Exclusive private Gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is one of the top notch, classic gorilla trekking experiences that one will live to embrace for a lifetime. Visits here are particularly special because the park is home to ten distinct gorilla groups that are habituated—in other words, familiar with, and tolerant of, the presence of small numbers of humans.
You glance up at the towering Virunga Volcanoes, hear a particularly symphonic birdsong, turn a leafy corner, your guide signals for quiet, and suddenly there they are, magnificent, peaceful, massive: mountain gorillas puttering about in their domestic jungle haven. Like awe-struck astronauts seeing the whole red eyes for the first time, you never quite look at your lives the same way, coming face-to-face with rare and magnificent mountain gorillas is surely one of the most exceptional.
Talk to someone who’s paid a visit to the mountain gorillas of Rwanda’s highlands and you are likely to hear near-rhapsodic praise for a rare, beautiful, and often very moving experience. Our carefully orchestrated visits begin in Kigali, revitalized Rwanda’s charming capital, which we’ll tour before heading northwest to the Virunga Volcanoes, a stately chain of jungle volcanoes that top out at Mount Karisimbi’s 14,787 feet, higher than any Rocky or Sierra Nevada. You’ll settle into the superb one of Rwanda’s luxurious Lodges, a fine base for your wanderings in these almost supernaturally verdant precincts.
Your gorilla trek, led by your guide and his crew, you begin making your way through a forest of trailing vines, trilling bird calls, giant lobelia, and mossy hagenia trees—a Jurassic, emerald world—walking toward an encounter with one of the park’s ten habituated (meaning they aren’t frightened by you) families of mountain gorillas; no more than eight people are allowed to visit any given family for more than an hour each day.
Seeing a 450-pound male saunter by only a few yards away is something you’ll want to tell your grandchildren’s children about.
On an exclusive private Gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, you will enjoy a private encounter with the gorillas at your own pace.
The exclusive private Gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, was introduced, due to the increase of high end and luxury clients, who would wish to have everything tailored to their request, a hustle free. The private exclusive gorilla trekking is just like taking a first class flight, where you have access to meet and greet, and private access to the airport lounge.
The exclusive private gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park, comes with a cost of 15,000 US dollars per group, unlike the normal gorilla trekking which is 1500 US dollars per person. The cost is regardless of the number of people in a group so long as it does not exceed the maximum number per gorilla family which is 8 people. You can trek alone, or with your family, up to a maximum of 8 people, at 15,000 $.
The same special treatment is rendered to the clients who are undertaking a private exclusive gorilla trekking.
Below are some of the privileges, offered to quest undertaking an exclusive gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, is entitled to;
Exclusive Private Gorilla Trek.
You’ll be only you, and your family, led by your guide and his crew, you begin making your way through a forest of trailing vines, toward an encounter with one of the park’s ten habituated (you’re entitled to choose a family of your interest) families of mountain gorillas. This means, you will be the only guest to visit that specific gorilla family you choose, no other visitors will be added to your party. You will trek the gorillas at your own leisure, keeping at hand the gorilla trekking rules and regulations.
Freedom to choose one of the 10 habituated gorilla families.
On an exclusive gorilla trekking, you can choose, one of your favorite gorilla families of the 10 habituated gorilla families at Volcanoes National Park, that you would wish to trek, and this will be booked and reserved for your special visit. An advance booking is required, since 96 gorilla permits are sold on a daily basis, and by reserving a gorilla family this means, a family is taken off of the 10, thus 8 permits are taken off, regardless of your number. Our team at One More Adventure Safaris, together with you, will have a gorilla family selected and booked in advance.
Private Gorilla Trek Briefing.
With exclusive private gorilla trekking, the briefing is done at your hotel lobby/ restaurant/ lounge. Your dedicated park guide, together with his crew will meet you at your lodge, as you’re having breakfast, and brief you from there. Other than the normal gorilla trekking where you have to wake up and by 7 am, be at the park premises for gorilla group allocation, registration and briefing, in this case, all this is done prior, and the guide finds you at your lodge for briefing and you don’t have to drive to the park anymore, but head straight at your leisure to the trekking point, for the particular assigned gorilla family of your choice.
Private Gorilla Trekking Guide.
On an exclusive gorilla trekking, you can as well as request for a private gorilla trekking guide of your choice. You might have heard of how great a certain guide is, and you wish him to be your lead guide on your gorilla trekking. He will be assigned for you, and you will be with him/ her on your trekking.
Exclusive private Gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, is just a top notch activity, worth a little more dollars, that you will love to do, speak to our team at One More Adventure Safaris, and have an exclusive private gorilla trekking arranged for you. You can as well combine your exclusive gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park, with an exclusive chimpanzee trekking at Nyungwe National Park, whereby all chimpanzee permits will be reserved just for you.
You can as well as combine your exclusive gorilla trekking at Volcanoes National Park, with gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, whereby only 4 people are allowed per day, with a maximum of 4 hours with the gorillas, unlike the normal trek which is an hour.
However, to conquer the gorilla trekking at ease, you will need to be in a good body shape. Physical fitness is highly recommended. You will need pre-gorilla trekking home fitness training prior to your travel, and as well as good gorilla trekking boots, with shoe gaiters and good socks, to make your gorilla trekking very comfortable.
Let us plan your Rwanda Gorilla trekking safaris, and create a memory together.
Once you start a trip planned by One More Adventure Safaris, you fall into the One More Adventure rhythm. No request is too small, we create a rapport with you, during the entire safari building process, from start to the end. Our rapport with the local guides and continuous assessment of your interests and needs demonstrated the diamond standard of all safari specialists. We are also available outside working hours when a couple of things needs to get done.
Once you start a trip planned by One More Adventure Safaris, you fall into the One More Adventure rhythm. No request is too small, neither complicated, we curate the entire trip with you, from start until when you meet your interest and budget at hand. Our rapport with the local guides and continuous assessment of your interests and needs demonstrated the diamond standard of all safari specialists. We are also available outside working hours when a couple of things needs to get done.