6-Days Highlights Of Congo Tour (115349),Holiday Packages to Gisenyi, Kigali, Kinshasa

Package Overview

This tour has been designed with your comfort and sense of adventure in mind. You will have your private English speaking tour leader with you at all times. He will make sure you have a hassle free experience in this exciting off-the-beaten-track destination!
TOTAL PRICE MEDIUM BUDGET 2017 (first line of accommodations)
USD 2827 per person (double/twin sharing) based on a private group of 2 persons

Accommodation Options:
USD 324 single supplement per person when using a single room
Some lodges may ask for seasonal surcharges for the Easter and Christmas Holidays
Airport transfers
Accommodations with meals mentioned
Bottled drinking water
4x4 vehicle with knowledgeable driver/guide and fuel
Entrance fees to the included National Parks
Activities included on the itineraryFlights and visas
All optional activities
Insurances
Meals not mentioned and beverages
Tips and personal expenses such as laundry and communication

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Day wise Itinerary

Day 1 : Welcome to Rwanda!

Your driver/guide will be at Kigali Airport to pick you up from your flight.

Depending on your arrival time you may be able to visit some of Kigali’s craft markets to browse amongst the pottery, carvings, batik, weaving, sculpture, musical instruments, leather and fabrics on offer. Prepare to use your haggling skills! All activities and purchases today are at your own cost.

Your accommodation is in a quite suburb of Kigali in the newly build Flame tree village. This hotel will make you feel right at home.

Accommodation: Flame Tree Village
- Meals & Drinks : No meals inclusive today
Day 2 : To Virunga N.P.

In the morning you will meet your tour leader who will be with you your entire tour in DR Congo! He is a good English speaking professional trained in guiding Congo tours.

A nice ride though the Rwandan country side will take you to Goma, the border town with DR Congo. If you used our Visa services you Visa approval will be ready at the border and you will receive your Congolese Visa in your passport.

The Virunga N.P. is the oldest national park in Africa and it is the most varied region on the entire continent. Home to the endangered Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzee. It boasts the only glacier in Africa with its Rwenzori mountains and has typical savanna grass land near Lake Edward and the Rwindi plains.

Tonight you will spend the night at Bukima Tented camp nearby the starting point of tomorrow's Mountain Gorilla tracking. The views from this tented camp are spectacular with Mt. Mikeno and the Nyiragongo in the background.

Accommodation: Bukima tented camp
- Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3 : A: Mountain Gorilla Tracking

Today is an exciting day and the second tracking of this tour. Today you will stand eye-to-eye with the Mountain Gorilla.

Virunga National park is an UNESCO world heritage site and the oldest national park on the continent! It is a diverse protected areas with the peaks of the Rwenzori mountains, erosion valleys, active volcanoes, forest and even savanna areas.

This national park has been hidden from the public for a long time due to civil war and unrest in Eastern Congo. At this moment it is fully operational and the perfect place to track the mountain gorillas in the wild. Starting at the headquarters in Rumangabo you will go for a challenging hike in search of these gentle giants.

Your track will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorillas’ current location. Your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity, including dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots. Once the gorillas have been located, you will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a humbling and emotional experience. This is a fantastic and privileged opportunity to get up close and personal with Congo's own ‘Gorillas in the Mist’.

Note: Dream It Do It East Africa Safaris, purchases the permits in advance but is unable to reserve a specific gorilla group as it is for the head-ranger to decide this!

Visit the Senkwekwe Gorilla Orphanage

When you are back from the Gorilla tracking you can choose to visit the Senkwekwe Gorilla orphanage which is located in Rumangabo next to Mikeno lodge. Each of the four gorillas living at the center was victimized by poachers or animal traffickers, and likely witnessed family members being murdered. Thanks to the financial support of individuals around the world – and the loving care provided by their human caregivers – the orphans now lead happy and secure lives in their forested enclosure. Please note that you will not be interacting with the Gorilla's but you can see them from a distance playing and their how their caregivers take care of them. This activity is for free.

Tonight you will sleep in the most beautiful lodge in DR Congo. Mikeno Lodge offers twelve unique bungalows, fashioned with lava stone, mahogany. The spacious bungalows enjoy en-suite bathrooms with stone carved baths and curved stone showers. The private deck allows guests to enjoy the performance of the Blue and Colobus monkeys in the forest.

Accommodation: Mikeno Lodge
- Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4 : Nyiragongo Volcano

Your driver will take you to the Kibati patrol post on the foot of the Nyiragongo volcano. You will start hiking at 10 AM in the morning. You will have your own porter to carry your backpack and your personal cook will prepare your meal on top of the crater rim. Dream It Do It East Africa Safaris will provide you with an overnight backpack which a sleeping bag.

The Nyiragongo is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and has the world's largest lava lake. This strato volcano recently erupted in 2002 but is predicatable and therefore safe to climb. The volcano’s forested lower slopes are home to a variety of animals, including monkeys and bushbucks.

In the late afternoon you will reach the top with an extraordinary view of the crater filled with sea of lava. You are one of the few to admire this spectacle. After a nice hot meal prepared by your personal cook.

At night you can see the sea of lava in the crater which gives spectacular pictures! You will sleep in one of the huts on the crater rim. These huts are very basic at the moment. In your Matoke tours Backpack you will find a fleece vest and sleeping bag.

Accommodation Nyiragongo Summit Shelter
- Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5 : Relaxing at Tchegera Island

Around noon you will be at the base camp of the Nyiragongo. After this amazing experience it is time to relax. Your driver/guide will take you to Goma harbour where you will take a short boat ride on the lake to Tchegera Island.

The tented camp offers spectacular views of the lake and four volcanoes. On clear nights, Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes add to the drama by turning the night sky red with their glowing lava. There is also an abundance of birdlife on the island. You can choose to relax on the beach or explore other parts of the island in a sea kayak or by paddle board.

Accommodation: Tchegera Island Camp
- Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6 : Departure

Today is unfortunatlly your last day and we hope you've had a great time with Dream It Do It East Africa Safaris
After a day of relaxing you will go back to Goma by boat. You tour leader will wait for you at Goma harbour to take you back to Kigali for your international flight home.
You don't want the fun to end You can continue your tour in the region with one of our extensions.
This is the end of what we hope was a wonderful tour through DR Congo!
Accommodation Not included
- Meals & Drinks : Breakfast

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Inclusions

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Exclusions

Flights and visas
All optional activities
Insurances
Meals not mentioned and beverages
Tips and personal expenses such as laundry and communication

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Package Start From

Gisenyi, Rwanda, Africa

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Terms & Conditions

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Important Notes:

We use 4x4 Vehicles on our tours.

We want to give our customers the best trip to East Africa, so we are very flexible and very accommodative and we are willing to go an extra mile. During the trip the car and driver are there for the clients, so they decide where to stop, how long to stop etc.!

During the trip the guide makes sure there is a good place to have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast and dinner are normally in the lodge, lunch can be a lunch box or a stop in a restaurant

In the event government taxes and/or the Uganda/Rwanda/Kenya Wildlife Authority rates will increase the above mentioned total price shall be amended accordingly. All activities and accommodations are subject to availability.

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