How To Plan Rwanda Gorilla Trekking With Masai Mara Safari

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda when combined with the great Masai Mara migration in Kenya would make a super Africa Safari Adventure. The photos and videos of this African expedition are unbelievably a fantastic Wild Collection

Rwanda and Kenya host powerful African wild animals each unique to its habitat. Rwanda is home to the great mountain gorillas that only found in this Virunga area in the entire world. Kenya also harbors the world’s biggest wildlife migration which is one of the world’s wonders.

Each year during the dry months of July to September, wild animals especially Wildebeests, Zebras, antelopes and so many others cross the Mara river to Serengeti National park Tanzania. Some of the carnivores also wait to feast on the tired migrants and infants. It’s a crazy activity in the wild worth being part of your travel bucket list.

Why not take this opportunity to travel Africa and experience its unique safari offers since both are East African Countries which gives you chance to book the East African Visa to go to both.

Having enjoyed the great migration in Kenya, you can get on a daily flight Kenya to Kigali Airport Rwanda to do gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Rwanda has a chance to do a Two day gorilla trekking safari in case you have limited time on you.

Itinerary for Gorilla Trekking Safari in Rwanda from Masai Mara Game Safari Kenya

After the Kenya great migration experience, get to Nairobi Airport to catch a flight to Kigali Airport Rwanda. Different flight times are available for you to book but preferably day time flights are more suitable so that you can easily connect on the road to Volcanoes National Park.

Day 1 Drive To Volcanoes National Park In Rwanda

On arrival at Kigali Airport your driver guide will drive you to Volcanoes National park in Rwanda. This is the home of the mountain gorillas which are some of the world’s endangered primates. The UNESCO holds them like a wild precious treasure as they almost got into extinction before introducing the mountain gorilla conservation campaign.

Check into your lodge and prepare your gorilla trekking gears to encounter the great apes the following day.

Accommodation: Virunga Volcanoes Lodge/ Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/ Kinigi Guest House.

Day Two Gorilla Trekking In Volcanoes National Park

Get ready for your experience with the mountain gorillas without forgetting to wear a mask, carry a hand sanitizertoo. Proceed to the ranger station at ORTPN for briefing. You will be divided into groups of 8 trekkers.

After briefing, you will be led by the ranger guide into the thick forest to start searching for the mountain gorillas. Much as gorilla trekking is the focus of this adventure lots of other primates make your experience in the forest even more interesting.

Some of the primates you may encounter include black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, blue monkeys and so much more. Thousands of wild birds including Albertine endemics spend the biggest part of the day in the forest. The drama in the forest is an actual wild life live documentary.

 Expect to have breaks during the gorilla trekking expedition as spending a long time in the mask is not healthy.

Finally as you get closer to the gorillas, you will be asked to change into a clean new mask and hand sanitise before meeting the mountain gorillas. While in front of the gorillas, try to keep a distance of about 10 meters apart from them. Mountain gorillas have about 96% human genes making them susceptible to human infections.

Lets enjoy the mountain gorillas but conserve them too for the future. Take photos and videos to keep as souvenir of your experience with a large family of mountain gorillas different from those in the zoos.

Return to your lodge to relax

Day Three Drive To Kigali Airport To Depart After Gorilla trekking in Rwanda

Rwanda is a wonderful destination to visit but if your time is up on safari, you have to catch up with your departure flight. You can as well add another activity to get the best of Rwanda in case you have additional time in Africa.

Requirements for Gorilla Trekking Safari In Rwanda Africa

Before travelling to Rwanda, you must be Covid-19 negative at least 72 hours before arriving in Kigali. After presenting your results, you are required to take another confirmatory test so that you are proved totally covid free. 

Get fully immunized against Corona Virus and present your vaccination certificate to the Rwanda authorities so that you are allowed to go gorilla trekking.

A Rwanda gorilla trekking permit is a must ticket to gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Each gorilla trekking permit in Rwanda costs $1500 per person per trek.

Packing own gorilla trekking gears is comfortable like tracking boots, rain proof gear, garden gloves, face masks, hand sanitizer to mention but a few 

Atleast overnight in Rwanda before gorilla trekking so that you can catch up with the briefing time early in the morning. Nobody is allowed to see the mountain gorillas without briefing and once you miss out, you are likely to miss this opportunity.

Keeping Rwanda clean and respecting the environmental protection rules of Rwanda will keep you safe from trouble while on a Rwanda gorilla trekking safari. Littering of any nature even if its decomposable items is forbidden in Rwanda.

Carry some hard cash on you as credit cards are not commonly used in Africa because of the lengthy procedures of collecting the funds. In case you have to make personal pay for anything, you may be required to pay direct cash and in local currency.

Rules Of Gorilla Trekking In Rwanda

Stay behind if you get any communicable infection like flue, corona virus, cough and so much more

Do not dump anything while in the wilderness.

Leave a distance of about 10 meters from the gorillas to reduce on chances of transmitting any infectious disease to the animals.

Wear a mask during gorilla trekking and change into a clean one before meeting the gorillas.

Gorilla trekkers must be 15 year and above only.

Do not eat or smoke while in front of the mountain gorillas

If you are to take photos, do not use flash a camera and it must be sound proof too. Gorillas are scared by unfamiliar noise in there habitat