Our 7 Days Wildlife Safari Tour in Congo will lead you to the most amazing conservation areas, doing the most popular activities. Virunga National park is one place to meet the critically endangered mountain gorillas, they live freely within the forest, and don’t survive in captivity, our safari will have you hike the worlds largest active larva dam lake, it has great views mostly during the night, hiking to the summit can be tiring but interesting by the end of the day. Contact us to book this tour.
Itinerary overview
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Goma
Day 2: Gorilla trekking
Day 3: Hiking Mount Nyiragongo
Day 4: Descend Nyiragongo
Day 5: Transfer to Bukavu
Day 6: Lowland Gorilla Trekking
Day 7 Bukavu- Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Goma
Following a morning breakfast, you will be picked up by our representative from your hotel, driving through Rwanda’s most amazing villages, beautiful sites of the vast tea plantations, arriving for border checking, and later drive to the hotel that has been booked for your dinner and stay overnight at
Bukima tented camp
Meal plan; Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Tour
Early morning breakfast, after which we will drive to the park headquarters for briefing, and clearing at the office, later which you will be allowed to enter into the forest for the day’s event, trekking takes 2 – 5 or more hours depending on how far the gorilla families have moved, you will be accepted to enjoy the gorillas for only an hour and return to meet your guide who will safely bring you back to the hotel.
Bukima tented camp
Meal plan; Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3: Hike Nyiragongo
Following an early breakfast, we will drive to the park center for a briefing before we start our day’s adventures, you will be able to meet other travelers the Hike begins at around 10:00am after reaching the tracking point, hiking takes approximately 6 hours depending on the speed of the last person, you will have an opportunity of seeing the active volcanic larva, spending the night at the summit.
Day 4: Descend Nyiragongo – Relaxation
Today morning, you will descend the volcano, we arrive from our late night view,after which you will decide whether to go on aguided nature walk or relax at the lodge while we wait to meet the lowland gorillas.
Bukima tented camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Bukavu
arriving to meet our guide who will transfer you to Bukavu passing through beautiful towns of the eastern part of Congo, the drive is long but rewarding because of the stunning beauty enroute, lunch and checkin to your pre-booked lodge for dinner and stay overnight at
Hotel Horizon
Meal plan Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 6:Trekking Lowland Gorillas
After breakfast, we will embark on an early morning transfer to the park headquarters for gorilla experiences, briefing and after trekking the low land gorillas the experience is amazing, it takes 1-4 hours and upon meeting the gorillas one hour is allowed with them, returning for lunch and evening relaxation.
Hotel horizon
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7: Transfer from Bukavu to Kigali
Following breakfast, you will be transferred to Kigali for departure stop over in Butare for lunch, and proceed to the international airport for your departure back home safely.
End of the 7 Days Wildlife Safari Tour in Congo.
The 7 Days Wildlife Safari Tour in Congo includes
- All ground transportation.
- Full board accommodation.
- Hiking permits.
- Park entrance and conservation fees.
- Meals and drinks as indicated in the travel plan.
- Border crossing fees.
- Gorilla permits.
- Bottled water on board.
Excludes
- Meals and drinks not included in the travel plan.
- Visa fees and air tickets.
- Gratitude and tips to hotel staff and driver guides.