Day 1: Kigali

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by our representative who will transfer you to the Hotel and assist you at check in. The rest of your day will be spent at Leisure. Lunch and Dinner will be on own arrangement. Overnight Stay at Kigali Serena Hotel on Bed
and Breakfast

Accommodation Details:
KIGALI SERENA HOTEL is ideally located on one of Kigali’s most charming boulevards, the fivestar Kigali Serena Hotel is built around a polished granite atrium, which showcases the very best of Rwandese cultural art. Relaxed yet elegant, the hotel features an Executive Lounge and Bar, which opens onto a wide sundeck overlooking the newly refurbished swimming pool. Also overlooking the pool, the popular Milima Restaurant offers a wide range of all-day buffet choices, while the relaxed
Sokoni Café offers inside and outside poolside seating.

Accommodation features 148 rooms. Make your choice from a selection of 60 Standard Rooms, 37 Superior Rooms, 19 Deluxe Rooms, 18 Junior Suites, 7 Prime Rooms, 6 Executive Suites and a luxury Presidential Suite.

Day 2: Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast you will embark on a Tour of the City of Kigali and the Genocide Memorial Visit, followed by Lunch at a Kigali local restaurant. After Lunch you will depart on a scenic drive to the Volcanoes National park. The journey north passes through the beautiful terraced hillsides that characterize much of Rwanda’s landscape and gradually climbs to the base of the Virunga
Volcanoes, sometimes with as many as five peaks visible. Dinner and Overnight at Bishop’s House (Deluxe Rooms) on Full Board

Accommodation Details:

The Bishop’s House
The 9 rooms Boutique hotel is fashioned to give high end professional services and products with a blend of the local culture experience, flora and fauna. Each room is furnished in classic style of Modern Boutique Hotel, with large antique four-poster beds, hard wood finishing’s offset by modern and en suite bathrooms with hot showers, DSTV, Mini Bar, tea/coffee making facilities and high speed Wi-Fi. The Bishops House sits in the Rich Suburbs of Musanze, tucked away from the freezing weather of Virunga Mountains and only 17 KMs and 25 Mins drive to the Volcanoes National Park Headquarters. The hotel boasts of its location; as the main access point for travelers wanting to explore Volcanoes National Park; yet with the ultimate comfort of high end and Modern Boutique facilities

Day 3: Gorilla Trekking

Early breakfast at your lodge
0630 hrs; Transfer to the Volcanoes National Park HQs 0700 hrs; Registration where the park staff determines which group of gorillas you will visit. The park staff  will advise you of the trekking times and conditions to the various groups based upon their location in the  park the previous evening. There are a total of 96 gorilla permits available each day with a maximum of
eight trekkers per group.

Once the trekkers are put into groups, each group’s Lead Guide briefs the trekkers of the trekking procedures as well as the “do’s and don’ts” while in the presence of gorillas; After the briefing trekkers return to their respective vehicles for the drive up the mountain to the starting point. 

Porters may be hired for the trek to carry your backpack and gear; Cost, US$10 per person/per day. We advise that you utilize this service. Trekking can take from two to six or more hours if the gorillas move before the park rangers locate them
the next morning. The guides stop frequently to allow trekkers a chance to rest and take photos along the way.

After the trek, rejoin your driver Guide for a transfer to your Lodge for lunch. If time allows you may choose from a variety of activities at extra cost. Dinner and Overnight at Bishop’s House (Deluxe Rooms) on Full Board

Day 4: Departure

Today you will have another opportunity to go for second Gorilla Trekking to observe the famous Rwandan mountain gorillas (subject to gorilla permits being available) or Trek the endangered Golden Monkeys.

After Lunch depart from foothills of the Virunga Volcanoes, driving South past coffee, tea and banana plantations on a breathtaking scenic drive back to Kigali. On arrival in Kigali you will be transferred to Kigali International airport for your onwards departure flight by Rwanda Air (Rwanda Air Flight booked through your preferred travel Agent).