Congo lowland Gorilla trekking and Gorilla habituation experience are one of the activities done at Kahuzi Biega National Park in south Eastern DRC, in Rubavu sector.
The lowland gorilla trekking experience at Kahuzi Biega National Park has greatly attracted a number of visitors who travel to Congo, to experience, this once in a lifetime adventure moment, with the lowland gorillas, which can only be sighted here in DRC. The park area has been in stable political situation, unlike the north Kivu at Virunga National Park, whose tourism has been affected by unstable politic situation, which has greatly affected its tourism activity like Mount Nyiragongo hiking and mount gorilla trekking at Virunga.
The two parks are separated by Lake Kivu, which has played a great role, towards the peace stability in south Kivu at Kahuzi Biega National Park.
The lowland normal gorilla trekking experience at Kahuzi Biega National Park, costs 400 dollars, for the gorilla permits for non-foreign residents, and 200 dollars for the SADC residents and citizens. The gorilla trekking takes an hour, upon finding and meeting the gorillas.
On the other hand, gorilla habituation experience at Kahuzi Biega National Park, is one of the activities clients can engage in, however, this experience is not widely known by many tourists who visit this park. The gorilla habituation experience at Kahuzi Biega National Park, costs 600 dollars, and the guests are entitled to 4 hours unlike the normal gorilla trek whereby the clients are only entitled to an hour with the gorillas.
Gorilla habituation experience can as well be done at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, at Rushaga gorilla sector, which is famous for this adventure.
Kahuzi Biega National Park can be accessed via Rwanda Kigali airport, where the clients can land in Kigali and spend an overnight in Kigali, followed by the next day transfer to Bukavu border to connect to Kahuzi Biega National Park. The drive from Kigali to Kahuzi Biega National Park, is roughly 7 hours’ drive in total. Clients who might have arrived with an early morning flight can be transferred the same day.
You can combine your gorilla trekking and habituation experiences with chimpanzee trekking at Nyungwe National Park, which is just close to the park. You can do the chimpanzee trekking in the early morning at Nyungwe forest, with a day overnight before in Nyungwe National Park, and then transfer immediately after chimpanzee trekking to Congo, for your gorilla trekking and habituation experiences at Kahuzi Biega National Park.
The two parks are just 2 hours apart, and one can easily visit both within a few days, combining with either Lake Kivu, or Volcanoes National Park for gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking or Volcano hiking adventure.
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