3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari

3 Days Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari plus Genocide Tour

Overview

Some journeys don’t need weeks to move mountains inside you.
In just three deeply felt days, this Rwanda Gorilla & Golden Monkey Safari sweeps you into the emerald heart of Volcanoes National Park—where mountain gorillas breathe the same mist you do—and invites you to walk alongside Rwanda’s powerful story of heartbreak, healing, and hope.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Kigali’s Heartbeat – Memorial Visit & Journey to the Volcanoes

Your guide greets you early in Kigali—where the city hums with quiet strength. You begin with a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial.

It’s more than a museum—it’s a mirror into the soul of a nation that didn’t just survive, it chose to forgive.

You’ll walk through grief, grace, and stories that will stay with you. Then, the road curves north. The city fades. Rwanda unfolds. Hills rise and fall like breath. Villages flicker past. Children wave.

By late afternoon, you reach the base of Volcanoes National Park, where mist hangs in the trees like ancient prayers. Tonight, you sleep at the edge of something timeless.

Day 2: Face to Face – Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Wake early. Your heart already knows this is the day. At the park headquarters, the ranger briefing sets the tone: respect, patience, wonder.

Then you hike—through slippery paths, tangled bamboo, soft earth pulsing under your boots.

Suddenly, the jungle hushes, and after trekking for about one hour, you are in the presence of the gentle giants.

A silverback turns his head—eyes old and clear as time. A mother cuddles her baby with the tenderness of eternity. Youngsters tumble through branches like laughter made flesh. You’ll spend one sacred hour in their presence. And in that hour, the forest reaches into your chest and rewrites something. Return to the lodge in a kind of quiet you’ve never known.

Day 3: Light in the Canopy – Golden Monkey Trekking & Return to Kigali

On your final morning, head back into the forest—this time with lighter steps and a sense of familiarity. Golden monkeys are the forest’s joy bringers.

They streak through bamboo like sunbeams with tails, chattering and swinging in comic brilliance. They are wild. Fast. Hilarious and above all, impossible not to love.

After the trek, the road winds back to Kigali and return with muddy boots and a gaze that lingers longer on sunsets. Your guide will drop you off at your hotel or airport—whichever direction your story now heads. But something in you stays behind. And something from here travels with you.