6 days Mount Nyiragongo hike and chimpanzee tours in Virunga national park safari
For a memorable Congo safari, this 6 days Mount Nyiragongo hike and chimpanzee tours in Virunga National Park safari is the answer to your safari needs. The experience will lead you to the Nyiragongo hike, which is a 2 days’ hike that will lead you to the world’s largest lava lake. For the chimpanzee tours in Virunga National Park, you will participate in both chimpanzee trekking in Virunga National Park and chimpanzee habituation in Virunga National Park, which are two different activities with different experiences, all of which will make your wildlife safaris in Congo quite memorable. Chimpanzee habituation will lead you to the chimpanzee troops that are trained to get accustomed to human presence and chimpanzee trekking will lead you to already habituated chimpanzee troops. More about the safari experiences is seen in this detailed 6 days Mount Nyiragongo hike and chimpanzee tours in Virunga National Park safari.
Highlights of your safari
Day 1: Pick up and drive to Gisenyi, Congo Border.
Day 2: Mount Nyiragongo hike
Day 3: Descend Nyiragongo
Day 4: Chimpanzee habituation in Virunga National Park
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Virunga National Park and nature walks
Day 6: Transfer to Kigali
Detailed itinerary for your safari
Day 1: Pick up and drive to Gisenyi, Congo Border.
At an agreed location in Kigali city, our guide will pick you up, welcome you, and transfer you to Congo. You will enjoy your drive to the border, watching the rolling hills of Rwanda. On reaching Goma, you will transfer to the grand barrier for check-in at the tourism office, where you will receive your gorilla trekking permit in Congo, Virunga National Park. After, you will transfer to your hotel in Rumangabo. On arrival, you will have lunch and later on, you will get to participate in the nature walks in the park, which will give you access to a number of attractions like the primates, including the Albertine endemic primates and bird species, and many other rewarding attractions.
Day 2: Mount Nyiragongo hike
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will transfer to the Kibati ranger post headquarters, the starting point for all hikes in the park. While at your briefing point, you will be assigned to a ranger and guide to ensure your safety in the park during your Mount Nyiragongo hike. You will make your way to the top, which will take you between 4- hours. You will have the chance to watch the lava lake at a safe viewpoint. After the experience, you will have your meals at your camp as you wait to descend the next day.
Day 3: Descend Nyiragongo
After breakfast, you will descend Mount Nyiragongo and head back to your hotel for relaxation, lunch, and dinner. Alternatively, you can participate in an optional nature walk in the late afternoon, which will give you access to a number of different animal species, bird species, with over 700 bird species that can be seen in the park, which makes it a birder’s haven, and many other rewarding attractions for a memorable safari experience.
Day 4: Chimpanzee habituation in Virunga National Park
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will transfer to the Rumangabo sector of the park within the Mahura forest, where you will access the chimpanzee troops undergoing the habituation process. The safari experience will let you join a group of researchers and rangers and get to watch them as they train the species. This will give you the chance to watch their reactions to the different training sessions. The safari experience is an entire day experience hiking through the forests, but once you get to the troops, you will spend 4 hours with them observing their training sessions. After, head back to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Virunga National Park and nature walks
After an early morning breakfast, make your way to the Mahura forests and participate in chimpanzee trekking, which will give you access to already habituated chimpanzee troops. This will give you the chance to watch how the species are able to co-exist with one another in their natural habitat. After the experience, head back to your hotel for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.
Day 6: Transfer to Kigali
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will connect with your guide to transfer you back to Kigali city. Depending on your departure flight time, you will be able to do a city tour visiting the Genocide memorial site in Kigali and Inema Crafts village for souvenir shopping, and drop off at the airport for your flight back home, and the end of your 6 days Mount Nyiragongo hike and chimpanzee tours in Virunga National Park
Quotation Includes;
- Chimpanzee habituation permit
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Mount Nyiragongo hike permit
- Park entrance fees
- Congo Visa fee
- Vehicle entrance fees
- all accommodation as per the itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
- Full-time English/ French speaking driver/ guide
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Excludes;
- Tips
- Rwanda Visa fees
- Air tickets
- All items of personal nature like laundry, porterage, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
