3 days Kahuzi Biega national park Safari : See the lowland gorillas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during this three-day trip to Kahuzi Biega National Park. Many west African nations, including Niger, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of Congo, are home to lowland gorillas. The Kahuzi Biega national park offers tours of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s lowland gorillas.
A few of the world’s lowland gorillas call Kahuzi Biega national park, which is in Bukavu town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s south, home. This park is reachable via the Rusizi border between Rwanda and the DR Congo. Because there are only an estimated 100,000 lowland gorillas left in the world, they are an endangered species.
Trip Highlights
Day 1: Drive from Kigali and cross to Bukavu.
Day 2: Lowland gorilla trekking in Kahuzi Biega national park.
Day 3: Drive to Kigali.
Trip Description
Day 1: Drive from Kigali and cross to Bukavu.
Your driving guide will be there to take you to Kahuzi Biega after you have got your test results and are permitted to move. You will be expected to start the 8-hour travel early in the morning. You will travel through Butare on your way south from Rwanda, where you might pause for lunch and a visit to the Butare museum.
You will continue driving until you reach the Rusizi border, where you will register and travel over to Bukavu town. As you wait for supper and a night’s stay, you will check into your hotel and make yourself at home.
Hotel options in Bukavu
Hotel Elizabeth for budget option
Panorama hotel for midrange option
Orchid Safari lodge for luxury option
Day 2: Lowland gorilla trekking in Kahuzi Biega national park.
On the 2nd day of your 3 days Kahuzi Biega national park Safari, Before beginning any activity, get up very early, eat a quick breakfast at your hotel, and then head out to the Kahuzi Biega national park for a morning briefing. A few pointers on what to anticipate and the expected behavior while in the forest will be provided by the ranger guides. After that, you will hire whatever equipment you might need, such as porters or walking sticks, and then set off into the forest.
Before meeting your daily gorilla family, you must hike for roughly two hours. After spending a lovely hour with them at a distance of six meters, you will leave the forest and re-connect with your driving guide, who will transport you back to your hotel in time for a late lunch.
You might go on a guided neighborhood tour in the evening and return to the hotel in time for dinner and a second night.
Day 3: Drive back to Kigali.
Get up in time for breakfast at your accommodation, then gather your belongings in preparation for the drive back to Kigali. You will depart from Bukavu in 10 minutes, travel into Rwanda, and then start your 8-hour transfer back to Kigali via the Nyungwe forest. If this wasn’t possible the day before, you may visit the Butare museum on the way.
According on your preference, you will drive to Butare or Gisakura for lunch en way before continuing on to Kigali for drop-off at the hotel or the airport, as you have specified.
Trip includes:
fueled safari vehicle
entire time French and English-speaking driver’s manual
DR Congo tourist visa
Arrangements as listed in the itinerary
permissions for lowland gorillas
Meals (breakfast, lunch, supper) (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
canned water
Trip excludes:
PCR test for international flights
Personal costs such as washing, gratuities, airtime, and tipping
optional pursuits
