What to Expect

This will be an action packed One Day Adventure to the Home of Rwanda’s Gorillas- Volcanoes NP.  You will leave your Hotel in Kigali by 5am and embark on a 2hr Drive to the Park arriving just in Time for Check in and Park De Brief. Assigned a Gorilla Family to Track for the Day and a complimentary Hot cup of Coffee, You will embark into the Jungles of the Oldest Park in Africa in search of these elusive Gentle Giants. Your track will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorillas’ current location. Your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity, including dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots. Once the gorillas have been located, you will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a humbling and emotional experience. This is a fantastic and privileged opportunity to get up close and personal with Rwanda’s own ‘Gorillas in the Mist’.

Note: Ritz safaris purchases the permits in advance but is unable to reserve a specific gorilla group as it is for the Park Authorities to decide this!