6 days Rwanda volcano hiking and bwindi gorilla tour

At 8am you will depart from Kigali and drive to Musanze in the north of Rwanda. It is a 2 hours journey along a paved road that winds through the rolling highlands treating you to wonderful views of the lush landscape.

You will check into your lodge for lunch.

At 2pm you shall go for the Mukungwa river canoe ride. This is a 3 hours ride and it is lovely adventure through the lush countryside.

Accommodation options:

Budget: Isange Paradise Resort

Midrange: Ingagi Park View Resort

Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner

You shall have breakfast by 7am and transfer to the park office in Kinigi for briefing and then continue to Volcanoes National Park and start your hike up Mt. Karisimbi. Mt. Karisimbi is shared on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. You shall overnight at altitude 3700m in tents.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You shall be up early for breakfast and set off to summit Mt. Karisimbi. Return to the camp for early lunch and continue down the mountain, and transfer to your lodge and relax away the rest of the day

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today you shall transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda

Optional tour activity:

Golden monkeys trek: Today you can do the golden monkey trek in Volcanoes National Park before continuing to Bwindi. The golden monkeys are incredibly beautiful monkeys and they are found only in the Virunga mountains inhabiting bamboo forests in the base of the mountains. This is a light activity since the monkeys are in the lower zone and are easy to find with about 1 hour of trekking and you spend 1 hour with them.

Accommodation options:

Budget: Rushaga Gorilla Camp

Midrange: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You shall transfer to Bwindi forest for the gorilla trekking adventure. The park is aptly named “impenetrable” due to the thick forest that is hard to penetrable that the park guides have to create a path with machetes. If you love to trek in a beautiful lush jungle then Bwindi is the place.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today you shall travel back to Kigali

Meal plan: Breakfast