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4 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari DR.Congo | Virunga National Park

  • DRC
  • Duration: 4 Days
  • Language: English

Overview

What’s Included

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Drinking water (On all days)

 


 

What’s Excluded

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • The government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

What To Expect

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DAY 1: FROM RWANDA – DRIVE TO DR.CONGO

After breakfast, you will drive to Kisoro at the Bunagana border. You will require a tourist’s visa to before you enter Congo. This drive goes passed the foot hill of Mt.Muhavura and when you are into Congo, you will drive straight to Virunga national park. You will have your meals and spend the night at the hotel of your budget

Luxury Accommodation: Mikeno Lodge

Mid-range Accommodation: Bukima Tented Camp

Budget Accommodation: Nyiragongo Volcano Summit Shelters, Tchegera Island Tented Camp

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Day 2: GORILLA TREKKING | VIRUNGA NP

Have breakfast very early in the morning and then go for briefing about the dos and don’ts that you have to follow during your gorilla trekking adventure. Your ranger will guide you around the forest to locate the group that you will be searching for. You will be amazed by what this rain tropical forest has to offer when it comes to the primates watching adventure.

During the search, you will find this amazing habituated gorilla family. You will have 1 hour to spend watching these beautiful primates, you can watch them play, make your observation and the photographers will enjoy this tour too. You should carry packed lunch because you won’t be able to go back to the hotel for lunch but dinner will be back at the hotel when you return

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Day 3: NATURE WALK | BACK TO UGANDA

After breakfast, you will go for the nature walk in the forest. There are different vegetation covers, there are lots of bird species, there other primates side from the gorillas like the baboons, different monkey species, there are small animals, among so many other attractions that may catch your eyes during the walk.

A nature walk gives you the opportunity to see a number of species that you may not see during the gorilla trek. You are free to take as many pictures as possible and then after you can have lunch and then drive back to Uganda. You will spend the night at overnight at Travellers Rest Hotel or at Kisoro Tourist Hotel

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Day 4: BACK TO KAMPALA | DEPARTURE

After breakfast, you and your driver back to Kampala from Kisoro. You will have a lunch break and in the evening, you arrive in Entebbe and if you have a flight to catch on that day, your driver will drop you at the airport 2 hours before your flight departs. This will mark the end of gorilla safari in Congo

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