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4 day(s)
Private
1-2 people
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Combines gorilla trekking with the cultural and scenic attractions of: visiting Batwa/Pygmies home at Echuya forest plus the tour along the punishment Island on Lake Bunyonyi. You will do Kigali City tour Includes Genocide and more.
Duration
4 day(s)
Max Group Size
1-2 people
Tour Code
2023
Departure Type
scheduled
Tour Category
National Park
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
Age Requirement
18 - 90
Kigali
20:00
Kigali
17:00
Morning pick up from Kigali international Airport and transfer to Uganda's Mount Mgahinga volcanoes National Park via the Uganda and Rwanda border called Cyanika near Congo DRC Border in Kisoro town. Along the way we shall have one hour lunch break in Kisoro town at the German grandmother's place known as Coffeepot.
Dinner and overnight at Mgahinga Triangle hotel
After break fast we shall go for the gorilla trekking may take around 2 to 6 hours depend on where the Ranger guides allocate them. Mount Gahinga is a dormant/extinct volcanoe in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and Uganda. Gahinga lies between Muhabura and Sabyinyo but it is the smallest of these three. Mount Mgahinga also known in the local Kinyarwanda/Rufumbira meaning"a small pile of stones,"has a swampy caldera on its peak. The caldera is believed to be about 180 m (591 ft) wide.[2] Mgahinga Gorilla National Park also got its name from this volcano. Democratic Republic of Congo.
After gorilla trekking, its optional visit the Pygmies'/Batwa on the way at Echuya Forest depend on the time. Dinner and overnight at Kyahugye Island-Lake Bunyonyi.
Full day around lake Bunyonyi as you visit some of the 29 Islands, especially the common punishment island where they used to hang the unmarried pregnant girls and let them die from there. Traditional way of punishing unmarried pregnant women at Lake Bunyonyi was to abandon them on a tiny island called Akampene (“Punishment”). They would either starve to death or drown in trying to swim to the mainland; swimming skills were rare.
Overnight at Kyahugye Island
After break you'll drive to Kigali international Airport. This time you will cross another different border called Katuna between Uganda and Rwanda., total time drive will be not more than 4 hours followed by lunch break in Kigali and Kigali City tour which includes genocide memorial. Your flight back home will be in the evening.
End Trip.
All rooms are self contained with WIFI and hot showers on Full Board (FB)
Its a full board means that all meals included like bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Our 4W4 tourist vehicles are driven by our professional tour guides who do guiding while driving
Our guides are professional and knowledgeable about the tour activities required, with good customer care and they drive while guiding.