Our Guide will pick you up from Kigali in the morning from your hotel or at the airport. He will brief you about the tour and take you for a city tour of Kigali. The city tour in Kigali involves visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, the former presidential palace, city markets and the craft shops. 

Later in the afternoon you will catch a charter flight to a hotel close to Volcanoes national park. Once you reach your lodge, check in, refresh and briefly enjoy the majestic views of the Virunga volcanoes. The driver will come to pick you and take you for a tour of the Iby’iwacu Cultural Centre.

The Iby’iwacu Cultural Village is Rwanda’s most visited cultural site. All Rwanda’s tribes gather to showcase their cultural heritage through dance, drama and storytelling. This is where you will learn everything about the people and culture of Rwanda. You will be requested to participate and buy one of the local souvenirs.

Later in the evening you will be transferred to your lodge for dinner and overnight rest.

Dinner and Overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/ Amarembo by touch down

Wake up early and take your breakfast before transferring to the headquarters in Kinigi. Your driver will be waiting for you to drive you to the park  headquarters for a briefing which  starts at 7:30 and ends at 8:00am.

From there, you will be taken along with other trackers to the starting point which is at the foot of the Volcano. The scenery is beautiful with dense green forest and the five volcanoes standing in all directions. Finding the monkeys is easy because they love eating bamboos which are found on the lower slopes of the Volcanoes.

After finding them, you are allowed one hour with them. You are free to follow them if they move about. Golden monkeys are not shy once they finish the process of habituation. Expect to have close encounters with them which will allow you to get nice photos of them. Unlike mountain gorillas, golden monkeys don’t mind flash cameras. In fact, they love being photographed.

Dinner and Overnight at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge/ Amarembo by touch down.

After breakfast you will prepare to check-out from the lodge. Your driver guide will be waiting for you to take you to the airstrip to catch a flight to Kigali and end your trip.