
3-Day Rwanda Gorilla Trek, Volcanoes National Park
Two hours from Kigali to the bamboo slopes where Dian Fossey worked, with the smoothest logistics in Africa.

The easiest gorilla trek in Africa, two tarmac hours from Kigali, plus chimpanzees and a 70 metre high canopy walkway in Nyungwe and a rewilded Big Five park at Akagera. Rwanda is the only country where you can do gorillas and the Big Five inside a single week.

Two hours from Kigali to the bamboo slopes where Dian Fossey worked, with the smoothest logistics in Africa.

Gorillas in the north, chimpanzees and the canopy walkway in the south, Lake Kivu in between.

The only country where you can trek gorillas and see the Big Five within a week, on tarmac the whole way.
Our Rwanda guides work in Kinyarwanda, French, English and Kiswahili, so briefings, permits and lodge check-ins all happen in your language.
Indicative only. We invoice in US dollars and accept franc transfers, MoMo and card at the day rate.
Peak trekking season in Volcanoes and Nyungwe. Cool mornings, clear volcano views, permits sell out early.
Warm and mostly clear. Good canopy walk conditions and easy Akagera game drives.
Lush and quiet. Gorilla families feed lower down the slopes, and lodge rates soften noticeably.
Brief afternoon rain, superb photography light, chimpanzees active in Nyungwe.
Rwandan nationals and East African residents pay reduced gorilla permit and park tariffs. Share your ID and we requote at the resident rate before you pay anything.

Gorilla families on bamboo volcano slopes, two easy hours from Kigali on tarmac.
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One of Africa's oldest rainforests, with 13 primate species and a canopy walkway 70 metres up.
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Rwanda's Big Five park, rewilded with lion and rhino, two hours east of Kigali.
ExploreVolcanoes National Park permits are premium priced and strictly limited. We reserve yours in your name as soon as your deposit clears.
Kigali is a 75 minute flight from Nairobi with excellent connections, and every transfer inside Rwanda is on tarmac. No internal flights needed.
Treks run one to five hours on steep bamboo slopes. Porters are available at every trailhead and we book one for you on request.
June to September and December to February are driest. Nyungwe and Akagera are rewarding year-round.
One team, one contract, one point of contact. We hold the permits, the charters, the borders and the lodges across every country we operate in.

The Great Migration plains and two gorilla treks on one seamless itinerary, one point of contact throughout.

Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi in one continuous, fully hosted journey.

The Mara, the Serengeti, the Crater and the Indian Ocean, on one contract with one team.