Guests are being transported in closed cars to the southern area of Virunga National Park this morning. The national park is gorgeous and wonderfully diversified, and the southern portion is surrounded by dense mountain forest, making for excellent bird-watching. The plains of central Virunga, where lions and elephants roam, and the solitary woods in the north, including Watalinga, where okapi can still be sighted, are farther north and out of reach for the time being. We encourage that guests take advantage of these birding chances with a walk around the resort after lunch, or rest up before multiple excursions in the days ahead. Tonight’s dinner will be served in the lodge.
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking in Virunga National Park
Breakfast will be given at the exclusive Mikeno resort, followed by a transfer to the Bukima ranger station for a briefing before the mountain gorilla trekking in Virunga National Park, Congo. After that, you’ll walk into the forest with the ranger guides to seek for mountain gorillas. You will hike for around 2 to 4 hours from the trailhead up to the day’s gorilla family.
You will spend a beautiful one hour with the gentle creatures, enjoying their companionship as they go about their daily activities. Exit the jungle and make your way to the Bukima tented camp for lunch. As you wait for supper, you will settle into the tented camp where you will spend the second night in Virunga National Park. As you wait for supper, you will settle into the tented camp where you will spend the second night in Virunga National Park.
Day 4: Second Gorilla Trek
After breakfast, reconnect with your driving guide to return to the Bukima ranger post for another chance to see the mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park. You will go over the pre-tour briefing one more before heading out into the forest. You have the option of trekking the previous day’s gorilla family or trekking a different gorilla family. Spend the permitted one hour with the day’s gorilla family before exiting the jungle.
You will be driven to the Mikeno Lodge for a lavish meal. The rest of the day may be spent visiting the Senkwekwe gorilla orphanage or at the Virunga headquarters before returning to the resort for supper and another night at Mikeno Lodge.
Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking
Wake up whenever you want and connect for breakfast. If you were unable to visit the Senkwekwe gorilla orphanage or the Virunga headquarters the day before, you may do it today or spend the day lounging on the terrace. Mikeno Lodge will be our home for the fourth night.
Day 6: Leave Goma City and Transfer Back to Kigali.
Meet your driver guide and travel to Kigali, Rwanda. You may take a Kigali city tour that includes stops at the Kimironko market and the Kigali genocide memorial sites before being dropped off at your agreed-upon location in Kigali. End of Safari.
