Rwanda Gorilla Trekking and safari holidays from the United Kingdom.
Are you first-time preparing for Rwanda gorilla trekking and safari trips from the United Kingdom? Would you want to visit the gorillas in Rwanda and also go on safaris to other parks including Nyungwe Forest National Park? From the United Kingdom, your trip to Rwanda promises plenty to excite you. For your family holiday, honeymoon, wedding anniversary, and escape from the United Kingdom, Rwanda is the ideal Africa safari spot.
To Volcanoes National Park and Akagera National Park respectively, you may do gorilla trek or safari. This page offers some basic rules to help you arrange a Rwanda gorilla trip from the United Kingdom.
Trekking Rwanda Gorilla from the United Kingdom
National Park’s Volcanoes Among the most often visited countries in Africa, Rwanda is well-known for gorilla trekking. Part of the Virunga volcanoes shared by Uganda, Rwanda, and DR Congo, the park is situated in western Rwanda. Among the Virunga Mountains are Mountain Bisoke, Mountain Gahinga, Mountain Muhavura, Mountain Sabinyo, and Mountain Karisimbi.
This park has grassland sections, wetlands, and heath in other sections along an evergreen bamboo forest. Volcanoes National Park is called Parc Des Vulcan’s in French and Pariki Yigihugu yibirungu in Kinyarwanda, Local language. Among the various types of birds, monkeys, trees, forest pigs, bushbucks among others in the forest, it is a refuge for the endangered primates such the Mountain Gorillas and Golden Monkeys.
With gorilla trekking going all year round, the mountain gorillas are the main draw of volcanoes national park. Visiting the habituated endangered mountain gorillas in their native habitat and observing their feeding, movement, rest, and harmonic living is the basis of gorilla trekking. Since trackers, guides, and park rangers lead you, the odds of seeing the mountain gorillas are 99%.
Though the gorillas share 99% DNA like the humans, they still stay wild and you are encouraged to obey the dos and don’s from the guides during the Briefing and on a walk. The trip begins every day at 8:00 am with a briefing on recommendations to follow while on the hike.
Depending on the activity and position of the gorillas in the jungle, the gorilla walk might last thirty minutes to several hours. Completing your bucket list by booking a gorilla trip from the United Kingdom to volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is a lifelong event. Call us to arrange your gorilla safari.
Daily availability of Rwanda Gorilla permits for gorilla trekking:
A good gorilla trip at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda depends critically on the gorilla permits. Every day, eighty gorilla permits are available to let you observe the gorillas, meet Africa safaris will assist you through the booking and permit obtaining procedure.
Once you get in touch about your intended trip and preferred dates, we will check the availability of permits with the Rwanda Development board online and send you an invoice to make payment for the permits as they are top priority and should they not be available, you will choose another date with availability of permits.
After we are paid, we will book and obtain your permits and provide you a copy of the receipt along with booking ID to verify your trip. One of the ten factors to take into account when planning the Rwanda gorilla trip is the licenses issued by the country.
The Rwanda gorilla permits for a gorilla trip safari from the UK cost what?
For all nationals to go the Rwanda gorilla permit is USD1500 per person. Visit Nyungwe National Park and Volcanoes National Park gets YOU 30% discount on the gorilla permit which is USD1050 per person and USD1300 per person for Delegates in the country.
There is also a special discount for one visiting all the national parks in the months of May to November. The Rwanda Development Board pays for the gorilla permit; we will transmit copies of the permits to you. Another USD 5000 offer is for three consecutive days’ trekking of gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. Travel agencies may readily get gorilla permits. To get your permission in the quickest period, please contact us as Katland safaris at.
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, boasts how many gorilla families?
While other gorilla groups are not habituated, 10 families in volcanoes national park are occupied for gorilla tourism and research. Every gorilla troop is headed by a silverback and names themselves based on certain conditions. Certain gorilla families are named after powerful individuals, events, or even local names of sites.
To start his own family, a juvenile silverback must “steal” several females from an established group when he confronts the dominant silverback. Under Amahoro, which means “peaceful,” the gorilla families comprise the tranquil Ubumwe group.
The group mostly lives upland, hence you must first climb steeply to finally enter its area but, as usual, the effort is well worth it. Emerging from many existing gorilla families, including Group 13, Susa, and Sabyinyo, is also Hirwa gorilla group. Munyinya left Susa with two females and the silverback left behind
Guhonda, after one of the volcanoes Mount Sabyinyo, leads the Sabyinyo gorilla group. If you are tired of monitoring great distances, this group is most often near the park headquarters and should be sought if at all possible. Silverback Kwitonda leads the group known as Kwitonda gorilla; the name is translated “humble one.”
From the Democratic Republic of Congo, this gorilla troop made “permanent residence in Rwanda.” Group 13 / Agastya gorilla group got their name from only 13 individuals following habituation. Its membership is around 25 at the moment, and silverback Agastya leads it, which helps to explain the name change.
Silverback Charles leads the Umubano gorilla group, having split off from the Amahoro gorilla group with several females to create Umubano. Umubano is translated as “living together.” Come ready to trek this volcano as you follow the Ugenda gorilla troop, which was called by their unusual movement from place to place throughout the Karisimbi region.
With 41 gorillas, Susa (A) gorilla group is the biggest gorilla group in the park and the one under research by Dian Fossey. The clan is renowned for having uncommon twins called Byishimo and Impano.
Karisimbi / Susa – B gorilla group branched off from the original Susa (A) group and include two silverbacks. Living on the top of Mt Karisimbi, this tribe is among the toughest to climb. For experienced hikers who value the trekking experience just as much as gorilla sight-seeing, it is best Born during the days of Dian Fossey’s study in Karisoke, Titus gorilla group was named after silverback Titus.
Silverback Bwenge broke away from other groups and founded the Bwenge gorilla group. Bwenge is translocated as “Wisdom.” Mostly the tribe lives on the slopes between the Bisoke and Karisimbi mountains.
The Packing List for Rwanda Gorilla Trek
We always counsel our guests to pack as little as possible; depending on the vehicle they rented, luggage size and weight restrictions will affect you whether you travel in a group. These are some items you should definitely not forget on your packing list.
Gorilla treking in Volcanoes National Park is hiking or trekking in quest of the threatened mountain gorillas. For this exercise, you want light weight hiking footwear given the kind of forest with the elevation and terrain. As you choose what to carry for your Rwanda gorilla trip to the volcanoes National Park, hiking boots are really essential.
Gloves for Gardening, Your gorilla walk will need for gloves to protect your hands. Remember that this forest might turn slippery as you go in it; so, you must grasp on anything just in case such occurs.
Jacket for Rain, You will never know when it may rain, hence you will want a rain jacket to keep dry. Although many customers attempt to avoid rainy seasons of March, April, and May, being a tropical rain forest means that it might rain any time. Many clients prefer vacationing in drier months of June, July, August and beginning of September. You should give this some thought for your trip to Rwanda’s gorillas.
For your gorilla trekking, you must have long sleeved pants or shirts/blouse. To prevent insects like safari ants getting into your hiking boots, kindly make sure you tack in your pants. Jeans pants excel in this.
cameras and more batteries, Your Rwanda gorilla trip includes photography, so make sure you have your camera ready, charge your batteries very well, and if needed pack additional batteries as you will need to shoot as many pictures in the one hour you will have with the gorillas. While photographing gorillas, please make sure your flash is off.
If it is hot, kindly bring a cap to shield you from the intense heat. heat Glasses You may also want some sun glasses. These are more options.
For your gorilla trip, this is an optional item; we urge all of our customers to bring a porter. As was already said, gorilla trekking may be physically demanding; hence, you will want someone to provide you a push or a pull on route to the gorillas.
Although there is a cost, these porters are well worth it. Recall that these porters are really schoolgoing kids either on holiday or have been expelled from their institution owing to school costs. Paying some money to have a porter with you would have indirectly helped to promote community development.
Safari Holiday from the UK into Rwanda
Apart from the gorilla trip, would you be interested in a safari break in Rwanda? The only game park in Rwanda will provide you a wildlife experience. The calm African bush safari experience is found in Akagera national park. Situated in the Eastern part, the Park offers chances to see Rwanda’s Big Five species.
Though leopards are seen more often on night game drives and the number of lions and black rhinos is rising, buffaloes and elephants are most prevalent. Maasai giraffe, Burchell’s zebra, warthog, olive baboon, vervet monkey, hippo, impala, Defassa waterbuck, bushbuck, common duiker, eland, topi, Bohor reedbuck, oribi, roan antelope, klipspringer, and the elusive semi-aquatic sitatunga are among other animals you might video. Night drives typically include spotted hyena, genet, civet, white-tailed mongoose, bush baby, elephant-shrew, and several species of owl and nightjar.
Founded in 1934, Akagera National Park has swamp, montane, and savannah ecosystems. The Kagera River runs along the park’s eastern edge and feeds many smaller lakes as well as Lake Ihema. Comprising more than a third of the park, the intricate system of lakes and connecting papyrus marshes is the biggest protected wetland in Eastern-Central Africa.
Akagera National Park has over 480 different kinds of birds. Get in touch to plan community events including unique safari experiences in Rwanda and wildlife drives and boat trip on Lake Ihema.
Flying from the UK for Safari to Rwanda
Though there are various travel choices you might choose based on the cost reasonable and the cheapest pricing, Rwanda air currently flies straight from the United Kingdom. Should you visit in this time for your safety and a healthy safari, you will have to follow the COVID-19 rules after arriving at Kigali International Airport and obtaining a visa either online or at the airport.
After doing a city tour of Kigali city, you will travel around two to three hours to Volcanoes National Park for a gorilla hike and Akagera National Park for safari.
Where from UK should one stay in Rwanda for a Safari trip and Gorilla trek?
Making plans for a safari vacation or Rwanda gorilla trip, you should be sure where to stay—perhaps even outside of Volcanoes National Park or even inside the park. The least you could spend on evenings is one night at a lodge of your liking. You can obtain fantastic travel discounts the more nights you spend at a hotel or lodge.
From luxury to inexpensive, there are lodges and hotels in volcanoes national park according on your means. Every lodge has single, double, twin, triple, and family rooms to suit every kind of interest. Worth a night stay include the luxury lodges Virunga Lodge, Sabinyo Silverback Lodge, Bisate Lodge, the middle-class Mountain Gorilla View Lodge and Lebambou Gorilla Lodge, Davinci Lodge.
Among the budgetary choices are Gorilla Solution Lodge, Villa Gorilla, Virunga Hotel, Faraji Hotel, Kinigi Hotel, Hotel Muhabura, and La Palme Hotel or Home Inn. Tell us your budget and the lodge you want to stay in; we will then suggest appropriately for a service commensurate for your means.
Staying at Akagera National Park allows you to get a wildlife adventure for a safari or holiday with gorillas. Service ranges for lodges in Akagera National Park vary from luxury choices include Ruzizi Tented Camp, Akagera Game Lodge, and Akagera Rhino Lodge.
They all are guaranteeing the safety and health of their guests; they have amazing hospitality, clean rooms, VIP rooms, and all have established the set SOPs for prevention of the coronavirus from spreading. At Akagera National Park, the Midrange resort choices are Dereva Hotel, Akagera Bush resort, and Magashi camp. Get in touch to customize your trip from the United Kingdom for Rwanda.
Booking from the UK Katland safaris Rwanda Gorilla Trek and Safari Holiday
Having been doing safaris for over ten years with a professional crew visiting Uganda, Rwanda, Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania, Katland safaris Apart from mountain gorilla trekking, Volcanoes National Park has options like golden monkey trekking, Diane Fossey trip, Hiking Mountain Bisoke and Karisimbi, Cultural encounter, and birding. Both Trip Advisor and Safari Bookings strongly advise Katland safaris. Contact now to arrange a custom safari from the United Kingdom for Rwanda.
