TOUR OVERVIEW
This 5 Day Gorillas & Wildlife Safari to Rwanda’sVolcanoes National Park & Tanzania’sNgorongoro Crater includes visiting the mountain gorillas and the Big 5 cats in one of the planet’s largest calderas. The two countries are with in East Africa and are neighbors, and one experience definitely leads to the next. Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with its variety of flora and fauna, is part of the northern safari circuit where a game drive provides unmatched views of the stunning scenery and wildlife. While Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to highly sought-after mountain gorillas, which are the closest living relatives of humans. Trekking them requires a certain level of physical fitness. This is a private tour that starts in Kigali, Rwanda and ends in Arusha, Tanzania.
TOUR DETAILS
Day 1: Pick Up and Transfer to Volcanoes National Park:
On arrival at the airport, a representative from Nsheka African adventures will be waiting for you at the designated arrivals lounge. The driver guide will provide you with a briefing and learn what to expect from your safari. You will visit nearby historical and cultural attractions before taking your lunch. Explore Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, art galleries, and other places to learn about the history of the Tutsi and Hutu ethnics. After your city tour travel to Volcanoes National Park in the north, a journey that takes about 2-3 hours, allowing you to admire the breathtaking scenery and dotted homesteads. Upon arrival check into your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes NP:
After breakfast, with your packed lunch, trekking permit, and other necessary items. The ranger guides will provide a briefing at the park’s ranger stations, where they will explain the dos and don’ts of trekking and what to expect in the jungle. The national park Volcanoes is located at the base of the enormous Virunga chain of Mountains. After the briefing you follow the direction where a gorilla family was last seen. You will hike through lush forests, encountering additional birds, primates, unusual flora, and nests. After locating the gorillas, you will spend an hour with them, taking photos while observing the silverbacks protecting their family and mothers caring for the young ones.
Gorilla trekking can take between 2 and 8 hours, with an additional hour added depending on how far the gorillas have traveled. After a picnic lunch, you will return to the lodge to relax or choose from the Optional tours such as a cultural tour to the Gorilla Guardians Village or a nature walk. Return to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Return to Kigali and Fly to Arusha, Tanzania:
After breakfast, drive from Volcanoes National Park back to Kigali, where you will catch a flight to Arusha airport in northern Tanzania. On arrival, proceed with a drive to the Ngorongoro crater area. Your driver guide will brief you on what to expect on a safari in Tanzania before you check into your lodge for the night.
Day 4: Game Drive in the Ngorongoro Crater:
After a delightful breakfast at the lodge with a packed lunch you will transfer to the wilderness of Ngorongoro. You will spend the entire day exploring one of the world’s natural wonders and its inhabitants, with lunch and breaks taken outdoors.
While lions, hyenas, and leopards are not easy to spot in the crater, luck may allow you to encounter some prey and predator creatures during your game drive. With the best time to observe them being evening. The list of animals to sight is extensive, including various antelope species, warthogs, buffaloes, lions, leopards, wildebeests, hyenas, and other animals. The birds are a unique and magnificent sight and sound. After a lunch break on the game drive, you will have an evening game viewing tour of the caldera to observe different animal dens. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Departure:
Following a morning breakfast, check out of the lodge and be transported back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport for your departure. This marks the end of your 5 Day Gorilla Trek & Ngorongoro Wildlife Safari.