3 Days Congo Lowland Gorilla safari trip in Kahuzi Biega National Park
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Looking for 3 Days Congo Lowland Gorilla safari trip in Africa? Other than the Virunga National Park, the Democratic Republic of Congo has got another gorilla’s National Park and this is known as the Kahuzi Biega National Park. Most of the visitors travel to Congo to enjoy the endangered mountain gorillas but the country still has the Low land gorillas which are found in the Kahuzi Biega National Park. The park features the so called endangered Grauers gorillas. If you don’t want to travel to and explore the Virunga National Park the make sure but you boon our 3days safari to Kahuzi Biega National Park. The park is uncommon to the majority of the travelers and thus it has remained undisturbed with the Virgin Islands and nature proving the visitors especially those who enjoy privacy with the chance to travel to ales crowded destination. This is indeed the special gorilla’s safari to this national park especially for the visitors who are interested in exploring the amazing Kahuzi –Biega landscapes and wildness of Africa.
Kahuzi Biega is one of the two destinations in the Congo harboring Eastern lowland gorillas. The other destination is Maiko National Park which is also in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are approximately four, 800 Eastern lowland gorillas that have been left in the wildness and in the world. Our visitors need to remember that the Eastern lowland gorillas are the most suggested subspecies of gorillas of the gorilla subspecies and the nearest in look to mountain gorillas. visitors will need little time to explore and track the lowland gorillas of Congo and within one to fours, hours the activity will have been completed only four habituated gorilla families of the eastern lowland gorillas are found in Kahuzi Biega National Park with one very near the park headquarters or offices Two of the habituated gorilla’s families mover longer and deeper into the forest during the dry season and this is done because the food reduces and thus they move longer to look for food
Our three days Eastern lowland gorilla tracking safaris will start and end in Kigali but there is also the possibility that the visitors that start this wonderful gorillas trekking safari from Kisoro which is found in Uganda. Visitors from Rwanda will have to cross the border at Cyangugu border to Congo for the Bunagana border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The security is very okay all the way from Kigali International airport and there has never been announced or reported the security incidences in Kahuzi Biega national park as those that you could have heard along Virunga and it also possible for you to do not Virunga and Kahuzi Biega National gorillas at the same time.
What to count on our 3 Days Congo Lowland Gorilla safari trip
- Seeing the lowland gorillas
- Services of the English speaking guide
- Community walks
- 1000 hill of Rwanda
Day 1; Start the 3 Days Congo Lowland Gorilla safari trip with a pickup from Kigali Rwanda by our guide and drive to Kahuzi Biega Congo
Today you will be picked up by pour driver guide from Kigali international airport or at your residence in Kigali town and drive to Congo through the Cyangugu border. It is quite a long journey but so much interesting with spectacular views of nature and the talked about Rwanda rolling hills as you see several primates crossing the road and thus you will need to keep your eyes so much open especially when you clock to Nyungwe Forest National Park. Reach out to the border clear and then cross to the Congo using the Bunagana border and later and drive to Bukavu which is nearby the Kahuzi Biega National park full of the Eastern Lowland gorillas. Still, if you are from Uganda, you will use the Bunagana border to get into the Democratic Republic of Congo. You will drive to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Lodging options; Orchid Safari Lodge (Luxury), Hotel Horison (Midrange)
Meal plan; Breakfast, lunch& Dinner
Day 2; Morning Kahuzi-Biega National Park-Morning Eastern Lowland Gorilla Tracking and evening Community experience
Very early in the morning on this day, you will need to register with the park headquarters or at the park offices. Thus you will have to leave the bed early and have your entitled breakfast in the morning and later drive to park offices and after you have been registered, you will be able to be briefed about what you are going to do, what to expect with the gorilla tracking and the history of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park. After the briefing, the ranger guides will allocate you to one of the habituated eastern lowland gorillas groups and set off for trekking. You need to prepare adequately well because you will need to spend some of the 4 hours in the forest as your look for the gorillas. After seeing the hours, you will be given only one hour to see them. Remember to take as many images and videos as you could and please ask any question that you wish to know. The park has different flora and fauna and these include mammals, primates, and chook species that you may stumble upon as you music the primates. On completion, you will return back to the gorilla trekking starting point or and drive back to your lodge for lunch and have short relation and after you will drive to the nearby community homes or visit some of the interesting scenes such as the Bukavu town, the Mbayo tea property or the closer research center and or you can decide to take the nature walk with the Kahuzi Biega National park before you return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay
Lodging options; Orchid Safari Lodge (Luxury), Hotel Horison (Midrange)
Meal plan; Breakfast, lunch& Dinner
Day 3: Morning drive to Kigali international airport or Kisoro
You will wake up and have your last breakfast at your hotel and later join your safari driver to drive back to Rwanda through the Cyangugu border and you drive as you make some stopover at the wonderful landmarks as well as the tourist attractions along the way. You can make top over to king Nyanza and visit his grave and also see the museum at Butare to reach Kigali late in the afternoon and this marks the end of your 3 Days Cong Lowland Gorilla safari trip
This safari tour includes
The accommodation for the two nights, bottled mineral water, meals are provided, gorilla permits, the driving allowances and the services of the driver guide, the rangers fees, and the transport to and from Kigali
This safari tour excludes;
The international air flights, personal insurance, The safari doesn’t include tips for the guides, hotel staff, rangers, activities not included in the programs, other expenses related to the personal, and any other activity that is not included within the itinerary