3-Day Lowland Gorilla Trekking - DR Congo from Burundi

Overview

Are you in Burundi as an expatriate or a volunteer and looking for a must-do experience before returning to your home country? Look no further than an amazing Eastern lowlands gorilla trek, which will bring you to some of the most interesting areas of the Great Lakes Region. Gorilla trekking is one of Africa’s greatest and most unique wildlife experiences. It offers both magically beautiful and soul changing encounters with the gentle giants that inhabit Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

Tour Features

Mid-range tour

Uses resorts

Shared tour

Can privately be organized.

Minimum age

15 years old

Activities & Transport

Activities:

Gorilla trekking

Transport:

Normal 4x4 vehicle

A transfer from and back to the airport is included

Accommodation & Meals

Day	Accommodation	Meals
1-2	Emeraude Kivu Resort	All Meals Included
3	No accomodation	Breakfast & lunch included

Note: Note; The rooms will be shared if travellers are 2+ Traveller 1 2 3 4 5 Room(s) 1 1 2 2 3

Included

Park fees(For non-residents)
Gorilla 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
Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
Drinking water(On all days)

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.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

Itineraries

Day 1

Bujumbura - Cyangungu

After an early morning breakfast, your driver-guide will meet you at your hotel/residence in Bujumbura. After a safari briefing, you will embark on the journey to the Bugarama border with Rwanda. Upon arriving at the lodge, you will be checked-in to your rooms in order to refresh yourself and relax ahead of your gorilla adventure day.

Destination
Rusizi (Town, Rwanda)

Accommodation

Emeraude Kivu Resort

Mid-range resort located in or near Rusizi
If the hotel is unavailable, a similar hotel will be provided

Meals

-Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)

-Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2

Kahuzi Biega National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you will cross the border at Ruzizi into the Democratic Republic of Congo and make your way to the Tshivanga Kahuzi-Biega National Park headquarters. Kahuzi-Biega is a World Heritage site. The park has diverse and abundant fauna in a tropical forest setting and is dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega. Some of the last groups of Eastern lowland gorillas, consisting of roughly 7,000 individuals, live here between 2100 and 2400m above sea-level. They have black coats, and the males develop silver backs as they mature. With the help of a ranger and trackers, we will approach this rare primate. The walk can take several hours but coming across these animals in their natural habitat is an incredible experience. After the trek you will transfer back to the lodge.

Destination
Kahuzi Biega National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation

Emeraude Kivu Resort

Mid-range resort located in or near Rusizi
If the hotel is unavailable, a similar hotel will be provided

Meals

-All meals included

-Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3

Rizizi - Bujumbura

After a leisurely morning breakfast, we will embark on the journey through Rwanda and onwards to Bujumbura, Burindi. This marks the end of your gorilla trek.

Destination
Bujumbura (City, Burundi)

Accommodation

Not Specified

Meals

-Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)

-Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

3-Day Lowland Gorilla Trekking - DR Congo from Burundi